Mom's 40th birthday

Today is Mom's 40th birthday!!  You cannot tell by this picture, but she is really happy.  Mom would never say it, but this was an important birthday for her because her mom died when she was 40.  Me and mom celebrated her birthday by spending the night in Atlanta at the St Regis hotel.  We dressed up and walked to dinner at Seasons 52.  It was one of the best dinners that we ever had.  This hotel room was pretty swanky.  It even had a TV inside the mirror in the bathroom!!  When we got home, you boys had decorated the yard and the house with birthday signs....AND when mom got out of the car, you guys just bombarded her with silly string.  And, of course, there was the traditional ice cream cake with a clown on it!

I hope you boys realize how lucky that you are to have the mommy that you have.  I pray that one day you see the sacrifices that she makes to make sure that you boys have absolutely EVERYTHING that you need....no matter what it takes.  She truly is amazing!  Happy birthday, Jen.  We all love you and appreciate you.

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Riley Luke Sleepwalker Baugh

Tonight, Riley wasn't feeling good...running a little fever...so Jen gave him some medicine before he went to bed.  Next thing we know, here he comes down the steps in his t-shirt and underwear.  I'm sitting in the recliner in the living room, and I asking what he is doing.  He responds, "I'm tired."  So, I figure that he is just going to get him a drink of water or something.  He proceeds to get in the cabinets and takes out a sharpie marker, a BBQ brush, a tervis straw, and spoon.  Then he writes our last name on the BBQ brush with the marker.  Then he just goes back to bed.  Needless to say, I have requested a dose of whatever Jen gave him that night!

UGA game - NIT Tourney

Tonight, me and Riley went to Athens to see the UGA basketball team play Vermont in the opening round of the NIT tournament.  But first, we stopped atvThe Varsity and ate dinner.  We had great seats...we sat on the 2nd row behind the Vermont bench.  Charles Mann scored a career high 29 points, and UGA won to advance to the 2nd round.  Riley sure di have fun at his first college basketball game!

Snow Mountain

We had been wanting to take the boys snow tubing for a while.  But we just had not had the opportunity.  Finally we got the chance, and we went down to Snow Mountain at Stone Mountain Park.  Every winter, they transform the park, and they have all the snow fixings.  Tubes, snow machines, etc.  We got to ride the tubes for an hour...they had single tubes and family tubes....we rode them all.  They went pretty fast, too.  Very fun family day!  We ALL enjoyed it!

Walker Stalker Con

For Jay's birthday this year, we decided to do something a little different than just having a party.  Jay is a HUGE fan of the tv show 'The Walking Dead', so when I heard the radio commercial about the Walker-Stalker Con coming to Atlanta, I knew that he would love it.  We took off this afternoon and headed to Atlanta.  We rode the Marta train to downtown and then got off and walked around.  The convention was held in the Peachtree Plaza (We rode the glass elevator to the top!), and it was crazy.  There were all kinds of people there...you could even order your very own customized fangs!  We saw many of the stars of the show, but the highlight was getting and autograph and a picture made with Scott Wilson, the actor that plays Hershel on the show.  Jay was soooo upset when the Governor killed Herschel in season 4!!

After the Walker-Stalker Con, we decided to walk around Atlanta for a little while.  We went to Centennial Olympic park (I had never been), and we really enjoyed it.  I did not realize it was so big.  Then, we went to the World of Coca-Cola....of course our favorite part was tasting the Cokes from all over the world.  We saw the new Skywheel, and we saw where the new cable car system is going to be...all pretty neat.

We closed our day off with a trip to Ted's Montana Grill....what a treat!  We had Bison Burgers....and we LOVED them!  Jay said that it was the best burger that he had ever had.....and THAT right there is saying something!  It was a GREAT daddy / Jay day!

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