Here are some fun pictures of July

Happy Birthday to me... Happy Birthday to me...:)

Yesterday was my birthday, and it was a typical day in the life of the Dart's. I had a lot of phone calls which was great to know that all those the people thought of me. Ellie was so excited for my birthday she woke up and came in our room and said, " Mom, do you remember what today is?" and at first i didn't really but I said "what is today?" She said, MOOOOMMM it's your birthday!!!" I thought oh yea it is isn't it. Wow it's just not that exciting anymore it's not like I was going to Chuckee cheese or something. Ok I really shouldn't complain me and the kids stayed in our pajamas until lunchtime. We read books, watched spongebob, and the went to Mcdonald's for chicken nuggets. So how does that sound? Just like a birthday party for a 26 year old ? But really I love those days with the kids when there is not anything to do. We can just play and hang out. And they make me happy just watching them and they get so excited and help me to remeber all the things I should be thankful for. I love my girls. So when Blaine got home we went to dinner at O' Charleys where kids eat free what could be better. Then we went to Ellie's soccer practice. I really am thankful for my fun family and having such beautiful kids, and a wonderful husband who tries harder than he should have to, just to make me happy. So all in all I am Lucky just to have a family to be with on my birthday.

Fun Times at Notre Dame...Memories....

Here are some pictures of the good ol' times at Notre Dame.

Ellie and Avarie summer 08

Here are some cute summer pic's of the girls. I just discovered how to do the slideshow thing, so i will try to get more pic's on.

It's has been way too long..

What's new though? I am such a blogging loser. So what's new with us? Not much. We are addicted to the Wii. And each night Blaine and I find ourselves cussing at eachother and the tv while playing Mario Kart. You know husband and wife bonding... But we love it and so do the kids. We have also found ourselves searching and preparing for our new little boy! (2 months left) We started painting his room and just finished changing Ellie into a Queen bed! What! She is one spoiled 4 year old. I need to post a picture though, it's very cute. Ellie has been spending a lot of time in the back with their new pool and she is as tan as a little indian. If Indians have blonde hair. HUH? Um.... nevermind you get the point. We have been attending the zoo trying to take advantage of the free movies at the theatre and soon we will be able to go to the Y which for those of you who don't know what that is. It's a huge recreation center with a gym and pools and a splash park. Although that didn't come easy. Blaine somehow decided that a Y pass was going to be money well spent after I hired a cleaning lady for the house. As some of you may know Blaine was not down with that, but that's all it took. I hired her. And Blaine was in a frenzy. In fact the next night he cleaned the kids bathroom and now does the dishes more often. A threat was all it took. I fired her already. So then I bought a steam mop for the floors which I love so sososo...... much. And it's so much easier then filling up the bucket, wearing gloves, getting on your hands and knees, and an hour later wow you think it's clean but is it? Well after steaming my floors the cloths were black. And I would of kept going but I only have two cloths. So money well invested. It only took me 30 mins. to mop over the floor twice. Ok enough of that I sound like an info commercial. So enough ranting and raving. That's all I have for now. Happy 4th of July.

Two Words....

Rascal Flatts

Last night we got to experience the concert of a lifetime. Ok, I know it sounds way over exaggerated but, OH MY GOSH! I loved them before a lot. Now I am amazed.

The show started off with Kelly Pickler who is suprisingly really good. I thought she would be obnoxious but she wasn't at all. So I was sitting there thinking even if was just her I would go home happy. But then they announced Rascal Flatts are coming out the whole stage lit up. it was so neat there were fireworks and everything. I honestly did not move for 2 1/2 hours. I loved it.

Other than that the great news is we are having a BOY! Yea!

We found out on Friday and the boy part was right there for all the world to see.

We are very excited!

Ellie said she knew it was a boy. Well what's new that's her thing lately.

So that's the Dart's exciting news for the week.

Happy Mothers Day everyone!!

I should of thought before I opened my mouth...

So the other night we were talking with our neighbors and we started talking about this one night we went out to dinner with them and my family doctor. And as we were finished with dinner we were all coming back to our house to hang out and talk. Anyways, as we were walking out there was this HUGE dodge truck, you know the kind with the four yellow lights on the top and the quad tires in the back just a big huge hick truck. Ok so Melissa my neighbor says, "Hey Randy ( her husband) there's your truck!" And I looked and said," Randy that's a HILLBILLY Truck!" Well little did I know the driver of the trucks wife was standing right in front of me this 5'2" little old lady waiting for her nice old fashioned farmer husband to pick her up curbside. OH my Gosh can you believe this oh it get's even better. So she proceeds to say " That's my Hillbilly truck!"
I said " a-a-a-a-aaa I like hillbilly trucks."
And then she looks at me and yells as she's getting in " DO YOU WANT THE HILLBILLY PAYMENT!"
At that time Blaine was like Sum shut-UP and let's get into the car. My doctor and his wife took off the opposite way. Randy and Melissa were stuck walking and riding with us. Hillarious huh?? That's what I get for speaking before I think...

A Great Weekend!

Our weekend turned out to be not to bad after all. On Saturday we hung out with our good friends Randy and Melissa. This pic is old from Halloween (obviously) but it's cute. So Saturday we went over there and had a BBQ. We have come to love Randy's foil packet potatoes and onions. And so we bring a side or meat and they provide what we don't anyways it's way fun and the closest thing to family in Fort Wayne that we have.

So after dinner Saturday, Blaine and Randy decided to go to the "MAN STORE" which is also know as Lowe's and they came home with a chiminea which is a fire thingy for outside and some plants for our yard. That was Sweet!

Because now we can have fires any night of the week. And actually tonight we had another BBQ with them and roasted marshmallows and made smores.

It was a lot of fun and tomorrow we are having another BBQ with Nikki and Lynn some friends of ours that moved to Vegas that are in town this weekend. So it's officially BBQ season. I love BBQ!! Especially because that means I don't have cook, maybe just make a salad or something.:)

So I guess I shouldn't complain about such a boring life. I am glad we have a few good friends here.

Such an interesting life.....

This week has been a blast! haha Not really. My week started with having to say goodbye to my wonderful, helpful, patient, loving, amazing in-laws. I hate goodbyes and certainly treasure the moments I have when our family comes to visit. So we took them to the airport Monday night. Then I got to read all my good friends blogs about our stay in Arizona.

Tuesday, I watch Payton and Gillian which has become quite the experience. Gillian is 7 months old and is a very high maintenence baby. She is adorable though. And then there is Payton who as time goes on he is getting more comfortable with ignoring me and the things I say. Like it was time for lunch and I said," Payton come and eat." I must have said it a thousand times finally I told him that if he didn't come eat it was time out. Well he just stood there and looked at me like you are not going to do this. Well it sucks to put somebody elses kids in timeout. But what else could I do he would not respond. So he cried the whole two minutes.
By the time 5:30 pm Tuesday night hits I have absolutely had it. So your all probably wondering why are you doing this still. Well because the extra spending that I don't have to justify is great! BOTTOM LINE. I might have to quit shopping! hahahaha that's a joke.

Wednesday night is young womens. Which happened to be spending time at Walmart trying to help the girls pick out fabric for the YW camps pajama pants. I really enjoy the YW.

Thursday we played outside in the beautiful weather. And then found some trees to plant. Oh I need to post more pictures. I will when the yard gets more put together.


OH the post is horrible and boring but just nothing funny or remotely interesting happened this week.

ARIZONA here we come..........

Our very first vacation together was wonderful. Thanks to our great friends the Mear's and Tuttles. Thanks again.... I was very worried about how the kids would do. And come to find out there was nothing to worry about. The kids did great! And they were great for Mark and Karen.

So our first flight out of Cleveland was fine. But, then we got on our plane to Pheonix. It was going to be a 4 hour flight and as we are getting on the plane Blaine is looking ahead to guess who we might to get to squeeze next to. Oh well, I was lucky enough to sit in between Blaine and this other man that was bigger than Blaine. I thought i was going to lose it. By the end of the flight I was freaking out and hyperventilating (spelling?). On top of that the guy had the nastiest breath ever and he kept breathing deeply towards my face. Ok enough of that.

We arrived at our hotel and it was gorgeous. I am so thankful that we were able to stay at a place like that. The place was huge. So Blaine was attending a conference there and I got to hang out with our friends and it was so much fun it's a good thing we knew people there. I was able to enjoy a morning at the spa with a massage and a pedicure which was amazing! The best part of our vacation was when we all me at the Cheesecake Factory. The Kings were able to come and we sat and talked and ate for 2 1/2 hours. It was so fun for all of us to be together again.

We had so much fun and thanks to the Tuttles to introducing us to Guitar Hero which is the funnest thing ever. I gotta get one. And for all the driving you all did.

So now we are home and I was so excited to see the kids. They were just as excited. Karen had dinner in the crockpot and we rested a lot. It's so nice to be home. Even though we enjoyed our time alone. Mark and Karen leave tomorrow and then what? It's been so much fun. And hopefully I can keep this blog updated more often.