Converse

We are 53 and 46 years young and we still love our Converses.



Cuz that's how we roll, Baby. :0)

~*~Kim & Karlio~*~

PS. I'm the younger one. LOL!

If Dad Can't Come To Dinner...

Dinner will go to Dad. :0)



This was taken last week while Kody was away at camp.

Since Karlio starts his day at lunchtime and doesn't typically come home till we are all sleeping around here, dinnertime can be...well, lonely.
So, once a week or so, I pack up the dinner, the kiddo's and myself and we head out the two blocks to his job and sit down to a family dinner.

Yeppers, it's a little more work but it is worth every minute of that time. :0)

Today is house hunting, day 5. We have an appointment to see another one this morning...well, actually we have to leave in 5 minutes.
Looks like I better get on off of here and get the hell raisers in the car.

I'll be back on later.
Oh, oh, oh...I have a new hat pack going up this afternoon. I just have to snap a quick photo and post.
Here's a little preview/hint.

Five hats all in sizes NB-3 months on up to 12 months to 2 years.
Assorted sizes and styles, all unisex for the child photographer just starting out or for the photographer who just wants a few more kiddie hats at a great price that is affordable.

OK..got to run!!

TTYL!!!!!!!!!

Love, Kim

Sunflare Is Cool

It really is. :0)



So, yesterday I put gas in the car and then started to drive out of our local Mobil parking lot thinking I forgot something. Looked in the rearview. Yeah, I forgot to put the gas cap back on and there it was sitting on the little concrete ledge with the gas door thingy wide open. So, I stopped the car in the middle of the lot, got out, put my hand on my hip, put on my "I meant to do that cuz I am so cool" look, got the cap, tossed my hair, ran back to the car, slapped that baby back on, slammed the gas door thingy shut, and left fast. Looked in the rearview again and realized that the other peeps at the pumps were still staring at me. Some were laughing. Some looked puzzled. Some were shaking their heads.
And, to make this adventure of mine even more interesting. When Karlio reads this he will just be finding out too.
I am sure to hear all about sometime after midnight when he finally gets home.
Lord help me...I am gonna be woke up I can just feel it.
BTW...Karlio doesn't like to let me out alone much. Days like that are his reason why.

TTYL!!

~*~Kim~*~

Burgers, Hot Dogs, Are They Really Beach Food? Nahhhhh!

Packing up the hell raisers and heading out to the West Coast is most definitely one of this families favorite weekend things to do.
Not only do we pack up Kody and Kolin real early while they are still half asleep, {Most days they don't even know they have been "packed up" till we actually get there and they open those purty eyes and say "Ummmm...I was just in my bed, what happened?"}
we also pack up lunch, dinner, tons of drinks and all those inbetween snack things that boys and their Dad always seem to gotta have.

One of the best things about dinner on the beach is seeing what we can come up with next.
While all the other beach goers are carefully planning out what to put on their dogs, keeping the charcoal burning in the wind, swatting the seagulls away and chasing flying plastic hot dog bun bags we are typically hanging out, reading a book, setting our table and watching our dinner grill itself into perfection.
We get alot of stares.
I hope it is because we inspire.

If you happen to be on the same beach as us and want to find us, come on over and visit us on our little spot in the sand.
Don't be shy...you know you want to.

This is what you'll look for...

A strategically placed umbrella blocking the wind. {beaches are always windy at dinnertime...at least all the ones we have visited are}



Let's get a little bit of a closer look, shall we?



Dude? What is that? Could it be? Yeah...yeah, I think it is...



Well heck yeah it is..it's "Shish-Ka-Bobs on the grill!!"



Mmmmmm, that ain't yer parents beach day family dinner.



Now, while I don't have a formal recipe for you all to follow I can tell you this is what we do.

"Shish-Ka-Bobs" by the "K" Family

Buy the stuff {fresh and raw veggies and meat}.
Chop the stuff.
Impale the stuff on Ka-Bob skewers.
Grill the stuff.

Enjoy like only this kid can!!!



As you know, Kody came home from camp yesterday.
Family life is back to normal again.
The boys are wrestling every chance they get.
They argue alot.
Sometimes they make up and hug.
The phone rang every three minutes yesterday, no joke.
Every call was from a different girl.
Kolin's mad cuz he thought he was getting a brother back, instead he got a brother with a phone stuck to his head.
I'm over it.

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Love, Kim

Bear's Back Home!

And family life is complete again.



More later but right now I have a few hat ideas buzzin' around the brain that I want to try out while I have a few semi-peaceful minutes. :0)

TTYL!!!

Love, Kim

Hey...Guess What?

YIPPEE!



WAA-HOO!!



HOORAY!!!



WATCH THIS....



UPSIDE DOWN....



HEY....



EVERYONE.....



GUESS.......



WHAT?!?!?!?!



MY BROTHER IS COMING HOME TODAY!!!!!!!



And now I'm a little tired, but still very excited. :0)

Love, Kolin

A Successful Sunday, Oh Wait...It's Monday

Sunday, Monday...oh heck...whatever day it is.

Yesterday turned out to be a super successful day. The pool went up without a hitch, thanks to teamwork.
Teamwork = Karlio getting up earlier then everyone else and starting it on his own and me waking up whenever and bringing him coffee when his cup ran dry.
Now, even though on one of the pool set-up on-line reviews it was clearly written "Do not attempt to install pool with your spouse", our technique worked out quite well. That's teamwork I tell you.
Besides, I know my place in the world and it is far away from any of Karlio's tools, especially power tools of any kind.

We decided that because of the sugar sand here in Florida which acts much like a mild case of quicksand, we should put patio block under the pool legs, all 18 of them.
One quick trip to Wally World and one very thrifty husband who was in no way willing to spend $2.00 per block times 18, we went back home and put our long haired noggins together.

Now, since I am such a sentimental type Mama, I have kept every single piece of wood my two hell raisin' boys have busted in half with their fists, feet and knowing my Kolin, a head butt or two.
These small pieces of wood about 8x8 or maybe 10x10 inches made for perfect little platforms for under the pool legs.
My babies busted up boards will be forever embedded under the legs of our big blue and white swimming pool.
Go boys for breaking them!
Go me for saving them!
Go Dad for using them wisely!

We started running water around 3:30 PM and after watching Kolin painstakingly stand by that pool watching the water run in, we decided it was a good day to celebrate a good day by not cooking.
OK, I decided it. I don't remember much giving anyone else a choice. Hmmmm...

Anyway, off to Subway we went for a nice, wholesome, healthy dinner.

Mmmmm...I do love me some Subway.



We took our dinner to a small railroad park, sat at a table in the shade and chowed down on an incredible healthy yet totally satisfying sandwich made of all fresh veggies on 9 grain wheat bread.
Looks good, doesn't it? It was.



As much as I would like to say my cute carnivorous, sweaty, dirty, end of the day stinky son followed my healthy lead, the kid had his mind set on a meatball marinara on Italian bread, hold the cheese.



What can you do, he's a boy.

On the way home we had to stop off at the grocery store for a few, OK, more then a few things. Wait..it started out as one thing and we walked out with 15 things, or so, I think.

One of those needed things were these...



Remember those waxy, sugar juice filled soda bottle of way back when even I was a kid?
Fun to drink, fun to chew, even funner to photograph...



That is some kickin' depth of field, wouldn't you agree?

After that we were kind of tired after our day and so we settled down and watched a movie or two until the three of us finally gave in to falling eyelids and went to bed.

Tomorrow morning at exactly 9:30 AM we will be at Camp Boggy Creek's front gate to pick up the Bear who we missed terribly.
And even though Kolin says he is totally diggin' the excessive spoiling he's been getting from the both of us and wishes his brother could stay another week, deep down in his little wild man heart, I know he wants his brother back badly so he has someone brave enough to jump in that pool full of FREEZING water with him.
Yeah, it's be two more weeks till I am brave enough to get in there....for sure!! LOL!

Have a great day everyone and thanks for the salt filtration system advice. :0)

Love, Kim