T*Ball

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Kennedy and Coach Chris


Kenna's #1 Fan


Kennedy's Real #1 Fan


Playing First Base (the envied position)


Practice Swing

Midnight Snack

Kyson decided right before it was time to go to bed that he was hungry. With his appetite (or lack thereof) we'll let him eat whenever he wants!

TO NO AVAIL.........

Three out of the four of us had seen "Wicked" and loved it so much we thought we'd try a girls night out and see if we could get lucky again. This time the word must have gotten out because there were a lot more people there. We didn't get tickets but since we were already out we might as well hit The Cheesecake Factory. And that we did!

"Wicked" Cool

While Neal's mom and sister were here the musical "Wicked" was in town. We didn't have tickets and the shows were all sold out. We heard through a friend of ours that they set aside 20 tickets every show and raffle them off about two hours before the show for $25 dollars each. Our chances didn't seem very good but we tried it anyway. There were for of us so we all put our name in and with lots of fasting and praying it worked!!! We got 4 tickets on the 3rd row for $25 bucks. First of all I have to say, I'm really not into things like this but mother and sister-in-law promised I'd like it. Well............I loved it! After the show I got the cd and me and Kennedy know every song by heart.

Update.....

We had a fun week this week. Neal's mom and sister came out so we got to spend some time with them. The first night they got here we went to Princess' on Ice. Neal wasn't able to go so we had an extra ticket and Kennedy invited her friend Madilyn. Kennedy was dressed up like Giselle from the movie Enchanted (our new fav) and Madi was dressed up as Belle. The girls loved it! We had a funny /unfortunate incident on the way out of the stadium. As most of you know downtown Miami isn't the place to be after dark. We were walking out of the stadium and a homeless man was sitting on the sidewalk with his hand out and some change in it. Since he was sitting down he was exactly on the girls level. Without thinking Madi reached out and gave the poor guy (no pun intended) five and his change went flying everywhere. We felt so bad at first and didn't know whether to help him pick it up or run like mad. Luckily there were enough people walking we just got lost in the crowd. Poor Madi felt so bad and kept saying "why did I do that?" But needless to say the night was a hit! We also went to the beach while they were here and hit the park a few times. It was so fun to have them here and I loved the help. Thanks Grandma and Lacey for coming to see us. We miss you! Oh, one more thing.....we went to "Wicked" while they were here but I'll write about that next post when I get my pictures. P.S. don't mind Kennedy's face in this picture, she isn't going to kill anyone she just had to go to the bathroom. I made her pose for the picture before intermission. For some reason I cant find the other pictures I took at Princess' on Ice.

Praying for Sadie...

I read something today that made me re-evaluate my life and the priorities in it. A friend of mine told a story of her friends precious little girl named Sadie Huish. She was diagnosed a few weeks ago with a brain tumor that has wrapped itself around her brain stem making it impossible to treat. Her family has set up a blog in her behalf with pictures and updates on her progress. After reading about this little girl and her family I realized how truly blessed I am in my life. It made me think about how short life really is and how fast it can be taken from you. I wondered.....am I doing the things I need to be doing as a wife/mom/sister/daughter and friend? Can I do more? What is truly important in this life? So the next time you have a bad day, think about this family and the trials their going through in their life. I've attached a link of this brave little girl and the minute you see her she will steal your heart......I promise.

Simon and Olivia

Our friends adopted twins a few months ago and this is the first time Kennedy got to hold them. She has been waiting so long but since they were preemies I had her wait a while. When she finally got to hold them she was all smiles.

Happy Easter!

I was so surprised that my kids would sit on this Easter Bunny's lap. I think this is the scariest bunny I've ever seen.

Only a few of his made it on the table and not on the floor.

Never a dull moment!

Bear Scare

Here's what we've been up to this month! First of all this morning I was leaving to go running and I peeked into the kids room to check them before I left and Kyson wasn't in his bed. Of course my heart dropped at first as I stared to look for him and I found him buried in the basket of stuffed animals. I took this picture after I pulled some of the stuffed animals off his back to make sure he was still breathing. Its still a mystery to me of how he got in there and the fact that their room was a complete disaster from the day before didn't help my search.

Our boring birthday party

Kennedy told me that this was the "mostest boring birthday party ever." Happy Birthday Neal!!! I really am sorry it wasn't a better day. I have to agree with Kennedy and say that it was pretty boring. But thanks for all the hard work you put into school for us and all the sacrifices you make. I love you so much and I am so greatful to have such a wonderful husband. Love you!

Dad's Birthday

I felt bad for Neal on his birthday this year. His birthday fell on a Saturday but he had 3 midterms, one on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday (need I say more). In fact Kennedy was in tears on his birthday because she felt so bad for him because no one was coming over for a birthday party. She couldn't imagine that someone would have a birthday and not have 50 people, birthday hats, streamers, music, and mounds of presents to go with it. But needless to say while he was studying all day we did attempt "birthday brownies."

Beach with the uncles

We took a boat ride called the Water Taxi which takes you all along the inter-coastal waters, pretty much through people's backyards. As you go along they tell you all the famous people who live in the houses and its pretty amazing how much money people have. So along the way they have different stops you can get off at so we got off at the beach but realized no one had beach attire. Of course we found a shop and all had to buy new swimsuits. We had slim pickn's but Kennedy was pretty proud of her pick and had to pose like the "Cheetah Girls."

$15 dollar Disneyworld popsicles

My family came out a few weeks ago and we were able to go to Disneyworld with them. We had so much fun but of course the highlight of the trip was at the end of the day when they got popsicles. Another cool thing that happened while we were there is they were having ESPN the weekend at Magic Kingdom and they just happened to have John Stockton there on the day we were there. When they announced his name I think Neal was the happiest "kid" in that whole place. Its true, it really is the happiest place on earth. We had so much fun with my family and of course have to give a shout out to Grandma for the Popsicles. Thanks Grandma so much for all you do. We love you so much and had so much fun with you here.