Taxes are done!

Woo hoo! We did it! We finished our taxes last night. I won't go into details, but I will just say that it's all good. After we were done, Cy said, "well, guess we can go back home now". Which translates to, "we can afford to visit Hawaii." After sitting there at the accountants office for an hour and a half, we ate a quick bite at San Jose's. I asked Cy if he was serious about going "back home" - and he said he was joking. And my response was, umm...it would be nice to go back home for Christmas.

Rhojon -- don't start getting excited now. I highly doubt we're going back home. I much rather spend $$ on renovating the Marley house. Our kitchen is a disaster! I can't wait until we get a new kitchen. It's gonna be awesome!

I've been super busy lately. When am I not busy? This Sat., Cy and I will be driving up to Greer, SC to see Jon & Kate from the hit reality TLC show Jon & Kate plus 8. Evan will be spending time at the Bennett's. Then the following weekend we're attending a wedding. Then it'll be May.

May - this will be a busy month for us! We're celebrating Evan's 3rd birthday - kicking it off to visit Cy's aunt who lives in Atlanta. Then driving to Chattanooga, TN for A Day Out With Thomas the Tank Engine. That is going to be fun! Then the following weekend we're having Evan's birthday party. I'm really nervous about the cake because I'm making a Thomas the Train cake for him. It's going to be very, very, challenging! Then we're going camping on another weekend....it just goes on and on and on.....

Anyway - back to work for me!

It's the WEEKEND!! WOO HOO!

Seems as if this weekend started out fast for me, but then today -- its been slowing down. I feel like this day is just dragging on. Maybe because I'm not as busy. For the past few days I have been super busy here at work. From editing a report, producing it, printing, binding, packing it for shipping - making sure it gets to Jeddah - and in between, tracking a visa. I've been busy!

This weekend, I'm ready for some relaxation. I have my Saturday planned out for me - scrapbooking. Yep, I said it - scrapbooking. I am going to make Sat. a day to start on Evan's scrapbook. I got the first five pages done - by someone else. LOL... I need to "catch-up" on the last two years of his life. The hardest part is picking and choosing which photos I want to use. That's the hard part!

The weather here has been crazy. One minute I've got Evan wrapped up in sweaters and wearing his winter hat. The next minute I have him wearing short sleeves. YIKES!

My heart is warm....

Nothing warms my heart when I hear the words I love you.

Last night, I wasn't feeling good. My throat was sore and I just wasn't feeling good at all. Thankfully, I survived the night and put Evan down to bed at 8:10 pm - this is after reading Dr. Suess' "Fox and Sox" book. A nice tongue-twister book that Evan is obessed with. I tend to read it more, since I like tongue-twisters.

Try saying this five times in a row - "red leather, yellow leather". My mother taught me this.

After we prayed, I told Evan mommy didn't feel well and he asked if I was sick. I told him yes. His response, "I'm sick too". LOL....I told him he wasn't and kissed him goodnight.

This morning when I woke him up, took him to the potty and all of sudden in a clear sentence, he asks - "Mommy, are you all better? Are you better?". I actually wasn't feeling better, but after hearing him ask me that....my heart just warmed up. How could I not feel any better when your little boy is concern too?

I got to work at 8:30 today, but now I'm heading back home. I still don't feel better. I think I have sinus issues. My nose just keeps running and my throat is still sore. Anyway, I wanted to share about my special moment. I'll cherish that moment always.

My little helpers...

This month is going by so fast and March is fast approaching. Definitely ready for the spring and summer months. Just yesterday we spent about 2 hours trimming trees and bushes, cutting trees down, and clearing leaves in our front yard. It looks a lot better, but we still have lots more to do. Yard work is very, very time consuming. Evan did his part in helping. He helped rake leaves, but just not into piles. Of course, we're always going to have work inside of the house. Cy installed a door to our bedroom. Can't close it yet because we don't have a door handle. That's another step...drilling a hole for the handle. OH - but we'll have to go to Lowes to buy a handle first. That trip itself takes about half a day. LOL.

Here’s a little video of Cy fixing a window screen, Evan of course is "helping". I love it when they work together as a team. It’s so cute! Sorry it’s a little bit dark – not too much light in the hallway.

A Great Weekend in Charleston, SC

We had a great weekend in Charleston, SC. A 1.5 hour drive down to the coast. We drove down on Sat., spent the night and then on Sunday went to the SC Aquarium. FOR FREE!! It was appreciation day for all residents of SC - thus instead of paying $16 per adult and $8 per child for tickets -- WE SAVED $40 BUCKS! What a savings and well worth it too! We all enjoyed seeing the marine life and just being together as a family. We decided to go early, since we knew it was going to be packed. What a wonderful trip we had!

After the aquarium, we drove around downtown historic Charleston and found the neatest playground. We had fun there too! Just enough time to burn some energy! I've got a few pictures from our trip, but more on myspace page. Check it out:

http://www.myspace.com/kuuleimaui

Sickness be gone!

Here in SC, the weather has been up and down, up and down, cold one day, hot the next day - to the point where people can get sick. My two guys got sick. At first, Cy thought he just had sinus problems - nose running, nasel drip to the throat, etc. Gradually, it got worse. Four days into it - he realizes he has the many symptoms of the flu. Just yesterday (Monday) is was 85% better and today -- he's about 98% better. Still has the annoying cough. Evan on the other hand - he too was sick last week. I personally think it was the weather. I'm so proud of him though. He's a trooper. The last time Evan was sick like this, was -- get this --LAST MARCH 07'. Yeah! Not bad for a toddler who is exposed to practically everything! He takes his daily vitamin JP+ gummies for kids (http://www.juiceplus.com/) and that I believe has made a major impact on his health. I highly recommend it! So, Evan had a little cold, stayed home for two days and then headed back to Lynn's house (his sitter). While Evan stayed home with his daddy -- they made the best of it! I came home one day and saw in my living room a homemade slide built by Cy. Yeah -- my sickly hubby built a slide for our not-feeling-good little boy. It's awesome.

It's another week and everyone is feeling great!

This past Sunday, I took Evan to see "The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything" movie. He loved it! What a great Veggie Tales movie! The Bennett's joined us too! I think Evan has seen more movies (in the theater) than Cy and I in the last two years. WOW!

Another busy month

Who would've thought that January would be busy for me? I totally forgot about tax season! Not only am I responsible for gathering all the tax docs for our personal accounts, but I also have to gather tax stuff for the shop and I'm also in charge of W2's for the company I work for. YIKES! Okay - next month should be a lot calmer. :)

We're already at the end of the 2nd week of the year and things are just going, going, going. We are ssssllllllooooowwwwlllyyyy (slowly) unpacking boxes that's in our spare bedroom. I think every time we're looking for something we need, we head off to the spare bedroom to look in one of the boxes. Last night, we invited our friends over for dinner - pizza, salad and dessert. Well, Cy was looking all over the house for our Pampered Chef pizza cutter. To our dismay -- he couldn't find it. We used our cutting knife to cut the pizza's - but it would've been a lot easier with the pizza cutter.

Oh - while I was looking for something else a few days ago, I found Evan's Christmas present that was sent to us two months ago from my sister who is in Germany. Evan opened it and loved it! He got a talking dustbuster toy! Thanks Auntie Rhojon!

Note to self -- we need to unpack and put things where they belong so we could find it!