a long blog to go with a long weekend...

what an awesome weekend!..so it started out fantastically! and pretty much ended fantastically too..:) first a few cute pictures.. the girls sleepin..:)


^_^
you'd think she'd be more comfy with her head on her pillow??


^_^ kaylee loves her animals...

-k- cuteness out of the way (for now..:D) we caved and bought guitar hero... we barrowed a guitar from a friend, because the one that came with the game we bought was little, and cory didnt much care for it.. but it fits sherry and the girls perfectly, so were keepin it..:D so heres my own personal guitar hero..:)

we have so much fun with this game! the gilrs like to "play" too .. nikoys not quite coordinated enough to actually play without getting cory booed off the stage, so he lets her think she's playing and he's not..:) kids are so gullible..

either way nikoy was having a fantastic time of it, and thats all that matters. all them cute smiles..

my little guitar hero..

while nikoy was bonding with daddy, kaylee was bonding with the cat....doesnt the cat look thrilled?

she's finally given in to Kaylees loving torture.. look at that cheese....he he he

at this point the cat has decided she's had enough, right after the flash went off, she bolted, leaving the tiniest of boo boo's on one of kaylees arms.. it didnt even bleed! but she wailed and whined anyways..
so, we thought, what better way to make her feel better then a diversion??

Kaylee's turn..:) she had as much fun as nikoy did! and she LOVED holding the guitar...

what a fun-tastic evening!! (im so punny)
so friday ended and saturday showed up, and with it a new " How to Host a Murder" party.

this time it was miss merritts turn to host, and despite the morning (all dang day) sickness, and the nausea, and the fact that shes 13 weeks pregnant! (now the world knows!! hahahaha) she did a great job!! the food was delicious, the seating comfy, and the laughs a plenty! it was a 1920's themed game called the chicago caper, and we had to investigate the death of the famous mob boss "hal capone" Cory's Charector was "Ernest G. Ambler".. he was a gambling mobster who ran his own bootlegging company...

and i will be the first to admit, my hubby is hot in a tux,...*sigh*
Nikoy and Kaylee and Aryka dressed in black and white stripes, they were our little alkatraz escapees.:)

we were awaiting the arrival of the other guests so Ernie (cory..:D) decided to get warmed up..

so yeah, cory was Ernest G. Ambler, and Sherry was Malissa F. Orthott (or "scoops") a pick pocket turned reporter who owed her career to "hal capone" no she wasnt supposed to be a pregger reporter, but what can ya do? hopefully next party i wont be a pregger anything any more...:D (6(ish) more weeks!!)

this is john and rebecca baker! they were so much fun to play with and it was great getting to know them a bit more (cory works with john..:) john was S. Treighton Harrow, the district attorney for chicago, and his wife was..... i dont remember her play name, but her nickname was "torchy", because of the red hot songs she sang.. yes she was a lounge singer! although, i dont think i heard her sing all night...:)

Angela and Jerome Barrett, (and teeny aurora) also known as

(i believe, i really should have written these names down..)

Molly M. awbster, and Eddie R. Guyle (dunno if i spelled em right..) molly was a flapper chic who was workin with ernie (cory ) doing the bootleggin thing, and she was also really good with a tommy gun, but she wouldnt admit it.. and eddie was a golfer who owned a night club called the "green tables" and if i remember right he was in on the bootlegging thing too......

flapper chic and eddie

ben and merritt was billy "the kid" thrower and silky m. adam

ben (billy) was a pro baseball player, who liked to "throw" the games. ha ha ha.

and Merritt was a madame who got her nickname of "silky" by the luxurious dresses she wore and the fact that she owned a night club that also provided the gentlemen with a woman for (and i quote) "stimulating conversation"....

baby aurora looks a bit worried doesnt she?

we had a cheese tray appetizer, and Kaylee couldn't help but stack the cheese.... see that concentration?

so heres the womens. thank you merritt for hiding my bump! i almost dont look 33 weeks preggers! so me ("scoops"), Merritt ("silky"), Rebecca (torchy), and angela (molly).

and the mens.., jerome (eddie), Cory (betty..just kiddin, he was ernie..) (dont ask..:D), Ben (billy), and john (mr. harrow)

3 of the 4 guys being silly....:D have i mentioned the hottness of my hubby in his new tux?

"silky" serving some dinner.. whats dinner without rolls?

the barretts awaiting dinner...

so just before dinner, one of the guests had to run to pick-up her sister from work, so we had to put the game on pause for a bit, and what better 1920's themed diversion, then a game of halo?.......wait.....

so our friend returned and we ate and got started on the game!

so after a bunch of reading, and

the occassional game of craps (craps?...seriously i think they named it that because when you roll a bad number you can shout, "crap!")...we finally came to the ending where we discovered the culprit, the murderer!

the killer of "hal" capone was none other then.......................................................................................... ( aaaah the suspence!!!)..........................................................................

Mrs. Silky M. Adam, herself!
(dun dun dun!!!!)

naughty naughty.....



so all in all a fun filled night, of fun and food... and yummy sparkling cider... the next day was sunday we had a semi typical sunday... we ended up going to the finches again fer dinner, we had a tasty lasagnia! and some garlic bread..watched some "fact or fiction" and then went home for beddy-bye time... now its monday. and hopefully some time this week we'll be learning the date of cory's appeal. yes we've decided to appeal his MEB he'll be going to texas at some point in may to try to convince the medical board that he's only got a year and a half left, and that they should let him at least finnish his enlistment. that will give us time to re-build our savings, and let him get as close to finnishng his degree as possible... as long as cory is active duty his schooling is free, so we may as well make use of it. up untill now he hasnt been given time, but he's vowing to make the time. and if they will let him stay in, he can get out after his enlistment, finnish his bachelors degree, and if we choose to, he can re-join the military as an officer, but we havent decided if we really want to go that route,
so yeah.. we'll see how that goes.. he'll be leaving mid-may more then likely, and he'll be gone a week.. i wish me and the girls could go with him, but unfortunatly, im no longer allowed to fly...we dont want to have a baby on a plane now do we... thats hardly the atmosphere im wanting... anywho.. girls are doing great, we got a package from nana on saturday and the girls are loving thier new jammies and cant wait to use thier new swimming suits!! (i'll post more pics...:)..) oh and the shoes? thank you nana, the girls wont take them off...:D.. as far as baby brother is concerned he's doing fantastically!, getting bigger and bigger every day, and finding new places to stick his feet. lately his favie has been the ribs...(OY). and sherry's doing good. she cant wait till june...she cant wait to let cory have his turn holding the baby... anywho... LOVES!!

p.s. again, forgive the spelling..spell check isnt working STILL!! and im too lazy to proof-read it..:)...LOVES!