Splat

Paintball is addictive! It's like a drug. Seriously. I don't think I've ever had so much fun. The paintball park we went to is in the woods and is a whole lot of scenario type games. It was a friggin' blast! We now have our own paintball equipment (rental stuff blows) and will be paintballing quite frequently. We played all day Saturday. I managed to avoid being hit anyplace other than my facemask for the first few games because I was so terrified it was going to hurt. After that, I said screw it and got hardcore in the game. One game we were "defending the fort" and I watched all the manly men get picked off one by one around me. Not looking good. LOL! It came down to just me left in the fort. I watched the other team (teams were about 50 people each) line up along the fence and aim at me. I said a little prayer cause I just knew that was about to HURT like crazy! Tons of paintballs came flying at me. The ref wasn't calling me out though (I think the bastard was amused lol) so I stood my ground as long as I could. After being hit for about the 45th time, I said "okay, okay I'm out" and surrendered. I did manage to kill anyone who tried to sneak into my fort though up until that point. I was so proud. I ended up with 2 pretty nice welts for that one. Didn't really hurt. Adrenaline is running so high that you barely feel it. It's kind of like being plucked with a rubber band. Next scenario, the other team was defending the fort. I find myself holed up in a bunker (close to the fort) with 4 Marines. There was my downfall. They were kinda dumb and were drawing all kinds of fire. I ended up getting shot in the middle finger and it broke. Oops. Good thing I have all that nursing training behind me. I set my own bone when we were done and splinted it. Why go sit in the ER for 6 hours for something I can do myself? So, 2 welts and a broken finger later and I can't wait to go this weekend. I must be mad! Thing 2 is thoroughly addicted too. I was so impressed with how he manned up and took being shot. I really thought he'd whine and cry. I'm pretty sure dh thinks of himself as Rambo. LOL! Anyway, it was a great day and great family bonding experience. Nothing like shooting each other to bring a family closer.

A small Thing 1 funny:
I was babysitting my niece, Kelly on Friday. She was apparently trying to suck her fingers and got them into quite a position. Nick comes running up to me and screams, "LOOK MOM! Kelly's throwing up the horns and rocking out". I almost peed myself. He is a perfect combo of dh and I. The kid is straight up funny. I cannot believe he's going to be 4 next month. Where does the time go?

Valentine's Day

We usually don't take part in the Hallmark holiday. With that said, every couple of years dh loses his mind, errrrrr I mean gets really sweet and goes all out. This year was one of those years. Usually he's unable to surprise me. With some ingenuity and some help from my sister, he actually surprised me. He got me a beautiful diamond and ruby journey pendant. It's got 5 rubies; one for each 2 years we've been together. It's gorgeous and was so sweet and thoughtful of him. He actually spent time and energy stressing and picking it out. I was so happy. He really is a wonderful husband. He also made me dinner. That NEVER happens. I'm starting to think he was abducted by aliens and is a fake. LOL! It was a good day. :)

With all that said, the psycho man has talked me into playing paintball on Saturday with him and his Navy buddies. Me and a bunch of macho men (who got their butts whooped last Saturday by a group of 7 year olds *snicker*). Oh my oh my. I've heard paintball hurts. I don't like hurt. Ahhh well. I'm trying to do some things that he likes to do so that maybe he'll reciprocate. I'm so making him go ice skating for this one. More on this when we get back, if I survive.....

Happy Valentine's Day to my friends. I love you guys. You mean the world to me and life would just suck without you. I couldn't put a pricetag on what we've been through together and will continue to go through for the next 50 or so years. Love you!

Lent

The season of Lent began on Wednesday. My husband and I were discussing it last night. I'm Lutheran and he was raised Mormon, but is inactive. He had no idea what Lent was or represents. That's okay. I wouldn't expect him too. However, he cracked me up hard when he said, "I just assumed it was the past tense of lend". Oh my, another "ism". LMAO! In case you're interested, here's the proper definition of Lent, as borrowed from Wiki.
Lent, in most Christian denominations, is the forty-day liturgical season of fasting and prayer before Easter.[1] The forty days represent the time Jesus spent in the desert, where, according to the Bible, he endured temptation by Satan.[2] Different churches will calculate the forty days differently.

The purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer—through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial—for the annual commemoration of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, as celebrated during Holy Week, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

My god-daughter's baptism

was this weekend. It was a beautiful baptism. She is a beautiful baby. I held all Saturday and Sunday except when she needed to go to Mom to feed. She is so wonderful. Stan and Joey were a little upset because I wouldn't share her very much. LOL! Hey, I have to get my baby fix somehow. Dale and Heather's other 2 daughters, Allison and Elicia are getting so big and pretty. Nicky and Joey had a great time with them. Stan and Dale had to get in a few hours of Guild Wars, of course. (I'm completely rolling my eyes as I typed that) Anyway, it was a nice weekend, although I missed my other 4 darlings, B,S,J & J. Can't wait til next weekend to see them. Hopefully the icky sickies will stay away from both of our houses so I don't have to go 3 whole weeks without seeing them. Here's a picture.....