KK had her 1st sleepover!!!

Last night we had Leah, a 3 year old I watch, come over and stay the night. KK was so excited that the entire day all I heard was "When is Leah coming mom" and "is she here yet?".

Well she finally arrrived at 5 and boy were they BOTH so excited!!



We had Happy Meals for dinner, and then popped some popcorn and had movie night. We had gotten a RedBox.."Dora's Birthday Party"... the girls LOVED it.

They went to bed at 8...but didnt fall asleep until 10, the little buggers! :)

We pulled the mattress's off the beds and put them on the floor since Leah was used to bed rails and we had left them behind in NC.

The girls loved that though and they felt like they were camping! :)

They stayed up giggling and singing to each other. Till they passed out! :)

Then were up and at it at 6. We painted, played with playdoh, colored, dressed up, read and sang...ALL before 10 am. *yawn* lol

Now they are fast asleep (and have been for 2 hrs now) after a good early lunch. :)

Weston (the 3 month old I have watched since he was 3 weeks old) is here as well today. He is generally a good baby...but somewhat high maintence. As all newbies are. I have to tell you though.....he is SUCH a cutie and when he smiles you forget that he can scream for 15 minutes straight when he has a bad gas bubble! lol I love this little guy though.

Anyway...Sams birthday is coming up!!

Can you believe my boy will be 8!!! WTHang!?!

Well, I hear the 1st signs of life stirring from the long slumber...so I'm off! :) Love to all!~

Sam got his own room last night!!

AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....

I really can't believe how big he is getting. He was So excited to have his own space. I guess it's about time since he will be 8 years old in 8 days! *sigh*

Has anyone invented a "slow down" serum yet? Cause this boy needs to SLOW DOWN!~

Kk on the other hand is NOT happy about this change. She went from crying and saying she couldnt sleep with a (and i quote) "rude brudder"..cause he "snores" and keeps her awake...to....crying because she "needs and LOVES her brudder soooooo much" (complete with tears and matching 'woe is me" face"......:)

LOL

I am so no ready for this.

Bear

Sam has started cub scouts and LOVES it!!~ So far we have been bowling and hiking and he has been to 2 pack meetings.

He is REALLY looking forward to getting more involved~ Brad wants to know why there is a WOMAN leading a BOYS thing.

Dont worry his shin hurt for 2 days after that comment! :)

LOL

Anyway...I cant wait to see where this goes, and he has decided to take a break from karate.

GO SAM!

DISNEY TRIP...part II

Here are MORE pictures and A LOT more video of our trip!

While I am uploading everything and going through the pictures McKayla is sitting beside me sighing and saying "I wish we could go back there mom".."can we go back again some day?".. She really really really enjoyed herself! :)

Anyway..in no particular order..here are the latest...

This was us in the van driving down!~ Not a bad trip at all...at least I thought.


We are headed out for our 1st day....


Papa and KK all tuckered out! :)...


The parade was cool!~ The kids loved it...


LOVE my boy!~ :)



She FINALLY gets to meet Minnie!~... :) (its a video so click on play! :)



Popo and Bug at Tomorrow Land...where Bugs favorite ride was....SPACE MOUNTAIN!..

We had to come back a second day to ride Toy Story 3...3D...(because you couldnt ride it the 1st time we tried..there was a 3 hr wait and all the fast passes were gone!)...it was cool :)

The line for this was ATROCIOUS!...(is that even spelled right? lol)...

You got on a ride that you spun and shot things...it was pretty cool! :)

My WANTED poster! :)

KK at the Honey I Shrunk the Kids set.... (was too crowded to have fun)

I can't believe I actually rode this! NEVER AGAIN!!!!...

KK was So worried about her Papa! lol


She LOVES him so!

I LOVED this...it was one of my favorites!!~..

Right before the Cinderella dinner...KK was "sprinkled"...how cute! and a great idea!

Me and the honeybunch...~



So excited!~...


Wheeeeeeeeeeee.............

Riding up the lift....love how HUGE the life vest is....

Popo, Papa, and the ruggies!~


My little FISH!!~........... :) I am so proud!~

Video of the fun!~ :) :) :)........

There will be a part III.....lol.....

COMING SOON!~ (as this took me 3 hrs to do!)....gotta love the aircard!~

Sam's 1st day of 3rd grade!~

And he LOVED it!!! He likes his teacher and has already made a new friend on the bus! :)

Let's hope this year goes well!! *fingers crossed and prayers sent*

DISNEY TRIP....part I..

I have been at this for over a month...so I am publishing what I have...and will add to it later! :)

This was where we stayed!....nice! :)....


Front of it...


Bug and Drama Mama ready to roll out for our 1st day! :)....

Lol,,,,these kids rock!

I love my brudder...(as she would say)...

Whoooo Hooo....

My favorite part of Disney, and what we did the entire 1st day! :)...

We are SOOO ready!...

They had trams you took from parking lot to entrance~ VERY nice :)

Then a monorail or boat to park...(we chose monorail)..

KK meets Pinnochio...

Good ol' florida weather! :)....

Popo and KK...

Yay...dumbo!~ :)

Ready to ride a ride (Toy Story 3, I believe)

My superhero...:)...in the bath

With his sidekicks...

At Cinderella's castle for the dinner..

KK and Belle...

KK and Aurora....(sleeping beauty)

KK and Snow White (she was great!)...

KK and Ariel....

At the Cinderella dinner...YUM!

2 cinderella's! :)...

And these are a VERY FEW of them! :) I'll be back! :)

T-minus 2 days...

TOmorrow we pick up Popo and Papa from the airport, and then we leave for DISNEY on friday!!

The kids are BEYOND excited, and I am....well....

trying to pull everything together.

I am SO looking forward to some FUN in the SUN.

Look out Florida...here we come!~ (well, on friday anyway!~) lol

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POPO~~

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Earthquake #2

I was awoke this morning by the bed shaking ever so slightly. I thought to myself it felt like an earthquake but quickly dismissed it since they were practically unheard of here in VA.

Yeah, well guess what?!

It WAS one! A 3.6...but let me tell you....NOTHING like the one we had in Hawaii I posted about here...(CLICK HERE to read)....

still scary to think of it though!~

Anyway...it was barely a shake...but apparently it is MAJOR news here! lol... I guess the news is a little slow today! :)

Not much else to report other than DISNEY WORLD in 3 WEEKS! :)

Love to all!~ :)

4th of July Fun~~BBQ!~


We had a wonderful 4th of July weekend here!~


Nana, Pappy, Brads brother and his dog all came down to stay for the weekend. Bryan (Brads brother) brought his camper to show us, and the kids were blown away by it. They were even allowed to sleep Sat and Sun night in it! :) Of course they both asked if we could keep it~lol


On Sat, we decided at the very last minute to have a lil BBQ...well...that quickly turned into a mini family reunion for Brad who got to see some cousins he has not seen in about 9 years. It turned out to be a blast and we had quite the crowd!~ I think there were about 15 people here!!

Nana, Pappy, Bryan, Maybn, Bill, Brian H, Kathy, 2 teenage girls, 1 middle school boy (belonging to Kathy), Scott, his wife Katy, their son Ryne, Jimmy, and his wife...plus us 4 :)...


It went great though and was tons of fun. We lit off SO many fireworks...it was ridiculous. And they weren't the little pansy ones either~ :) lol...

Anyway, here are a few pictures and video from the weekend... HUGE thanks to FAMILY and FRIENDS that made it so special by driving SO FAR to come!~ You rock!~


P.S. There are a few pictures on here that tell a story...with a one word ending....FAILED.


The diva waiting for Nana and Pappy to get here...


I kid younot when I say she chose the poses and asked me to take the pictures. I am in SUCH trouble...



The goobers...

Out and about...



Brian and Bryan chit chatting..:) (actually more like plotting)

Brads cousin Jimmy..

Bill.....

Nana...She is so awesome! :) A HUGE thank you to her for all the help!~

Sweet Maybyn...LOVE her! :)

The boys waiting for Brad to turn the water back on so they can dump a bucket on him from the 2nd floor...(told you they were plotting)...

The view from where he was hit...

The kids playing in the water...

love this girl...

Bryan waiting to ambush me....

To bad I quickly caught on and stopped in my tracks after being SO nice as to do a beer run..and this was my reward....so I sat there (ON their beer)..and enjoyed a cold Smirnoff...

I dont know WHERE he is hiding....but I can sit here as long as it takes...its your beer! lol

Then they sic Cooper on me....

.

3 balloons! talented



Uncle Bryan...the instigator...

Pappy enjoying the outdoors in our driveway under Uncle Bryans Camper...

LOL...nice one babe...

Look how strong I am....

Stop Uncle Bryan...you are so NOT funny!~

Love this boy!~

Bug getting ready to throw the sack for Cornhole...

Nana decided to give it a try...

The bubble blower...

Cooper in the woods near the house...

Nana and the Drama Mama...

This year instead of going to the fireworks..we decided to have our very own show here..and thanks to Uncle Josh who drove all the way to PA to get them..we had SOOOOO much fun! And we didnt hit any traffic! :) lol

Enjoy the video below...

Our firework finale...such a FUN day/weekend ALL AROUND!!!...


I love my friends and family....I am SOOOO blessed!!!!!~