Mike and I both have had Internet Crushes, so to speak. (Oh, calm down, I use the term loosely.)

The subject of Mike’s crush? A chocolate labrador - trained for hunting to point and retrieve. In one sweet weekend, we got to come face to face with both of our crushes.

The subject of my online adoration…? Jeana. (No secret, I know)

Jeana and I, and enough teeth to convey that Yes. We are happy. (And this is after one of my kids SHOT HER IN THE EYEBALL WITH A DART GUN. I cannot write about it without clenching my teeth at the very horror, so I won’t. Am moving on.

Ok, i’m not. Scott was very nice about it, though, and noted that ‘it seemed to make you pretty tense, huh?’ Can’t you just tell how nice and wonderful he is just by that one observation? (GREAT dad. Really.)

I don’t remember what I said, but I don’t think it was "YEAH! My kid SHOT your WIFE in the EYEBALL! UH HUH. TENSE." I think I tried to play it a little more laid back than that. And the kid who shot Jeana in the eyeball should totally be thanking and praising God above for that. (And who are we kidding here, we all know it was Ethan-6yr and GAH, Ethan-6yr!) 

Jeana and Scott and every single one of their children are so lovely. Really. Like, you’d expect that from reading her, but Jeana is even funnier in person and her kids are even cuter (and hello? SOooOO well behaved) than I’d thought possible. For example? No one shot me in my right eyeball. Not once!

Right. Moving on.

Also, I got to meet Jan and Wick. Oh, yes I did! Wick is as funny as Jeana says and looks very much like a guy who just ran for mayor in my city, and Jan is so, so nice. I even got a goodbye kiss. (from Jan, not Wick - was that unclear?) She held and cooed over Seth-10mth, and he loved it. Then, being a little thirsty, he tried to reach around in her shirt just to see exactly how accomodating she’d be. (And this is where Seth-10mth learned where true Southern hospitality stops. And a lesson well worth learning , I might add.)

So we took our 3 boys over to meet Jeana, and Ethan-6yr shot Jeana and Seth-10mth copped a feel with Jeana’s mom. But seriously, it went waaaay better than it’s sounding. Really.

Well, then there was the time that Wick wanted to know what I thought about Jeana, and I said "Not as tawdry as I expected." He understood perfectly, because he and i both knew we were talking about a different Jeana (YES, we really were). Jeana thought we were talking about her, actually, but didn’t mind my saying that since she didn’t remember what tawdry meant, and it was probably a compliment. Which is good, because I was not sitting in her home, telling her dad that his daughter was surprisingly not trashy, NO I WAS NOT. And then we laughed at it all until my cheeks ached.

Hmm. It seems that the more I write, the worse it sounds, and yet that’s just not it! We got there at 10 in the morning on Saturday, and I was so nervous I just couldn’t stand it. But it went so well, despite everything written above, that we didn’t leave until 2. Good thing they don’t live closer, because I’d just be over there all the time.

I know, I know. You’re jealous, right? Do you wanna meet Jeana? Leave the dart guns at home, and click here. 

I have no idea why I look like a pyramid in that photo, but I am NEVER tying a cardie around my waist again. Geez.