B-E-A-U-tiful day!

i just got back from a delightful lunch which we got to enjoy basking in the rays of the sun! it is such a nice day outside...sunny and like 80! i cannot wait for the beach on wednesday-i'm hoping the weather will be similar to today! hopefully it's nice for dan and magen today down there!!! :)

we had a fun, but busy, weekend! one of my favorite parts: celebrating my grandma-in-law's 92nd birthday! all of the family got together and we went to eat at shogun...and really spent some sweet time together! ryan's family is just the best and i absolutely love the time we get to spend with them, though i wish it could be more often! we found out some BIG news: we are going to be an uncle and an aunt!! ryan's sister, christina, and her husband, kris, are going to be having their first baby!! we are SO excited!! :) ryan totally ruined the news though--christina rode with ryan and i to shogun,. as we went on our way, she said, "i have something i need to tell you guys.." and before she could even finish her sentence, my silly husband said, "you're pregnant!!" and she said, really surprised, "Umm, yes, actually-who told you?!" then it was ryan who was really surprised-he just blurted that out for the shock factor, i think (and because, he says, he figured that HAD to be it)... we really are just thrilled for them! i am a little sad, though, i admit, that we are going to be so far away during the pregnancy! at least with technology these days, there is the hope of seeing LOTS of pictures along the way!! :) i did, for a fleeting moment, think about trying to talk ryan into us having a baby-so the kiddos could grow up together and be BEST cousins... but alas, he read my mind and stopped me before i started-hahahaha! ;)

we watched a lot of final four basketball (men's and women's) this weekend, which was a TON of fun! i really love watching basketball...it's just a quick moving, interesting game. i especially love to watch the lady vols play. last year, by some crazy happenings, i was able to get some tickets to watch them play the alabama women's team-which was SWEET! i was hoping to see them play again this year..but not a chance! they played LSU last night in an exciting game! it was really slow getting started-the two teams together had scored less than 40 points at the half! but, the end was one of those hold-your-breath kind of a games! and thankfully, the vols pulled out the big "W"! i did feel a little bad for lsu, though...who has made the final four for 5 years in a row now, yet not gotten their big W! :\ but...yay go lady vols! pat summit is just amazing...a good coach who knows what she's talking about truly can make all the difference, in my opinion!

that's all for now...