Some like it hot!

One of my favorite things about winter is the good ole electric blanket! Ahhhhhh! I am a warm weather kinda gal and pretty much hibernate in the winter. I was so excited when I found my latest electric blanket at a garage sale for $2.00. It is king size with dual controls! Woo Hoo!
Well, tonight my hubby decided to call it an early night and went up to bed. For some reason when everyone goes to bed before me I have a really hard time getting to sleep later that evening. I watched tv until my eyes were droopy and I grabbed a magazine, went upstairs and set up a towel to cover up some of the glare on Rick from my light on my side of bed and climbed in bed with my magazine. By the time I had finally gotten myself situated I was beginning to get chilly so I was really looking forward to laying in bed and read my magazine and all wrapped up snug as a bug in a rug under my electric blanket. I lay there for several minutes waiting to get the chill out of my body and I was not warm AT ALL. I stuck my feet on Ricks side and his side was all toasty. He even had the nerve to have his fan on high so I once again felt like I was in a wind tunnel. I climbed out of bed and turned the dial on my control as high as it would go and waited for a few minutes. As I lay there I am beginning to get really irritated and I knew it was just my luck that my side of the blanket would die out and my great bargain find was a waste. While I am laying there trying to talk myself into getting out of bed and getting the ole flannels on in the middle of the wind tunnel. I look over at Rick and he is laying there like he has just collapsed in the middle of the Sahara. Then it hit me...
Earlier that day, I changed the sheets on the bed and apparently there is a right side and a wrong side of the blanket when there are dual controls. With a smile and some giggling, I got out of bed and shut off my control and turned his up. I told Rick, don't worry that it would start cooling down for him soon. I am controlling the laughter so I won't wake him up anymore than I already have. Rick, not realizing what all is going on says, "I have turned off the blanket and it just seems to get hotter."
BuwahahahahahaHAHAHAHA!!! Tears are rolling down my face by then. By now Rick is very irritated and shouts that he had gone to bed early for a reason and being woke up a few hours later didn't help him at all. HAHAHAHAHAHA is all I could say as I ran to the bathroom to try and gain control of myself. A few minutes later I was all better and thought I could go to bed. As soon as I lay down he says sorry for yelling at me and that maybe tomorrow he can see the humor in this. HAHAHAHAHA! I buried my face into my pillow to try and keep quiet. I calmed down again.
Now, I am fully awake so I thought I would come downstairs to tell ya about it. Please sing me a lullabye or something! *giggle giggle*

Our Guests = Our Blessings

We have had a really busy week. Last week Nana and Papa came to stay with us a few days and we all had a good time. Nana was able to go to the fire station to learn about fire safety with Aaron. They were able to see where we have started to go to church and we just had a plain ole good time. Wish their stay was longer. BUT, we do get to see them next month for Thanksgiving.
Nana and Papa left Sunday afternoon and Sunday night my brother Derrick and his wife Dusty came from Orlando, Fl to visit for a couple of days. We had alot of catching up to do. The last time we saw them was three years ago. The first day we went to Jamesport to visit the Amish Community and then the next evening they took us out to eat at GoJos Japanese Steak House. We all had a really good time (check out the picture of Aaron trying to use the chop sticks) and I was sad to see everyone go. Derrick and Dusty left to travel back home today and this evening we have a dear friend of ours, Stewart coming over for supper. I am really happy to see him again. It has probably been over 10 years. Thank you God for putting good friends and family in our lives.

Fire Safety

Last weekend I took Aaron on another Parents as Teachers outing. We went to the Lathrop Fire Department to let the kiddos know a little about fire safety. It was really neat. The kids were able to climb in the fire trucks and see what a fireman would look like if he was going through our house in a fire. Face mask and all. The kids got to take home plastic fire hats and alot of other little goodies. I had a time trying to talk to Aaron about the stop, drop and roll action. He couldn't figure out why his clothes would be on fire. :)

Remembering the warm nights.

Well, our nights are starting to get cooler and cooler. Oh well, we knew it was going to happen.
I wanted to post some pictures we took of the boys with the bubble machine outside during one of our remaining warm evenings. It was really neat to see the hundreds of bubbles flying at me. Aaron received the bubble machine for his birthday last month. The boys had a blast (as well as daddy)!
Everyone, please keep Aaron and Rick in your prayers for a speedy recovery. I think they have the touch of the flu bug. Aaron said, "Mama, I have a frog in my throat, and I haven't even been near a pond." LOL!!! I love it! I will never forget some of the things they say. I explained that having a frog in your throat was just a saying and that there was not an actual frog down there. Hehehe. Should I tell him that he sounds hoarse (horse)? *giggle giggle* I could really have fun with some of this. Take care everyone and keep warm.

You're going to do what with the Tonka truck!?!

Friday afternoon was beautiful outside and I knew that Rick was finally on his way home from work. I took the boys outside while I waited for him to pull into our driveway. The boys were playing with their trucks, they were going up and down the driveway and playing chicken with each other. Thank goodness the trucks are Tonkas! The last through just about anything.
After a little while Rick came home and started playing with the boys and giving them a ride in the back of the trucks while they were pushed down the driveway. "Again, Again!" They constantly yelled.
"Daddys getting tired." Daddy said. Then he had an idea. See the pics to see the answer. :)
FYI...NO CHILDREN WERE HARMED IN THE MAKING OF THIS BLOG!

Long time no talk! :)

We had to take an unexpected trip to Mississippi last week and we are back home now. Actually we have been home for a few days, its just taking us a little while to get back on track. I couldn't believe how much laundry and family of four could produce in just a few days! Geez!!
The drive down south was good. It was neat to see some of the things that I didn't realize I missed and how important it was to me that my children to know a little about it. At least as much as they would stop and listen to what we were saying. The cotton! Wow! Everywhere. The further south we drove the more we saw. One town that we ended up driving through was a real wake up for all of us. Rick was driving down the interstate and we saw a crop duster flying by. As we were driving we kept getting closer and closer to him. Rick and I were pointing him out to the kids and following his path. We watched him swish down into the fields and put out the dust. It was quite cool. I don't think I ever tire of watching them, even when I lived down there. As we got real close to the plane, it came around for another drive by. Our timing was perfect. We watched him go over our heads and turn around above the field to our left and swoosh!!!! He dove down to the field and we were look straight on at him we could actually see the pilot. Rick and I were getting real dramatic for the kids and we kept asking Aaron, "Oh no! Oh no! Is he going to hit us!?!" Honestly, I don't think the kids were ever that quiet during to whole trip! Hehehe. They just stared at him as he kept getting closer and then the roar of the engine came as he flew upward into the sky!!! It was awesome! Like I said, our timing was perfect and where was my camera? Dang it! I always get caught up in the moment! I never would be a good photojournalist. The boys did great. Aaron asked alot of questions and said that he wanted to ride. Sorry baby, ain't gonna happen!
Anyways, we pulled up to the next exit to get gas. We went behind the station to watch the plane a little more and a further away of course. There was also a harvested cotton field behind the store so the boys had an opportunity to pick some left over cotton!
I added a picture of the plane from a distance while we were out in the field. The whole time I was taking pictures, I kept asking, why, why why!!!!???? Didn't I get my camera out while we were on the road!! Grrrrrr! Rick wouldn't even back track on the highway so I can try to get the same picture! Oh well. *sniff sniff*