June 14, 2008 - TOURNAMENT OF THE AMERICAS

THIS IS JOSH'S FIRST KARATE TOURNAMENT. IT WAS HELD IN GAINESVILLE, AND WE HAD TO GET UP PRETTY EARLY THAT MORNING (4:30AM TO BE EXACT!)TO BE THERE AT 8AM SINCE IT TAKES ABOUT 3 HOURS TO GET THERE..

SO OFF WE GO TO G-VILLE!!! 3 HOURS NONSTOP..WE HAD A GREAT TIME FOR OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT , WE LOVED WATCHING ALL THE KIDS PERFORM AND THE GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP EACH ONE HAD, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT TO FINALS. IT WAS COOL TO SEE THE OLDER ONES ON OUR TEAM ROOT FOR THE LITTLE ONES, THEY WOULD GIVE THEM A HIGH 5 AS THEY WALKED BY AND YOU COULD HEAR THEM TELL THEM "GREAT JOB!"....IN WHAT OTHER SPORT DO YOU SEE THIS?


THERE WERE COMPETITORS FROM PUERTO RICO, PANAMA, MEXICO, AND COSTA RICA. WE HAD A GREAT TIME THERE AND WE EVEN HAD A BETTER TIME AT THE AFTER-PARTY THAT EVENING AT THE HOTEL!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ERIC AND BIANCA!!

Today we celebrated Father's day and Eric and Bianca's birthday...our family is growing so much and with everyone's calendars so packed, we decided to do one big day..the girls made homemade pizza for the guys...

IT'S OFFICIALLY SUMMER!!!!

So summer is finally here...and of course we have to have an end-of-the-year bash for Josh and his classmates...Take a look at those hot dogs!!!

May 2008 Pre summer beaching!!

Eric did some OT in Miami , so we didn't see him for about a week, so I packed up the kids and took the 2 hour ride to Lauderdale. We met Eric and off we were to the beach! We decided to go to Hollywood beach and park at Uncle B's station, one block away from the ocean. The weather report said it was supposed to be sunny but when we got there it was windy and cloudy! Of course that didn't stop the guys from going in the ocean..even though it was rough. Mallory was a little hesitant on the sand as you can see in the picture, she was tip toeing through the sand...after a while she got used to it though! We then took a ride on the beach bikes you can rent and went up and down the boardwalk....We ended the day at Jaxson's Ice cream parlor off A1A., they are known for their famous huge ice cream desserts... You should have seen the kid's eyes as they brought us our ice cream!! The kids were pooped and fell asleep on the long ride home...

Girl's Day!

Today Mallory and I did some finger painting and some toe painting too!!

We had lots of fun going through all 25 sheets of finger paint paper!!!

MDFR Retirement Partaaay!!!!

Eric wanted to throw a party for some of the guys who recently retired from the department. So we set a date and did it! We had a great turnout with lots of great people. I finally met the guys Eric is always talking about...

We even had 2 guys use our local grass airstrip and fly in!! We were honored that the people who did show up took the time to come all the way up here!

We only had one accident..poor Catherine flipped off the waverunner. Her boyfriend took her back home to our wonderful hospital system down there where she is recovering...someone of course took her picture but i will not post it unless she says i can!

Anyway, we hope all of you guys enjoy your retirement !!

Mother's Day!!

Mother's day went great ! Everyone was over as usual, another excuse to eat!! The guys cooked and us ladies sat back and enjoyed the day being pampered! Bianca is having a little trouble with Aubrey still with her sleeping habits...she thinks she has day and night mixed up...so mom heard through someone at her church if you flip, not roll, the baby over 3 times (i know it sounds crazy!!) she will get her days and nights straight....HA! so you know what all of us had to do...yup! , we flipped poor Aubrey 3 times...and Mallory joined in too after we did it!!!

So did it work.??? nope!!!! Sorry Bianca!! we sure had fun trying though!!