Easter!

Warren had a great time hunting Easter eggs this year. He tore through the yard yelling and screaming running right over most of the eggs. Later he finished with a short game of football with his great grandfather.

Weekend in the Smokies

Rick and I spent a long weekend in the Gatlinburg Pigeon Forge area. Last May we purchased a vacation club and gave the names of our friends as referals. A couple of months ago Tylerann told me they were going to visit the Bluegreen Resort and asked if we would come with them. Oh yes! We had not had an opportunity to use out points yet so we scheduled too.

The Mountain Loft Resort in Gatlinburg was full so we settled for Laurel Crest in Pigeon Forge. It was a lovely place. We stayed in a studio room, sort of a glorified motel room. It's the smallest accommodation, using the least amount of points. For allowing Bluegreen to give us a personal owner update (try to sell us more points) we were given three $30 dinner gift certificates. Not a bad hours work. Except that it took two hours and they did indeed sell us more points. Tylerann and Donnie did not buy a vacation club but that's all right. We earned $50 just for them listening to the sales pitch and we had buddies all weekend. They can buy vacation nights from us in the future. We are going to need to sell some just to pay for this!

We spent Thursday night at the Comedy Barn and laughed our faces off! Three rules for the Comedy Barn: 1) No eye liner or mascara, 2) Plenty of Kleenex, 3) Do not volunteer to go on stage, it can not go well.

Friday we road through Cade's Cove and did a little walking. We didn't see any bears but we saw a gazillion deer.

Our friends

On Potty Training

Politically correct or not, My daughter, Sarah has come up with a new, no fail, potty training technique. Yesterday Sarah bought some cloth training pants once deciding it was time to train her two and a half year old son. He did very well yesterday. I put the training pants on him as soon as he got up in the morning and from then until we went out to eat last night he had only wet three pair but had used the potty at least four times successfully. I forgot to put a diaper on him during nap but he woke up dry and went promptly to the potty afterwards. Hurray Warren!

Before going to eat we decided it best to put a diaper on Warren. When we got home he was still dry so Sarah tried to get him to potty then. Nope, he wouldn't do it. A little later Sarah still could not interest him in the potty. Sarah went to the kitchen and got a few cheerios. She started tossing one then two in the potty and asked Warren if he wanted to do it too. Well of course he did. Then my nutty daughter mischievously says, "Now let's pee on them!

"OK!" was Warren's excited little answer. Warren pulled his pants down and proceeded to soak those floating rings of whole grain goodness!

Nobody said potty training couldn't be fun!

SNOW!

Oh look! It snowed! Laura and her new beau constructed a snowman on his deck.

Laura and Dave

Nothing much new here and sometimes that's a good thing. Last Wednesday Sarah's husband was sent to Afghanistan and that night she appeared at my door. I was expecting her but not for a couple of weeks yet. The kid had to sleep on the couch a couple of nights. This morning we are busy (but not too busy obviously) moving furniture around and making a room for Sarah, Warren, and the expected Parker Liam to be comfortable in. I expect they'll be here at least until Christmas if not the whole year that Ricky is gone. Please Keep Ricky and all of our brave soldiers in your prayers. We are already looking forward to his safe return.

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I just posted my favorite pics or 2007. Check them out at LUVNTHOTS MySpace page.

My favorite pics of 2007.