Date night

I think the last time we went out without our kids was when we went to Wicked 3 months ago. So we got a babysitter and went over to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino. They have shops, music, food, a water show and of course the casino. As we were walking through the casino to get outside I put a dollar in the Wheel of Fortune slot and got back 45 bucks. It paid for our night out as well as the babysitter so it was a fun night and best of all it was free!!! Hopefully my luck can carry over when I go to The Price is Right in a couple weeks.
p.s. I'm not pregnant, its just a bad shirt.

Not a good day.........

As I was searching my house today for quarters to do laundry, swearing under my breath because I cant stand not having my own washer and dryer, of course it escalates into thinking about going grocery shopping and having to live on the sixth floor trying to haul groceries up by myself with two kids. Well after much searching I finally found enough quarters in the kids cash register to wash Kennedy's "too much to drink the night before" bedding. As I walked outside my front door I walked out to this............. And then I realized how much I really do love it here. I love my house and cant think of anywhere else I would rather be going to school. (I'm just glad it wasn't pouring rain when I walked outside, that would have been the topper .)Top: view from my balcony
Bottom: view from my front door

Ariel has fins???

For those of you who know my little Kennedy and know how nervous she is about EVERYTHING this is probably the closest thing to moving mountains for her. She went from not even putting her face in the water because she "didn't want to get her hair wet" to THIS????? She is so proud of herself and now insists that we go to the pool everyday. Way to go Kennedy I'm so proud of you, you did it!

My sick boy....

He had such a high fever for about 3 days with no cough, runny nose or anything. I don't know what it was but all he wanted to do was to watch his "Monster show." I felt so bad for him but I did enjoy the fact that for those 3 days all he did was lay around. I cant get him to sit for more than 2 minutes a day.

Kangaroo Zoo

While in Utah my aunt and I took our kids to a place called Kangaroo Zoo. They have tons of bounce houses and glow in the dark mini golf. The kids loved it and it was so nice to sit and have them entertained for hours.

Utah!!!!!!!!!!!!

We went to Utah a few weeks ago to see two new babies. One on Neal's side and one on my side. Neal had finals so we left for the week. It was a pretty short trip considering how long the flight is to get there. I do have to say my kids were pretty good on the flight. These pictures were taken just before Kennedy tried to lift Kyson to sit him on the tray, the tray folded up, she dropped him and he landed all the way under the guys seat in front of her. So I have him crying because he's hurt and her crying because she feels so bad. But after 5 1/2 hours (and thats the non-stop flight) we made it!!!

Before

Unfortunately there isn't much of a before picture due to the fact she really doesn't have much hair to cut. My poor little girl wants hair more than anything but as luck would have it my little boy has 3 times the amount of hair at 1 year than she does. This is her first hair cut at the age of 4 1/2. My aunt and I were joking about putting your baby's first haircut in their baby book, but her first haircut will have to go in her Kindergarten book. We had to cut the ends off and stack it a little in the back so maybe it looks like we are going for a short hairstyle. It looks cute on her and makes her fine and thin hair look a little thick.

During

This is the best picture I could get After the haircut

T*Ball

Batters Up!


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!