My Day

Okay so I didn't turn 25 on my day this year.  But I did have a friend bake and deliver this amazing lemon cake for me along with another friend who provided the ice cream for the birthday celebrations

I did receive lots of thoughtful little gifts and cards a few that had me in tears

 I received sweet text messages

a handful of fun phone calls

and tons of messages on Facebook that totally made me smile

I had lunch with my mom and a few girlfriends 

had the proudest little girl give me a gift she had picked out all on her own 

(fierce photo bomb creds to Garrett)

got pampered with cute nails and a massage with Brynne in the afternoon

And had a yummy dinner with my family

including two of the McCauley's

And the crazy man who ordered a s'mores cheesecake!

One of the best treats of the day was this cute guy getting into town just in time for dinner!

My day had been off to a very late and very rough start. And of all the days it was one of those that I just looked in the mirror and thought, yeah I don't really like what I'm working with here.  But by the days end because of the company of good friends, my sweet family and all the social media outlets I was totally over all of it. Regardless of how I started my day or viewed myself, I felt loved and there's no better feeling than that.  

Turned out to be a happy day after all! A big fat thanks to all of you who made me feel special and loved!

Caribbean Cruisin' 2014

On a flight from Fresno to Miami

On the largest ship Carnival owns

On one of thousands of seats in the sun

Sailing out of reality

and into the sunset

On the dance floor, making new friends

Making first impressions

and letting our crazy hang out!

Sharing a bed with fuzzy animals 

All dressed up after a day of reading and sunshine at sea.

On the Breeze overlooking the sea at the port in Grand Turk

Happy to be returning to this tiny little island 

Happy to be out on the water

Ready to dive into it

Two tanks down and we're back on deck

On the sand with Cindy and Jon

Happy faces for Jeffy and Jen

By Margaritaville our minds on our last visit there just 4 years ago with some of our closest friends 

Back on the boat under the bright blue skies in the most beautiful waters

Hot stones on my weary bones in the spa on the top deck

Out with the sun 

and into the night

From Lido deck to dance floor in the longest conga line and through the tunnel

Another crazy party on the Carnival Breeze

In the spa ready to get on the massage tables!

Another day another beach

Grand Cayman didn't disappoint!

Spent the day on my chair, my head in my book, the sun beating down

Stormy skies in Miami

Gave way to afternoon sun

A relaxing end to a week full of fun!

A Bunch of Fools!

Today was the first day of April and it turned us all into a bunch of fools! 

 This morning early I caught Drew with my brand new package of Oreos.  He was hard at work emptying the thick white frosting and replacing it with a heaping dose of Colgate toothpaste!  He put several of them back into the package but brought a stash with him for the day as well.  

My dad and Jeff were victims of the package ing the pantry.  A cute girl at school was subjected to the arresting combo of flavors and he even brought a couple to share with his leaders at church tonight!  

Brynne really wanted to play some pranks on her brothers. There isn't much that girl delights in more than some hearty teasing.  She considered all of her options and then wrangled our current helper Rachel into helping her by TPing the boys bedrooms when they were at school.  

She did a GREAT job!  When the boys came home a half an hour before Brynne they took the opportunity to retaliate.  Almost all of the toilet paper that had covered their three bedrooms covered Brynnes room.  The rest went to mine as they wrongly assumed I had been her accomplice!

Tonight while the boys were at mutual Brynne insisted on getting the boys yet again!  This time Rachel helped Brynne and her friend Isabel fill tons of tiny cups of water to cover the boys bedroom floors. It was awesome!

Wes got a prank text from his prom date this morning letting him know she wasn't going to be able to go with him anymore.  He decided to prank her back and texted as though he was Jeff and said that Wes had been in a car accident on the way to school and was in the hospital.  He even found a picture of a car just like his that was crashed and sent it.  When her mother texted to see how he was doing, Wes decided it had gone too far and let her in on his prank.  She said her husband was on his way to the hospital to get more information.  Wes felt horrible and made cookies after school to deliver with a sincere apology.  We are all just hoping the cute girl can forgive him, but the jury's out. 

So it goes at the Bohn Home.  Some teasing was taken in stride, some was met with a few eye rolls, and some was not received well at all, but however it went, the day made fools of us all!

Masquerade Madness

One cute girl

a masquerade mask

and loads of sass

One handsome date,

a little sweetness

and a lot of love!

All together you've got the makings for a great daddy daughter date!

Hibernation

I have to say I really do appreciate the sweet calls, texts and messages I get when it's been a while between blog posts. I got this one yesterday.
 

So I thought I'd fill you in on where I've been. Jeff and I left for a cruise to the Caribbean, followed by a few days in Utah for Jeff's dads funeral and then home again.  Before coming home I started feeling a little off. I ended up spending the last week in bed. I was sleeping 18-20 hours a day and was still exhausted!  I couldn't function. In fact I couldn't even answer my phone. 

I knew something was wrong when I missed an 80's birthday party for a friend that I had been looking forward to for weeks. I was sooo bummed but when the idea of driving 7 miles to the party was overwhelming, there was no way I could handle actually going to it and trying to be social. Saturday I was awake for 6 hours in a row for the first time in a week and today I had a 3 hour nap in the middle of the day, but have otherwise been up. Blood tests were a little off and I still need to follow up with my doctor on a few things but for now I'm hoping I'm on the mend and will be back to my old routine this week.  Fingers crossed.  

I do feel a little strange that I can't really account for a week of my life, but with so much going on leading up to that, it's no wonder. Perhaps a little nudge from my body to slow down.  Two words I have yet figured out how to do. All or nothin seems to be the way I operate best. So get ready for a ton of posts a lot of catching up!