Shelby Foote passed away :o( He was a Historian and novelist. He has awesome Civil War books. We have a lot of them since its a passion of my hubbys.
In other news... My cousin is fine. She had an ultrasound today. She is just passing blood clots and seems to be doing ok. Tired from the visit with her inlaws and sleep deprived by a new baby other than that doing fine.
Ok off to make dinner....

** Update**

My best friends cousin had the baby Saturday night. They had a little girl and named her Sierra. I am not sure of funeral arrangements or even if they are going to have one. Mom is doing ok, believably upset but handling things fairly well. My best friend is handling things well, under the circumstances.

We had a pretty good weekend. Friday night we went out as a family and went shopping and just spending time together. Hubby had an executive meeting Saturday so the kids and I stayed home and cleaned house. Hubby grilled a great dinner for us Saturday night and we all stayed in. The kids and I did a puzzle and hubby played a game. (boring I to most :o) ) Then on Sunday we went out. I have pictures from the day but am not going to post them. If you want to see them EMail me (queensnob@gmail.com) and I will Email you the link to see them. Most of the time I post them but this time I am not going to, due to certain circumstances. We have some awesome pics from the day though!! We had a great time Sunday and after our outing we went to Target to find a few present ideas for our youngest, who is going to be 3 in a couple of weeks :o( Then took the kids to McDonalds for dinner (oh, JOY)!! Oh and not to forget the most important part... went to the firework stands to get my hubby his array of fireworks that he has to have :o) 4th of July is my hubbies Christmas, its his favorite holiday and just makes him happier than happy to light off tons of fireworks.
We are spending the 4th with some friends of ours and with my parents. Lynette and I will be the drinkers so I am planning on jello shots and beam black and diet coke for my drink of choice and maybe some beer :o) (hubby will need beer bottles to shoot his bottle rockets out of!) And I think the 3rd hubby and I are going to go to Fair of St. Louis for the late night air show and the fireworks display and the Clydesdales that will be there finishing their tour. Whooohooooo date for hubby and I!!!! :o) Hubby hates crowds but I figure he will endure one night for a great fireworks display, the Clydesdales and the late night air show. :o)
That is our life in a nutshell... Other than one little thing that I find humerous from my youngest... he has learned the word NIPPLE and LOVES the word. He says it whenever he can and lots and lots of times. *sigh* Ok, off to start my Monday :o)

A lot has been going on this last week. A close friend of mines son had his 3rd surgery on his ear. It was successful and they are hoping that this will be his last one. My best friends cousin who was pregnant was in a car accident and lost her baby. She is still in the hospital with 4 broken ribs on her right side a couple broken ones on her left and having to deal with the loss of her baby. They want her to go into labor on her own since they fear putting her under and not getting her back, so shes going to have to go through labor to top it all off.
My cousin who had her baby 2 weeks ago ended up passing a clot the size of her fist and having to go to the hospital. She was still fully dialated and scared silly. She was losing lots of blood and the ER dr is not happy about what happened. He thinks she had leftover placenta and is worried about more being left and had her make an appt with her OB. Her and I talked about everything and I told her to be persistent, bitchy, and adement about getting her taken care of. She did and went to the doctor and her doctor was a complete bitch to her and told her that she does not know how it feels cuz this is her first baby. But after being insistent with her doctor she finally scheduled an ultrasound for her on Monday. She called me in tears saying what a bitch her doctor was and how ignorant she had treated her. If things dont go right I am sending her to my doctor who is awesome, sweet and does not treat you like an idiot.
On a brighter note... Janet Evanovichs new book came out. Eleven on Top. I read it in less than a day and absolutely loved it. She writes such awesome, fun, light stories. Lots of laughs, fun story and awesome characters you just have to love. I have started the Michael Connelly book Chasing the Dime. I am not sure about the book since I am not that far into it yet. But I am hoepful it will be good.

I hope that everyone had a great Fathers Day!!!!

We had a great Fathers day. I made a special dinner for hubby and I Saturday night. I actually grilled, which is something I do not do. Then on Saturday morning I made a huge breakfast and my dad and brother came over to enjoy it with us. Hubby got the Civilization game he has been wanting. We went to grandpas grave for a little bit then went to my grandparents to spend it with my whole family. We finally got to meet my cousins husband and he is absolutely awesome. I absolutely adore him. The baby is gorgeous and I adore her too. Only 2 of my cousins were not there Sunday, one is still in Europe and the other one had to work.
My grandma had gone through some of the stuff they have around the house and found a video of my grandpa. It was from his citizen of the year award he got in 97 or 98. It was wonderful to hear his voice again and heartbreaking at the same time. It was extremely emotional for me and you could tell it was for my grandma too. I am sure it was for others in the family too. It was very special to see and hear him on Fathers day.
I am in the process of uploading pics. I will add the link after I get all the pics up. Most of the pics are of the new baby and the kiddos.

Friday hubby and I got a chance to go out alone for a while. My mom watched the kids, hubby and I went to Chevy's for dinner and got the stuff done that we needed to get done for my girls weekend. My older daughter stayed with my mom and went to the Magic House and some other places on Saturday with my mom, one of her friends and my daughters friend Sabrina and spent the night with her friend Saturday night.
I left really really early Saturday morning. Bridget and Lauren came over to Kelly's and we left from there and met up with Lori, Tracy and Nicole and went to Clearwater Lake where Kelly's grandpa has a cabin. We met up with Kelly's mom, Suzy, Mary "ducky", Gissy, Jen and Jill at the cabin. Headed out to the boats and were out on the lake before 11. We went to a beach area where we spent our time and had a blast. I did not take my digital camera, I was afraid of dropping it in the lake, so I have to scan pics in from a disposable camera. We spent all day out on the lake, drinking, swimming, drinking, talking, drinking and just having a great time. We got back to the cabin around 6 and got cleaned up and went to town to go out to dinner. Had a good dinner at a little restraunt and got back to the cabin, made a fire and just chilled for the rest of the evening. Made some s'mores, drank some more and that was it. There were a total of 13 women there and we had a wonderful time. It was a perfectly relaxing weekend and we loved every minute of it. We got up fairly early Sunday morning. Got everything cleaned up, had breakfast and we were home by 11.
Something very interesting came of the weekend though... I had a friend from Junior High and High School that I have not talked to in a really long time, more than 10 years, someone that I have wanted to get in contact with but had no idea HOW I was going to be able to do it, and during our girls weekend I found out that her little sister was there at our girls weekend. She is Kelly's little brothers girlfriend. So I got my girlfriends phone # and Sunday night I talked to her for more than an hour! It is just so weird how Kelly and I are connected in so many ways. We know a lot of the same people but never really knew it. So that was my weekend. It was fun, relaxing and just plain perfect!!

Hubby and I went to see Michelle last night at the hospital and she is doing great. She heard from her hubby yesterday morning and will hopefully be home on Sunday. He could not give his exact time of flight but will hopefully be here Sunday. HERE is the link to the pics of baby Nayah. She is absolutely perfect and beautiful.
On a side note... I found something out last night that I am not quite sure what to think about. I will not say any details just know that it disturbs me. One of my girlfriends got quite a giggle out of it and I have to say so did I...

Well, yesterday was a little mre exciting than normal. Our puppy was throwing up all day so I had to take him to the vet. He was a little dehydrated and has eaten things he is not supposed to. REAL shocker since he CHEWS on EVERYTHING! But he is doing better and is acting like himself. Hopefully he will just pass it all and we can get him to quit chewing on things.
My cousin Michelle went into labor yesterday. I kinda had a feeling that she would, especially after her doctors appointment. She went to the doctor and she told her she was in labor, sent her home to get her stuff and go to the hospital. She got to the hospital around 5:30, got checked in, her water broke, and she got her epidural and went through labor quickly. I talked to her around 6 and she was 4 cm dialated. I stopped by my grandparents to say hi to my grandma and head up to the hospital and by the time I got there at 9 she was fully dialated and ready to go. She had her baby girl, Nayah, at 10:20 last night. So, CONGRATS MALCOLM AND MICHELLE ON YOUR BABY GIRL !!!!!! She is gorgeous and I got to hold her about 20 minutes after she was born. She weighs 7 lbs 2 oz and is just perfect!
She has not talked to her hubby yet, they send a red cross message to him but said it could take up to 24 hours for him to get the message. She has not talked to him since last Friday, but there were some deaths from his unit and when that happens they do not allow them to call home. So now she is just waiting to hear from him and to get him home as soon as possible.

I get a call on Monday, it is my sweet cousin Michelle who is pregnant and due in a week. She calls and says she has lost her mucus plug and what does that mean?? She is so damn cute, I could not help but laugh a little. And since I have had 4 kids she thought I would be the one to talk to. Which is fine with me, I love talking to her and try and help her anyway I can. So we talked a little bit about it and what it means. I will spare the details for those of you that dont know. Her husband is flying back from Iraq on the 12th and will probably be here around the 14th so she is trying desperately to hold off going into labor. Unless she goes into labor and can send him a message and he would leave asap, but still take time to get back and would probably miss her labor. Which is something we hope does not happen. Her and I talk all the time and she is worried she will go into labor and not know it. Ahhh, the worries of labor... How I remember those days :o) She goes to the doctor today so hopefully we will find out more, I just hope she does not go into labor while I am gone!!
As for our girls weekend, we are set and excited to spend a day out on the boat, tanning, drinking, talking, drinking, swimming, drinking and whatever other mischief we can get into. We leave early Saturday morning and will be back sometime on Sunday.

I just finished reading Harlan Cobens new book The Innocent and it was GREAT! I love the way he writes and can get through one of his books in just a couple of days. I normally get his books the day they came out but had totally forgotten about it since I have not been reading lately. So my sweet hubby came home with it for me. Have I mentioned I have a wonderful hubby? :o)
I finally went scrapbooking Fridy night. The first time in more than 2 months. Which is really unusual for me, but since my grandpa died and I did that album of him for my grandma I have not really wanted to do anything so I forced myself not to avoid it and go. I had a good time. It was nice to be with my friends again. Great to sit with my best friend and just chat and do our favorite hobby together. Deanna was a little outspoken Friday, which was awesome. She even made me blush, which is not an easy thing to do... Lets just say she LOVES what she got from the Pure Romance Party that we went to and took my advice on what to get. I also enjoyed seeing Darla who I love to talk with and hear all the gossip on where she works since I know so many of them. Her and my hubby worked together and we have all built an awesome friendship. Then there was everyone else I enjoy seeing on our Scrapbookin nights. I worked on my moms album and managed to get 6 pages done.
We did do not do too much Saturday, our a/c went out so we called to get it fixed and the earliest they had was 8 on Sunday morning so we went to my parents house to stay cool and have dinner with them. We stayed the night there and hubby came back to the house in the morning so the repair guy could fix the a/c. It took him about 30 minutes to fix it and be on his way. We stayed at my parents house and watched The Aviator with my dad and had lunch with him. That was the extent of our weekend. Did laundry, cleaned house and that is it.
Next weekend should be great. Kelly and I are going to her aunts cabin with a bunch of ladies and having a GIRLS weekend. We leave early Saturday morning and will get back Sunday. Going out on the boat, drinking, going swimming, drinking, eating, drinking, have a good time, drinking... Yup that is all we plan on doing :o) So our hubbies will have control of our children for the weekend, it should be great fun for them too!
Ok, off to do more laundry and cleaning!