Bret turns 42!

Happy birthday to my Bret! He's 42 years young and still loving life!!! We celebrated by going to Bass Pro Shop and eating at their restaurant. It was very nice and the food was great. We had the Alligator appetizer! It was a little chewy but good. It was deep fried and usually anything deep fried is good. The kids went to the Bendorfs house, some friends of ours, she said she would watch the kids for us so we could go by ourselves. So sweet! They had a great time. Pizza and games and movies. What more could a kid want. When we got back home Bret opened his presents, and after that it was past bed time! After I said "time for bed!" They were all like, "Time for cake!!!!" I told them Bret didn't want a cake, and they couldn't believe that someone wouldn't want a cake for their birthday. Things change as you get older.

We're still locked in the grip of winter. It is trying to warm up, it got up to 33 yesterday. The first time we've been above freezing since I don't know when. It's supposed to warm up little by little each day this week. Let the melting begin! It's going to be very sloppy outside but I don't care. I think it will take weeks for all this snow to melt.

Everyone has been doing very good. All the kids are doing good in school, we've started a new school schedule so we can make up for lost school days. They are extending the school day 15 minutes in the morning and the afternoon. So we have to get up a bit earlier in the morning and go a bit later but it will keep us from going into June! Which no one wanted to do. I think everyone will be very happy when this school year is over.

I'm still trying to get myself ready for this marathon that I'm doing with Sandi at the end of June. I've started going into the Hospital Fitness center at 5 am. It's helping me a lot! I meet Allyson there so that helps me get out of bed. She's just had a baby and is trying to get that baby weight off, so we're helping each other. But it is so nice to have my workout done and shower taken care of before I even get the kids up. I don't know how long I can keep it up though.