Tonight Brennan came downstairs about 1/2 an hour after being put to bed, shaking.
Me: "Brennan, what's wrong?"
B: "My sleeping bag looks like a gorilla got out of the zoo."
Can't make this stuff up, folks.
A full belly and good movie make Brennan sleepy. (not kool-aid mustache...he had milk for dinner, so I am not sure where that came from...)
Jackson loved dessert...homemade bread pudding with lots of extras.
After having such an adventure packed week, we've taken the weekend nice and slow. Tonight, as a treat, we ordered Papa John's pizza, gave the kids a bath while we waited on delivery, got everyone in their P.J's (even mom and dad) and spread out a blanket on the floor for dinner and a movie. The Bee Movie, to be exact.
It was nice, quiet, relaxing...just what was needed after a fun filled week!
Monday:
Waiting for Ronnie and Bart to finish checking out the book sale/tourist information place...
We checked out the Pony Express Musuem, built inside the first Pony Express Barn in St. Joseph, MO
Checking out an exhibit
The Remington's pose in front of a Remington...
Ride 'em cowboy Jack!
In front of the Pony Express Stables.
A replica of the gun Robert Ford used to kill Jesse James
The whole under the cross-stitching is the bullet hole...people have chipped away at it over the years, so it is a lot larger than it originally was.
The Remington's in front of the James home...it was moved from it's original location to this spot in the 70's (I think).
Tuesday:
At the Kingdoms of the Night Exhibit...Brennan's favorite
There is a swamp at the KON exhibit...Jackson's CROC wanted to battle the alligator (look closely)...so it jumped into the section b/w the two fences and the alligator swam up to investigate. I found a pole and "fished" it out, but it could have been bye-bye Spiderman CROC, had I not been SO BRAVE!
Hanging out in the jungle...the one place in all of Omaha that is always WARM!
Jellyfish 
The cake I baked and decorated for the Relief Society birthday. I covered it in light blue fondant that I made myself.
On our way to Lincoln, the boys got a case of the sticker poxs.
We toured the University of Nebraska football stadium. 
We watched the UNL Cornhuskers beat UNC...but we left at the end of the 6th inning...it was just getting too windy/cold.So, just an update on our summer adventures (part one)
The boys and I are renting a car and driving to Katy, Tx on May 12. Then, on May 15, we will be chauffered to LA by my awesome dad! We'll be in LA until June 10, when we fly out of Jackson, MS to Omaha!
So, I hope I get to see all of you then...the only tiny glitch to my plans is that I will not have a full access pass to a car like I did last summer...so, I will have to make "mini" trips to see all my favorite people in Baton Rouge and the surrounding areas...unless you want to come visit me in VIDALIA!
Bart's dad, Ronnie, got here last night! He is going to stay for a week. The boys are ecstatic to have him here with them. This morning, Jackson was peeking out the window yelling for "Pawpaw!" I guess he thought he'd left!
Said during his prayer tonight:
"And thank you that the police do not rob Grandpa and Uncle Beau."
1. He says thank you not please bless.
2. They are driving here tonight.
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Because of our great success in the first day...we upped our goal to $1000 and may even surpass that!
As many of you know, Bart was diagnosised with MS in the spring of 2002. We are participating in an MS Walk on April 13 to help raise money for not only for a cure, but for education and help for those affected by this as well. Please take a minute and donate a few dollars. (You don't have give $35, just click "other amount") You can donate as little or as much as you want. We will appreciate it so much. Our goal is to raise $500.
To mail a check on Bart's behalf, please make payable to the National MS Society and put Bart Remington in the memo line. Send to: Nebraska Chapter NMSS * 7101 Newport Avenue Suite 304 * Omaha, NE 68152
I am going to having a drawing for a fabulous prize for all those who post some form of this on their blog and spread the word on helping our team raise funds. Please make sure to leave a comment on this post if you add a sidebar or write a post about donating to the MS walk in Bart's name. Make sure you copy the links correctly so others can donate to Bart Remington.
If others post it on their blog from yours, then they can be entered as well (so spread the word and tell them where to go), as long as they leave a comment on this post linking me to their site. I will hold the drawing on April 12, the day before the MS walk. The prize will be a $25 gift certificate to Target. Yeah, it's not a ton...but I have to donate for MS, too!
link to Bart's site: http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/bartremington
Jackson, in the middle of attacking a bake sale cupcake...covered in the fluffy orange icing ever. I don't know if that shirt will ever be the same.
I am drooling, my kitchen smells so good. I am cooking a lot of roast...so tomorrow it can be turned into roast beef po boys with au 'jus...let's just say I CAN HARDLY WAIT! (I like the po boy part way more then just the roast part, but that's a lot of bread/carbs to be putting on my fat butt to eat poboys twice in a row)
I'm so glad I got to taste Clark's po-boys while I was in FL...I came home and immediately tried to make them. Mine are good (just ask Bart!), but not nearly as good as Clark's. So, Jamie girl, if you read this, ask your old pop to send me an email, or give me a way to contact him, so I can try to make mine as wonderfully awesome as his!
I just checked weather.com and the 10 day outlook doesn't have it going below 32 for the high once! High 30's, 40's, and 50's HERE WE COME!!!!!
For those of you from LSU/LDS institute, you may remember Jamie, or her hubby Jason, from Baker. Go check out her new blog.
It has come to my attention that there has recently been a bit of snow in the southern region of my fan base.
Quit being so excited...I am tired of snow and I don't want for all your excitement to encourage more to fall...on me.
Today it was FIVE DEGREES as I drove to a playdate at 10 a.m. FIVE...not fifty, but FIVE. It is currently 19, feels like 13.
So, for all of you excited about snow, I just want you to realize the blessing you have to actually be excited about snow...to not dread it and worry that it'll be a BIG snowstorm that has you homebound for a day or two, going crazy...
But, still, take lots of pictures, because you might not get many snowy opportunities to do so in TX and LA (Justin, did you take pictures? If so, post 'em for the family to see!) Oh, and I hope you guys realize I'm just kidding...I'm glad you got snow, b/c it is pretty fun at first...I just don't want another inch or two or ten this winter...
So, we were going to go bowling here Friday night with some great friends, but when I called to find out about how to get a lane without having to wait forever...I was informed that 1/2 of the 40 lanes were reserved for league bowling and the other 1/2 were reserved for parties...What???? You cannot tell me that the league is paying more then my $25 an hour for that lane. And, how do you book every single lane in advance for the weekend when everybody is going to want to go? And, who is so dorky and such a loser that they are doing league bowling on a Friday night? (Sorry if any of you out there do league bowling on a Friday night...if so, please post pictures and tell us how good you are!)
Now what are we going to do Kim and Raghav?
Brennan has five cavities...I am so embarrassed. Because he isn't really your "ideal" patient, he will have to go to an "outpatient site" to have the dental work done. Ugh.
I seem to have inherited two monsters today. They kidnapped the boys, and I am wondering when a ransom note will come...I am willing to do anything to give these monsters back and get my two sweet, angelic boys back.
So, Lexi tagged Jessica, yet she has two Jessica's on her list, so I'll just be cocky and assume it meant me!
Twenty Years ago I was: 8, my dad was in Korea, and we lived in a haunted house in Ridgecrest, LA.
Ten Years ago I was: 18, a senior at Vidalia High School, and I had just got my driver's license. My mom bought Sherman the tank from someone's front yard for $250 and I had a car that was on life support. (well, it was my dad's car, but I got to drive it sometimes...whoa.)
Five Years ago I was: 23, pregnant, and teaching middle school reading. I wonder if any of those kids are at Angola yet?
Three Years ago I was: 25, trying to get pregnant, loving being a full time mommy.
One Year ago I was: 27, had just moved to Omaha, NE, was unpacking my house, and really missing Louisiana...and wondering if we'd made a HUGE mistake.
Yesterday I was: 28, excited about the wonderful weather, cleaning up for the BBQ we were having, and wondering if the snow will ever all go away.
Today I am: still 28 (go figure:-), tired from a long evening last night, glad church went relatively smoothly, really cold compared to yesterday.
Tomorrow I will be: still 28 (yippie!), cleaning the toy room with the boys, and enjoying NE and my family.
I tag Melissa and Jeni C.
She and her family came over for a BBQ last night. (Many thanks to Bart for a delicious dinner, by the way) So, she and Jackson are good little friends (remember this picture from January?) and had a good time playing. Joss is the one name (other then Mom or Dad) that Jackson can actually say, too.
