When Good Pictures Go Wrong

New Years Eve I let the girls stay up and watch the ball drop in NYC. I had grand plans of getting a picture of them along with the sign Baby Girl made in front of the TV with the time and the big "2010" sign that lights up after the ball drops in the background. Instead I got them with Dick Clark and his wife getting ready to kiss in the background. Not quite what I was going for but it will always be one of those photos that gives me a chuckle when I look at it.



For the record the sign says, "This is the best year ever so happy new year. You Rock." and she has smilies and the year 2010 written "20010" all over it. :)

Monday Morning

Last week was Fall Break for the girls. Naturally, the girls and I decided to celebrate the cool, crisp days of Fall by heading South to soak up some warm rays of sun and see The Man. We broke the trip down up by stopping at my parents' for a couple of nights. It was a very low key week and that's just exactly what we needed. Here are a few highlights of our week.

• My dad fixed up my sister's childhood bike so the girls will have a bike to ride whenever we visit. He did a fantastic job on it. I looks brand new. Yay Dad!
• My sister and nephew joined us at my parents so the cousins got lots of playtime.
• My mom made her lasagna for dinner one night. I never make lasagna even though I love it because my kids won't eat it. It was delicious! Thanks, Mom!
• The drive from my parents' to Florida was ideal. Very little traffic, great weather, cooperative kids. Awesome.
• We managed to go to the beach all of the 4 full days we were there despite the rainy forecast.
• We probably should have skipped the beach on Thursday because of the storm system moving it. We braved the wind, sporadic light rain & pelting sand and avoided the water due to the rough surf. But we're not wimps so we were there by gosh!
• You can't be that close to the beach and not enjoy the fresh seafood so we ate dinner at my favorite little seafood place one night. All you can eat shrimp for The Man and a Shrimp Po'Boy for me.
• Lots of quality family time as well as hugs & kisses.

The trip home wasn't quite as awesome as the trip down. There was lots of traffic and many stops that made the trip home seem never-ending. We got home around 10 p.m. Saturday night only to discover that our heat wasn't working in the house and it was in the 40's outside. Thankfully, a good friend of ours was able to fix it yesterday. A plug had gone bad and he was able to get a replacement part for it so we are all toasty warm again. I love how God cares for us by putting just the right people in our lives. School's back in session and it's back to the routine. It's time for me to get more focused on preparing for the move which should happen over the Christmas holidays. Never a dull moment around here.

Happy week to you all!

Through The Lens Thursday #5

Before the kids headed back to school, we decided to take one more fun outing. They had received coupons for free admission to the Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory through a reading program offered at the library this summer. Since we hadn't had a chance to visit there yet, we decided that would be a fun way to spend our Monday morning. It was really amazing to see how the bats are made. Bats made for the pro players take all of 40 seconds to be carved. A regular bat, 30 seconds. Really amazing! To be perfectly honest, I think The Man enjoyed this outing more than the rest of us but it was a lot of fun for us all. And really, you can't beat those nifty little souvenir bats they give to everyone at the end of the factory tour.

The first picture has nothing to do with the museum itself, however, it was parked across from the museum so I had to take a picture of it.


Outside the museum


Giant Mobile of Bats


The Gang


Louisville


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Saturday Afternoon

It's a beautiful day here in my part of Kentucky. The sun is shining and it's so warm. We've been out enjoying it while we can. Cool temperatures and rain are moving back in tomorrow. It's supposed to be short lived though which makes me happy. I'm ready for weather like today's all the time. We ran some errands earlier today and then came home and headed outside. The girls just had to enjoy some water play. We pulled out the water guns and soon they were both soaked.




I was having a grand old time chasing them around and snapping pictures. And then it all went terribly wrong..........they turned on me.

An airshow is going on nearby today. We live close enough that we get flyovers from the jets that are participating in the show out here. No need to drive there and fight the crowd.

And since I never got around to sharing our Easter, I'll leave you with a picture of the girls in their dresses. It was a wonderful day.

I hope your day has been as lovely as ours. Happy Weekend!

What's All The Hullabaloo?

We recently discovered the game Hullabaloo. It's a sort of crazy take on the classic Twister game. You are instructed to make different moves, say silly words, and do funky dances throughout the game. There are lots of different combinations so the games are always different.

My girls absolutely love this game but to be perfectly honest with you, The Man and I do too. With this game there are lots of laughs and silliness in abundance which suits our family perfectly.

We enjoy board games but this game definitely ups the fun factor.

And if you win, you are encouraged to do a funky victory dance. You can see Baby Girl doing hers here. So do you Hullabaloo too?