Here's To My Little Sisters!

I met my sisters Michelle and Christine at iNonni's for a drink...FYI...Christine's drink is non-alcoholic. :-)
Tommy (my future brother in-law) officially makes the best Cosmo!! Delicioso!
It was so much fun hanging with my sisters, catching up and sharing a lot of laughs. We are totally 3 peas in a pod!
p.s. Please ignore my yucky travel slash airplane hair. It beyond a bad hair day.

Doing The Rounds In MN

My goal is to see as many people as I can in a one weekend trip to MN.
I saw my Grandma Sandy and Grandpa Richard. Grandma Sandy looked great and I felt very blessed that she was feeling well the day I went to see her. My Grandpa is doing a great job taking care of her and keeping her spirits up.
Then I went to dinner at a local pub. We had a pub food feast...chicken wings, philly steak & cheese, burger, fries, onion rings...all the good stuff that we are not suppose to eat, that we eat anyway. Mmmm good!
Uncle Ron (Bob's twin in case you couldn't tell) and Aunt Julie came too. Great times catching up.

Mary Goes to MN

First stop...visit family. My sister, Michelle picked me up at the airport and we met my in-laws at my niece's house for lunch. It was great catching up, and seeing all the babies. Sorry no pictures of this though. Prior to going, my sister surprised me with a posh new Chanel purse and I was so excited to use it that I grabbed my wallet from my old purse and then we took off. I totally forgot my camera! I know that is not like me at all, but I had Chanel on my mind.
Next stop was visiting my family. I went to Bob, Anne's and my brother, Nick's house. My Grandma Ann came over to say hi too. It was so much fun catching up with everyone even though I only had a short time to visit.

Its Scooter Time...beep beep

Dane's friend, Jason came over on his moped. Dane took the girls for a ride down the street and back. They loved it! Dane loved it too. I was corrected...it is not a scooter, its a moped and it goes up to 60 mph or so which I guess top speed is the main difference between a scooter and moped. Tomato...Tom-Mato.

Cute Dresses

When I was in Atlanta, I found these cute dresses at H&M for a big steal. I think they are so adorable which is why you will notice the girls wearing them quite frequently.

Agave Dinner In ATL

My friends, Julee and Melissa took me to Atlanta for my birthday. We ate at Agave which was fabulous. The best part by far was the amazing birthday dessert!! We also went shopping at Atlantic Station and found all kinds of cute things. Fun Fun!! I heart Atlanta!!

Spiderman Party

Daddy Goes To Chuck E. Cheese

Yo Gabba Gabba B-day Party

In The Family Taxi

Swimming For 5 minutes

We took the kids swimming at the Hyatt hotel pool for about 5 minutes before we saw a storm cloud move in. The kids made the most of it and swam a couple laps before heading inside.

Can You Guess My Age?

Funny story, the other day, Dane and the kids went shopping for my birthday present. Alexis came home and said, "Mom, we forgot about your birthday and we didn't get you a mug."

I guess that was her way of keeping a secret.

This morning, I woke up to a large ceramic Starbucks travel mug with drawing and writing all over it. The girls wrote I love U and their names on the mug. I love it and needed a new travel mug. It was the perfect gift! Dane also surprised me with the Eclipse soundtrack. Love the music from all of the Twilight movies...so I digress...we all know I am a "Twi-Heart Fan". I will always be Team Edward no matter how muscular and hunky Jacob is. ;-) He (Dane not Edward) is always so thoughtful and got extra kudos this year for making my b-day extra special.

We spent the day and overnight in Atlanta for my birthday. Went to Atlantic Station, ate a lot, had so much fun we never made it to the High Art Museum so we will save that for next time. Thanks Dane, Lexie, Izzie, Dana, Mom (Sheila) and Roman for a birthday to remember!!

Someone once said, "You are only as old as you feel!" I feel about 25, so that is the age I will be...maybe forever. In actuality, I know I should be proud to turn 20-10, but lets face it, no matter how proud people will tell you they are of their age, they are lying. We all wish to hang onto those golden 20's. So I will accept my fate as being 30, I'll try it on for a year and in the meantime I will rock it well. I will continue to be excited during those few times a year that I get carded, I will continue on my mission to stay as far away from being a "frumpy mom" as possible. So hears to turning 30...CHEERS!!!

The Walthers Bunch

Great Family Photo...or Not

I have a great idea, let's take a nice family photo...

Let's try again, this time, everyone look and smile nice...
Can we not have goofy faces please?? Oh well. This is our family...goofy and all.

We were at Copeland's Cheesecake Factory in Atlantic Station in Atlanta. The food and service were both awesome. I had the best intentions to have cheesecake for dessert, but was unfortunately too full. They have probably about 20 different cheesecakes. Ahhh...next time, I am skipping my meal and just ordering cheesecake!

Riding the Atlanta Marta Train

ATL has it's own version of the Metro, L or Subway. We call it the Marta. I love public transportation and it makes me miss living in a metropolitan area. How great would it be to own one car and rely mostly on the Marta to get you around town? The kids thought it was pretty fantastic too.

Pre-Birthday Dinner

We all went over to MeMaw and PaPaw's for dinner. To my surprise, it was a birthday dinner for me. Sheila made one of my favorites, Tator Tot Hotdish. yum yum! Auntie Dana and Roman are still here visiting until Saturday which is an extra special gift in itself. Daniel, Teresa, Christina and Matthew all came over too. We all had fun and I snapped a couple cute pics of my little kiddos too.

Welcome Baby Alexander

My friend Julee and I went to visit our friend Rachel who delivered her baby today. Baby Alexander is such a cute little baby. Once he was wrapped up like a burrito, he was good to go. I think Alexander will be a good sleeper at least that is what I wish for Donavan and Rachel. He looks so much like his big brother Isaac and his daddy. Sorry Rachel, I hope you don't hate me for posting this picture of you, but you look so good especially after delivering a baby, you ought to be proud to be one hot mamma! I got my baby fix for now. It gives me baby fever, but I just have to remember those sleepless nights and that usually cures the "fever".

MN visits GA

Auntie Dana and cousin, Roman from MN came late last night to visit. Auntie Dana and Roman slept in the girls room. Alexis and Isabelle slept in their little tent in our bedroom. They thought that was pretty exciting to camp out inside. More pictures to come...
p.s. Yes, our dog, Marlin is taller than Isabelle.