Yup. I posted.

1. Appetizers for every meal

I am a few days late on this one but looking at these pictures reminds me of the awesomeness of our New Years Holiday.  We spent lots of time in our pajamas eating food and doing nothing.  It was pretty wonderful.  We were even going to make a nice dinner or new recipe on Saturday night but quickly into the day I realized that loaded nachos and Shameless would be SO. MUCH. BETTER.  Mike and I finally had a paint night while we waited for the ball to drop and then he proceeded to school me in Gin.  I was in bed at approximately 12:08.  It was the best way to end 2016.

We were tying to get a selfie of the three of us to send on a group text.  Clearly they both turned out well. hahaha

Jack is not into it but I do think he is saying "cheeeeeese" in this picture.

2. We booked our airBNB in Hawaii
I am so excited for our next trip.  Last year...maybe even two years ago we decided to take another big trip as a couple to celebrate Mike's birthday.  We easily settled on Hawaii.  So that means in 78 days (on MY birthday) we will be boarding flights and heading to paradise.  We plan on hiking, deep sea fishing, paddle boarding and spending lots of time eating fresh seafood.  I legit think about our upcoming trip every day.

3. Date night
Mike and I finally went on a date night for our anniversary.  We went to Oceanaire downtown and then finished the night off at Blend.  The cigar bar hit me like a ton of bricks when I walked in.  It was like our old college days when they allowed smoking at the bar.

Anyways -- it was a great night out.  Love love love my husband.

He was acting like Jack.  And yes -- we got dessert.  We rarely get dessert.  That's when you know it is special.

4. Cameron and Owen will be home in a few days
First -- I absolutely love my children to death.  Love. I am their biggest fan and I love watching their personalities continue to grow and develop.  Their constant silliness makes me laugh non stop.

I want to make sure we get that part out of the way.

Second -- I am glad that I have a few more meals that I don't have to worry about 2 extra children and I am glad that our house will stay relatively picked up for the next 40 hours.

Third -- again -- I love my children.  Period.  BUT it's also nice to just catch up on life every now and then.  And that is real and that is honest.

5.  New Year's Resolutions
On NYE I asked the twins what their goals were for 2017.  Owen said that his was to be better in school which I promptly replied, "how?" since he does great in school.  He didn't know.  I asked him to think of another one so we decided that reading Harry Potter would be a good goal for him.

Cameron on the other hand said that he didn't know a goal but after a few seconds he replied, "probably to be more silly."  He immediately started laughing at himself and then continued acting crazy.

Yup -- there you have it.  Night AND Day.