Watch Battery

I had to get a little help from my friend yesterday. I asked Debbie to come with me to Florida Mall yesterday morning so that I could go to the Mayor's store there to get my watch battery changed. She said she was happy to do it and I was happy she would come along.

We had a blast together. I bought her some reading glasses to help her be more fashionable, and she and I ate at the Nordstrom Cafe.

Most importantly, we laughed.

Fun day

Mich and I had initially planned on going to the water park today. However, the weather had different plans. So, we went to Disney Quest instead and then to The Downtown Disney Dining Theater to see Cars 2. It was a great day and we all came home tired.

Brennan returned home from Scout Camp this morning and he did a great job! However, he was super tired. So, he opted to stay home and relax while we went and had fun. For him to miss Quest, I knew he just wanted to lounge around.

Family Night at Scout Camp

Chris and I went out to La No Che tonight to spend some time with Brennan. He was hot and tired, but he looked good.

This week was very productive for him. He completed Fingerprinting, Rifle Shooting, Leatherworks and Astronomy merit badges! Go Brennan!

Overall, it was a very productive week-long sleepover for 3 best friends. Good times!

Service

After saying my final farewell to the Carter's, I needed to go back to their house today with the children to take out their garbage for them.

The kids and I ate at Five Guys for dinner, and then headed over to the Birdhouse to do our Family Home Evening service activity.

It took us two trips like the one you see above and one trunk load of garbage in my van.

We sang songs on the way home and had a nice discussion about why we wanted to help our friends.

I miss them so much already. :(

Aislinn's celebration, Phase 3!

Today, we celebrated with Daddy for Aislinn's birthday, we even brought Ethan along to spend the day. As you can see, we had a blast!

They ate some cotton candy and played in the sand.

They rode slides together, floated in the lazy river and even rested for a little.


Ethan has been one of Brennan's best buddies for years, but Ethan is moving to Wyoming next month, so this was part of our farewell time with him. He and the rest of his family will surely be missed.

After we got back from Typhoon Lagoon, Grandma came over with birthday cake and we ordered pizza.
The party finally ended.

Aislinn is 6!

I can not believe it, but it finally arrived! We've literally been counting down the days for about 3 months! But, it's here and she is 6! My baby... :(

She wanted to go to Typhoon Lagoon for a while and then to Disney Quest. We granted her wishes. The day was all about her! The only person missing was Daddy, but we will do something special with him on Saturday.

It was a fun, (but very tiring for Mom) day.

An extra day

Holly left with her boys yesterday afternoon, but my kids did some smooth talking and convinced me to stay another night. So, we did, and left Tally about 10 or 11 this morning.

After stopping at Zaxby's for lunch in Lake City and stopping a few times for the bathroom, we arrived back in Sorrento safely.

I headed to work and then the gym for some much needed sweat therapy.

Back to the grind...

Now this is fun!

Fun is 13 people getting ready at once for church with 2 bathrooms! Now, THAT is fun!

It was a nice visit to Tallahassee First ward today. Following church, we came home and made lunch with the kids played. Kenney and I were preparing lunch together and she said the that the kids were like locusts when the food was ready. It was pretty true and really funny. We make the food, they swarm in and devour it, then they leave. Yep, that was them. Do you think we need some seagulls?

Tallahassee Get Away

The kids had a great day today and hence, so did I! They drove and rode in the golf cart and did a lot of swimming! I didn't even leave the house today. It was super hot, but a great day.

Up to Tally!

After working some in the morning, I loaded up all the kids, minus Brennan, and headed to Tallahassee just to get away and spend some time with family. Holly was coming down from Ft. Benning with her boys, and we were planning on some fun.

What I didn't plan on was being lucky enough to see Daddy! But, we certainly got lucky because we met him at the Flying J for about a 5 minute visit. The kids were beyond excited to see Papa in his big truck and give him a hug!

Last Day of school

All of the kids had their last day today. They had good school years overall. I now have a high school student! How in the world did that happen? Brennan will go into 9th, Kerstyn into 7th, Lauklan 4th, Greyson 2nd and Aislinn in 1st! Oh boy...

Lauklan's Awards Day

I went to Lauklan's Award's Ceremony today. It was a great end to a great year! He did really well all year because of a great teacher and a wonderful tutor!

Way to go LJ! Bring on 4th grade!

Because we must

Mom and I flew home this morning and then I drove home. Back to reality for us, but we sure had a great time while it lasted! Thanks Mom for a great time and even better memories together!

New York City, Day 4

Mom wanted to take everyone to Sarabeth's for breakfast this morning and we had a wonderful time!

Following breakfast, we went and walked around for a while and then relaxed until we met Jeffrey and Jay at SD26.

Tasty food and great company!

Tomorrow morning we leave for the airport. New York City is always such fun!

New York City, Day 3

This morning, after dragging ourselves out of bed, Mom and I headed over to Jeffrey's to visit with him, Gail and David. We also had lunch reservations at Kefi, a very neat little Greek restaurant about a block and a half from Jeffrey's apartment on the upper west side of the city. We were pleasantly surprised to be joined by Caroline and we all had a wonderful lunch!

Following lunch, we went back to Jeffrey's apartment for a little and then Mom, David, Gail and I headed to the hotel for David and Gail to check in and for them to rest for a bit. However, we needed to have some Jamba Juice too, so Gail and I walked a few blocks and got our fix for all four of us.

We enjoyed visiting for a few hours, Mom enjoyed her nap and then we headed to Joyce Theater to watch Jeffrey perform. We really loved his performance and dinner that followed!

New York City, Day 2

This morning was a slow start so Mom and I headed to Stage Deli for a late breakfast. While eating, we decided that we wanted to do the horse carriage ride through Central Park again because last time, I didn't get to really enjoy it due to happenings at home. So, after eating, we started walking the way towards the park. We were stopped by a fella that sold us on a discounted, yet wonderful (he said) toured bike ride through the park that would take us way further into it and also be an hour. We decided to do it and we really enjoyed it. Except I am sure that Mom permanently bent the metal frame from her bracing herself while on the streets. It was quite funny.

Above is by Bethesda Fountain. Across the street they were filming something which was neat to watch.

Mom really enjoyed talking with our tour guide who was from Senegal. He did a great job and we had a great time. We were dropped off at 5th avenue and did some walking around the shops and through FAO Schwartz.

For dinner, we had reservations at Dos Caminos and we sat outside. The weather was very nice, even cool at times. The food was wonderful!

We had tickets to Chicago at 8 and it was about one block south and 5 blocks west. We were sure we would be able to get a cab, but nope. We ended up walking the whole way.

Our seats were center and third row. They were great!

We had to wait a while to get a cab back to the hotel, but we were finally successful. Mom was told by her doctor to not walk much because she is having trouble with her foot. We did the best we could.

New York City, Day 1

It was early, as usual, but we were all smiles and we were off!

After landing at JFK and arriving at the hotel in record time (because the cab driver drove AT LEAST 80), we rested for a little and then decided to head to Serendipity III for an early dinner. It never disappoints us. We had tasty food and a great time.

We were even educated by our half Italian cab driver as to how we were tourists because we didn't get in the taxi at the right place. We learned that you don't get in going a certain way because you can't turn left onto Lexington Avenue from 10 - 6 during the week.

Okay. Now we know. We always have a blast though.