Girls Night Out!!!

The night before I had to go home, we took my sister out for her birthday! We took her to Fuddruckers first and then to Woody's in Royal Oak. Apparently it was dork night and there were a bunch of FREAKS everywhere we looked!!!

Getting 6 of us ready and out the door wasn't the easiest thing to do. We were over an hour off schedule - the usual for my family! (My hair was washed and ready to go Tam, so not a word!!!!)


Nice pic of me and my parents


Okay were finally ready to go.


The birthday girl!!!


How often does Captain Morgan show up to the bar??? Apparently we were deep into conversation!!


Megan's first shot!!


Doesn't look like she's going to hold it down!


Since there were so many freaks at the bar, Genie started playing a hilarious game called "I'm with THIS guy!" She had so many to choose from!














It didn't take Megs long before she started dancing like a stripper!








Me, my sister and my cousins!

The Maders

Not only am I close to my mom's sisters and brother, I'm also close to my dads brothers and sister! I try to plan a get together at someone's house (usually Aunt Tacy's) every time I come home for a visit. It's just easier that way instead of making 8 trips to see everyone! After I got home from Aunt Tacy's that night was when I got really sick. It was fun to see everyone though!

My dad and his brothers, Jim and Jay


Uncle Jim and Aunt Joyce


Aunt Jackie and Caders


My mom and Aunt Tacy (my dads sister)


My grandma - before going to my aunts, we went to the mall. Apparently this was the first time my grandma had ever saw a thong and she was quite surprised!!! How often do you check out the underwear section with your 87 year old grandma!!!

Girls night!

After my Grandma died, my Aunts and my mom started getting together every Wednesday for "girls night." We are all really close and we sit and talk, play games, make fun of each other, eat dessert - which they take turns bringing each week. During the holidays we have girls night Christmas in which we get each other gifts and have dinner together. On birthdays we do the same thing. This week it was my sisters 21st birthday. Before everyone got there for girls night we took her to "Logans" for dinner. We all got a drink - a Jammin' Strawberry. My sister took maybe three sips. My mom downed hers but that is because she is a closet alcoholic - you know I had to throw that in there ma! :-) This week my Uncles also came to girls night because I was there.

Happy Birthday Mega Megs!


My mom scraping the candle wax off the cake because the candles weren't of the highest quality!


Megan at Logan's with her first "legal" drink!


The restaurant saying Happy Birthday to her!


It's Megan's birthday - so Genie has to get her big old head in there too!


My dad and Cadence! He comes to all the Craig family functions and my mom always goes to the Mader family functions. We aren't like most families of divorce.


Aunt April and my mom - leaving Aunt DeeDee off the bench again!


Uncle Bill and Uncle Shawn


Alex, Tam and Kyla


Megan with the Shaw my mom made her. She made one for me for my wedding and she wanted to make one for Megan too before her hands got too bad with arthritis.

Home Sweet Home

So I got this brilliant idea - I wanted to go home to Michigan and surprise my mom! (Well it was also my sisters 21st birthday so I wanted to be there to take her out with my cousins too!) The day my sister flew home, the baby and I hopped on the same flight and went with her. My mom had no idea. You have no idea how hard it was to keep this secret! I almost slipped so many times. Ski's mom Judy has the picture of the priceless look on my mom's face - as soon as she sends it to me I will post it.

It was a great trip though. Of course it wouldn't be a trip to Michigan without someone puking. Me, Megan and Cadence all got sick. I'm pretty sure it was probably someone on the plane that was sick and we breathed their recycled air. I couldn't have asked for a more inconvenient time to puke.

It was Caders first time seeing the snow. Judy bought her some new boots and she wasn't too sturdy in them. She ended up falling head first in the snow.






My mom and I - aren't we hot!!!


My best friend Theresa (or as I call her TRSA) It was great to spend time shopping with her and talking about anything and everything.


Caders and her grandma's


Every visit I have to have lunch with my friends Frank and Diane. They are like second parents to me! I used to work for Frank at MNP Steel Corp before I moved to California. It was such a great job and I miss it so much.


Me and my baby enjoying our vacation!

I've got a lot of blogging to do!!!

Well let's see, what's been going on in the "Ski" household over the last few weeks? The kids came home from Texas and that same day, my sister Megan came out for a two week visit. It was great to spend two weeks with her. But as always, time flew by. Here are some pictures!

Cadence got a new Motorcycle for Christmas. Her dad was trying to teach her how to ride. She really hates when he wears that helmet because she gets scared.


Aunt Megan and Caders


Matt and Jacqui both got new MP3 players from their dad for Christmas.


Caders sleeping with Daddy!


Aunt Megan - we sat at the computer the whole time working on a slideshow project that we made for our family!

Sorry!

I know - I know - I haven't posted at all this month! We were really busy because my sister was in town for two weeks and then when she left to go home, Cadence and I hopped on the plane with her and came to Detroit to surprise my mom! I promise to make up for the last month because I have many pictures to post! Oh and I also want to wish my sister a Happy Birthday! We are taking her out for her birthday on Friday - I'm sure I'll have some great pictures of that!!!! Happy Birthday Megan - I love you!

The Rose Bowl!

On New Years Day we went to the Rose Bowl. I'm not even going to discuss the game - but the whole experience was awesome. As far as Rose Bowls go, Ski and I have been to 2 of them and Michigan has lost both times. We've come to the conclusion that we jinx them. We left for Pasadena at 2:00am (just in time for the bars to close and all the drunks were on the road!) and we got there at 4:30am. People were already cooking and drinking that early. (I however went to sleep in the car! Ski was too excited to sleep!) It was so cold in the morning but as the day went on the temperature rose to a nice 65 degrees. We were parked next to some USC fans who were so nice. They gave Ski shots of Tequila and fed us Carne Asada. The seats we had for the game were amazing. It was like being right down on the field!!! Though Michigan didn't do too well it was still a great time. Unfortunately Ski lost a bet to his friend at work and now has to wear a USC jersey all day one day. He wasn't thrilled about it at all! Here are a few pictures of our day!

Visitors from the South!

After Christmas we had Darlene and her fiance Clyde out to visit us from South Carolina! It was so exciting to see her - it's been almost 3 years. They wanted to see the Pacific Ocean so we went to the beach. Other then that we just hung out together at the house. Clyde is great with computers so he showed us all kinds of ways to "acquire" free stuff!

Darlene and Clyde


Ski and D


Me, D, and the baby!


Cadence loved the water and tried her hardest to feel it. Clyde was taking pictures...


...and ended up with water up to his knee's! We laughed so hard!


It was great to see you Darlene and a pleasure to meet you Clyde! We had a lot of fun! Can't wait to do it again - don't worry, the tribe didn't vote you off the island! Love you 4!

Jacqui WON!

Our housing complex had a coloring contest over the holidays and Jacqui was one of the winners! She won a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble! Good Job J!