excitement in the air

yep. i'm giddy as a school girl right now because tomorrow evening starts our wonderful vacation to hawaii. we head up to schaumburg, illinois for the night and then wednesday morning around 10:30am we will be in the air on our way. i realize how sad all you blog readers {ok, one of you- hi wendy!} will be- no wonderful, funny, witty posts till i return but i will have lots to share when i do return, if i ever decide to return. i might "accidentally" miss my flight or run away.

i like to think that i am the witty, crafty one in the family but this time the husband gets the credit. his ma, as he calls her {no they are not from kentucky though laporte could be called "little kentucky" hahaha} and i have been passing back and forth this ugly, pickle ornament that i bought when i worked at pier 1. its been almost 5 years now that we started this. the catch is that it has to be a surprise and to try not to pass it at a holiday or birthday unless it kinda goes with the gift. i got it back when she had surgery back in february. the brilliant plan is that since we are all staying in the same hotel before the cruise leaves on saturday, i'm going to have the front desk personnel give it to her once she checks in on friday.

i tried to have it look like a professional business is giving this to her. inside the thank-you card, i'm thanking her for choosing us, KMHK {krist, mike, ham + kaylee} travel agency since they had us book their ENTIRE trip. they're not very computer savvy. it should be pretty funny once she sees the pickle ornament in hawaii of all places.

new kayleeism:
maui = meow-ee
alvin and the chipmunks = alvin and the chickmunks

*mike's ma side of the family going on the cruise: mike's parents + brother. aunt diane + don, uncle steve + his 3 kids, grandma rosie, uncle dave + shari, cousin nate + lindsay and don stanton {he gave all us money to take this vaction} not going: cousin jessica + kyle- they have a baby coming in july}, cousin tiffany, cousin eric+natalie