Happy Birthday Lila Grace!!!!

Ok, so this is ONLY 6 days late...but she IS our 3rd...what can I say??

Lila is 2!!!

Dear Lila,
You absolutely couldn't be any sweeter or cuter! You are so cautious and so reserved...Dad and I are not sure what to do with you:) Everyone thinks you don't talk, but you talk ALL the time to us. You also dance, laugh and sing AND when you watch your favorite shows Dora or Barney...you answer all the questions! You are girly, but you also LOVE to play in the mud with your brothers or go fishing with the guys. You also always want to ride bikes and play ball. You are cute as a button with your blonde hair (you finally have some!). You are one spoiled baby girl and we couldn't love you any more!!!!
Love, Mom and Dad





We actually celebrated her bday a day early, b/c on Saturday we headed to Great Wolf Lodge with my girlfriend and her 2 boys, for Spring Break. The boys LOVED it, but Lila...not so much. She was good, but she didn't want to swim or even do the lazy river with Dad. She actually took a 4 hour nap!...which Mom and Dad REALLY
appreciated!!












And then we headed to Papa Larry's for some good old outdoor FUN...

MARDI GRAS

We had a FAB-U-LOUS time in NO at Mardi Gras with my sis and bro-n-law!!

Artist in the House!!!

Remember the Art award Jack won last year?

(http://ekjclfortner.blogspot.com/2010/02/birthday-x-2-and-our-little-picasso.html)

...Well, he won it again!!! We are one proud family!

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I feel like we had the eternal celebration week this year for our Birthdays!! Here's how it ALL unfolded...

Last Friday I thru a HUGE Surprise Birthday Celebration for My Man!! And Yes, it was a HUGE surprise! I invited family, neighbors, friends, and work people and almost everyone I invited showed up! We had beer and wings (E's Favs) and even a round of birthday shots. It was really FUN!!!






My parents came to the party and they then stayed the weekend so we celebrated with them on Saturday!




Then Monday, it was MY BIRTHDAY!!! The kids were all home for President's Day and so E decided to take the day off, too! We went to lunch and had a fun-filled family day. But...then night rolled around and I kept waiting and waiting for my cake and card...but nothing - no cake, no card, no singing, no pictures:(
Soooooo, I went to bed early feeling VERY sorry for myself and when E came to bed I gave him the major cold shoulder!!!
And guess what?! He got the message!! The next night I had cake, a card and singing:)....so here's the pictures of my post Birthday night.
Oh and I got these beautiful Birthday flowers and a sweet homemade card from Jack.





And then Wednesday was E's real Birthday...




Thanks for all the Birthday treats!!! As always we feel VERY loved!! XOXO

7 days of CRAZIness

In the last seven days we've had the CRAZiest weather for Texans...

And sooooo we've done and seen some pretty CRAZY things...

Here's our top 10

10. We've had ice, snow, rain and ice some more...all creating CRAZY weather conditions, CRAZY roads and CRAZIER drivers!!




9. The boys and Lila have had FIVE snow days off school...TX may be BIGGER and BETTER than everyone, but they sure can't handle the snow!!







8. Mom got paid for four days of non-working! First time EVER...I've always worked contract, or just not worked :)

7. We played our new PS3 ALL DAY LONG one day...and YES this does make us CRAZY!!!



6. We sled down our driveway.



5. We made a homemade hot tub. (Don't tell Jack you saw this picture...when I took it, he made me "promise to not put it on facebook!")



4. We've become ADDICTED to hot chocolate!!



3. We wrestled and wrestled some more...driving Mom CRAZY!!



2. We slept with Dad (this wasn't CRAZY...just CUTE)



1. We've had some CRAZY fun...but if we don't get back to our normal schedule Mom will GO CRAZY!!!