Its been a while!!!!

It has been a while since I have posted. Trying to get back into it again. So many holidays coming up soon. Here are some pics from trick-or-treating tonight.

Ahhhh the Circus!

On mothers Day I went with the girls, Grandma & Tom to the Circus. Kayla was very excited to the circus.I had talked to her about it for weeks before that day. I thought that Sofia was going to be scared to death and thought about maybe leaving her home. When we got to the circus it was the other way around. Sofia loved the dancing dogs and horses and even roared at the tigers! Kayla, however, only managed to see the elephants. She and Tom spent the entire time walking around outside of the arena. Whenever he tried to bring her in she would scream uncontrollably and carry on until she was taken back out again. Sofia didn't care for the elephants. Whenever the elephants came out she would sit there facing the show but with her eyes closed! Here are the best pictures I could manage to get.

Some pictures for Auntie Heather and Uncle Geoff

After reading Heather and Geoff's posts this week I have decided to post some pictures for their enjoyment.
Sofia showing some Red Sox spirit
Kayla's 1st trip to Fenway
Kayla

Elizabeth Park

Today Kayla,Sofia and I went to Elizabeth park to look at the tulips and ducks. I brought my camera along in hopes of getting some cute pictures of the girls with the flowers. They didn't want anything to do with sitting near the flowers and posing. I did get a couple cute pictures. After the park we headed home to have lunch. After some macaroni and cheese I gave the girls each a piece of a chocolate bunny. Sofia REALLY enjoyed herself with that chocolate!!!

Happy 5th Birthday Kayla

Today is Kayla's 5th birthday. Here are some photos of her through the years...enjoy!
Kayla was born 4/19/04 @ 4:08 and weighing 6 pounds
1st trip to Big-E

Kissing the lion
1st Christmas
playing with Lola
2nd trip to Big-E
1st haircut
1st day of pre-school
1st day of 2nd year of pre-school

Kayla's 5th birthday party

Easter

Some photos of Easter at Grandpa's house.
Sofia found a treat that grandpa hid
Kayla found one too!
They are all looking in the same direction...kinda!

Jamaica

Our trip to Jamaica was good (except for the horrifying plane rides). The weather was great. It was in the 80's all day but it was never too hot because of a constant breeze always coming off the ocean. Peter and I didn't get burnt. I only laid in the sun for 3-4 minutes on each side before I got so hot that I couldn't bear it anymore. It was great to go to an all-inclusive resort. We were truly spoiled with all we could eat buffets and restaurants. And then there are the bars that serve pretty much everything no charge... they mix their drinks so strong it is hard to sip them! As I mentioned previously, the plane rides on the way home were interesting. I have never experienced turbulence quite like there was on these two planes! It was a white knuckled ride all the way home. OUr plane from Jamaica was delayed so by the time we got to Georgia, collected our luggage,took the luggage through customs and ran through the airport we almost missed our next plane to JFK.We were supposed to have a 3 hour layover but most of the time was spent waiting to collect our luggage (which by the way never made onto our next plane and had to be flown to Bradley and driven to our house) The landing at JFK was incredibly scary. It felt as if we were going to roll over because the plane lurched to badly to one side! But, we are here again and back to work and daily life. Here are some pictures to share.


Us in front of our room

Someone had gotten married that day and in the gazebo they left up a palm in the shape of a heart.
Inside of our room

The New Car

Well, I don't have much time to write.. Just trying to catch up. Here is a picture of the new car. Goodbye crappy van!

Good bye crummy van,hello heated seats and dvd player!

The Double Birthday Party

My dad and Pat had a double birthday party for Heather and I since everyone was so busy we couldn't get together any sooner. That morning as I was getting everyone ready to go and I went into Kayla's room to get her moving when besides the major mess on the floor I noticed something else.....


.....So Kayla decided to make her room "beautiful" with some markers that she received for Christmas. Her exact words in response to my very angry "why did you do this?" was "I just wanted to make my room beautiful". There are balloons, suns, people. As angry as I was it really is kind of cute.

Later when we finally made it grandpas house Heather and I got to decorate our own cake! I am quitting my job and becoming a cake decorator! I will say that the cake did taste a lot better than it looked.
I wrote the happy b-day part and Heather decorated the rest.... The pictures speak for themselves! I won't say what I think the A looks like, you can use your imagination.
Heather putting on her touches.
This is supposed to be a flower and a squiggle.
The finished product.... Happy birthday a&h... notice that initials were used and they were lower case. I crack up just looking at these!
Geoff really likes purple frosting. This was not posed, I just turned around and there he was just like this!

I Didn't Forget You BLogger!

A lot has happened since last I blogged. After Christmas we babysat Kenny for two weeks while Heather worked for the cleaners. Since Christmas life has gotten back to its normal fast-paced self. Lets see, there is school, cook, clean, work, sleep (not a large amount of time for this)...a couple days off and start over again. I have been using facebook a lot more than Google these days because most of my old and new friends are using that website. Here is what we have been up to recently in pictures.

Heather, Geoff and Kenny after the baptism. Kenny did very well during his baptism. He didn't seem to mind the pastor holding him or thewater on his forehead.
A picture I snapped of Kenny while he was at my house.
Kenny and I after the baptism.