Basketball Banquet, Birthdays, Easter, and Spring Break Roll Up

I'm OLD and getting LAZY.  I heard a funny Woody and Jim conversation on the radio last week.  They were needling their co-host Zac, and the topic was how lazy he is.  He was basically talking about how much he loathes doing laundry and that he's found this new service where he can drop off his laundry and have it washed, folded and ready to pick up.  He proceeded to say that he now needs someone to come over and put all the clean clothes up and was asking if there was a service for that.  They were ragging him about how lazy he is and telling him this laundry service is not new.  It was funny, and I can totally relate - not to the laundry necessarily - but the overall laziness and not feeling like doing anything. Could it be the age of 41?


Could it be because I drink too much wine?  For the record, this picture was for "laughing" purposes on a group text.  I would never drink an entire bottle of wine through a straw!  I'm more sophisticated than that - hah!







The Lady Spartans Basketball team celebrated their 31-4 season last week.  The coaches and team were honored in the illustrious school cafeteria with Rich Pond Market catering and the cutest little table decorations from yours truly and Pinterest =)!

 Coach Lane Embry referred to Karson as sneaking her way all over the court like a Ninja and how he expected a lot of her in the future.  She loves basketball and although the season is LOOOONNNGG, she made lots of new friends and enjoyed being part of such a special team.

The Freshiest Freshman minus Olivia who was sick =(.

AND - Karson got her official high school LETTER - YAY!

Me and Dad are March babies and celebrated our 68th and 41st at the end of the month. We did lunch at Culver's for Dad the Sunday before Easter...

 And because the kids were out of school last Friday, we decided to have lunch at O'Charley's for my birthday.

My fun co-workers surprised me that morning with desk decorations, a sweet card and some sweet gifts.  They know how to make me feel special and loved =).

I met my family for lunch that afternoon.  My sister made a delicious strawberry cake, and I was spoiled with birthday goodies and LOVE.

I had purchased tickets months ago to see Wicked at TPAC on my birthday so I took a half day off so we could leave a little early for the show.  Karson and I wanted to make a pit-stop to The Gulch and get a picture with the Kelsey Montague street mural.  I had seen an article about how she recently worked at Glasgow Middle School on a project and have always wanted to get a picture with her piece in Nashville.

 We found a parking garage near TPAC and stumbled upon a great little downtown restaurant called The Frothy Monkey for dinner.

Wicked lived up to the hype, and I'm glad we were able to finally see it - AND on my birthday - HOW COOL!

 Easter fun with our little snuggle bunnies!

Because we are taking a week-long beach trip this summer, I decided to only take two days off for Spring Break.  With Easter falling on Sunday, we wanted to be able to go to church and eat with our families so it sort of knocked out doing a quick trip.  We decided to spend two days in Nashville.  On Monday we booked a bay at Top Golf.

 It was a tad gloomy and chilly but the bays are heated, and we enjoyed our view from the top floor.  Miles was in heaven!  Golf is his thing, and he's good y'all!  He's got the golf fever and spends a lot of time at Indian Hills with Matt.  They've played three times already this week.

 We went to Chick Fil A for lunch and made a quick stop at the Galleria mall before heading home.

On Tuesday, we headed to the Nashville Zoo with Pap, Nana, and Mae Kathryn.  We've been to the Louisville zoo a couple of times but have never been to the Nashville one.  It's nice!  I was a little concerned about the weather because it was drizzling on the way there and looked very overcast.  However, it turned out to be the PERFECT day.  The sun popped out occasionally, and it got fairly warm.

 

We made our way through most of the exhibits and were about ready to leave when a gentleman walked up and asked if we would like a handful of tickets for the "paid" attractions.  His family was leaving and weren't going to use them.  He gave me around $25 worth of tickets. Yes, yes we'll take them!  Karson and Isaac decided to ride the Soaring Eagle Zip Line and Mae K and Miles went to the jungle gym to play and then to the carousel.  After that, we called it a day and headed home.

Wednesday wasn't real spectacular.  I went back to work and the kids hung around the house.  Matt and Miles did some golfing.  When I got home, I took the older two to Zaxby's and we met Matt and Miles and almost everyone in Bowling Green (who isn't at the beach) at Southern Lanes for $15 wristband night.  For $15 you can bowl as many games as you want, get your shoe rental, and do any of the attractions in the back of the center - Rock Climb, Mini Golf, Laser Tag, Bumper Cars.  It's quite a deal and everyone was capitalizing on it =).

 Not sure what else we'll do this week, but I have a good feeling we will be at opening night for John Krasinski's new movie A Quiet Place tomorrow?!?

I See Us on a Beach Down in Mexico...

You can put your feet up, be my señorita
We ain't gotta rush just take it slow
You'll be in the high life
Soaking up the sunlight
Anything you want is yours
I'll have you living life like you should
You say you never had it so good

That is EXACTLY what we did.  We returned to para, para, paradise in Cancun.  Last year (when we went), I was super jealous of my sister and Lisa's cute little Vera Bradley carry-on bags for the airplane. Matt and I packed together and check a big bag - a big BORING looking bag.  I was on the hunt for something super cute and got my very own VB bag for Christmas this year.  Isn't it the cutest???  I got matching accessories to complete the look.  Now, I totally "look the part" of being a regular at the airport - hah!  The biggest trick was trying to figure out how to pack for five days in such a small space.  Doing lengthy mission work in college reminded me that I could tight roll all my clothes and fit much more in the bag. The zip compartment on the bottom held all my shoes perfectly.  During Dillard's recent additional 40% off sale of clearance items, I was able to snag two really cute dresses perfect for Mexico.

     We settled our kids at my parents house and headed to the airport early Thursday morning.  Paul scored us all FIRST CLASS seats - woo hoo! We arrived in style to Mexico...I've never ridden in a seat that reclines totally back.  It was about the coolest thing ever.  We got Mexico a little after lunchtime and headed over to our resort -Secrets Maroma which is about a 45 minute van ride from the airport.  All of us were starving when got there.  Because we had arrived early (or before check in), our rooms weren't available.  We decided to head down to the pool restaurant and eat.  By the time we finished, our rooms were ready.  It didn't take us long to get changed into our swimsuits.  The weather there was refreshing but HOT. 

The hotel staff greeted us with cool towels and champagne!  Welcome to Paradise!

After hanging around the pool for a bit, we headed back to the rooms to get changed for dinner.  It was International Night around the pool patio and was a smorgasbord of different foods.  Afterward we headed to the Disco to see a comedian and to the theatre for a magic show.  We were all worn out from the early morning so headed to bed.  In an effort not to bore everyone with loads of details, I'll just hit the highlights of our 5-day trip which included...

TONS OF EATING....breakfast was by far our favorite...wall to wall buffet of everything you can think of -homemade crepes, omelets, made to order eggs, pastries, waffles, meats, fresh squeezed OJ, lots of different fresh tropical juices, complete with a harp player...UHmazing

Seeing lots of critters all over the resort!

 Participating in our FIRST foam party.  It was the sort of experience that you love but might also die in the process.  Sometimes those bubbles got super high and were a tad stingy on the ol' eyeballs.  I'd have to carve out my own private grotto for air.

 MORE EATING....

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Dancing, laying around, and being able to put our lives on HOLD and get away from all the noise of our homes and lives.  Work can wait.  The kids are fine (thanks Mom and Dad). Marriage is at the top of our priority list, and I'm thankful that Matt and I can have these moments, with our very best friends, after 22 years together.  Relationships are what truly matters.

We arrived back in Bowling Green early Monday evening, snuggled up with our babies, and basked in the joy of another FUN memory made in this life journey together!

Spring Forward With SNOW

The kids are out of school today for SNOW of all things.  This weekend was gorgeous.  I got some early morning shopping done.  Me and K got us a free spray tan at Sun Tan City.  Miles and Matt went golfing. I spent most of Saturday afternoon outside walking, working in the yard, playing ping pong in the garage, hitting volleyball with Karson, and enjoying the spring SUN.  The trees are budding.  My hostas are sprouting.  Our clocks moved forward one hour yesterday.  Again, a pleasant day - a little cooler but still productive.  Got some exercise.  Me and K went and got spring pedicures.  I picked up some Seven Dust for some of my laurels which are getting eaten by some sort of bug.  And today, BAM, snow!  I knew it was in the forecast but was sort of hopeful it wouldn't come.

    The month of March has slowed down a little.  Basketball is officially over.  The Lady Spartans won the District Tournament over BGHS (the last week of February).  It was an exciting night and the first time Karson's team (since middle school) hasn't been the runner-up to BG.  Thirteen members of our team were recognized for All-District in Academics.  How amazing is that!!!

 Winning the District took us to Western Kentucky University for the Regional Tournament the next week.  We played/beat Todd County and Karson was able to get a few minutes of playing time.  In the next round, we faced Glasgow and won which put us in the Championship with BG.  During regular season and District play, we had already beaten them three times so we knew it would be tough facing and beating them again a fourth time.  And, unfortunately, things didn't go our way and our season ended =(.  It was a sad night - lots of tears.  The girls held their heads high though and all went to El Mazatlan for dinner to celebrate their season.

 It's been a slow month without basketball which has been really nice (and a welcomed break).  Our lives seem "more normal" getting to hang out as a family.  Matt and I are getting away for a little beach therapy at the end of this week while the kids hang out with the grandparents.
     I'm hopeful the weather will shift quickly in BG so everyone can enjoy some SUNSHINE.