Ocean Drive - before all the crazys come out at night!
South Beach
Versace's House on Ocean Drive
It was a magical night. I love you babe!Saturday, July 19, 2008
Hot date
Ocean Drive - before all the crazys come out at night!South BeachVersace's House on Ocean DriveIt was a magical night. I love you babe!
Friday, July 18, 2008
Gettin around the house
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Wednesday, July 16, 2008
More bug bites
All over his head and face
You can see in this picture his left hand is swollen. Not sure if those are mosquitoes or ants.
Poor baby!!!Monday, July 14, 2008
Gifts from Grandpa and Grammy
My parents did something really fun this year for McKenna's birthday. They sent McKenna money to go on her own shopping spree. I took her to Walmart. The first thing she picked out was this "Barbie motorcycle" as she called it. It took her a while to realize that she could spend up to a certain amount. She thought if she picked something else she would have to put the Barbie bike back. I finally got her to realize she could pick out more. She chose a pediatrician Barbie, a mermaid Barbie, and a Little People car. My parents also sent a ton of clothes (I am blessed to NEVER have to get my kids clothes). Kourtney has already put in the request... she wants to go on a shopping spree for her birthday too.
McKenna loves her bike. For now I am letting her ride it around the house. She drives to the pantry and gets a diaper and puts it in her trunk to bring to me. She pulls it up to the table and sits on it to eat. So cute.Thanks Grandpa and Grammy! Wish you could be here!
Fun gifts
This was a package from Uncle Kevin and Aunt Brittany.
This was a tent from Papa and Nana.
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This was a tent from Papa and Nana.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
My McKenna Banana
My McKenna. She is such a special girl. She loves her brother and sister so much. She has a mind of her own. If I am trying to get her to do something and she doesn't want to, she won't accept any bribe to do it. She has to decide on her own. Kind of like why she waited until she was 15 months to walk. Kind of like how she didn't want to play the games at her own birthday party. She loves to sing and dance and dress up. She loves anything her sister is doing. She likes to tease. She LOVES making people laugh. She tells me sometimes, I will make you happy!!! She loves to eat. She loves her pink blankie and won't sleep without it. She announces all the time what character she is... "I'm Pablo..." and then you have to say, "Hi Pablo" or she will keep saying it over and over and over. She loves church, her friends, and all of her grandparents. I am honored to be her mommy and look forward to watching her grow! Happy Birthday McKenna!
The dress up area
We had a fashion show - the kids loved it!
Cake time
Gift time
She was hilarious with her outfit... she had on a Barbie jean skirt for the party, then put a beautiful dress over it for the fashion show, then Minnie Mouse gloves, then this hat that she got. She looked like a glamorous hobo.
Her new Barbie motorcycle from Grammy
The Sunday CHICK-kabob
- This is a picture of McKenna taking the path to her class... a favorite thing to do by all the LPC kids.- When I arrived at the theater at 8:30 am nothing was set up in my room or the nursery. Fortunately there were happy and willing people who worked really hard to help set up!
- After I set up I headed to the 9 am service. I missed worship, but I heard it was good. Something about Sugarhill gang... I think that was what Trav told me. As Paul said, my generation was in pre-school then.
- Travis had a great message on conflict and how to handle it. We all need to know how to fight a good fight.
- After service I headed back to the 2-yr old room. We started lessons about Noah today. Today's sentence... "Noah built an ark." The older 2 yr olds get it... the younger ones will eventually catch on!
- We colored a picture of the ark and got out our toy ark, noah, and animals to play with. This age is so much fun!
- We tore down in record time today thanks to Jennifer, Esther, Stephanie, Pam, Melissa, and Pam's daughter (I can't remember her name - sorry!). We have a great group of ladies in there that rock the theater every week.
- I talked to a new prospective teacher for the 2 yr old class. I am excited! She will be joining me next week in the 10:30 class.
- After church I found out that once again my precious 8 month old Blake refused to eat all morning. So I fed him in the car and then headed to Publix with Tammy and the kids. I saw Jesse and Reina in the parking lot.
- We got some food and headed back to the house to eat with Tammy. We made brownies mmmmmm....
- Travis went to the office to get some things done.
- The girls are in bed, Blake is chillin with me and daddy should be heading home soon.
- I am looking forward to getting out of the "nothing is on tv" zone with the premier of Big Brother 10 tonight.
- Check out the other Sunday wrap-ups by Travis, Phil, and Jesse. Chris was at church working so I am sure his will be up later!
- Here is a picture of Blake trying to do his Sunday wrap up on McKenna's new laptop. It must have been hilarious
- Here is Kourtney's Sunday wrap-up. She loves her class.
- Here is McKenna's wrap up... yes, I bribed them with candy. So what!?!?!
- After I set up I headed to the 9 am service. I missed worship, but I heard it was good. Something about Sugarhill gang... I think that was what Trav told me. As Paul said, my generation was in pre-school then.- Travis had a great message on conflict and how to handle it. We all need to know how to fight a good fight.
- After service I headed back to the 2-yr old room. We started lessons about Noah today. Today's sentence... "Noah built an ark." The older 2 yr olds get it... the younger ones will eventually catch on!- We colored a picture of the ark and got out our toy ark, noah, and animals to play with. This age is so much fun!
- We tore down in record time today thanks to Jennifer, Esther, Stephanie, Pam, Melissa, and Pam's daughter (I can't remember her name - sorry!). We have a great group of ladies in there that rock the theater every week.
- I talked to a new prospective teacher for the 2 yr old class. I am excited! She will be joining me next week in the 10:30 class.
- After church I found out that once again my precious 8 month old Blake refused to eat all morning. So I fed him in the car and then headed to Publix with Tammy and the kids. I saw Jesse and Reina in the parking lot.- We got some food and headed back to the house to eat with Tammy. We made brownies mmmmmm....
- Travis went to the office to get some things done.
- The girls are in bed, Blake is chillin with me and daddy should be heading home soon.
- I am looking forward to getting out of the "nothing is on tv" zone with the premier of Big Brother 10 tonight.
- Check out the other Sunday wrap-ups by Travis, Phil, and Jesse. Chris was at church working so I am sure his will be up later!
- Here is a picture of Blake trying to do his Sunday wrap up on McKenna's new laptop. It must have been hilarious
- Here is Kourtney's Sunday wrap-up. She loves her class.- Here is McKenna's wrap up... yes, I bribed them with candy. So what!?!?!
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Friday, July 11, 2008
McKenna's 3rd Birthday
Happy Birthday to McKenna who turned 3 today!!! It was a wonderful day. We had a little celebration around 11am complete with cake and presents. I will post more pictures tomorrow, but for now you can view all 82 of them on my flickr account. Here is a video of us singing the end of happy birthday to McKenna...Barbie cake
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Check ups
McKenna had her 3 yr old check up and Blake had his 9 month check up.
On the way to the office she said, I am going to tell Dr. Dones that I have a cough, hiccups, and bug bites. I guess she had her little list of complaints. So cute. She started announcing them to the nurse the minute they took us back. She did not have to get any shots. She did pee in a cup (always a fun job for mommy to do) and get her finger pricked. The nurse was so good with the finger prick and the "magic purple vacuum" that sucked up the blood that Kourtney wanted to get her finger pricked (I am not kidding).
Blake did good. He babbled away as always. He does have yet another ear infection which he is on antibiotics for. Poor kid. He never has a fever to tell me something is wrong! He has been super fussy the last week or so, but I just thought it was teething. Dr. Dones said he needs to gain a little more weight. She told me to give him food that is higher in carbs and calories. I have just been doing pretty much fruits and veggies. She said he is just so long and active. She wasn't concerned, just told me to give him pancakes with butter, pasta, yogurt, toast, meats, etc.
It was a good day! I am blessed with healthy children.
McKenna
weight: 33 pounds
height: 3ft, 3 in
(funny that she is turning 3!!!)
weight: 33 pounds
height: 3ft, 3 in
(funny that she is turning 3!!!)
On the way to the office she said, I am going to tell Dr. Dones that I have a cough, hiccups, and bug bites. I guess she had her little list of complaints. So cute. She started announcing them to the nurse the minute they took us back. She did not have to get any shots. She did pee in a cup (always a fun job for mommy to do) and get her finger pricked. The nurse was so good with the finger prick and the "magic purple vacuum" that sucked up the blood that Kourtney wanted to get her finger pricked (I am not kidding).
Blake
weight: 19lbs, 6 oz
length: 29.5 in
weight: 19lbs, 6 oz
length: 29.5 in
Blake did good. He babbled away as always. He does have yet another ear infection which he is on antibiotics for. Poor kid. He never has a fever to tell me something is wrong! He has been super fussy the last week or so, but I just thought it was teething. Dr. Dones said he needs to gain a little more weight. She told me to give him food that is higher in carbs and calories. I have just been doing pretty much fruits and veggies. She said he is just so long and active. She wasn't concerned, just told me to give him pancakes with butter, pasta, yogurt, toast, meats, etc.
It was a good day! I am blessed with healthy children.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Reasons to cry?
Okay so I didn't really cry, but I would like a do-over on today.
My wonderful husband picked up this gallon of milk for me at a gas station for a mere $6.59 and I had just mopped my floors last night.
The girls were helping me dust today and windex spiled down into the tv screen and created this lovely water spot in my tv (bottom left). The service center said it would be $90 for a tech to come look at it, $300 if the screen could just be cleaned, and an additional $160 if it actually needed a new screen. And for that price, I will watch tv with a spot on it.
My wonderful husband picked up this gallon of milk for me at a gas station for a mere $6.59 and I had just mopped my floors last night.
The girls were helping me dust today and windex spiled down into the tv screen and created this lovely water spot in my tv (bottom left). The service center said it would be $90 for a tech to come look at it, $300 if the screen could just be cleaned, and an additional $160 if it actually needed a new screen. And for that price, I will watch tv with a spot on it.Sunday, July 06, 2008
The many faces of McKenna Grace
For those of you who know McKenna, you know what a fun little girl she is. So full of personality and life. She must get her expressions from her mama...
I'm gonna stick out my tongue and try to make you laugh at me 
Something is wrong... I am NOT getting my way here! 
Pretend shock 
Silly laugh 
Mmmmph... you are not going to get me to look at you and smile if you paid me 100 pieces of candy 
Hard cheeseThe Sunday CHICK-kabob
There you have it. The official name of my Sunday wrap up. It has a nice ring to it :)- So I arrived at the theater around 8:20 and was thrilled to find new tables and chairs in my class room! Last week we had so many 2-4 yr olds we ran out of room. What an awesome problem to have!
- After putting the finishing touches on set up (because the set up crew does all the heavy stuff) I headed out to grab my coffee and a seat next to my hubby. He taught on temptation today. I heard he talked about me in the 2nd service, but I guess I will have to listen to that later.
- Mae Blocker was in church today. She was attending the church when we first moved down here in 2002. She moved to the keys a while back but was in town visiting her family. It is always nice to see old friends. She is such a sweet lady.
- We had a smaller crowd in our class this week compared to last week and I blame the torential rain! It was pouring buckets outside and our lights flickered a couple times. We had six 2-year-olds in the second service and probably about the same in the first.
- We wrapped up our "God cares for me" lesson series this week and we will start Noah's Ark next week.
-Another one of my teachers (who will remain nameless for now) might be moving in August! So again, if you are interested in helping in the 2-year-old class let me know! We would be thrilled to have you! The best part about serving at Life Pointe is that you can serve in one service and attend the other! You never have to miss church!
-After church we headed to the office where I helped Travis for a little bit. Chris tried to spread his germs on Blake while trying to get him to say "Uncle Chris." I told him we were working on sibling names for now.
- Then I headed home with the kids. Two of my children are sleeping now and the other one is relaxing by the tube. Travis is still at the office.
- No picture this week... I forgot my camera. But I made up for it yesterday with the overload!
- Off to house work for now. I have laundry in the works, and cluttered house, and a sink full of dishes.
Saturday, July 05, 2008
Fireworks - Picture overload
Fireworks at the Homestead Sports Complex(edit)... Blake was with Nana!!!
The Ritz-go-round
Me and Lisette
American Beauty
Twinkies
LPC kids (notice McKenna)
Alex in a beanie... in south florida... in july... with palm trees behind him
The endIndependence Day
I don't know why I love the 4th of July so much. I think I have really fond memories of it as a kid. Big church picnics, leaving for vacation, sum-sum-summer time in Ohio (which is cold about 8 months out of the year). So I always look forward to this holiday. I hope my kids will have just as much fun on their 4th of Julys.We cooked hot dogs, had corn on the cob, watermelon, baked beans, potato salad, and cupcakes. We played wii and Apples to Apples. We only had a few wii injuries and a lot of fun. We stayed inside all day - it was a scorcher out there! Luckily it cooled off for the fireworks.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
It's not mosquito season?
Here in Palm Isle we are about to get eaten alive. The mosquitoes are EVERYWHERE including my house where we chase them around and keep count of how many each of us kills. Seriously. So our neighborhood has banned together and inundated the mosquito call center with complaints. Well last week a representative stopped by and said they had received several complaints and were checking the area for beds. However, he didn't see any and it "wasn't even mosquito season." WHAT?!?! I should have brought all three of my children to the door to show him their bites.So I called today. I had not called because I thought when they sent someone out here they would actually do something. The guy told me that the way they spray is they come to the person's house who complained and they spray their house and the house on each side. WHAT!?!?! When I was little, I remember trucks coming down the street shooting spray out of the back. We would all run for cover and pretend like we were being poisoned (maybe we were LOL). So I asked, so what if every single person in one neighborhood calls to complain? Are you going to go spray every single house in the neighborhood? His answer: yes.
Well, we shall see. If July isn't mosquito season then when is?
1001 days
Travis and I have been laughing at Direct TV for 1001 days now. We don't have it plugged in to a phone line so every single day it tells us that it needs to make a daily call. At first we thought our tivo might explode because we weren't connected to a phone line. As time went on we realized that dtv really just wants to see what we are watching and make suggestions. We have noticed significant days (like 666) but 1001 was worth taking a picture of.writer's strike!BTW, 1001 days = 2.7424657534246575 years, 24024 hours, 1441440 minutes, 86486400 seconds, and one
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Family Heirloom
My Uncle Joe (my mom's brother) had this cradle made for me 30 years ago! I slept in it, my brother Kevin slept in it, and my 2nd cousin Valerie slept in it. All three of my kids have slept in this cradle and this is the first picture I have of even ONE of them in it! Which is hard to believe since I am such a sentimental person. I guess the first few months when they are actually sleeping in it are just so foggy. Of course Blake does NOT sleep in this anymore (and hasn't since Christmas), but it is still in our room and I figured I better at least get one picture of him in it before we move it. Right now it serves as a good diaper, wipes, blanket, and extra pj's holder.Tuesday, July 01, 2008
Who is God?
Kourtney: God is Jesus and he is stronger than anyone. He is big and powerful. Bigger than dinosaurs. And he loves all the people on the earth.
McKenna: God is the Father. He made the Backyardagins... and us. Daddy is Uniqua, I'm Tyrone, Blake is Pablo, Kourtney is Tasha, and Mommy you are Austin.
McKenna: God is the Father. He made the Backyardagins... and us. Daddy is Uniqua, I'm Tyrone, Blake is Pablo, Kourtney is Tasha, and Mommy you are Austin.
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