Girl Scout Sock Hop

Last night we ventured out for the annual Girl Scout Sock hop! The girls had a blast dancing the night away, eating cotton candy, and participating in chewing gum contests!

Not sure why Scott's face is green!!!

Its all about the PINK baby!

Ever since Stephanie Vest was diagnosed with an incurable cancer this past August, I have been following her faithful blog postings by her husband. She was an inspiration to hundreds, and continued to pull at my heartstrings since her passing this past December. She was a sassy girl, who was full of life, a dedicated mother of 3, and she loved her PINK laundry room! So I decided to give her tribute, and paint my laundry room hot pink.

I truly loved every transformation moment, and now that it is near completion...WOW, can I just tell you I LOVE spending time in there...every load of laundry is seriously a reminder of my precious family, and how lucky I am to be a MOMMY of 3 wonderful kiddos and here on this precious Earth (for a short time), to enjoy them. What an awesome gift!

Thanks Stephanie Vest.

http://www.stephanievest.com

Playdates are FUN!

Kiersten and Karli had playdates after school today, and guess what!!!! Out came the gerbils (yes those are the gerbils we have had since May from Kiersten's 1st grade teacher...we are supposedly babysitting, but I think it has turned into a "psuedo" adoption), anyway...the girls thought it would be fun to give the gerbils baths, let them play in the barbie van, and play under the covers. Needless to say, I found gerbil "poop" pellets throughout their rooms, and yes Imade them clean every bit of it up!

Fire Tourches our Apartment Buildings last night!

A fire started in one of our top floor apartment buildings last night. Luckily no tenants were hurt, but MANY were distraught and without their belongings. The red cross and fire department were up(and Scott too!) all night helping extinguish this brutal fire. You can read about the excitement in our local paper tonight.
A lesson to be learned.....no one had renters insurance! SO please all you "renters" get SMART and get some insurance!

70's-80's Benefit for Meadowlark Hills

Scott and I attended a benefit last night for Meadowlark Hills. The them was 70's and 80's and WOW were the outfits and music crazy! This seriously brought me back to Junior High!

My Baby Boy had Surgery today!!!!

Kade had surgery this morning to remove an inclusive cyst just under his arm pit. His mother was a basket case (of course), but we had a GREAT team...our surgeon went to our church, I got to pick my favorite anesthetist, and the staff and nurses were awesome.
So with that said we arrived at the surgical center at 6:30am this morning, and after a few tears (shed only by Mom), Kade was done in 15 minutes. He was a little out of it right after waking up, but within 30 minutes, he was eating, drinking, and climbing right out of his hospital gown. He needed zero meds, and no Tylenol throughout the day. I have to admit my kid is a STUD. He sailed right through this...my only hope is........there is no more to come :-)!

Happy 30th JOSH!

My baby brother Josh turned 30th this weekend. So I took a 36 hour trip to Chicago and surprised him. My other brother Nate and I had a party for him. It was a ton of fun and oh so nice to have brother time without the kiddos!

Miranda (Josh's fiance), me, and Sarah

Josh's BOYS...T.K., Jeff, and Coat (long story on the name-Don't ask)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Scott & I were able to have a night out on the town last night thanks to his Mom and Dad watching the kids. We got together with some friends and had a great dinner and a GREAT time! Happy 2009 everyone!

That's not BEST part about CHIRSTMAS....(aka besides Jesus's birth)

My Baby Brother GOT ENGAGED!!!!!! HuGE NeWs!

THE DATE.....JUST IN...SEPTEMBER 19th!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

We had an awesome Christmas this year!

KARLI HAVE YOU BEEN NAUGHTY.... or nice..........

(hands down nice!!)

Grandma and Grandpa and grand-daughters..and Uncle Nate and Kade

A Brownie Christmas!!!

Kiersten's brownie troop was over for a Holiday party this week. The girls had so much fun, caroling, shopping at their Brownie store, and eating goodies.

A Nutcrcker Weekend

My sweet grandparents have been together for over 65 years. We visited them at their retirement home Sunday afternoon, where we were serenaded with festive Christmas carols.

Grandma and Grandpa with their Great-Grandkids

4 Generations......

The girls and I before the Nutcracker ballet. It was an awesome performance and well worth it!

Happy Birthday Jesus!!!!!!

Today we had a Birthday Party for Jesus for some of the kiddos. What a great day we had celebrating the "true" meaning of CHRISTmas!
Kade wanting to DIG in!

Steph, Kiersten and the Paquette boys, making some Birthday cards for Jesus

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Jesus!

Jen and Tatum...too cute!

Ballet performance at the Mall this weekend

And another performance Saturday at the mall. The girls performed ballet to some famous Christmas music. This fundraiser raised money for the Senior Dance company.

Another busy weekend...

The girls started their Saturday morning with a High School dance clinic. They performed at 4pm and then were off to the mall for their 2nd performance of the day.

Cheers to my running CREW!

The table was set........just waiting for my guests......
and they arrived!

The gals and I got together Friday for a little Holiday Cheer and little white elephant gift exchange. Thanks Ash, for the awesome Jane Fonda work-out tape-Gotta luv it!