Friday, Friday, Friday!!!

Let's stick a fork in this work week? Shall we? And only one confession today. Because it's big!!

1. I confess that I am wife of the year. Yes, sorry, my friends. It's true. Not only did my husband spend last weekend rooting for the Buckeyes in our state capital, but he also spent this week in Vermont visiting Ashley.
What wife booked the latest flight possible on Thursday so he could spend as much time with Ashley as possible? Me.
What wife monitored his flights because of the, count them, 7 delays between two flights? Me.
What wife prevented him from missing his connecting flight because I was monitoring it and the US Air agent told him he already missed it? Me.
What wife picked him up at Detroit airport at 2am? Me
What wife went to bed at 3:45 and still came to work on Friday? Me

I told you. Don't you think that calls for a massage or something???

Weekend!!

Remember that one time when I didn't blog for like a week? Yea, neither do I...

We had a great, friend filled weekend!! Friday night kicked off Comet Football!! We left sometime during the 3rd quarter. We are unsure of the time or final score because the other teams scoreboard broke. I believe the final was 63-7. But this little enjoyed leading the band!!

Saturday was low key during the day, ran some errands, did some laundry...you know. The fun stuff. But Saturday was our triple date with The Skiver's! Dinner and movie and these two were reunited at last...

We had dinner at Red Robin and then off to see Despicable Me 2. What a great movie!!! I love those movie!

Ava had a great time and kept informing us that "I haven't seen Emmett for a long time". I know, honey. We try.

Sunday was NFL kick off day, and Daddy made a new addition to the front yard. A big Thanks to Uncle Rhino for the DAWG!

We headed to church and lunch afterwards for Baby Sammy's baptism. What a little sweetheart!!!

And as always, Ava had tons of fun with Ella and Evan!! The rest of the day was spent helping Nana with a few things and a hard core nap for Mama. My kind of weekend!

Confessions!!!

It's Friday!!! Woohoo! Bring on the weekend! I'm looking forward to rocking my new blinging Comet shirt tonight! Want to confess??? I do! Well, aside from my post last night.

1. I have been hooked to a caffeine IV today. Sleep and I did not get along well last night. And I believe a big part is the Cortisone shot. About 3am, while sitting outside on the patio trying to cool down, I googled side affects. Hot flashes. YEP. That was me!!!

2. This may be a little TMI, but it goes with the story. My allergies are flaring like no one's business this week. I've been sneezing from my very core. And because of that, let's just say I had a hhhmmm-hhhmmm small accident. One that I'm sure Ava will share with you if you ever see her in public. Anywhoodle...the accident, the orthopedic shoes, the hot flashes last night (that I was convinced was the beginning stage of menopause) ...I'm feeling a little old. Like I need to apply for a AARP card. At least then I'll get discounts.

3. This past weekend I went on the bi-weekly shopping trip. The number one staple? Two gallons of milk. Every time. Guess what I forgot at the store??? But I got the Hershey syrup! Priorities, priorities...

4. Ava (and I) lost her ipod. Looked everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Drawers, closets, couch cushions, cleaned out toy box and closet. I was afraid to tell John to avoid the "I told you so" conversation. I even offered our cleaning lady a big bonus if she found it. No luck. I told Nate when he got here that I would give him a bonus if he found it. So, he walked outside to my car, lifted up the car seat, and pulled out the ipod. Like 6 seconds. DUH. Now we're back to the live version of Moves Like Jagger. I love my girl but I wish that was Adam Levine busting a move in front of me.

5. Within the last couple of years, I have really tried to be more of a cook, crafty, making things, saving money. I'd say I'm pretty successful thus far. However, my secret came out the other night at Kelly's house. I can't cook bacon. It scares me. I don't know why. I only make BLT's when John will be home to cook the bacon. Hannah, our 14 yr old neighbor, thinks I'm nuts. I believe her words were "I can cook bacon!!!!" Haha.

6. Last weekend we took Ava to Nagoya for dinner. We had been wanting to take her to see her reaction. Well, long weekend, lack of naps, was the recipe for the perfect brat. I decided to take her to the bathroom for a small "Come to Jesus" moment. I held her hand and calmly walked her to the bathroom. The entire time, she's screaming "What are you going to do to me?" I'm surprised the hostess didn't call CSB.

Have a great weekend!! It's quiet on our end. :)

Me

I don't post too much about myself...maybe just my deepest darkest secrets...LOL!! But I had to share this. My heel on my right foot has been bothering me. Mostly in the mornings. If you know me at all, I try to avoid the Dr's office at all costs. Well, I had enough so I made an appointment. Wow, I was not expecting what happened there. At all. He did a couple of X-rays and then asked me how long I have worn high heels. Well pretty much all my life. I've been rocking heels forever. When I was a wee little girl I played dress up and had a pair of white heels that I LOVED! I couldn't wait to wear them in "real life" some day. Diagnosis: My tendons are not straightened because my foot is constantly at an angle. My feet do not turn at a 90 degree angle. Basically, my feet are permanently at a angle. Therefore, my ligaments aren't happy and is making me feet hurt. I walked out of the office a cortisone shot later, my foot wrapped with strict instructions to buy orthopedic shoes. Wh-Wh-What?????? First of all the shot hurt like a b!!@#, I am going to have to wear socks for a week with this wrapping and orthopedic shoes???? Enter depressed mode here. They gave me a brochure where I can find the shoes and there are a couple that aren't too bad. The one I like the best is called the Ava....fate? I think so...

After the Dr, I headed to a hair appt. I had an idea in my head but this sealed the deal. I needed to feel cute. So....

Nine inches shorter!!!

The front view...

I feel better. I really do. Now I must go buy my shoes that I think will be covered by insurance. Stay tuned for tomorrow's confessions. Yep, there's even more!!!

Ava's First Genoa Soccer Game

Tonight was Ava's first soccer game with the Genoa league. She was a little off, but still did ok. Until an injury sidelined her...

And no worries about the injury. It's a little cut about the size of a pin head that let loose less than a drop of blood. At least she's not too dramatic...

Uncle Nate!!!

Uncle Nate came into town to do some work with his boss, Wrenn. He came in Monday night and is leaving tomorrow, but that's ok! We'll take it! Any time with Uncle Nate is good time! We had some family over for dinner last night and Ava picked out dessert. Surprised??

Weekend Recap!! Football, Dumplings, Wicked, and lots and lots of animals!!

Did we ever have a weekend?? From the moment we got off work until Sunday night we were going and going!! It was a total girls weekend because Daddy went to root for The Buckeye's!! But it was lots of fun!! Today has been laid back...But Ava is at Nana's. We're going to meet up at soccer practice...

Friday we went to Genoa's first official game! We left after the 3rd quarter because Genoa was rocking!! The game was a little boring because Genoa was just downing the ball and kicking field goals.

 Saturday was jammed packed! We headed to the Dumpling's play group with all of our FCC friends. It's the first time we went but we loved it!! Ava played with chopsticks and we got to learn Chinese words.

 After Dumplings we headed to lunch with Ella, Roz, Katie, and Conner. We went to Chick Fil A so the kids could play and the Mama's could chill...Ahhh....

And they got super cool watches!!

They were so good at lunch that we decided to treat them to ice cream, too!! We were totally loving our friend time!

After fun with our FCC friends, we headed to the other Ella's birthday party. It was actually her friend party and she invited Ava! Haha! It was a swim party with a bunch of 8 yr olds and a bunch of screaming and a bunch of One Direction. :)

After Ella's party, we went home and power napped. I made an impromptu decision and I wasn't sure how it would fly. Well, it paid off and Ava loved it! I took her to see Wicked at the Stranahan! I was so happy because I really wanted to see it. The minute she realized the connection to The Wizard of Oz was adorable! There were many questions, but the fact she sat for 3 hours for this amazed me. Some of the questions were:

Why her green?
Are the monkey's her friends?
Do they eat dog food? Oh, no! They eat banana's.
Why her sing when she talks?

We slept in on Sunday and waited for Daddy to get home. Once he arrived and unpacked we headed to African Wildlife Safari in Port Clinton. You can drive through and feed the animals. She was super stoked that she got to ride up front, too!! We fed llamas, a steer, buffalo, and deer. The steer was a little much for me. He was on my side and I slobber down the side of the car. Not to mention he was downing carrots like they were candy. I couldn't pull them out quick enough!

Talking selfie's on Daddy's phone.

After feeding the animals, we were pretty hungry ourselves. So we headed to Nagoya for dinner. Ava's first hibachi grill experience. She was a good participant! Trying to catch food in her mouth and everything!! Our chef was so nice to her and she even took a picture with him!!

We had a jam packed, great weekend!! Hope yours was great too!