Quick Update

Hi bloggers! It's been a fast and furious start of 2008 here and I've been too busy to write. After getting the kids back to school, hubby headed out of town for 2 weeks for training for a new job he started. I have been on my own and as a Mom who works full time in the home and out, it's been busy. Kaley also had her first piano lesson this week...it went well and her teacher was impressed. She wasn't too happy to find out that she now has to learn how to play "the right way" but she is sticking with it and we are proud of her. She also has an art workshop at school tomorrow evening which she is excited about and a sleepover bday party for her BFF on Saturday. Caroline went on a field trip to St. Augustine...it was a very long day for her but she had a blast! She also had an "Introduction to Guitar" clinic at the local music store which was fun. So we've had a busy busy week here (I had an unusually busy stressful week at work too) and there are no signs of it slowing down for a while. The kids have semester exams next week, then we have my niece's bday and a visit from blogger sis Chris and her family...can't wait for that! Just touching base to let everyone know we didn't forget about you all and hope everyone is having a great week! We will post more soon...

A Happy, Silly, Fun, Family New Year's Eve!

We decided to stay in last night and indulge in our favorite New Year's past time...appetizers and board games. :) Grandma and Grandpa, and my sister and nieces came over to join in the fun too. We started off with a scrabble match of my Dad and I vs. my Mom and Caroline (a first time player)...of course Grandma's team won as she is the Scrabble Master of the family, we had fun. Kaley and Caroline got their little cousins into some hilarious rounds of "Ring Around the Rosie" and "Duck Duck Goose" too, they are so cute! We nibbled and had a toast with our sparkling grape juice before our guests left. Then the 4 of us cracked out our new "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" game while watching the festivities on TV. That is one fun game I tell ya! Caroline outsmarted us all! We had another family toast for a wonderful 2008 while the ball dropped and called it a year. Hope you all had a safe and Happy New Year and I wish many blessings in 2008! Here are some photos from the silliness:


Caroline and I were the champs of this game, here we are showing off our new hair do's too!

How cute is she?! Everyone says with her new hair cut she looks even more like me now. :)

Looks like I'm raising a couple of lushes here, LOL! Grape juice people...sister toast!

This is our hysterical attempt at a family portrait with Kaley's new camera...LOVE it, ha ha!


I'll leave you with a video toast from Kaley and Caroline...Happy New Year One and All!

Bragging on Kaley!

I cannot believe that my daughter could play this song so well after only having a piano for a month and teaching herself. I shot this video with Kaley's awesome new camera. Now that the holidays are over, I have to get the piano tuned and sign her up for lessons...just had to share this! I promise now that I have figured her new camcorder future videos will be better. :)

Happy BDay Blogger Sis Chris!

Chris is celebrating today, so I had to send a shout out to my blogger sis. We've been friends since we were 14, so I thought we (and all of you) might enjoy a little walk down memory lane via photos. Happy Birthday Chris from all of us, we love you!!!!!

1987 (yikes!)...High School Graduation

At a Rick concert in Hotlanta (I think about 7 years ago)

Chris with Linds and my girls last year...

Chris and I at another Rick Springfield concert on 6/29/07!

Meeeerrrrrrrryyyyyy Christmas!!!!!

Hi bloggers! Sorry I've been MIA for a bit, but I was busy getting ready for the holidays. I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas! Although we don't know each other in person, you are all thought of often and are highly regarded...so I hope you all enjoyed the holiday with your families as much as I did with mine. Kaley and Caroline are officially spoiled now (as if there was ever any doubt) and are both very happy with everything Santa brought them. I am home with them for the rest of the week on vacation, so we are doing some fun girlie things while Dad is at work. Here are some photos (rest assured more will appear in a later post too) from Christmas morning at our house:

This is what the girls found when they woke us up at 6:30 to let us know that Santa came...

Here they are showing off their new "K" and "C" stockings filled with goodies!

Kaley got some cute sweater and shoes and plenty of gift card to shop with (her fave)!

Caroline finally got the Chia Pet that she has been begging us for since we can remember. :)

Kaley got an awesome digital camcorder, she is a budding movie producer. :)

Caroline got an acoustic guitar so her Dad can teach her how to play, can't wait until she can serenade me with her sister on piano! We are signing them both up for lessons soon.


This is one of my favorite photos from the day: the girls giving Cheyenne her Christmas stocking with a huge bone for her. Kaley also made homemade cheese and bacon dog biscuits for all of the pooches in the extended family for the holidays too.

Hope you all enjoyed these, there's more where they came from so stay tuned...

Look What We Made!

Mom got this gingerbread house kit at Publix and we put it together today...cute, right?!
We just HAD to taste it, so we'll be getting another one to make for Christmas Eve dinner at Grandma's. :) Mom says to please ignore the ugly cookie sheet we put it on. We had a Christmas movie marathon with our cousins today and were couch potatoes.
Hope you all had a good weekend too...Santa's almost here!

Kaley & Caroline

Wrap Up on the Weekend (Literally)...

Well blogger pals, it was a busy weekend here. Friday night a co-worker, Kaley and I headed to the mall for dinner and shopping and had lots of fun. We were on mission "Secret Santa" for our work party and Kaley for her sis. Saturday I worked (I logged over 60 hours this week, ugh) and then took Caroline out to get her prezzie for Kaley. I really enjoyed the one on one time with my girls. :) Sunday we went to Grandma's for a girlie pizza party. The Grandkids all decorated Mom and Dad's tree and baked holiday cookies. Last night I had a huge wrap fest, so everything is ready to go...whew! Here are a couple of photos from yesterday at Grandma's: