Sunday, March 21, 2010

Spring has Sprung!

With days as beautiful as yesterday, its always difficult when another "cold front" comes through. We definitely have spring fever (soon to be summer fever) around here. 
This is what our first day of Spring looked like:

  • Woke up early (yet late) for Bubba's 8:30am basketball game
  • Picked up our Saturday morning ritual--the Asiago breakfast bagel sandwich from Panera. I really do think I could live off of these. Seriously. Ohhhhh...its a lil' piece of heaven.








  • Bubba's last basketball game of the season. We have really enjoyed our first year of YMCA basketball. Bubba made new friends on the team and now he is dribbling a ball all through the house/yard on a daily basis. Yesterday he had his best game of the season and scored 6 baskets. Go Bubba! (I will miss chit-chatting on the sidelines with the moms...but I got swim season coming up to satisfy my lack of socializing)

  • Ran to the new Wal-Mart Super Center and picked up New Moon on DVD. The guy in electronics tried to tell me that they didn't get the "Premium" disc set on Blu-Ray with sneak peeks of Eclipse. While at the check stand what do I see stashed next to the magazines? Yeah, you guessed it. I snatched it up...and continued to talk trash about the monkey. :) Never trust anyone who works at Wal Mart ... thats the moral of the story here!

  • Bubba's end of basketball season party at Rusty's Pizza Parlor. Best pizza in town.
  • Relaxing in the backyard.....or as Luke calls it, our "outdoor living space." While Luke was trying to figure out why we had a swampy area in the flowerbed I took pictures of everyone. The boys swam in the pool for the first time this year. (Yes...they are missing a few brain cells.....)

  • Costco! The land of cheap gas and free samples! I think we ran into half the ward from church.
  • BBQ! Yes, big daddy cooked us up some grub.A steak for him and chicken for me.
  • Relaxing (again) in the front yard....watching the cars speed by. Luke took the top off his Jeep Friday night so now we can watch the boys use it as a jungle gym for the next 5 months. But you know what happens when ya take the top off? Yep--it should rain anyday now.
  • Churros! Yes, I have fallen hard for the churros at Baja Fresh. We have eaten there far too many times over the years and just tried these delights a few weeks ago. Now I crave them. My sweeeeeeet husband went to the marketplace with the boys to pick some up and he was told they were all out. (What?!) So--I called the store in Rosedale and ordered some up. Now, thats an addiction. When Luke got home he scooped up some ice cream for me and piled on the churros. Mmmmm...mmmmm...mmmmmm!
  • Ok---since I am the official family photographer, this is all I have of myself...freshly painted toes! Its "Mad Hatter" from OPI. Its the cheaper version of "Rock Star" toes! :)


I had to throw in this last picture for no apparent reason...
I know my hair will probably never look like this but I have been dreaming of straightening my hair and getting this cut. She used to have an afro in her Felicity days!  What do you think? 
A girl can dream...

Happy SPRING everyone!

2 comments:

Carianne said...

Do it! I love her hair. Always good to try something new. I must say I LOVE your curls but I am a girl who loves change so I totally support this new hair style. Cute toes too. I need to go et mine done. I have had a gift certificate for a pedi for almost a year now and have a massage gift certificate that has been sitting my drawer for almost 4 years. I like just knowing that I could use them whenever I have the time. I am loving this weather too. It makes me happy.

laura said...

The hair. I have been "dreaming" of the same thing for about 2 years now. Ohhhhh, how I want straight hair. Here's the problem. I'm not great with upkeep. What happens when that grows out an inch and you have tight kinks right by your head. Coming from a girl who knows your pain.
Also, with all your delicious treats you speak of, how do you look so fantastic???? I can't splurge on an apple right now. Lucky girl.
Oh, and that is one HOT coach.

That Stop Wasn't On My Itinerary....

So the Hogue's made it to Florida for our first official family vacation. It was Sawyer's first plane ride....and Simon's first plane ride that he can remember. We were excited....the boys were stoked. We had everything we needed! But it seems that Sawyer packed something with him that wasn't on our checklist: a big case of pneumonia. Yes, the little fella made it almost one whole day in Florida before he started heading downhill fast. Our 2nd day in Orlando we were in the Urgent Care south of Cocoa Beach. (By the way, to see a doctor more quickly, it helps if you vomit all over the waiting room in front of the receptionist. Little tip for ya) After chest x-rays they advised us to head to the ER in Melbourne, where they eventually admitted him to the hospital. So, we had 3 night deluxe accommadations at the Holmes Regional Medical Center. The little whipper snapper was a trooper though! The nurses loved him, thankfully, and made us all feel right at home. We were going to send postcards out with pictures of the hospital since we spent 40% of our trip there...but they didn't have any. Imagine that!Hmmm.....maybe its something they should consider.

Florida 2008