Monday, April 22, 2019

cancun

i have the best luck.
i WON a trip to cancun at my
company christmas party.
we knew that laying around on the 
beach is more fun when you invite friends,
so my brother and kristine met us down there.

it was amazing.
we ate a lot of food.
i drank my favorite beach drink, miami vice.
we went to the spa for hydro therapy and a couple massage.
it was the best massage i've ever had.
once my brian and kristine showed, we played bags 
out on the beach and took advantage of the swim up bar in the pool.

i want to go back. 

Image may contain: 3 people, including Kristine Tardiff, people smiling, ocean, sky, cloud, outdoor, nature and water

Image may contain: ocean, sky, outdoor, nature and water

Image may contain: 2 people, people smiling, sunglasses, sky, outdoor and closeup

Image may contain: Brooke Turner Cox, smiling, drink and indoor

Image may contain: 4 people, including Brooke Turner Cox and Kristine Tardiff, people smiling, pool, swimming and outdoor

Image may contain: 2 people, including Brooke Turner Cox, people smiling, people standing, ocean, sky, beach, outdoor, nature and water

Image may contain: 2 people, including Kristine Tardiff, people smiling, outdoor

Image may contain: one or more people, people sitting, sky, cloud, tree, outdoor and nature

Image may contain: 4 people, including Kristine Tardiff and Brooke Turner Cox, people smiling, people standing and indoor

Image may contain: 4 people, people smiling, people sitting, table and outdoor

Image may contain: one or more people, sky, beach, outdoor and nature

Image may contain: 4 people, including Brooke Turner Cox, people smiling, people standing, ocean, sky, water, outdoor and nature

Image may contain: Brooke Turner Cox, smiling, outdoor

ps- my parents kept the girls for 5 days so obviously, we owe them big time. 

Monday, April 1, 2019

march

march was good, but with one exception.

still a little cold, but definitely starting to get a few good days.
downtown warrensburg does a charitable 
ladies night event and this year was luau theme. 
it was fun because kassie came down for it and it's 
always nice to get out of the house for a night and 
hang with the girls. 
(i might have had toooooooooo much... fun)
Image may contain: 4 people, including Shannon Glover, Kassie Dewitt and Brooke Turner Cox, people smiling

Image may contain: 10 people, including Holly Walker Dow, Shannon Glover, Catherine Rupp, Brooke Turner Cox, Perian Russell and Kassie Dewitt, people smiling, people sitting and food

brette finished up her basketball season and she loved it.
i know she'll want to play again next year.
ronnie hooked her up with a basketball goal down at the 
shop, so she can play around anytime she wants.
(still unable to get the ball to the basket though, lol)
Image may contain: 8 people, people smiling, indoor

margie came down for a visit, which is always amazing. 
she brought her kiddos and i took off 
work so we could hang at shannon's.
reid ended up being SUPER sick - like more sick
than i've ever seen.
she was throwing up all. the. time. 
i still managed to see margie, but i spent the rest of the
weekend taking care of poor reid.
Image may contain: Katie Abramczyk, Brooke Turner Cox and Shannon Glover, people smiling, people standing

Image may contain: 8 people, including Kassie Dewitt, Shannon Glover, Brooke Turner Cox and Katie Abramczyk, people smiling, shoes, outdoor and nature

we've met some new friends too.
ronnie started hanging out with a new friend,
and he has boys around our girls age.
they've hit it off big time and they've liked playing together.
Image may contain: 2 people, people smiling, child and closeup


Image may contain: 4 people, people smiling, child and outdoor

and now for the bad news. 
we lost little louie this month.
he was having such a hard time breathing and 
it got really bad.
it was constant and i felt by keeping him alive,
we were actually slowly letting him suffocate. 
ronnie couldn't do it. 
i took him to the vet and the vet told me that i really
needed to consider quality of life and if this was
what i wanted for louie.
obviously not.
i took him back home and got ronnie and the girls.
we fed him eggs and bacon and then went back to the vet.
it was very peaceful and we loved on him and talk to him the whole time.
it's still very sad - i loved our little tater hog and 
i feel guilty for being the one to push us to do this, 
but i do think it was for the best.
the girls are brutal because they don't really get it
so they just talk about it all the time. 
plus, they get confused about him being in heaven, 
when they helped us bury him in the back yard, so
we have to explain it over and over. 
ronnie and i had him for 10 years.
he was grumpy at night, slept all the time, did 
spin moves when you were getting out his food. 
he loved car rides and a licking ronnie's nose. 
he slept with us every night above our heads and never 
learned how to jump on or off furniture. 
here's to you, bubba. 2008-2019
Image may contain: dog

Image may contain: dog

Image may contain: dog and outdoor

Image may contain: dog

Image may contain: 2 people, people smiling, dog and child

Image may contain: 1 person, dog

and then just to end on something more positive,
here's a couple pics of my gorgeous girls.