Happy Memorial Day

Tomaters Of The Cherry Variety

Vinny, my man, my main man, my hunka burnin' luv, grower of all things eatable.
He grew this and many more just like them...



Me, Isabella Sophia, Vinny's Woman, Killer of all things plantable.
I am not allowed in any way shape of form to touch these. Photograph them under his supervision, yes, but mess with them and he'll mess with me.

Vinny don't like nobody messin' with his stuff.

"This is the life I have chosen....This is the life I have chosen....This is the life I have chosen."
~*~Mafia Wives Chant~*~

TTYL!!

Have a great day everyone.

War Heads Pops

Here's the scenario...

Dad a/k/a Karlio a/k/a {what I call him} Vinny "The Body" Provolone goes out to the store to pick up some coffee creamer.
Because he and I share the same fondness for practical jokes on our beloved kidlets, he comes home with, hazelnut creamer, Capt. Crunch cereal, green olives, passion fruit shampoo and conditioner, Irish Spring man soap and oh yea...
War Heads Extremely Sour Ice Pops.

When the kidlets came home from a long day at school, studying, learning and playing outside in the extremely humid Florida sunshine, we sat them down outside and handed out some ice pops.
What a great Dad, huh?
HA!

This is what happens when you give one unsuspecting son Kolin, a/k/a Victor "The Sandman" Provolone a very sour treat, when he was expecting a very sweet treat...



LOL!!!

Have a great day everyone!!

PS. More on the Provolone family coming soon, well an explanation anyway. :0)

RIP Slipknot #2

Sad day for Slipknot Maggots everywhere, including these two...



*taken this morning before we left for school*

Rest in Peace Paul Gray...Maggots 4-Life :0(

TTYL!!!

Football Camp

This morning we all woke up fairly early, got ready and were out the door quick.
It's Saturday? Why? Why? Why?

Well, because Kolin has decided he wants to play football this year and he wants to play bad. He has been eating, living and breathing it for quite some time now, so when the boys decided they needed a break from 4 1/2 years of constant martial arts training, I told them it would be OK...but....they weren't going to become couch taters.

No worries, Kolin loves football and Kody is all about weight lifting/body building.

Anyway, there we were on the field before 10 AM and already it was HOT {90 degrees or more} out in that direct sun.

We made it though and Kolin, of course, rocked it. :0)

The coaches were very impressed by his speed, stamina and respectfulness. They can't wait to have him on a team.

Here's a few snaps from today.











Come August, Kolin will be on a Pop Warner traveling football team and out lives will once again get busy...busy..BUSY.
But, hey...we wouldn't ever want it any other way. To us it means things are running great and the kids are healthy. :0)

Have a great day everyone!!

R.E.A.C.H Times Two

Here we go, can you stand it?

Another REACH {Remarkable Effort, Achievement and Commitment To New Heights} Award in our family, this time it's all on Kolin...



Basically this means we have two students of the year in our house, one in 8th grade and one in 6th!!



Can I hear a "WOOT-WOOT" for the awesome brothers? WOOT-WOOT!!!!! :0)

Also, another fyi...this is the first time two siblings have gotten the same prestigous award in the same year.

Another FYI...

Kaysha passed her state test with flying colors, totally freakin' rocked it!!!!!

WOOT-WOOT-WOOT!!!!!!!!

Gawd, I love those hell raisers of mine.

Have a great day everyone. TGIF!!!!

6 Kids And Quitting

I've been asked quite a few times recently "Hey, what about the other kids? What's going on with the rest of your crazy family?"

Well, cuz I love you all and cuz you all hung out with me during the whole Kim/Karlio/marraige/AA update recently, today I am going to give you the mother of all updates from the mother of all the peeps who need updating on.

Go pee, grab a drink, sit back and enjoy...but please remember it's all about keeping it real here, so don't be offended by anything I say.
We love you's, you's loves us. We're all family. We're just not your typical average blend in with the Jones' type family.
We have issues and we're cool with that.
We're also insanely lovable and we're cool with that too.

This is me, I'm Kim or as I'm known around here, "Isabella" or "Izzy" and on most days "Dizzy" or "Dizzy Izzy". This picture reflects me needing to touch up those roots...BAD!



This is my pyscho husband, Karl, or as you all know him, "Karlio" or as I call him, "Vinny". {hey, we are married and it's all about the role playing you know}. You can't see much of him, I don't get to see much of him either, Vinny works a lot.



Vinny doesn't like to be messed with. You mess with Vinny, you swim with the fishes. {role playing is so much fun, hehe}

Together we have six crazy, insane, over the top but fun to be around kids.

First we have Karyelle, or as we have always called her, "KK".
KK lives in NY, has a great career, is completely independent and vacations three times a year. We get to see her two out of those three.
She loves Kody the most. It's OK, the others have their faves too.

Second is Kayara.
Kayara married Travis and had Alona who will be 8 in June.
Then they got divorced and she met Arthur. They had Adriana who will be 3 in August and now they all live happily in South Florida.
I MISS MY GRAND BABIES!!!! Just sayin'....
FYI, Kolin is her fave.

Third we have Kyle James a/k/a Vinny Jr. God only knows this kid will need a blog entry all to himself but to make it short and sweet and in keeping it all real, let's just say this...

A few years ago Kyle got off drugs by landing himself in jail. When he got out he met Meghan. Meghan and Kyle had themselves a big Gothic wedding and not long after that he violated his probation and ultimately went left us for a five year vacation in prison leaving behind a pregnant wife. Just when things couldn't get any more worse, Damian James was born listing Kyle as the baby's Daddy. DNA tested proved Damian is not his son. Till this day Damian's birth certificate still lists him as the father. V Man and I have POA for Kyle and are getting that fiasco straightened out.
During this time, Kyle rekindled an old friendship with Beverly whom I consider my daughter and together they fell in love and she is perfectly happy to wait till 2013 for him. He btw is divorcing Meghan.
Since this is the short and sweet version, I'll give Kyle his claim to fame when on another day soon I'll give him the blog for the day.
I love that boy with all my heart, I just don't love what he's done with his life thus far. I know he will grow up one day, sadly he had to do most of his growing up behind razor wire.
But that's life and nobody has ever said life is fair.

Our fourth as you all know is Kaysha a/k/a Catalina.



Contrary to stupid idiotic rumors claiming she wears scrubs Halloween costumes, she really is practicing for her CNA license and tomorrow morning at 9 AM will be taking her State test. After that she is on to get her MA license. Who knows what the world will bring for her, but I do know after a rough start, only good things await that girl. Her sassiness gets her pretty much anything she wants and works for.

Our fifth kidlet, Kody a/k/a Vito.



As you know he is awesome, beautiful and a survivor. He loves school, his teachers, his friends and is now interested in pursuing community service to help, if he can, change the life of others less fortunate.
There will be more coming on that soon, I promise. :0)

Lastly we have Kolin a/k/a Victor.



Adorable, devious, funny and smart. You know how everyone says you save the best for last? In our case, I really believe I did. That boy just knows how to make me laugh, not just laugh but really from the gut laugh.
I have some awesome news about Kolin to share, but much like Kody yesterday...Kolin get's his time tomorrow.

I hope that's answered a few questions and tidied up some loose ends.

Have a beautiful day everyone and thanks for hanging with me through the craziness, the realness, the everything...YOU ROCK!!