Cody and Double Digits!

While I was in Midland

MY BABY TURNED 10!!!

 

Hooters and a movie

with the boys.

 

I'm sorry I missed it!

I know he had a great

time though!

My Birthday!

 

It's my birthday!

My snookem has to work :(

but I get to spend my day with

my boys.  We started out by

having coffee and watching

Rudolph.  Two of some of my

favorite things!

 

 

Then we played some

wizardology.

Another of our favorites.

 

And then we decided to cut

all my hydrangeas because it's

supposed to freeze this week.

They were still so gorgeous

and smelled so pretty!

 

We took a sushi break

for lunch.  My Snookem

wasn't here, but that didn't

stop me.

 

 

When I got out of the shower

the boys had a wine glass

full of Lemonade with purple

food coloring in it.  It was surrounded

by flower petals and they had

some candles lit.

The note said

"Happy Birthday!

You're our rising start."

 

Isn't that sweet!?!

I guess they get their

sweetness from their dad too.

 

We also did some baking.

Homemade banana bread!

And a Strawberry Cake!

Another favorite!

 

 

 

 

My Birthday Tradition!

Putting up our Christmas Tree!

Isn't it pretty!

 

I wish my Snookem would

have been home all day,

but it really was a great day!!!

Finally back to normal?

It is sooo nice to be back home!

 

Rylee has been learning some

chemistry stuff in school.

So it's been potions and

experiments all the time.

 

Science is his thing.

Math and Science.

He's a wiz!

Must have gotten that

from his daddy.

 

Game Night with some hot tea.

I came across this vintage recipe

box for my collection.

The bonus was it was full of

vintage recipes.

Lots of pies and casseroles!

It's cold today and Penny

thinks we should be in bed!

Not working!

I opened up some of the

Jalapenos I canned a couple

of months ago.

They are soooo good.

I LOVE THEM!

Hot - but oh so good!

 

I made stew and we bought

Maleficent to snuggle up

on the cold night.

One out of the mazillion

things Tab and I talked

about on our Arizona trip

was special things we

could do for our hubbies.

 

Since KC always sends me

selfies, Tab challenged

me to send KC a selfie

everyday this week.

It wasn't easy!

I missed Friday,

but I thought I did pretty good.

 

We also snuck away

for a little date lunch.

 

 

AND...

We caught the 75%

off sale at the Halloween store!

The boys love these suits!

How about a trip to Arizona!?!

So I got a call from Tab Monday

asking me to go to Arizona for

some doctor appointments with her.

 

There were a few catches...

We had to leave by 3 that day...

We didn't know how long we would be gone...

And it's a 12 hour drive!

 

2 hours to pack. situate the boys. get everything

ready for KC to take over for the week.

Why not?!?  Lets Do It!?!

 

The sky was gorgeous that night!

We had a long drive ahead of us.

We stopped about half way for the night.

Breaking up the drive made it

so much better.

We headed out early the next morning

and arrived early enough before

her appointments to check out our

hotel.  It was really more of a

spa resort.

 

 

It sat on a golf course

with tons of trees and cactus

and plants and it was just so pretty!

The rooms were little adobe Indian

type villas.  The whole place was so

calm and quiet.  It was just very peaceful.

 

After the doc,

we went and explored the town

a bit.  The clinic was in

Fountain Hills, Arizona.

They had this strip of restaurants

and this huge gorgeous park.

We sat on the patio of an Italian

restaurant and drank some wine

and had the most delicious Italian food.

We had a perfect view of their famous

fountain.  It goes off every hour for

15 minutes and it shoots up 500 ft high.

It is beautiful!!

I saw this Abe Lincoln statue

and knew Cody would die!

He is in love with most all things

history.  Abe is his favorite!

 

The second day -

I had a full morning of waiting.

and my very first pumpkin spice latte!

 

 

 

I had to get out and stretch

my legs for a bit!

They had a nature trail

along the hospital.

 

 

It doesn't have to be

all about dr visits

and waiting around.

 

 

 

 

Our villa was even more amazing

at night.  The sun would sink below

the mountains and make a

gorgeous glow across everything.

 

The patio was perfect

for sipping more wine

and having some long talks!

 

 

Some one snuck out early in

the morning and finished off our

chocolate cake from the night before.

Tab!

 

 

We took a different route back

home.  You know I love the mountains!

So we stopped by Ruidoso, NM.

Did a little shopping and then

got back on the road for more driving.

I got to get some Christmas shopping done.

We ate great food. 

We explored a gorgeous city.

We had a LOT of laughs. 

 

I know we were there for doctor stuff

- BUT -

It really was a great trip!

 

 

We were both sooo ready to be

back home!  I told KC all I wanted

to do was watch some OSU football

in my own bed!

He got me my favorite lilies and lit

some candles for us to watch the game.

It was perfect!

I think maybe he missed

me just as much as I missed him.