I am working again after not working for about 2.5 years! I am working for Kodak and I will be taking pictures at the Grand Ole Opry! I am very excited to be doing this and I can't wait to start working... My first day (outside of training) is tomorrow. So if your in the area come and see me!
We are going to be having visitors here in a couple weeks. My sister Kim and Jenn K. The last time we had visitors was a few weeks ago my cousin Sara K. and Hannah I. were here, I didn't get any pictures from then. Hopefully I will remember to take some while Kim and Jenn are here. Brooke keeps asking me when auntie Kimmy is coming... I probably should have waited a little while longer to tell her that she was coming.
Next weekend Trevor and the girls are going to Chicago for his half marathon. He will be meeting his mom and dad, his older sister Stephanie and his two cousins Jaimie and Jeff. Trevor, Steph, Jaimie and Jeff will all be running the half marathon. I will be staying here cause I have to work. I really wish I could be going because this is Trevor's first half marathon. We are hoping that his knee will hold up. Since he has been running after his surgery his knee has hurt when hes done. Hope you all enjoy your weekend.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
Happy Birthday!
Karina.
Wow, I can't believe you are 1! This past year has been amazing. You get along with your big sister so well, and when she bugs you, you just give it right back! Your starting to take a few steps now, I think you get scared and just sit down because when you hold daddies, Brooke's or my hand you don't even hardly use us to balance only for moral support. You now have two teeth in completely, one about half way and two more that just popped through! You love to sing and "dance" around with your big sister. Your favorite words to say are, da-e, tickle-tickle(although is more of just a high pitch squeal but you do know what your saying because you tickle when ever you do it), i i i iiiii(hi) and byyyyyee-byyyyyee. You make all of us smile all day long. I love sitting and listening to you and Brooke talk. You also like to listen while your big sister reads you stories. You love to swim no matter if its in the pool or just the bath tub. You really don't like to get out.
Wow, I can't believe you are 1! This past year has been amazing. You get along with your big sister so well, and when she bugs you, you just give it right back! Your starting to take a few steps now, I think you get scared and just sit down because when you hold daddies, Brooke's or my hand you don't even hardly use us to balance only for moral support. You now have two teeth in completely, one about half way and two more that just popped through! You love to sing and "dance" around with your big sister. Your favorite words to say are, da-e, tickle-tickle(although is more of just a high pitch squeal but you do know what your saying because you tickle when ever you do it), i i i iiiii(hi) and byyyyyee-byyyyyee. You make all of us smile all day long. I love sitting and listening to you and Brooke talk. You also like to listen while your big sister reads you stories. You love to swim no matter if its in the pool or just the bath tub. You really don't like to get out.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures of you from the last year.
We love you lots,
Mom and Dad!
Happy Birthday Kawina,
Love you! -Brooke
Mom and Dad!
Happy Birthday Kawina,
Love you! -Brooke
Friday, July 8, 2011
All Pictures
Brooke and Karina (she is starting to take steps on her own)
This little lady gave me a kiss, then proceeded to tell me to be good
that she was going shopping and she would be home in a little bit.
She loves to push her sister around
At the Zoo playing with the bamboo
Brooke, daddy and Karina ran the bases after the ball game
and had a blast.
rounding third base...
Home plate!!!
She didn't want to be done, she wanted to keep running
Posing for a picture afterwards.
Sorry I am just going to put up pictures today and I am going to try and get on here this weekend and write.
Have a great day!! Enjoy weekend
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Weather, Bugs, fish and more...
I am going to try and be more loyal to this blog and update more often.
Brooke
I can not believe how big she is getting.
Karina
I'm sure as you all know there has been bad weather down here. We have been lucky so far and have not gotten really bad weather here. There was strong winds that knocked out power on the east side of town and there have been a few trees down around here but... I can't complain. Hopefully I am not jinxing myself.
Bugs
Yes, we have Cicadas really bad here and they are soooo gross. They don't really do anything but fly around and mate. They will ruin fruit trees but we don't have any to worry about here. They only appear every thirteen years and of course the first summer here they come out. I will have to get a picture of them... they are gross, big with red beady eyes. There mating calls are really loud and obnoxious.
Fish
Brooke has been bugging to go fishing. We went exploring yesterday and we found a really cool fishing lake that they stock. Its up in the foothills. It is a 60acre lake and you can rent row boats so I am hoping we can do that soon. I think the girls would love it. The lake is surrounded by rock and trees. Its absolutely beautiful, I will post pictures of that later too. We got a few pictures of the girls. We are still trying to find a good lake to swim in... we got spoiled with the great lakes.
The weekend after Memorial day we will be heading to Indianapolis for the weekend. We will be meeting Stephanie and hopefully Grandma and Grandpa as well. We haven't seen Stephanie in a while so it will be fun to see her. We are excited. Brooke can't wait to go swimming with Steph. :)
We are currently sitting behind the couch waiting for these storms to pass. Karina had gone to bed around eight and I had to wake her up to bring her down here. She is now wide awake and it doesn't look like she is going to fall asleep any time soon. Brooke is now wide awake, I was hoping they would lay down and fall asleep and then when this storm passes I could just bring them up to bed. But they are sitting here making each other giggle. This could end up being a very long night. We don't have a basement so we are sitting behind our couch against our kitchen wall. Needless to say its a very small, tight, cramped space and its HOT! Its still around eighty degrees outside and we are trying not to use our air yet. We did end up using it last night because at two in the morning it was still 80 degrees outside and Brooke wasn't sleeping well. Yes, I was up at two a.m. Its about 11:45 and we are still sitting here, I am hoping its not much longer... I can still hear the wind though... The news just said its 65mph winds... it has slowed down a lot. :) They are reporting trees and power lines down down all over but hopefully there isn't any from here to Trevor's work, I would really like him to be able to make it home tonight. We have been lucky there are 10,000 people with out power but we still have it, the power has flickered a few times but it is still on and hopefully it will stay on.
Sorry for all the rambling, I ramble when I'm nervous, and I don't like storms as it is and I really don't like them when its just the girls and I home.
Brooke
I can not believe how big she is getting.
- She is always telling us she loves us (and I love it)
- She is learning to ride her bike, she is getting better and better every day
- She loves to help me bake or cook.
- She is such a good big sister to Karina and always looking out for her.
- She got moved into a big girl booster seat
- I have to figure out how to get her to eat more... It seems like she never eats anything anymore.
- The potty training isn't going so well anymore, she kind of gave up on it (except when we are in Target) whenever we are in a public place it seems like she always has to go potty.
Karina
- She has learned to climb the stairs
- She has two teeth and has about three more coming in
- She LOVES to bug her big sister
- She is now in a forward facing seat and she loves it
- She is such a happy baby, the only time she cries is when she is tired.
- She is sleeping through the night and
- she eats, and eats and eats (At least one of our girls do)
I'm sure as you all know there has been bad weather down here. We have been lucky so far and have not gotten really bad weather here. There was strong winds that knocked out power on the east side of town and there have been a few trees down around here but... I can't complain. Hopefully I am not jinxing myself.
Bugs
Yes, we have Cicadas really bad here and they are soooo gross. They don't really do anything but fly around and mate. They will ruin fruit trees but we don't have any to worry about here. They only appear every thirteen years and of course the first summer here they come out. I will have to get a picture of them... they are gross, big with red beady eyes. There mating calls are really loud and obnoxious.
Fish
Brooke has been bugging to go fishing. We went exploring yesterday and we found a really cool fishing lake that they stock. Its up in the foothills. It is a 60acre lake and you can rent row boats so I am hoping we can do that soon. I think the girls would love it. The lake is surrounded by rock and trees. Its absolutely beautiful, I will post pictures of that later too. We got a few pictures of the girls. We are still trying to find a good lake to swim in... we got spoiled with the great lakes.
The weekend after Memorial day we will be heading to Indianapolis for the weekend. We will be meeting Stephanie and hopefully Grandma and Grandpa as well. We haven't seen Stephanie in a while so it will be fun to see her. We are excited. Brooke can't wait to go swimming with Steph. :)
We are currently sitting behind the couch waiting for these storms to pass. Karina had gone to bed around eight and I had to wake her up to bring her down here. She is now wide awake and it doesn't look like she is going to fall asleep any time soon. Brooke is now wide awake, I was hoping they would lay down and fall asleep and then when this storm passes I could just bring them up to bed. But they are sitting here making each other giggle. This could end up being a very long night. We don't have a basement so we are sitting behind our couch against our kitchen wall. Needless to say its a very small, tight, cramped space and its HOT! Its still around eighty degrees outside and we are trying not to use our air yet. We did end up using it last night because at two in the morning it was still 80 degrees outside and Brooke wasn't sleeping well. Yes, I was up at two a.m. Its about 11:45 and we are still sitting here, I am hoping its not much longer... I can still hear the wind though... The news just said its 65mph winds... it has slowed down a lot. :) They are reporting trees and power lines down down all over but hopefully there isn't any from here to Trevor's work, I would really like him to be able to make it home tonight. We have been lucky there are 10,000 people with out power but we still have it, the power has flickered a few times but it is still on and hopefully it will stay on.
Sorry for all the rambling, I ramble when I'm nervous, and I don't like storms as it is and I really don't like them when its just the girls and I home.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Wow, Its been a while...
I didn't realize I haven't posted on here in like a month. We have been busy around here. We have had a few visitors around here lately. We had my a couple of my aunts and uncles and there youngest stop by here on there way to FL. It was fun to visit with them, its been a while since I had seen them before.
We also had our good friends Matthew & Lori here the other weekend and it was such a blast. While they were here we had a very busy but fun weekend. We went to the Zoo, Brooke absolutely loves the zoo. She loves seeing the monkeys and zebras and giraffes. We also went to the Red Wings vs. Predators hockey game. It was so much fun although all southern hospitality goes out the window when people find out your a red wings fan. At the hockey game there was no remorse but the Wings pulled off the win and it was lots of fun. We also were able to go to the Grand Ole Opry. It was so much fun and its an amazing experience, if you ever make it to Nashville you HAVE to go the the Opry. The following day were were able to take a tour of the Opry. During the tour we walked back stage and got to look at the dressing rooms, the celebrity mailboxes. We were also able to go on stage and stand on the circle that came from the original Opry. The feeling is indescribable, knowing that your standing where so many music legends have stood. We also got to sing on stage and received a standing ovation! After touring the Grand Ole Opry we went and walked around the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. Wow, Its amazing it feels like your walking outside... there are shops and restaurant and a river that flows through it. It is hard to describe so I will post a few pictures, although they don't really do justice. Its one of those things that you have to see.
Brooke and Karina are growing like crazy. Karina has gotten her first tooth and is crawling all round the house. She loves her baths and swimming. The other day Brooke was swimming and I wasn't going to have Karina swim until she threw a fit. I got her ready to swim and she sat in the pool for an hour and a half until it was time to eat lunch but she was not happy at all to be taken out of the water. She is definitely going to be a little swimmer.
Brooke is very active and LOVES to be outdoors. I love that our backyard is fenced in so she can be outside as much as possible. She loves running in the rain and splashing in the mud puddles. She also loves to copy what ever mom and dad say. The other day we were on Skye with my S.I.L. Stephanie and we were getting off and say bye and all of a sudden Brooke says "bye honey".
Here are a few pictures from the weekend with Matthew and Lori.
We also had our good friends Matthew & Lori here the other weekend and it was such a blast. While they were here we had a very busy but fun weekend. We went to the Zoo, Brooke absolutely loves the zoo. She loves seeing the monkeys and zebras and giraffes. We also went to the Red Wings vs. Predators hockey game. It was so much fun although all southern hospitality goes out the window when people find out your a red wings fan. At the hockey game there was no remorse but the Wings pulled off the win and it was lots of fun. We also were able to go to the Grand Ole Opry. It was so much fun and its an amazing experience, if you ever make it to Nashville you HAVE to go the the Opry. The following day were were able to take a tour of the Opry. During the tour we walked back stage and got to look at the dressing rooms, the celebrity mailboxes. We were also able to go on stage and stand on the circle that came from the original Opry. The feeling is indescribable, knowing that your standing where so many music legends have stood. We also got to sing on stage and received a standing ovation! After touring the Grand Ole Opry we went and walked around the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. Wow, Its amazing it feels like your walking outside... there are shops and restaurant and a river that flows through it. It is hard to describe so I will post a few pictures, although they don't really do justice. Its one of those things that you have to see.
Brooke and Karina are growing like crazy. Karina has gotten her first tooth and is crawling all round the house. She loves her baths and swimming. The other day Brooke was swimming and I wasn't going to have Karina swim until she threw a fit. I got her ready to swim and she sat in the pool for an hour and a half until it was time to eat lunch but she was not happy at all to be taken out of the water. She is definitely going to be a little swimmer.
Brooke is very active and LOVES to be outdoors. I love that our backyard is fenced in so she can be outside as much as possible. She loves running in the rain and splashing in the mud puddles. She also loves to copy what ever mom and dad say. The other day we were on Skye with my S.I.L. Stephanie and we were getting off and say bye and all of a sudden Brooke says "bye honey".
Here are a few pictures from the weekend with Matthew and Lori.
Brooke sitting outside of the Grand Ole Opry
Brooke and I singing and playing onstage. Sorry this is a
picture of a picture.
Trevor and Brooke singing onstage. Sorry another
picture of a picture.
Karina wanted to be the lead singer here
she is just grabbing onto the mic.
The front of the Grand Ole Opry
View from stage.
on stage
One of the dressing rooms
The mailboxes. Not everyone on is occupied but its for all the
celebrity members. They are all in order except for Jimmy Dickens
because if his was it would be on the top shelf and he wouldn't be able to reach it.
This is a view from inside the Gaylord Opryland Hotel
another view
I really recommend you go here if you come to Nashville
one last one of the hotel.
and one picture from the Red Wings game (pregame)
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Like getting things for FREE?
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3 Years ago...
This all started about 6 1/2 years ago... We fell in love, got engaged and then just 6 days before we were to be married I rolled his car and totaled it... and on the 23rd of February 2008 I married my best friend, and the love of my life. ;) So We started off broke and with 1 car. I can remember our wedding day like it was yesterday, it was one of the best days of my life (even though I was sick)! From there we have had a bit of a journey. We have moved around and around since then. We have lived in Michigan, Florida, Ohio and now Tennessee. We have two amazing children who mean the world to us. We have been through so much together and he has been by my side through all my troubles and I couldn't imagine it any other way. I look forward to many, many wonderful years together! I love you Trevor and Happy Anniversary! XOXO
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