PHOTO A DAY IN MAY- Sweet Times

This is sweet niece. She brings such joy to me all of the time. We had a sleep over last night and I told her I was taking her to the school carnival down the street from us. Only to find out its next week! OOPS! So we went to dinner and attempted to redeem the evening by watching the Chipmunk movie.

Hardly makes up for the absence of cotton candy!

About 2 in the morning she woke up and said, " Jenni, I just really love coming to your house." OH MY HEART! After feeling like such a failure about the carnival it healed my broken heart.
In the morning we went to coffee and Target and of course bought a little something for my Sweet niece!

Sweet Times!

PHOTO A DAY IN MAY- SURPRISES

Surprises are the best! Especially when nature drops them in front of you! Literally! I was sidewalk chalking with my 3 year old niece today and suddenly my dog takes off after a squirrel that had a baby wrapped up around its neck. The squirrel dropped the baby at the base of my tree and my dog had no clue what to do! Even though he has chased them for years with what has seemed to be intent to kill. He proved today that his heart is bigger than his appetite! He sniffed the squirrel and walked away to find the mother!
I went and picked up the baby from the ground and he let me hold him! It is so sweet when nature allows you such a privilege. I placed him in the crack of the tree and stepped away. minutes later, mom came down, wrapped him around her neck, looked at me as if to say thank you, and headed back home. What a beautiful connection with nature today!

PHOTO A DAY IN MAY- Taking ya Back a few years.

Taking you back a few years in honor of Prom season that is now upon us! A little Brotherly advice from my oldest brother Donny!! HAPPY TIMES!

MY PAL!

My best buddy Franklin! He is truly the best dog in the world.

I know everyone thinks thier dog is the best and we are supposed to. Its part of thier plan!!

That's why I chose him as a Photo for PHOTO A DAY IN MAY!

PHOTO A DAY MAY

This is my hubby and favorite person in the world! I can't Imagine my life without him!

My Wedding Journey From The Mother In Law

It seems a bit odd to have a child of mine getting married. I don’t quite feel old enough for this journey.
I still feel like a kid in college myself. Totally in love with my amazing man.
But here we go! My Oldest and only son is getting married!
My Daughter in law to be has been living with us since January.
She is a wonderfully creative, smart and talented, not to mention, a beautiful girl. (They say boys marry women like their Moms) te hehehe!
It has been interesting and fun to watch the relationship between her and I grow.
We knew very little about each other before January, and now I feel like she is one of my own.
It is truly amazing how a relationship can develop so quickly. She has become one of our girls. We have even converted her from Blonde to Brunette!
I feel blessed to be on this new Mother in law journey.
My life has just had more seasoning added to it and it seems to be a perfect blend!
More to Come…. Wedding planning as the mother in law!

Romantic getaway

We have been waiting for so long for a romantic getaway. So for our 21st anniversary Kevin surprised me with a little trip to Mackinaw Island Michigan. I have wanted to go there since I saw the movie Somewhere In Time when I was 14.
So today is the the day we left for our road trip. September 19th 2011.

The drive is 9 hours but we are splitting it up and doing 5 today and 4 tomorrow.
Everything is going along perfectly. The weather couldnt be any better and we are enjoying our car ride chatting and listening to country music.

We stop for a little dinner and quickly get back on the road. Kevin informs me that his friend at work told him to take a different way because the way he was planning to go would take to long.
So our hotel reservation at the Hilton in Green Bay is cancelled to take our new route!! (this would prove to be a mistake!)

Driving along not really thinking that we should reserve a room in Marinette Wisconsin or Menomenee Michigan because it's a Monday in the off season in a small town. How bad could it be?

So we chose not to reserve a room and to play it by ear. ( this would be hilarious later)

Who would have ever thought that either of these towns would only rent out 15 rooms per night due to low volume time of year making it easier to have a smaller staff working.

So 10:30 pm we roll into the Country Inn and Suites only to hear those words Mary and Joseph heard, " there is no room in the inn"

So we leave the nearly empty parking lot wondering how in the world there are no rooms available when the parking lot is nearly empty.
So we drive back to the other side of town to get a room at the AmericInn. ( nice choices eh? )
The girl with crossed yes and missing teeth looks at us, at least I think she did, and says,"do you have a reservation?)
I wanted to say, yes, many but we are desperate for a room!!
She tells us, "sorry, we are booked."

We leave the hotel and enter the, again nearly empty parking lot!!

So we drive to the McDonalds to get free WIFI to look for anything nearby. Comfort Inn - NO ROOM, SUPER 8 -NO ROOM
Totally out of options, type A husband who plans everything,is totally freaking out. Our only other optioi Is, ECONO LODGE with a tanning salon in it as well. Tired from the road trip sitting in the parking lot of McDonalds, we reluctantly book the room!!

Once at the hotel the lady behind the desk asks, do you have a reservation? Kevin says yes we do. Of course knowing she only has 15 rooms available for the night and recognizes that we were not on her initial list. She looks it up and looks at us with a pleasant surprised face and says, someone just cancelled an hour ago and you must have booked that room. Good For you!!

So with the approval of the lady at the front desk of the Econo Lodge, we carry out luggage to the 2nd floor because the elevators are broken!!! AWESOME!

Its a flee bag to say the least. And I am typing this I am smelling plastic burning so I am certain we will be evacuating at some point this evening.
All of this took place with laughter!! It was hilarious to start our romantic getaway in a flee bag motel but hey we are not complaining. It's better than our other option. FINDING A WALMART AND SLEEPING IN THE CAR!!!