We are so excited!!!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Our New Home!
Here is a peek at the house that we are moving into on July 15th! That is 14 days from now!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
House we are moving into in July
Driveway to backyard
Just beyond the driveway gate
Oh, boy, it's a jungle out here~
Pool area with hottub
House we are moving into on July 15th!
Front of House- sorry it is dark out.
Right side of house
Left side of house
Better view of front of house
Some more scenes from Alice
Here are some more scences from Alice.
Most of these are put on from the Acting division of PAC.
I wanted to give everyone a little taste of what was going on...
The Queen of hearts and playing cards
Kyler who was watching Alia
Cute little tea party girls
Mad Hare, Alice and the Mad Hatter
Most of these are put on from the Acting division of PAC.
I wanted to give everyone a little taste of what was going on...
The Queen of hearts and playing cards
Kyler who was watching Alia
Cute little tea party girls
Mad Hare, Alice and the Mad Hatter
Performing Arts Conservatory of Ocala presents ALICE
Mckenna dances at the Performing Art Conservatory of Ocala
It not only has dance, but also, Acting, guitar, flute, piano,
voice, tumbling and Ettiquite classes.
What was really fun about their recital is that the whole thing was done in production numbers
so that it includes ALL their classes not just the Dancing part of the studio.
It was a really fun Production. The girls and guys did great and the sets were amazing!
It truly took a lot of people to pull this Production number off and I am in awe of the talent
of the parents here!
I even got great compliments about Mckenna from 3 of her dance teachers. One of which used to
teach at Center Stage in Orem!
I love what Mckenna has learned here and we are hoping to find out soon if she made the
Competition Team. Good luck Mckenna and Great Job on your dance Numbers tonight!
Love ya, Little Angel!
wow- look at those legs
Her Jazz group- senior and jr.
look at those toes!
Pretty Ballerina
It not only has dance, but also, Acting, guitar, flute, piano,
voice, tumbling and Ettiquite classes.
What was really fun about their recital is that the whole thing was done in production numbers
so that it includes ALL their classes not just the Dancing part of the studio.
It was a really fun Production. The girls and guys did great and the sets were amazing!
It truly took a lot of people to pull this Production number off and I am in awe of the talent
of the parents here!
I even got great compliments about Mckenna from 3 of her dance teachers. One of which used to
teach at Center Stage in Orem!
I love what Mckenna has learned here and we are hoping to find out soon if she made the
Competition Team. Good luck Mckenna and Great Job on your dance Numbers tonight!
Love ya, Little Angel!
wow- look at those legs
Her Jazz group- senior and jr.
look at those toes!
Pretty Ballerina
Mckenna's Award Ceremony
Okay so I am a little late with this one, but I wanted to show you what an amazing last part of the year Mckenna had a school and also introduce you to two of her friends.
At Osceola Middle school, they have students in grades 6th through 8th. Mckenna is a 6th grader here.
In their BRAVO classes (sortof like a lifeskills class,) they teach 11 life values: each year they award 2 students from each Value with the prestigious award of a Golden Binder. This year Mckenna won (with one other student,) for Most adaptable. So this means that next school year for the first Semester she will be able to carry around a Golden Binder instead of the required blue binder for 7th graders and all the students will know she is special.
She also got a Honor Roll shout out and for those awards they give an Osceola "O". It is just like a letterman's jacket letter. Next year if she gets on the Honor roll, she will recieve a Silver bar and then the next year (her last at that school before High School,) if she gets on the Honor Roll she will get a gold bar all to put on her Letter...
She was so excited about me meeting her friends. I met Heather and Sam. Heather lives in the neighborhood that we wanted to move in but now will be moving into a different one away from Both Heather AND Sam.
Sam is probably the closest of the two friends. Mckenna has gone to an end of the year lake party/sleepover and then just hung out at Lake Weir at Sam's beach cottage for another the day.
All of Mckenna's friends here are blonde except for a 2 girls at Church- Maggie and Elle. The rest Blonde, which to me is very interesting. And do you think that Mckenna and Sam could be sisters? All the kids at school think they do!
Osceola Middle School Auditorium
being awarded the Golden Binder for Adaptability
Recieving the Osceola "O"
Mckenna and Sam
Mckenna and Heather
At Osceola Middle school, they have students in grades 6th through 8th. Mckenna is a 6th grader here.
In their BRAVO classes (sortof like a lifeskills class,) they teach 11 life values: each year they award 2 students from each Value with the prestigious award of a Golden Binder. This year Mckenna won (with one other student,) for Most adaptable. So this means that next school year for the first Semester she will be able to carry around a Golden Binder instead of the required blue binder for 7th graders and all the students will know she is special.
She also got a Honor Roll shout out and for those awards they give an Osceola "O". It is just like a letterman's jacket letter. Next year if she gets on the Honor roll, she will recieve a Silver bar and then the next year (her last at that school before High School,) if she gets on the Honor Roll she will get a gold bar all to put on her Letter...
She was so excited about me meeting her friends. I met Heather and Sam. Heather lives in the neighborhood that we wanted to move in but now will be moving into a different one away from Both Heather AND Sam.
Sam is probably the closest of the two friends. Mckenna has gone to an end of the year lake party/sleepover and then just hung out at Lake Weir at Sam's beach cottage for another the day.
All of Mckenna's friends here are blonde except for a 2 girls at Church- Maggie and Elle. The rest Blonde, which to me is very interesting. And do you think that Mckenna and Sam could be sisters? All the kids at school think they do!
Osceola Middle School Auditorium
being awarded the Golden Binder for Adaptability
Recieving the Osceola "O"
Mckenna and Sam
Mckenna and Heather
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
What our new couch will look like!
So, we bought our very first NEW couch! We had a Sofa Sleeper, but it decided to go kaput on us after our last visit from Sharon and Rich's family. But, I guess it is okay since I never liked the couch color anyway. We initially bought the sofa sleeper for the office in our Rainbow Home and then had to move it to our Canyon View home as our main couch!
We had a totally different couch picked out, we brough Devin with us for the final looksee and this is the couch he picked. When you sit down in it you literally sink into the cushions they are so SOFT!!
Too bad we can't get the rest of the matching furniture. Maybe some day.
(to see couch click on title link!)
We had a totally different couch picked out, we brough Devin with us for the final looksee and this is the couch he picked. When you sit down in it you literally sink into the cushions they are so SOFT!!
Too bad we can't get the rest of the matching furniture. Maybe some day.
(to see couch click on title link!)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Another house we looked at
So this is another house that we looked at today.
We don't love it as much as we did the Yellow house, but it does have a great pool, backyard, and masterbed room.
This house Matt was drawn to, but not after looking at it today.
The kitchen had water troubles so that they had to put in all new cabinets and flooring, i liked the old cabinets better and they are putting in formica counter tops, not such a great selling point!!
Saturday, May 16, 2009
love this home Pt.4
A messy view of the Master bedroom (definetly not as big as the house in S.C. But bathroom is really nice... The family room is really long, this is only half. The t.v. wall unit is covering french doors to the backyard!
Side yard and garage. Side yard to next door neighbors. We would be getting rid of the hedges in the front around palm trees and planting flowers instead.
So, now that you have seen the house- What do you think?
Love this home Pt.3
bedroom #4 or Kyler's room. These rooms really are a great size! And a View from the staircase landing...
Diningroom/office/formal living room- we would also use it as an office for Matt. A view from the doorway of the Master bedroom into the Kitchen and Breakfast room.
love this house pt. 2
bedroom #2. Kyler would like this to be his room, but it is huge so we would use it as a hangout spot for the kids. Mckenna's bathroom (or so she says.)
Boys bathroom and Devin's room (bedroom #3) It is a little smaller, but Devin has never hung out in his room!
A house that the kids and I love Part 1
So, the kids and I love this house!!! Matt doesn't like the yellow outside or the black and white tile. But we think it is cool because you can play human Checkers on it. It is wired with surround sound in the family room, the kitchen, and outside backyard! So cool...
front of the house and also the diningroom or office area
pool and view of backyard grassy area. Kenna's room (or so she says.)
front of the house and also the diningroom or office area
pool and view of backyard grassy area. Kenna's room (or so she says.)
Friday, March 27, 2009
What do you do on a Saturday?
Well, Saturday a few weeks ago Matt and I woke up and decided we just had to do something different with the day. So Matt thought and I thought and we both had been aching for the beach (well, okay Matt had been and a certain beach at that!) But, I also wasn't sure if a last minute plan to go to the Parentals would go over so well on their end but Matt encouraged me to call and I am so glad that we did! We had a blast!
Before heading off to N.Redington we decided to go catch a spring training game. We wanted to see the Redsox play, but Fort Myers is more south of my parents and so we decided to go see a Yankee's game (even though we are not fans,) but the great thing was that when we got there we found out that the Yankee's were playing the Atlanta Braves- now, I can easily watch them since we route for them all the time anyway (okay, just not when they play the Redsox which is hardly ever!) When we got to "Legend's Field" (oh crap, now they call it George M. Steinbrenner Field,) we were approached by a Scalper who wanted to sell us tickets in the nosebleed section for $20 a piece, but tickets are usually $17 so we said no we didn't have cash and went to the window. As we were talking to the Ticket Agent, Matt asks them about the rule about Scalpers and of course is told that it is illegal. Duh (to the scalper,) but I loved that he asked right in front of the Scalper while he was still trying to get us to buy his tickets... HAHA- Matt, The Warrior!
All there was left of the the tickets was standing room only so we took what we could get and headed up the stairs. After a while of walking around we started to wonder if maybe we should really have bought the scalped tickets cuz when they say "standing room only," they mean, you can walk around but don't lean on any of the railings, or you can hangout near the bar if you are buying but not anything else. We found the one rail you were allowed lean on and proceeded to watch the game.
A very sweet usher at the Expensive eating tables (season tickets in the high hundreds...) I guess took pity on us or was just really observant and told us that there was a counter/table that was unoccupied because the season ticket holders had moved and hadn't sold their table yet, so she asked if in the bottom of the 4th inning would we like to sit there? Of course we jumped at the chance and because Kathy was so sweet (the usher,) she actually let us down there at the top of the 4th! I thanked her since my poor little feet were starting to hurt, I was wearing comfortable heeled sandles which after 3 innings are not so comfortable (hey, I thought I was going to be sitting and wanted to be cute!)
The Braves ended up winning and they only played like 2 of their main players and all their minor league players and the Yankee's played a lot of their main players. But A-rod was not one of them! On the Braves roster Chipper Jones was once again on the injured list... Grrr. He seems to have injury after injury and they seem such small things. Is he afraid to just play like he used to? Come on Chip step up to the plate and give us a good game! It just wasn't that exciting of a game- I felt so let down. Even though the Braves won, all us fans are still wondering when, oh when, will the Braves be good again???!
Now, on to the fun and excitement of the Candy Kitchen, the beach, the pool, the grandparents & Mary and a bbq with the best view of all time!
First thing my kids always want to do when we head towards North Redington is to go to Madeira Beach and get icecream at the Candy Kitchen. When we lived in Utah we went to Florida every other year or yearly if we were lucky. The last time we went we stopped at this little teeny mom and pop shop in the middle of what seems like no-wheres-ville for the beach!
But oh, the candy, oh, the icecream and the desserts! (notice the signatures on the ceiling?) The candy is old fashioned soda shop candy, Pezz, Good and Plenty, Bit o' Honey, dip n stix, candy cigarettes, you name it they got it! But the best part is the icecream- all handmade by the owners (okay now a few dozen employees too,) and it is to die for! The cookie dough icecream is made with big dime-sized cookie dough and chocolate chip pieces that just melt in your mouth! (Mom! can you bring some to us when we all go to Aunt Melissa's tomorrow?)
My parents really do live in Heaven! I can not tell you how lovely their view is without you actually seeing it and experiencing it (don't worry, dad that is not an invitation to my friends for them to come hangout at your place!)
When Matt gets really stressed he dreams of sitting on the clubhouse veranda just reading or in the case of what usually happens talking to my dad for hours! The rest of us either swim, watch a little t.v. in the clubhouse, play games in the game room or sit at the tables and play skipbo (which we are usually defeated by the master himself- Kyler Brower!)
At the end of the day, we take everything back up to their condo and say good night and head home. I love the view when we are getting ready to head downstairs to our car because from the front of their condo is my favorite view of the Bay! It is just so peaceful and calming and closes the day with a "hey, we are glad you came, enjoy the ride and dream of coming again!" or so it seems to me!
Thanks Mom, Dad and Mary for letting us sporatically crash your pad and give us the love and peace that we crave!
Before heading off to N.Redington we decided to go catch a spring training game. We wanted to see the Redsox play, but Fort Myers is more south of my parents and so we decided to go see a Yankee's game (even though we are not fans,) but the great thing was that when we got there we found out that the Yankee's were playing the Atlanta Braves- now, I can easily watch them since we route for them all the time anyway (okay, just not when they play the Redsox which is hardly ever!) When we got to "Legend's Field" (oh crap, now they call it George M. Steinbrenner Field,) we were approached by a Scalper who wanted to sell us tickets in the nosebleed section for $20 a piece, but tickets are usually $17 so we said no we didn't have cash and went to the window. As we were talking to the Ticket Agent, Matt asks them about the rule about Scalpers and of course is told that it is illegal. Duh (to the scalper,) but I loved that he asked right in front of the Scalper while he was still trying to get us to buy his tickets... HAHA- Matt, The Warrior!
All there was left of the the tickets was standing room only so we took what we could get and headed up the stairs. After a while of walking around we started to wonder if maybe we should really have bought the scalped tickets cuz when they say "standing room only," they mean, you can walk around but don't lean on any of the railings, or you can hangout near the bar if you are buying but not anything else. We found the one rail you were allowed lean on and proceeded to watch the game.
A very sweet usher at the Expensive eating tables (season tickets in the high hundreds...) I guess took pity on us or was just really observant and told us that there was a counter/table that was unoccupied because the season ticket holders had moved and hadn't sold their table yet, so she asked if in the bottom of the 4th inning would we like to sit there? Of course we jumped at the chance and because Kathy was so sweet (the usher,) she actually let us down there at the top of the 4th! I thanked her since my poor little feet were starting to hurt, I was wearing comfortable heeled sandles which after 3 innings are not so comfortable (hey, I thought I was going to be sitting and wanted to be cute!)
The Braves ended up winning and they only played like 2 of their main players and all their minor league players and the Yankee's played a lot of their main players. But A-rod was not one of them! On the Braves roster Chipper Jones was once again on the injured list... Grrr. He seems to have injury after injury and they seem such small things. Is he afraid to just play like he used to? Come on Chip step up to the plate and give us a good game! It just wasn't that exciting of a game- I felt so let down. Even though the Braves won, all us fans are still wondering when, oh when, will the Braves be good again???!
Now, on to the fun and excitement of the Candy Kitchen, the beach, the pool, the grandparents & Mary and a bbq with the best view of all time!
First thing my kids always want to do when we head towards North Redington is to go to Madeira Beach and get icecream at the Candy Kitchen. When we lived in Utah we went to Florida every other year or yearly if we were lucky. The last time we went we stopped at this little teeny mom and pop shop in the middle of what seems like no-wheres-ville for the beach!
But oh, the candy, oh, the icecream and the desserts! (notice the signatures on the ceiling?) The candy is old fashioned soda shop candy, Pezz, Good and Plenty, Bit o' Honey, dip n stix, candy cigarettes, you name it they got it! But the best part is the icecream- all handmade by the owners (okay now a few dozen employees too,) and it is to die for! The cookie dough icecream is made with big dime-sized cookie dough and chocolate chip pieces that just melt in your mouth! (Mom! can you bring some to us when we all go to Aunt Melissa's tomorrow?)
My parents really do live in Heaven! I can not tell you how lovely their view is without you actually seeing it and experiencing it (don't worry, dad that is not an invitation to my friends for them to come hangout at your place!)
When Matt gets really stressed he dreams of sitting on the clubhouse veranda just reading or in the case of what usually happens talking to my dad for hours! The rest of us either swim, watch a little t.v. in the clubhouse, play games in the game room or sit at the tables and play skipbo (which we are usually defeated by the master himself- Kyler Brower!)
At the end of the day, we take everything back up to their condo and say good night and head home. I love the view when we are getting ready to head downstairs to our car because from the front of their condo is my favorite view of the Bay! It is just so peaceful and calming and closes the day with a "hey, we are glad you came, enjoy the ride and dream of coming again!" or so it seems to me!
Thanks Mom, Dad and Mary for letting us sporatically crash your pad and give us the love and peace that we crave!
Wednesday Night...
Wednesday night-
What most of us in the LDS church call youngwomen/youngmen's or Mutual is called by the following boys- "what can we do to get through activity night as fast as we can so we can go play some BASKET-BALLLLL...."
I love that Kyler has this night after 8:30 to hangout with friends and get some exercise at the same time, but, they tend to want to keep playing past 9 p.m. and that makes for a few cranky mother's to the boys who don't drive. I love that Bro. Roettger and Bro. Cox their leader's stay and play with them! I think that they love playing as much as the boys do and look forward to it also.
I say that the game hasn't really started unless Harrison (the one crawling on the ground- really he fell and that is how he landed,) has fallen. He is not a smoothest basketball player, but he has a great time, is really funny and just enjoys being with all the rest of the boys. He is also one of Kyler's closest friends here (he and the boy in the bottom picture, Nick,)
I think that Mckenna loves it too, because some of the girls stick around for a minute and so she has someone to talk too, besides her boring old mother...
What most of us in the LDS church call youngwomen/youngmen's or Mutual is called by the following boys- "what can we do to get through activity night as fast as we can so we can go play some BASKET-BALLLLL...."
I love that Kyler has this night after 8:30 to hangout with friends and get some exercise at the same time, but, they tend to want to keep playing past 9 p.m. and that makes for a few cranky mother's to the boys who don't drive. I love that Bro. Roettger and Bro. Cox their leader's stay and play with them! I think that they love playing as much as the boys do and look forward to it also.
I say that the game hasn't really started unless Harrison (the one crawling on the ground- really he fell and that is how he landed,) has fallen. He is not a smoothest basketball player, but he has a great time, is really funny and just enjoys being with all the rest of the boys. He is also one of Kyler's closest friends here (he and the boy in the bottom picture, Nick,
I think that Mckenna loves it too, because some of the girls stick around for a minute and so she has someone to talk too, besides her boring old mother...
If you would like to see the pictures up close just click and it will enlarge the print...
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