Showing posts with label kelly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kelly. Show all posts

Sunday, October 9, 2011

This Dude Let ME Sleep In On HIS Birthday. He's Pretty Much The Best Person EVER.

Mammoth Caves, KY
I have no idea how I got so lucky with this guy. Seriously, he amazes me almost every day. (I would say every day, but let's try to keep it real). Just this morning, on HIS BIRTHDAY, even though he was exhausted and has to work all weekend, he let ME sleep in. Because he's THAT AWESOME.

Also lucky? My kids. He gets up with them every morning. He leaves work at five every. single. day. so he can get home to play with them. Even if it means he has to go back to work when they're in bed. He loves them SO MUCH.

Happy Birthday, Wesley. Sorry this is so cheesy. I'm trying to keep the mush to a minimum, but it's just oozing out all over my keyboard.

I love you.

Deer Ridge Mountain Resort in Gatlinburg
Ober in Gatlinburg
Visiting Brittany in Ohio
Grandma Bonnie's Memorial Service
Mammoth Caves, KY
Fire Fest at the History Center
Legos with Daddy
Saying Goodbye to Kelly
St. Augustine Tour
Downtown Disney
Nick's Bday Party
Zoo
Gatlinburg Aquarium
Mammoth Caves, KY
April's Birthday
Magic Kingdom for Brodie's Birthday
Downtown Disney
Mammoth Caves, KY
Party Time!
Gatlinburg Aquarium
Ober in Gatlinburg
Waiting for the St. Augustine Tour

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Sunday, July 31, 2011

St. Augustine. Part One of My Birthday Weekend Extravaganza. And By Extravaganza, I Mean, That's Pretty Much It.

Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
So, we visited St. Augustine again yesterday. Partially because it's my birthday weekend and I love St. Augustine, but also because I thought it was a good learning experience for Kelly. I totally made her write a paper on it. I am SO mean.

It was a fun trip. We visited Castillo de San Marcos, the Spanish fort, and watched a reenactment of the cannons being fired. The boys thought that was pretty awesome and Kelly was able to get a great action shot of the gun exploding. We also ate lunch at a cute little patio restaurant downtown and then took a trolley tour of the city. It would have been nice to stay longer and see more sights, but it was blazingly hot and we were all kind of done. Next time we will shop, though. Next time!
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine
Walking around St. Augustine
Waiting for the St. Augustine Tour
Waiting for the St. Augustine Tour
Waiting for the St. Augustine Tour
Waiting for the St. Augustine Tour
St. Augustine Tour
St. Augustine Tour
St. Augustine Tour
St. Augustine Tour

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

We Went to Downtown Disney. It Was Fun, As Per Usually, But Unbelievably Hot. Also, As Per Usual.

Downtown Disney
I don't know what it is about being hot, sticky and exhausted that makes composing a sentence so difficult. Oh, right. I'm hot, sticky and exhausted. This summer, as summers are wont to be, is full of the busy. It's also going much too fast, but then, life does that.

Kelly is leaving us in just two short weeks. We will miss her. It's been a great experience, if sometimes trying. We hope she will come back next year. KELLY! COME BACK NEXT YEAR! We love Kelly. Even if she does keep the pretty pretty room I made for her in a sad sad state.

Casey is officially a kid. No more the baby, he says the letter 'L' correctly and breaks my heart a little bit with every utterance of the words 'lizard' and 'love'. He turns five in November. I just can't handle that number. Five.

Jonathan still loves to chatter. He can say his 'L's, but graciously chooses not to. Thank you, Jonathan. He has an artists soul and would make playdoh creatures night and day if I let him. Which, okay, sometimes I do.

Stephen is also a motor mouth. He's speaking in sentences now and constantly reminds me that even though he's a little guy, he knows full well what he wants, when he wants and how he wants. Fortunately, he's still a ways off from the letter 'L'.

Wesley finishes his engineering degree at the beginning of August. It's a little bit unbelievable to think that we were childless when he started the back-to-school adventure. It's even crazier to think that it's only been four and a half years. And that he also maintained a full time business. That's a whole lot of juggling. Good job, Wesley. Good job.

And, me? I'm getting rounder.
Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney
Downtown Disney

Monday, June 27, 2011

The History Center is History. Well, At Least Until The Weather Breaks.

History Center
We visited the History Center last week. Poor Kelly, it's all about the learning in this house. Unfortunately, I think the exhibits were a little over the boys' heads, and Kelly wasn't able to take in as much as I would have liked since the boys just wanted to dart from room to room.

Also, the mood was a little dampened because we parked on the sixth floor of the parking garage only to discover the elevator was broken. Yeh. Broken elevator. Three preschoolers, one angsty teen, a stroller and two blocks to walk after six flights of stairs. Okay, Kelly wasn't actually angsty. But still. I was. Needless to say, by the time we actually got into the history center, we were already kind of done.

We now have a year membership (thanks, Groupon!) that will definitely not be used again until the weather cools off. Go figure, since this place is air conditioned. But, I refuse (REFUSE) to test the elevator in this heat again. I'm pretty sure no one's going to complain.

On the plus side, our history center is in the old courthouse and the kids really loved the courtroom. Following in Mommy's footsteps, maybe?
History Center
History Center
History Center
History Center
History Center


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