Wednesday, June 22, 2011

10 Years Already

Last weekend, we were all in the Dorchester parade riding on the back of the Meyer Buildings truck.  Carter enjoyed throwing out candy to the kids, while Carlee enjoyed her Tootsie Roll ® Pop throughout the ride.  

We’ve been getting our share of rain lately..the garden and flowers are lovin’ it though!  I decided to weed the garden (a little here and there) this week because it’s the perfect timethey come out so much easier.  All I have to say is “Gardens are A LOT of work!” 

Tomorrow will be 10 years since Jay and I married.  I can’t believe how fast the time has gone and that we still enjoy each other’s company.  J  

Carter is almost through his 2nd week of summer school.   He’s taking a class called “Camp Read Smore” from 8-11 every day.  They have been spending their days outside at the Nature Center exploring insects and bugs and reading about living things around them.  Summer school isn’t what it used to be!  Now it’s cool to go!!  He only has one more week left.  No need to worry though, T-ball is starting next week, which goes through 'til the end of July so we won't be bored.  Tonight we had a parent's meeting and there are 125 kids in T-ball.  Crazy!!  Especially for such a small town....      

Not many pictures this week, but there’s a few to look at.  


Carlee hanging out with Carter and his dogs.

Carlee helping me take clothes off the line

Carter, LeeAnn, Avi, Carlee, Jay & Jeff
getting ready for the parade to start

Carter, LeeAnn, Avi, Carlee, Jay & me

Carter

Carlee

The girls playing in the puddle

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

BIRTHDAY pictures, videos and slideshows! OH MY!

On Friday, my little girl turned two!  Wow, how time flies!!  The birthday party was a little different this year.   We had a birthday party for Carlee along with Hanna and Emma, who turned three last week also.  It was kind of crazy, but we had fun.  Check out the pictures below.

Birthday girl having breakfast!

A few of my hummers

Carter and Carlee playing with Penny

Marissia and Penny

Carlee playing at the McDonald's playland.

Carlee getting ready to open a couple of gifts.

She loved her new scooter.

Now she has one to roll around, like big brother.

She wasn't quite sure of the flames on her cupcake while singing happy birthday.

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Carlee (for the first time)


I love chocolate cupcakes.

so do I......

Time for the party!

Marissia, Penny & Rhonda

Piper and Beeper, and David

Carlee thought Aunt Angie's necklace was pretty cool.

Our three birthday cakes for Carlee, Emma & Hanna

Video singing "Happy Birthday" to Carlee, Hanna & Emma.

Oh My!  What little girls we had here!
Piper, Hanna, Emma, Carlee & Penny

Carlee sittin' pretty.

Carlee jumpin' around on the couch.

Hanna and Emma opening up presents.

Carlee with her new Zhu Zhu pet.

Carlee lookin' at her new book.

Hanna with her new baby stroller.

Emma with her new baby stroller.

Jay and Carlee with a quite the container of cheeseballs.  Thanks, Dad!

Emma and Hanna with their container of cheeseballs.

Carlee trying to maneuver her way out with one of the baby strollers.

Hanna, Angie and Emma

Carlee and me

Carlee sitting in her new Dora flip-open sofa

The next morning.....
Opened the Tinkerbell comforter and both kids were pretty excited about it. 

Don't let her looks deceive you....lol

I thought this picture turned out cute as she's swinging.
Hair and dress all messed up!

My little two-year old.




Below is a slideshow of Carlee throughout the whole last year.  In order to view it, I believe you have to install the “plug in” for it, which it should prompt you for.  It’ll take only seconds and it’s safe.  When it opens up, click “Play All”. The slideshow is about 11 minutes long, so grab a snack and enjoy the show!  I had fun putting it all together.   She’s grown so much!    (You may need to copy and paste the link into your web browser.)



Look WhOo's Two!
ProShow Slideshow by bevholte
To view, just follow this link:
http://www.photodex.com/share/bevholte/bcam9mg4

You may need to copy and paste this link into your web browser.





If anyone is interested in seeing Carlee on Channel 9's WAOW’s birthdays, here it is!!




Thanks for taking the time to read and watch!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

About a week ago, I accidentally knocked over my body-length mirror, which has never been secured to a door or wall since we moved here.  (Surprised it didn’t happen sooner.)  Needless to say, it is no longer my mirror.  (Larry, I need you to take it to your dumpster, please!)  I can be a superstitious person, but jeez…...  My computer’s hard drive finally died on me…it’s been going for about a year now and it finally wouldn’t reboot at all.  Luckily, Robert was able to take care of it for me….all for a batch of chocolate chunk cookies.  Thanks, Robert!   Therefore, I meet Angie in Medford so she can take my computer and we decide to take a walk in the park.  I realized right away that my stroller wanted to go to the left, but really didn’t think much of it; half way through the walk, I take a closer look and see that a nut fell off of a bolt and it was pretty loose…barely hanging on.  Angie and I probably looked comical trying to take Velcro to wrap it around some other part to try and hold it together; at least it held up.  After the walk, we decided to go eat at Subway.  This part is kind of funny…..I told Angie I’d meet her there.  So I go by the County Market Plaza there and get Carlee out of the car and wait….and wait….and wait….no Angie.  I look up and realize Subway isn’t even there anymore!!  Oh man, I felt so stupid!  I recall Jay saying they moved to the south side of town, but I completely forgot.   Well, anyway, we are just finishing up eating at Subway, and Hanna is pointing to my ring.  I bring my hand closer to her so she can look and realize my diamond to my wedding ring had fallen out sometime that day.  What luck!  Later that week Carter gave me a scrap piece of plastic water line, which he found from Daddy’s plumbing project in the basement, and it’s shaped like a ring.  Oddly enough, it fits perfect!  It’s blue, but it was ever so thoughtful of him.  I even wore it to the grocery store today.  J    I had some trouble getting a few glitches worked out on the computer when I got it back, mostly from certain drivers not being installed, but overall it’s much better besides the annoyance of having to reinstall all my programs and applications that I’ve added to this computer.  Luckily, for about a year now (since I found out my hard drive was failing), I’ve backed up all my files onto my external drive…thanks Neal Rusy for recommending that!  The only part I’ve had no luck with is using my wireless router for my internet connection.  I don’t understand it enough, so I fixed the problem by moving my computer desk to the other side of the room, and now I’m hooked up directly with my Ethernet cable.  Not a fix, but it certainly was getting on my nerves and I just wanted to get back to ‘normal’, if there is such a thing.

Onto brighter news, my Carlee turns two years old on Friday!!  She’ll be on Channel 9’s Birthdays on Friday morning (I think birthdays are usually on anywhere from 6:45 – 6:55 am).   Saturday, we have her party (as well as Hanna & Emma’s 3rd birthday party) so I’m looking forward to seeing family and friends.  A little bummed that my dad won’t be able to make it….he’ll be stuck out on the road somewhere in Florida.  He won’t be able to get all of his drops off in time so he’ll be staying the weekend in sunny Florida.

So glad that this HOT HOT weather will be ending.  I like the summer, but I can’t handle this kind of heat.  77 would be perfect for me!

Carlee at her best

The new play area.  

Someone is a little too big for this pool now. 

Jay and Carter hanging out on the hammock.

Sam walked into the yard last night with this.  Can't get this kind at Fleet Farm!

Carlee playing near the pool.

Carter made his own water slide.  He put the hose at the top of his slide and slid down.  Pretty creative!  

Carlee and Carter with Izzy, our new cat.  Hope this one sticks around...it's been a good mouser so far.

My cutie pie!

Carter teaching Carlee how to go up the slide.  :-/

My dare devil...




Kids playing with the sprinkler on a hot day.