We'll Have Fun, Fun, Fun...

...until Daddy goes away (on a business trip).

My last post was about Mother's Day, and I have to add how the day ended. My parents were able to stop at our church service that evening and after worship service we took my parents out to eat. So I ended up getting to celebrate Mother's Day with my mom too. What a great day!

Thursday was Mason's one year check up at the ophthalmologist in Memphis. Everything went well. Dr. Kerr said his optic nerves look fine (the cyst isn't putting pressure on the optic nerve). She did ask during the examination if anyone in our family was nearsighted. (I was severly nearsighted until my Lasik surgery.) She said she could tell that Mason will be nearsighted too. He doesn't need glasses now but most likely will in the future. It amazes me that she can tell that at this stage. Mason will follow up with her in one year. She said that next year we should be able to get more of a vision exam (not just looking in the back of his eye).

Of course the whole trip to Memphis turned into an ordeal like only our family can experience! Mason's appointment wasn't until 2:20 so we decided to go over to Memphis early and eat at Red Lobster. Kevin googled Red Lobsters in Memphis and printed off the addresses. We found the one closest to Mason's doctor and headed to Memphis. The area we were headed to was not a familiar section of Memphis for us. We made it to the area the restaurant was supposed to be located but couldn't find the place. We had the street number and drove back and forth three times looking for it. We finally decided Google was wrong and that particular Red Lobster does not exist.

We were running short of time and flew in to eat at Applebee's. They were so slow. By the time our food arrived we had to gobble it down and head to the appointment. Our 2:20 appointment lasted until about 5:10! Needless to say Mason was unhappy. Between trying to keep him entertained for almost 3 hours in a doctor's office, to having 6 drops placed into his eyes to dilate them on top of no nap, he was ready to go home. Of course being dilated the sun was really rough on him. I had forgotten his sunglasses (not that he would have kept them on) and had to put a blanket up on his window to keep the sun from hitting him directly in the face. I was sitting in the back seat feeding him chicken on the way home. Between Marked Tree & Trumann Kevin said "What is that??!!" About that time the strip around my windshield blew partially off and was flapping in the wind. Kevin had to pull over and try to put it back in place. He got back in and made the statement "that won't stay for long". He was correct...before we got up to speed limit it had come undone again. It wasn't something that we could just leave undone because the strip that was flapping was long enough to hit another car if it came up beside us. He finally cracked the window and pulled the strip through it and rolled the window up to hold it in place. So the rest of the drive home we listened to the sound of wind through a cracked window. It was lovely. When we got home Kevin taped it into place and it was repaired on Friday.

Friday afternoon started a two-day family fun event (because Kevin is going out of town some this week). That evening all four of us loaded up on Kevin's 4-wheeler and went riding around the country roads. There are some huge, mean dogs that live a ways down our road. Anna loves to ride by them and see them barking and chasing us. It's not so much fun for me since I'm the one on the very back and Kevin likes to slow down and let them get close before he speeds up. (See what I go through!) After riding 4-wheelers we had a picnic in our shop. Kevin had stopped and bought BBQ pork steaks with all the trimmings that afternoon. It was such a nice evening that we decided eating outside would be fun.

Our picnic.

Once we came inside and everyone had their baths, Anna and Mason got on the couch to watch the ending of one of Anna's favorite tv shows, America's Funniest Videos.

Saturday morning the kids played around while Kevin and I did laundry and he started packing for his business trip. All of a sudden Mason comes up wearing a Hannah Montana wig...
Isn't he cute & funny?

Saturday afternoon we dropped Mason off at Timmy & Debby's house so we could attend a wedding in Tyronza. It was a nice, short ceremony and then we went to the reception. Of course there was wedding cake and a grooms cake. I asked Anna which one she wanted and she said "both". My kind of girl! She also found a new snack that she likes- wedding mints. I think she ate her weight in mints!

After picking up Mason we decided to go to Chuck E Cheeses for dinner. Although Mason had apparently stuffed himself with a hamburger at Dairy Queen with Tim & Debby, he still ate a piece of pizza. Then we played games until our tokens ran out. I told Kevin we need to start eating somewhere else and then go to CEC's and just play games because it's not the food that attracts us there. To be honest, Kevin & I enjoy some of the games too. We take turns watching the little kids so us big kids can play too.

This morning Kevin had to leave on his trip after preaching was over. We will really miss him this week. But at least he will get to come home midweek for Anna's Pre-K graduation. Plus my mom is coming to stay with us and help me out. I'm very lucky to have her! Since Kevin wasn't around for lunch we ate at Taco Rio. Anna loves Taco Rio but Kevin isn't a fan of it. She was telling people as we left church "we are eating at Taco Rio because Daddy isn't here". I asked her Friday afternoon if she realized Daddy would be gone this week (expecting more of a "I'll miss you" to Kevin). She said "no" and without missing a beat turned to her Daddy and asked "will you try to get me a surprise??!!!" Oh, the honesty of a young child!! ;o)

Anna just yelled for me and when I got to her room she was beaming because she just lost her 2nd tooth. Guess I know who will be visiting our house tonight. Good thing it came out because she had several people at church this morning threaten to pull it for her.