New York City

I just returned from a quick trip to New York City with my girlfriends. We had a fun, filling and soggy time, it was rainy and cold until the day we left (of course)! A little tidbit about my family; if I leave Tarrant County someone invariably vomits. Seriously, it happened again! Well, at least they are consistent. My poor Kellis was sick almost the whole time I was gone. Everyone tried to protect from this fact because I only knew about it after I got an email from the baseball coach wishing Kellis a speedy recovery. Ahhhh.
We saw 2 plays, The "Addams Family" and "Promises, Promises". It is always so exciting to go to a show on Broadway, especially when you get to see Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth...but they weren't my favorite shows I have ever seen.
"Promises, Promises" was a 2 hour and 45 minute show making a joke of middle-aged, married men cheating on their wives. Funny, how I don't think it's that funny, given I have a middle-aged man in my possession! A highlight of the night was that I sat by Dax Shepard, an actor on the series "Parenthood," which is one of the only television shows I actually watch. He was so kind to all of the people who came up to him to say hello.
The "Addams Family" was fun even though it got terrible reviews. However, let's face it, it wasn't based on an immensely deep television series, so I think you have to cut them a little slack. Nathan Lane is a comic genius, love him.
Then, there was the eating, and eating, and eating. We really only ate 3 big meals but it seemed like a lot. We were always the last people in the restaurant, I am not sure how we managed that! We ate at Marea, Aureole, and the Modern Museum. The Modern was by far my favorite, I had a drink called The Hinny, hmmm...it was so weird but awesome. It had some sort of infused vodka with ginger beer and jalapenos, strange but yummy! It was also a far cry from the boring old drinks that I order 99% of the time. I think they should change the name to The Hiney, just for fun. I literally thought I was going to be sick by the end of the meal because they just kept bringing more and more food, food, food!
Then, we woke up early the next morning and headed back to the Fort. I am starting to wonder if it was all a dream.

Mother's Day

Well, I have obviously been slacking from posting! With baseball, school activities and life I haven't had much time to keep up, and it is hard to recap everything at once. Let this be a lesson to me! We just had Mother's Day and it was a wonderful, relaxing day. I got breakfast in bed...I should have taken a picture, but my camera is in the shop (along with the toilet, the pool sweeper and the dishwashers). Pat made eggs benedict, or really close to eggs benedict, it was yummy. At school, Kellis's class had a Mother's day tea...they made us hats, place mats, shoes, lunch, and wrote us poems. By the time Mother's Day really rolled around, Kellis was over it! He said it isn't really your day.

He was right, it wasn't really my day. I was laying next to Rainey one morning before Mother's Day and I felt her little heart beating. It got me thinking about all the events that had to happen and choices that had to be made for me to be her mother. I spent all week being so appreciative and honored that I get to be their mother.

Tonight we are hosting an engagement/wedding party for Brenda and David at the Bailey's...should be fun!