Lunch at Red Robin, Shopping at JC Penney, Craft stuff at Michaels, New tires on the car...all Mongo Expensive, but a day with my daughter: Priceless

My day yesterday started off with a text from Em saying that she had dropped her car off at the shop and could I pick her and her friend up since it would be awhile before it'd be done. I enjoy spending time with her, so of course I got ready and headed out. The girls were hungry, so we decided on Red Robin, but after realizing it was only 10:30 am and they didn't open til' 11:00 am we decided to kill some time in JC Penney... well, kill some time we did. They are having their buy one get one for 88 cents sale. Fun times. An hour and half later we mosied on over to Red Robin and got a bite to eat... oh my yummalish. We had a great time laughing and dare I say... reconnecting. I can't believe it's been almost a year since she graduated.

Ahh, I loveee looking at these pictures! It was such a wonderful day!

Now, back to our day together... after we left Red Robin we went to Michaels... well you know if you are with me you are stuck running my errands :) They didn't seem to mind and we were having a blast. Em and her friend found some silly animal hats and proceeded to wander the entire store wearing them. Em's was a 'donkey' (aka: Jack-a@@) and Alysha's was an alligator ( or something green with teeth)... Oh my.. I lost them for a while then the next thing I knew I heard other female voices along with theirs and when I turned the corner of an aisle they were with a few other women who were also wearing the animal hats now! All I could do was shake my head and look at the ground when one woman asked me if I was going to claim them. I paused... then said "yes! I love them!" Emily has a desire to want people to laugh and be happy and that means everyone around her. I love that quality about her. She and Alysha picked out a paint craft and tie dye t-shirt craft to do. I guess some girls never change.. yay! I am now the proud owner of a tie dye t-shirt hand made by my Em and her friend Alysha! Shortly after making the shirts we got the call that the car was ready and my play day with my 18 year old baby girl was coming to an end :( It was a fun day and I look forward to more in the future.

Can I just tell you....

Things have been.. well, they've been. That's it. It's life. Right? I think I should blog about something, then I feel as though it's too trivial or too d*#@ depressing so I don't. Hence the hiatus since November when I had announced my big new "start"! Whatever!

Okay, on March 1st Lil' James turned 16! Holy cow! When did that crap happen. I mean I don't even know what to call him anymore, Lil' James seems so insulting now and I know he really doesn't like it. Hey, here's a thought... I'll call him 'James'! He's such a great son and I could really go on and on and dote on him with numerous colorful metaphors, but I wont drive everyone nuts with that. Just know that he is a hero to me and I am so proud to be his mother. Oh, he did go on his first double date a little over a week ago and he had such a great time!

I know this is an older picture of James (with my mom), but I realized I have no 2010 pictures downloaded onto my computer. That can tell you a little about how things have been going these days, Crazy!! I'll post some more recent pictures later.

Now jumping to another topic... I had a really nice visit from Emily yesterday. She and a friend stopped by and just hung out for a couple of hours. I really enjoyed seeing my Em. I don't get to talk to her a whole bunch, so it was a treat. I miss my girl :(

Well, off to get myself ready for all the things we have to do this weekend. James comes home Friday morning (this being gone every week buisness is getting OLD). There is a campout for both the James', Pinewood Derby for Daniel, soccer for Daniel Saturday morning, band competition for Aaron Saturday afternoon, Young Women broadcast Saturday evening, Oh and it's Daniels 9th BIRTHDAY ON SATURDAY!!! YAY!!!