Friday, December 31, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


Happy New Year! May this be your best year yet!
Love, Austin, Jaden, Shannon and Guy

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Meeting with Santa 2010

Cheese!

I want......

Hmmmm, what else???

This is awesome!

What do YOU want for Christmas, Santa?

Okay. What else?

I don't know if I can trust you....

There seems to be something over to Austin's right.....

Jaden - Yes! Austin - Not so sure.....

Merry Christmas All!

Decorating 2010

Getting the house ready for Santa!

Where's Austin?

Do I like that there, or not?

There's the spot!

You eyeballing me daddy?

AHHHHHHHHH!

Daddy / Reindeer

Ornaments!

Austin's "Mean Face"

Thumbs Up!

Hey there!

Holiday Mickey Mouse Ears

And the stockings were hung by the curio cabinet with care. See you don't need a fireplace in Florida, so we don't have one. ;-)

Completed Project!

Christmas Day 2010


So excited!

WOW! Says Austin.

Pirate Ship..Not filled with water, YET.

This is just one room of gifts....Off to the family room.

The first thing Austin went for was Santa's cookie crumbs. He's an eater. Also, notice the Steelers stuff uncle Brandon got Austin. >:-(

Cookware for Austin to learn since "Mommies Don't Cook!" -JDab

Plethora of presents!

Rip em open!

Jaden wrapped up a bunch of presents for Austin that were Jaden's old toys. Austin liked them just as much as the new ones. SEE, I should have done that for all his toys.

Jaden's "OLD" laptop is now a new "Present"!

Merry Christmas All!

Merry Christmas from the Boys!



Happy Holidays!

Trapped in a Pile of Wrapping Paper




Cars and Video Game - Soccer of Course



I just LOVE how excited Jaden gets about EVERY present he gets!

Saturday, December 25, 2010

Nick and Tommy

Happy Birthday Cousin Nick and Grandpa Tom! Merry Christmas to everyone as well!
Love, Austin, Jaden, Shannon and Guy

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Toy Story 3 Violence

Perhaps the parents "AREN'T" the reason our kids have a violent streak in them after all. I was at Target today and this was the "substitute" for the Toy Story 3 game they had depleted. I asked the person in charge of the area about it and he laughed. He said he shouldn't have laughed, but he was going to put this on YouTube. Oh, did I mention he was 20 years my senior. Every day amuses me.......

Monday, November 29, 2010

Libby's Birthday

Mickey sends his birthday wishes.
So do Austin, Jaden, Shannon and Guy!
Happy Birthday Grandma!!!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Harlem Globetrotters

Mommy, Jaden and Daddy went to the Harlem Globetrotter game.

I have a feeling we will be spending a lot of time here as the boys get older.

Playing the Washington Generals.

It was a very entertaining show. All three of us enjoyed it and stayed through the end.

Jaden with his wristbands and basketball.

Fred "Curly" Neal was there signing balls after the game. Jaden got his signature and another, but immediately started dribbling the ball once we got outside, so those signatures won't last long. :-) I actually saw Curly play when I was a kid.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Thanks-For-Giving

What am I thankful for?

That Shannon saw through my "ignorance" when we were dating and stuck it out with me.

That I have the most two beautiful blessings a person could ever conceive.

That although I didn't realize it at the time, I was always learning from my parents.

That at whatever time of day, I can name 10 people that would take my call and be there for me.

That I can still call mom OR dad at the same phone number and they will both be there.

That I am 40 years old, and still here.

That I have the opportunity to "educate" my boys so they don't make the same mistakes I made.

That I am who I am because of everyone around me.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

What are YOU thankful for today?

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Daddy and Jaden's LONG walk.....

Jaden wanted to walk to the pier on Friday, so I obliged. HOWEVER, it was much further away than I realized. I'm guessing it was a mile or two each way and the pier itself is 1/3 of a mile long. I'm happy to report that we made it back.....It was an AWESOME day with my eldest!!!

Mr. Zinka (Yes, 1/2 Green and 1/2 Yellow)

Our starting point is the second high rise in the picture.

Yeah, that's the pier. WAAAAAAAAY down there......

Exploration on the journey.

Some guy was flying this kite by the pier.

The Pier

We saw a school of stingrays and a school of jellyfish on our walk out to the end of the pier.

The end of the pier.

The man!

We almost made it back and Jaden said his legs were tired. Good thing we were near a restaurant. Jaden ate a whole basket of "Shark Bites" and fries. As a side note, they have $1.50 Bud Light Drafts from 11 - 6. :-)

Oh, and he had room from cheesecake. A long walk can really drum up an appetite....