Purse Holder......tee hee hee!

I went over to my friend Laura's house and bought a purse holder from her. Laura and her family are getting ready to move to Kansas City and she didn't want to lug it with her so without hesitation I told her I would buy it. She said it even doubles as a coat holder. Wow, it's multi-functional....what a deal!
Honestly I am hoping that I don't end up using it as a purse or coat holder over time. I've decided that it's time to put a little effort foward and try to get in some sort of shape instead of round. I'm not in a hurry I just want to take it off one pound at a time and if it takes awhile then so be it! Happy weekend!

All of My Angels

Probabilities...............

Well here I am; mother, wife, and a college student. I don't consider myself old (uhhhhm....40) but I have realized that I have put off college way too long! Im still working on my associates and I always joke around that I will finish my Masters in Elementary Education right around the time that I can apply for social security...lol I believe an education is important and it's something that nobody can ever take away from you so it's never too late! I was sitting in statistics class last night and was overwhelmed after 6 weeks with all of the terminology.....Mean and Standard deviation of a discrete probability distribution...Huh????? I just love the title of my statistics book "Understandable Statistics"....Arrrrrrrgh!

Happy Chinese New Year 2008!

2008 is the the year of the rat! We celebrated Chinese New Year by heading to downtown Portsmouth to the Children's Museum. The Museum had a few local Chinese artisans that wrote the children's names in Chinese symbols. They also had several other areas set up so the children could make simple crafts such as a Chinese lanterns. Kaiden had a great time running around to all the exhibits and being able to touch and play with everything! Right before we left we watched the traditional Chinese Dragon Dance which frightened Kaiden at first with the loud sound of the drum but he enjoyed seeing the Dragon move throughout the museum. It's hard to believe that Kaiden has been with us for almost 9 months and it certainly feels like he has always been part of our family! We look forward to spending many years with Kaiden celebrating Chinese New Year!

Blizzard 2008.....uhhhhhh, I don't think so!

"Two to Four inches of snow expected Saturday evening". This was the quote coming from all the news media for at least 5 days prior to what was going to be the big blizzard 2008. I have to be honest and say that I was looking forward to seeing some snow (key word "some"). You have to understand that two to four inches of snow in this particular area of Virginia will close all businesses, schools, pretty much everything.......well with the exception of Wal-Mart. The local news played this up so much that all of the stores were running out of bread and milk because the population of Hampton Roads didn't want to be snowed into their homes overnight by the mass of frozen precipitation headed our way. I decided that I didn't want to caught out on the roads the next morning with any native Virginians since most deal with adverse weather by trying to outrun it.

The scene at the grocery store was almost like it was hurricane season when everybody was looking for a generator or a battery! I spent the same amount of time, if not more, in line at the grocery store as I did shopping. Later on that afternoon the snow started and it was beautiful.......a whole 30 minutes of it hitting the ground and melting instantly due to the earlier rainfall. At the time I was at my friend Laura's house and decided that I should head home......you know, just in case!!!! Later that evening as I headed off to bed I took another peek outside and noticed that there were very light flurries and thought to myself that most of snow will probably fall overnight. The next morning as soon as I woke up I went and peeked between the blinds........nothing! Well, maybe just barely a light, light dusting. I was dissappointed at first but I thought about it and I was thankful that I was able to capture a couple of photos of it snowing outside and Kaiden standing in it for the very first time!!!! ..........cup half full Kelly, not half empty. I've been trying to remind myself of that daily!

A Little Help With Laundry

Several Months ago Kaiden decided to pitch in and help us with some chores around the house. It was laundry day and he found it necessary to place our underwear on hangers. I couldn't help but to quickly grab the camera and catch him in action. I can't wait to show him this when he is older! Enjoy!!!

Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas 2007! It truly has been a special year for our family with the addition of Kaiden. It's been quite some time since I last posted and I have made a promise to myself that I need to do this to keep our family and friends posted on what is going on in our lives. I guess I have a little catching up to do! We had a quiet Christmas and New Year Holiday this year. I love the holidays but sometimes it's hard not being able to spend the holidays with family since we have been transplanted to Virginia due to the U.S. Navy. Now with Frank's retirement from the Navy and Kirstie, Shanna and Lindsay entering into their final years of high school we have chose to stay in Virginia.
We went to the local mall several times to see Santa this year. The first time didn't go over too well. Santa was in a hurry with many kids in line to sit on his lap and he grabbed Kaiden to put him on his lap and Kaiden screamed and it echoed througout the mall. I wish I had a device that monitored the decibels at the time. I was certain that he wouldn't want anything to do with Santa for a couple of years! The next week I had to run to the mall to pick up a gift and we went past Santa and Kaiden started to cry. I thought he was frightened at first but I was suprised when I realized he was screaming "See Santa"! There wasn't a line so we went over and Kaiden slowly approached Santa and he allowed Santa to pick him up and put Kaiden on his lap. Of course Santa couldn't understand a thing Kaiden was saying to him (we are working on his speech). Kaiden got a sucker from Santa and was so proud that he sat on Santa's lap.
Christmas morning everybody slept in until almost 8:30 am and Kaiden walked into the living room and his eyes opened wide looking at the lights and all of the presents. Kirstie, Shanna, Lindsay and Kaiden took turns opening gifts and the girls helped Kaiden put together his new Geo Train Track. It was nice having the day together as a family since the girls are older and rarely home between school, friends and work. It was a peaceful Christmas and New Year and I am praying we have the opportunity to see our family in 2008!