500 dollars +

Headline: "500 dollars or more in damage occured when Brent Craig, Wakefield and a deer collided around 4th & Jayhawk Rd's. No injuires were reported". Yes, we joined the many other unfortunate individuals in the county on Sunday night. I will have to say I had a second or two of de ja vu when the deer hit as I was sitting in the front passenger seat AGAIN. Thank God it wasn't like the last wreck that we had (Oct 07) and thankfully we can repair the van and not have to get a new one. Oh sure a new van would be nice but the thought of trying to sell this one and find another one (husband likes ebay for a good deal which in some cases has taken months!) is not on my top list of priorities right now. So we will head to the shop on Monday and the van will be as good as new (except for the miles). To bad those can't be fixed as well.

Owen loves shootin hoops w/Brent. Do I have a future BB player? I'll let you decide...

Sweet Treasure

Some of you have asked where our kids went while we were in Mexico...our WONDERFUL PARENTS kept the 3 kiddos. G & M stayed w/Brents parents most of the time because of school and having to meet the bus. My mom and dad got O. But on Friday afternoon and Sat. and Sun my mom and dad took all 3 to my brother Mark and his wife Heather's in KC to see them and Kael and Grady. Apparently when they all got there Mark & Heather and family had made a scavenger hunt through the house. Apparently the last clue said something like "finding a sweet treasure" (m&h hope this is right, this is coming from kids). The answer to the clue was all scrambled. Guess what the answer was........drum roll please... "NEW BABY". Brent and I are going to be uncle and aunt again in October. Exciting...

On another note about babies. After we picked up the kids on school on Wednesday we were talking about the trip. Something was brought up about bringing the kids home something and we told the kids to guess what we brought. Garrett pops up right away and says "I know...one of these" and points to Owen!! It was absolutely hilarious. He said it so matter factly and couldn't figure out why Brent and I were laughing. We said no sorry, there will be no more siblings in this Craig family. Thought you might like a good laugh. Have a great weekend.

Views of pools and Ocean

One of the pools we hung out at.

Another pool

Views of the ocean

We're Back

We are back and 10 pounds heavier! Mexico was WONDERFUL! We had a fantastic time. Our flights were smooth and on time. The first day didn't end very well however. We went w/two other couples Luke and Lindsay and Matt and Ally. (college friends of Luke's) Matt and Ally's reservation was cancelled between Orbitz and/or the resort. (even though Matt had an email confirmation they day before from Orbitz) After 5 hours on the phone w/Orbitz and talking to "the" manager at the resort Matt and Ally had to take a cab all the way back into Cancun (over a 60 mile trip one way) and spend the first night. Our resort had no rooms open until Monday (the day they left). It was NOT good. On Friday, Orbitz found them a room at a resort down the beach w/in a 5 minute walk on the beach. Wasn't ideal, but atleast they ended up close. We haven't heard what will become of the situation, but I assure you someone, somewhere, somehow will pay for their trip (and more). That being said everything else was great. We really couldn't have been more "vacation-y" if we tried. We ate, slept, and layed on the beach or by the pool. It was nice to get away and have our only worry be when and where we wanted to eat! Our boys were glad to have us home, Maddie said we could have stayed longer and wouldn't have bothered her a bit! She changed her tune though when I said I would keep the tshirt and necklace I brought back for her since she didn't miss us that much!

Our room was the first one to the right of the pool. We just stepped out and could go straight to the beach or the pool. Only problem-sand! Sorry it's a little dark. This was taken close to sunset

Brent and I at lunch.

Valentine's Day Night

View of ocean from our room. Just like the pics on the internet. Although my pictures don't do it justice. Can you feel the sun??

Day 1 of 10

I am sure you all thought this was some cool countdown to my trip to Mexico right? Yeah, its a countdown all right, but not a fun one. Owen is on his first day of 10 day prescription meds. Ear infection. Glad I went today to dr. He kinda acted funny all weekend. One minute he was high as a kite, running around, being very naughty actually and the next crying, having meltdowns, temper tantrums (more than normal). But what really caught my attention was him not eating. We went to pizza hut on friday (thanks book it and thanks to my kids who are such good readers), and he only ate one half of one personal pan piece of pizza and only a little pop (don't judge me that my 19 month old can down a cup of pop in 30 seconds...please). On sat night at Boston's bday party, didn't even eat a whole hot dog (atleast they were turkey dogs), not even w/his favorite dip, ketchup. And no snacking. This is the same kid who constantly carries around a little bowl of snacks all day. Sunday no breakfast, or lunch, a few crackers and some bites of hot dog at a Super Bowl party. So I KNEW something was up. I thought maybe strep, since that is going around Longford school, but found out today his left ear is infected...So I have 10 days to finish the anitbiotic and then
HI HO HI HO OFF TO MEXICO WE GO!

Cousins

A couple of weeks ago I watched our niece, Boston, and nephew Brooks while their babysitter was taking maternity leave. As hard as I tried I could not get B&B and Owen to look at the camera at the same time. Finally caught one outside but of course Boston's eyes are shut, but here it is anyway.