We went to a water park with a friend yesterday, called a sprayground. It was a fabulous place to take kids- the watering area, a sandbox, playground equipment, swings and I brought sidewalk chalk. The kids had a great time but neither had any interest in getting wet. It was still quite a fun morning.

So, today I had lunch with my friend, Jen and her daughter. Hunter vehemently agreed he wanted a turkey sandwich. Upon sitting down with our sandwiches, he seemed to have forgotten his culinary choice. Instead, he wanted nothing to do with it. In fact, after being punished for throwing the first half of his sandwich in the floor, he threw the second half at me. It must be hysterical to be a bystander of toddlers. What's a mom to do? Sorry, no pictures of that one. What? Did you want to see me gritting my teeth, snarling?

I went to Chuck E. Cheese with some friends on this yucky, rainy day here in Virginia. Oh, and I took Hunter, by the way. First of all, Hunter was enamored with all of the flashing lights and shiny games. If I never offered to put tokens in the slots, he probably would have been almost as happy as when I did put tokens in. Of course, being competitive, I had to "help" him play some of the games so we could win some tickets. (I always did love the arcade.)

His favorite thing to do was sit in a car/truck for a ride and played with things that had steering wheels. He knocked over a few ducks for tickets- I helped, of course. We ate pizza, played more games and redeemed our tickets for a prize- a small, plastic lizard for Hunter.

Once outside in the rainy yuck, my friend, Janet, overheard me tell Hunter: "If you don't stay close to me, I will take away your lizard." Janet noticed how funny it is what we say to our children. She said I should put things like that in his scrapbook. Hunter would probably get a kick out of reading that some day. (Is that why the people at Fuddruckers looked at me funny yesterday when I told Hunter to come back or I would take away his space shuttle?)

The cute part is that I did have to take the lizard away and it's still in my pocket. If only they would obey. ;)

We were fortunate enough to go away for the weekend to a lovely place called Block Island off of Rhode Island for a wonderful wedding. It's much like Martha's Vineyard, I suppose- quaint, small(er), lots of boats & bikes and very romantic. However, they're not big on AC over there- something about the cost to generate it. Oh well, we survived.


We stayed at The National Hotel (pictured below with Mark in the foreground), an historic landmark and decent (at $300 a night, it should have been amazing- oh well). You have to ferry over to the island which makes it all the more secluded, if you will, or alluring or a pain- depends on your perspective; right? Getting off the ferry, our hotel looked packed but we found out it has a nice restaurant on the (very large) front porch. It was extremely convenient for dinner that night.

We attended our friend, Teal's, wedding. It was wonderful and we had an amazing time- seeing some people we had not seen in years and meeting lots of new, very interesting people. Almost everyone we know has children and the moms stay home, so this was quite a bit different and fun to hear about people's adventures.

The wedding was in an adorable church and, with no AC, quite warm for the gents. The poor guys were, literally, melting. Teal looked like a bride out of a magazine. The reception was located on a hilltop overlooking a gorgeous, boat-packed marina with a fabulous breeze to keep us cool. Supposedly, this place is used by famous people, with helicopters landing there for weekend events.

I was asked to say the blessing. It was an honor and a little nerve-wracking but I am thankful it went well. Thank you, Lord. Then the dancing and chatting went on for hours! Did I say we had a blast?! Well done, Teal!


By the way, I didn't mention our dear friends who kept Hunter for us to attend this wonderful paradise island wedding child-less. What a great trip! Thank you, C & R!!!


On Sunday, we chartered a sail boat- a little too lazy for our taste but a fun, relaxing experience, nonetheless. Next time, it's a motor boat and swimming for us! I can't wait until Hunter can join us on these adventures and it's not stressful. Soon enough, then we'll have two of them!

One more picture of me and the bride.

Okay, I am trying to figure out why I haven't been posting lately and I've realized... I've been busy! Doing what you ask? Doing nothing! I haven't had anything to post about recently. Seriously, I go to the gym, hang out with Hunter, maybe see a friend or two and clean. What do you blog about? I guess I have been having some awesome success in the marital department, so let me start there. No, wait! I'm expecting!

I must share that, officially, we are expecting number two! I know most of you know anyway, but now it's public! Well, LL may not know since I haven't seen her in ages. ;) We are due March 8th and I am doing great! Minimal nausea, some headaches and NO tiredness! Weird.

So, back to the marital thing. Since Mark rarely reads this, I think I'm safe to share that I embarked on a 30-day Marriage Challenge, along with two other gals, of NO complaining or being negative to your husband, everyday for 30 days! Plus, everyday, you have to make an effort to do something positive toward him- it's given to you everyday (thank him for being a hard worker, being a great dad, etc.). We pray about it everyday and ask God for help. It's been great! I haven't been perfect. Traveling is the worst for us, so I had a hard time being uber-pleasant with him on Friday as we were flying out of town. We quickly made up, though. More on this after Day 30 (later this month). Please feel free to be praying for me, though. I didn't think I could do it but it's actually been enjoyable!

Now, let me post more about our weekend, hopefully, tomorrow.