Today our Harrison Jack turns 3 years old! What a cutie!
Tonight we are celebrating his birthday with Danny's family.
This will be Harry Jack's second party!
Happy Birthday Harry Jack!
We love you so much!
Monday, November 26, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Sweet Christmas Wreath
Tis the season to spread a little Christmas spirit into your hubby's office. A Christmas candy wreath!
Every year the children and I make this wreath for Danny.
(Actually, I think we missed it last year. Oops!)
Anyway, it is a fun way for us to decorate Danny's office for Christmas.
Just buy a Christmas wreath, ribbon, a wreath hanger and whatever candy, gum, or little snacks you want.
Oh, and don't forget ornament hangers!
Tape the ornament hangers to your little treats and hang them on the wreath!
Tadaa!!!
Your hubby will love it, so will his co workers!
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Happy Thanksgiving!
There are lots of Thanksgiving traditions in our family.
One of our traditions involves lots of good food with lots of family and friends.
My parents had a total of 32 people at their house today, 22 adults, and 10 children under 14 years old.
Here are the stats on our Thanksgiving meal:
3 meats
2 gravies
8 casseroles
2 veggies
40 home made biscuits
3 jello dishes
2 cakes
4 pies
1 plate of cookies
and
4 gallons of sweet tea
Ahhhhhh!!!
Also, kudos to my big sister Dayna for showing up for Thanksgiving lunch 3 days post partum, with her 4th baby, Wyatt Albert Renalds!
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Take me home to old Virginny!
As I type we are driving up 95, going home for Thanksgiving! Ahhhhh!Dawn and I packed up the truck this morning and loaded the children in. We made a picnic lunch to eat on the rode, and then drove to church to pick up Danny.
We finally pulled out of North Port at about 1:15.
We are taking a pit stop overnight at Donna and Roy's in Charlotte. I cannot wait to see my new little nephew, Roy Boy! And of course, Caroline too!
Currently, Margaux is screaming because she is tired, and I have the audio of Night at the Museum playing in my ear, as the children and Dawn (my new Nannie) watch it on the flat screen TV my love rigged up in the truck. Cool! Gotta see it!
We are just on the north side of Jacksonville. Just 6 more hours to go. We should be pulling into Charlotte around midnight! Yikes!
We Took Aunt Dawnie to see Mickey--Don't Laugh!
Okay, don't laugh. Even with the cold weather we decided to go to Disney World....again.... one last time in 2007. We wanted to see it all decorated for Christmas. It was lovely!
Aunt Dawnie, Maddie, Dan Dan, and Harry Jack on the Tea Cups.
A Magic Kingdom Classic- "It's A Small World"
Margaux fell asleep in the Baby Bjorn on Danny chest! It was so cold in Orlando that we had to make a stop at the Hat Emporium on Main Street to buy Margaux a hat. It came with mittens too! She looked so cute and chunky in it.Aunt Dawnie's Coming!!!!
On Thursday afternoon, my sister Dawn flew into Sarasota for a long weekend. Little did she know what this past weekend would have in store for her. For starters, she was coming from cool weather hoping for a little Florida sunshine. Well, the sun was out, but it was not warm. I think the cold front flew in with her.Saturday, November 10, 2007
Happy Birthday to My Love!
Today is Danny's 38th birthday.
He is truly my best friend and the love of my life.
I remember 12 years ago today, giving Danny a birthday party at my parents house. We were just starting to break away from our serious friendship and become seriously dating.
Look how far we have come now!
My love, I love you. For now and forever it is just you and me! Happy Birthday!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
A Thorn In My Flesh
FYI: I try to keep my posts short so I don't lose the reader in a bunch of long paragraphs. This post is longer than normal. Sorry!
When we moved to Florida, Danny and I both insisted that we needed a house with a pool. Partly because it is so hot here and second to that, I needed something to keep my very active children occupied. Well, now that we have been here almost 3 years, lets just say we wish we had done a few things differently. Hind sight (is that how you say/spell it?) is 20/20.
I seriously have a lot "on my plate," and sadly the last thing on my list to worry about is our pool. Our pool has been a thorn in my flesh for the past 3 months.
For the past 3 months our pool has been a nasty green color. I would clean it and put chemicals in it and the next day it was back to being green again. So I just let it go, because I have so much going on with the kids and all, that I couldn't give it the attention it obviously needed.
I hit rock bottom with the pool on Monday. I went to vacuum it and there was NO SUCTION in the vacuum hose. I was instantly sick, thinking the pump was broken and we would need to spend more $$$$$ to replace it. I thought, "God, this is all my fault. I should have taken better care of this pool."
To make a long story short, I finally figured out via a few phone calls to the pool company who put the pool in, that the problem was actually very simple: REPLACE THE FILTER! Who would have thought? Not me! The man who taught me how to use our pool told me the filter would last 2 plus years. PLUS, my parents pool---which I had to clean as a child---doesn't even have a filter. We would just vacuum and backwash and we were good to go.
So we bought a new filter (not cheap, by the way) and with in 20-30 minutes our pool was sparkling! Danny and I both felt so dumb. So stupid. So ungrateful for this pool. The verse that states, "to whom much is given much is required" keeps popping up in my head.
The picture above is what our old filter looked like. Nasty! Please note that we had just cleaned it the night before. Again, NASTY!
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Brrr!!!!
The past few days have been very nice here in SW Florida. This week is going to be BEAUTIFUL too. The children and I got in the truck this morning to go to church and the truck thermometer read 65 degrees!!!!! We had to pull the sweaters for Maddie and Margaux. Tonight it is supposed to get down to 54 degrees!!!! This is the time of year to come to Florida, if you are planning a trip. From now until about Easter the weather is great!
Okay.....a plus for Florida.
Anyway, below is a picture of Margaux. This is how she fell asleep in the nursery this morning. We had a few babies that required a bit of serious attention, so some of the babies who are regulars had to be put on hold. Sweet Margaux just fell asleep right where she was left. She is such a good baby!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Rules for the Bathroom
I think Maddie is tired of sharing a bathroom with her brothers. This is the note I found taped to the bathroom medicine cabinet this morning. It made me laugh and I thought I would share it with you. Bless her heart, she has no idea what she is in for in the years to come.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)