Only Five Pictures Gramma

That's what Alona told me just as soon as we got to Boggy Creek...

"You can take only 5 pictures of me today Gramma, OK?"

"Ummm....OK" {{wink}}

Truth be told, I took more like 90...but don't tell her, OK..please?

These were taken with her permission...these were her "Five" {or so}....

There she is as cute as can be, all face painted, sugary sweet smile, and sweaty hot from playing in the Florida sun all day...



"Remember..only five, we have a deal, right Gramma?"



"I never said I'd actually cooperate...let's get this over with"



"Did you hear the Sno-Cone lady calling me? Go away please camera attached to Gramma's face"



"Beat it Woman!!"



"Did someone say there was music and dancing going on? I'm sure that's what I heard"



That's it..I am soooooo outta here!"



"Nah...Nah...you can't catch me!!!! I love sugar, I'm dancing, I love sugar!!"

I'll be back tomorrow for "Part Two" of the Boggy Creek Party Of The Year..there are alot more pictures to show ya'all but for now..I seriously have some hat making to accomplish. :0)

Have a great one!!

Later Gators!!

Love, Kim

When Firey Redheads Speak...

I am soooo convinced...redheads are firey!
They want what they want, when they want it, when they're done...they are done, no if, ands or buts.

After shooting only a few pictures yesterday of Adri in her new hat..I knew I was not welcome to shoot anymore when I got one of these....



No...your not seeing things...my otherwise cute as a button grandaughter threw me the bird. Can you believe it? :0)

These are a few more of the more...ahhhhh, sweeter ones...







Kody had a GREAT time at the dance.
Sadly though, one of the little 6th grade girls that was there tonight slipped on a quarter that was on the floor and broke her knee...pretty badly.
When Kolin and I pulled up to the pick up line, an ambulance came up behind us...hold cow, Kolin almost leaped out the car window fearing something happened to his brother.

But...we found our Bear, happy and waiting exactly where he was supposed to be.

Prayers for "Miss V", who was in alot of pain and real, real scared. We saw her being loaded into the ambulance..and it shook Bear up a bit.

Tomorrow Kody, Kolin, Alona and myself will be taking off for a day at Camp Boggy Creek. They are having their end of the year holiday/winterfeast party.
The kids will have a blast, as always...this is Alona's first year going..LOL..I can't wait to see her face when Shamu from Sea World gets there, or when she trys to eat her first ever galactic gobbler {those huge turkey legs you get from Disney}, or when she see's the rides, the games and all the junk food stands...it'll be so cool!

I'll definetly get pictures up over the weekend.

OK..I better run, the boys are watching Friday night wrestling..and I swear it sounds like they are doing some wrestling of their own.
Lil brats.

Oh...let me just tell you how super cool Kody's math teacher and tutor, Ms. Jones is.
Today Kody brought in his $5.00 to buy his dance ticket...but he was told they were all sold out.
He was so bummed because he was soooo souped to go to his first school dance.
When he came home he told me how he went to 5 different people including the school Principal and Asst. Principal and complained that every student should have a chance to go.
But...they told him "Sorry...but there just are no more tickets".
Welp, Ms. Jones typically comes over every Friday afternoon to tutor Kody. Today though, she called to check to see if Kody would be at the dance.
When I told her she could come on over becuase he wasn't able to get a ticket, she said to me "Does he want to go?" and I told her "Well..yes, he sure does but he was told no"
Right then and there you could hear in her voice..."Oh no they did NOT tell my boy no"
And with that she told me, "I'll meet him right in front of the building..you get him here and I will walk him right in and I'll stay the whole time to make sure he is fine."

And you know what? She sure did. :0)

We love Ms. Jones.....and you know, I always feel safe when Kody goes to school..because I know in my heart that he is going from one Mom...straight to another.
She really loves him alot. :0)

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Love, Kim

My Baby's Growing Up!!

Today, at 4 o'clock my baby, my Bear is going to his very first MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE!!!!!

Since when did that child get my permission to grow up?

OK..I had to share that because I've been holding it in thinking he'd maybe change his mind but as life goes, as the world changes...so does my boy.
Yes my friends, you heard it here first...not only is he accepting phone calls from girls, receiving love letters, going to dances, outgrowing his clothes faster then I can buy them, using deo., and developing the under the breath smart butt tone of voice tweens are sooooo known for, turning black belt, but last night while at the dinner table, I caught a glimpse of what I was praying was just a shadow or chocolate milk...turned out to be a....

a.....


a.....


A BUDDING MOUSTACHE!!!!!!

Why my baby? Why?





Why can't he just stay itty bitty, cute and silly like he used to be?
Ahhhhh well...the times they are a changin', huh?
At least I still have Kolin...and grandkids that I can send home at the end of the day....YAY for me!!

Have a wonderful day today!!!

Love, Kim

Sock Knockin' News...

And why I chugged something ice cold two days ago.

OK, so Tuesday was just another day...you know, kids to tend to, grandbabies to watch, errands to run, just another day.

Later on in the afternoon while Dad was busy cooking dinner....



And I was busy...



I mean...FOLDING LAUNDRY...yes, that's right I remember now, I was folding laundry, for sure...



And the kids were playing ouside, practicing their newest take down moves...



Kyle James and Meghan came home for just a little bit, in the small break Kyle James had inbetween his two jobs.
They said they wanted to talk to Dad and myself, and could we please make sure the kids stay outside for a few minutes.
Well...OK, sure but Adriana, our lil' knee bouncing, hair pulling booger grandbaby had to stay, for obvious reasons..she has to learn to walk first before we send her to karate class.

After a moment of silence, Kyle James and Meghan, holding hands, finally fessed up and broke the news...



They are getting married!!

And, if that wasn't just cool enough...they then told us that this summer they are bringing us home something else...



Yes..you heard that right. It's baby time in the "K" home again.

To which Dad put his mixing spoon down, looked at me, I looked at him and without skipping a beat he reached into the..



And grabbed me one of these....



And I chugged that bad boy like nobody's business.
Which, in turn made me all silly and strange because I am no drinker..and that one beer went straight to my head.
Lightweight.

And that, my friends, is just another typical day here in our home.

Hope your day is an exciting one too!!

Love, Kim

Winter Hat Tuesday

I really, really wanted to write "Winter Hat Wednesday"...then I remembered..I'm a day early.
It's all good though, because I'm usually late for just about everything.

Yesterday was a great day...the weather was woooooooweeeee....gorgeous!
KK..I so wish you were here but the 20th is coming girl, hang in there!
Anywho's, so gorgeous that I decided with a lil' help from Kody and Grampa to take Adri outside for yet another supermodel photo shoot.
Truth be told...she is getting way too keen with me, a little bit fresh and not real smiley...until we take her back inside.
Little booger.

So...these are just a few of about 60 or so. Thank goodness for the power of deletable digital. :0)



















This is what I get when she looks at her crazy Grammpa when he promises her he's taking her back inside to play...



Stinker!

Not to be outdone by his niece, two of Kolin who really didn't want to pose but for a Wendy's frostie...he gave in. :0)





He didn't complain much...well OK, he complained...but it didn't last long.

Tomorrow I have some "K" news that will knock your socks off.
While it nearly caused my socks to roll...it also caused me to reach into the fridge and pull out a....

Hmmmmm, I'll tell you all about that tomorrow, K?

Have a great one everyone!!

Love, Kim

Thinking about lives...

You know, last night I decided that I was too hard on my bil.
So...with that in mind...

I have my very last messge to ya Kev..

I realize that you had a rough life growing up and all. You were the middle child in a big family who didn't exactly have all things grand going for them.
That can do alot to ruin a self esteem.
The only time I saw you happy is when you were with "S". Too bad that never worked out.

For quite sometime you've been about as annoying as ear wax., which in the grand scheme of life, all things considered, isn't too bad at all.

As I sat around last night thinking things over, I had this thought..a brillant thought.
I could just picture you sitting there seething everyday, checking out your brothers family blog, jumping at anything to crap apon.
My thought was make amends, to apologize, to say sorry, to wish you well.

I know telling me my grandaughter looks retarded, that my son looks like a crackhead, that my daughter is a scanky whore and that my son with brain cancer is stupid and blind seems funny to you . Whatever. If you think your disrrupting my day...I have to be honest with ya...your not.
Everytime you decide to check in I think about your family visiting us and laughing when they talked of how miserable you are {I mean come on..how could I possibly know everything I know if it weren't for your family}, your Dad's letters he's sent here apologizing for his son's behaviour {dont believe me, I'll copy them and mail them to you}, I feel the need to...

1. Run to Starbucks for a frappachino
2. Shop for new shoes
3. Roll my eyes
4. Laugh
5. Do a good deed.
6. Get on with my day

Everytime you talk about your body parts I feel the need to..

1. Hurl
2. Dream of living in Italy
3. Lock myself in a closet and sort out my shirts by color
4. Go back to bed

Everytime you threaten my daughter I feel the need to..

1. Contact her asap so she can call the local police.

Everytime I see a new message from you I feel the need to..

1. Yawn
2. Do laundry
3. See what's on TV
4. Ride in the family mini van with the windows down and the radio up loud.

Everytime I feel you've wasted more energy on me I feel..

1. I am not worthy
2. Inclined to have an even better day
3. Warm and fuzzy all over.
4. Doing three more good deeds.

OK...so this is like my last message to you, although I know with being a middle child..you love the attention.
But with myself being the oldest child..I am always, like never at a lose for words, but get bored easily.
So...with that, I just want you to know from the bottom of my heart that I wish you well in life, I really hope things go super good for you.
I hope you win the lottery, be loved, be admired, be respected, become a grandparent, and above all..I hope at the end of each day you can go to bed knowing you've made a positive difference in someones life.

I will be thinking of you everyday and of course will alway include your happiness in my prayers.

May your Christmas be cheerful and 2008 be spent happy and above all healthy.

Cheers..

Kim

Christmas On Main Street

Last night was Leesburg's annual Christmas parade. This is like, I don't know...the 4th year we've gone.
One thing I do know is that every year it gets more crowded, more bigger and more better.
This year was no exception...the parade was 2 hours long...plus the before parade entertainment...very cool..very, very cool.

However....these two guys were pretty entertaining too...









They were almost as entertaining as the big tall "Toy Soldier" dude stilt guy...



In this town, folks take "Move your feet...Lose your seat" to heart and in the two minutes it took to shoot those pictures at the red wall...our seats got taken over.

So....we moved about 6 feet to the left and got some much, much better seating anyway...
Cuz, that's how we roll, ya know. :0)

The main reason really why we go to the parade is of course the wonderful floats, meeting people, and the choirs.

Nahhhhh......are you kiddding...you all know us, my main reason is funnel cake, Kody's is the cheerleaders/baton twirlers/gymnists/dancers and all teenaged Miss Leesburgs.
Kolin's is to throw a kick, anywhere at any time..he is not picky as long as he is kicking.
We also take him because he is a porfessional candy catcher..and that's darn important.



This is the curb where we ended up sitting. We also ended up with kettle corn...because, can you believe it..
THE FUNNEL CAKE MAN WAS MIA!!!!!!



FYI...I do not roll well with popcorn.
So now I have to like, wait for Marti Gras on Main Street in Febuary. Bummer.

So...here you can see how beautiful downtown Leesburg started filling up quick with more people then I could have imagined.
They were sitting and standing 5 deep.
We were in front..I do know a little about arriving early.





After, like I mentioned, a full two hours of marching bands, peppermints tossed at our heads, elbows bashing, cute lil' elementary school sized elves turning cartwheels, semi's dragging floats, firetrucks blasting sirens, monster trucks with wheels bigger then my mini van, and 1000's of santa hats boppin' by...we finally caught glimpse of old St. Nick himself, which of course, always signifies the end of the parade....



And I'll tell ya...not a minute too soon because I being the super genius I am, decided to chug a mega sized sweet tea before the parade and trust me....it wanted OUT!

Thanks for stopping by all!!

Till tomorrow..

~Kim~