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!

birthday birthday birthday birthday...

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!!!

My Big Man and My Lil' Man

My Big Man ran his 1st 5K a week ago and we are so so so so so proud of him!!! He's been running for over a year now and decided to finally take it on. He REALLY wanted to run a 1/2 marathon in 2010, but as soon as he started training he realized his mind was a little ahead of his body. He underestimated his age :) He could only run 3-5 miles without his knee hurting badly. So I told him, "ya know, even if you run a few miles, a few times a week, that's just fine" (and WAY more than me, I'm soooo not a runner!) Anyway, after New Year's he said he was doin a 5K and HE DID IT!!! Of course, we are on day 7 now and he says his body STILL hurts...today he told me he had to eat left handed, b/c it hurt too much to eat with the right! AND...he's been applying Bengay every night...I told him nothing says old like Bengay!!!






My Lil' Man got his hair cut:(...I was really upset about this, but he's been asking/begging for over a year, so I finally gave in. AND, you know what?...it looks really good!! It makes his baby blues look sooooo BIG and he really is sooooo CUTE no matter how he wears his hair!! I keep telling E, he is our lil Rico Suave...he LOVES to fix his hair, pick out his clothes, plan what he's wearing the next day and change his outfit 5 times per day! Oh and all this hard work pays off, the ladies LOVE him! We've already gotten several love notes in the backpack...and we're only in PreK!!

Here's some before and after pics...

Pictures!!!!

I got a new camera for Christmas (thanks Mom!!!) so I've been trying to figure it out. I really want to learn how to take really good close up shots and also action shots (i.e., sports!). Here are some of the shots I've gotten so far (still not the best, but I'm learnin)...