Monday, October 31, 2011

5 years...

On Saturday, Kaz and I celebrated our 5th year anniversary! Our weekend didn't go as originally planned BUT it was absolutely perfect! Saturday morning we went to Rocktoberfest at Seacoast Church. It was very cold and windy but we still had a great time! Annie Rice got to see her cousin Rilee, looked at the all the animals in the petting zoo, and showed those big teeth to almost everyone she saw;) Everyone took naps when we got home and then that afternoon we walked around the mall, picked up some pizza, and watched the USC vs Tenn football game! Kaz asked if I wanted to go out somewhere nice for dinner that night and I said nope! My perfect night was doing exactly what we did...eating pizza and watching college football:) It was such a fun day and I'm so thankful for Kaz. I couldn't imagine my life without him and it's such a blessing to be married to him!

Annie Rice and Rilee










Thursday, October 27, 2011

a preview...

We had family pictures taken last week by my friend Jenny. She did an amazing job! I can't wait to see the rest...and sadly, these are my last pictures with long hair:( Sore subject....I was supposed to have only 2 inches cut off...It's more like 6:(

a pig and bat, the zoo, and a pet dragon....

I recently got to spend a few days with my good friends Liz and Todd. It was probably the craziest time we've had together...You would think we were both crazy if you saw us! I got to there house around 430pm. We had planned to take family pictures but had to take them quickly before the sun went down. I told Liz we needed to take them at the latest 615pm. So I get there at 430pm, Liz was trying to get ready, Charlie needed to be dressed, and Todd wasn't home yet. So I started getting Charlie ready, put Annie Rice in the pack n play with some toys, and took Charlie outside to take some individual shots while Todd and Liz got ready. Once everyone was ready, we got in the car to go to the spot where we were taking the pictures. Everyone's in the car but the keys are no where to be found...It's now 530pm. Todd looks, Liz looks, I look....550pm we finally found them in Liz's purse where she had already looked:) We get 5 minutes down the road and I ask if she has Charlie's jean jacket[he was going to wear it in the pictures]. We couldn't find it, so we turned around only to find it under my seat:) Oops....We barely get the pictures but they are GREAT:) Then the hard part comes...trying to decide where to eat dinner. I'm not a decision marker, neither is Liz....We finally decide on Zaxby's. The food comes out, and Todd realizes he didn't order for Charlie...so Charlie and Annie Rice split meals which was completely fine because she never eats even half of her meal. Leave Zaxby's, go home to get the kiddos to bed. I'm upstairs trying to get our monitor working...It wouldn't pick up the camera so I called Kaz who tried helping me for 30 minutes. He was googling what to do and then I suddenly realized that the power outlet wasn't working! I moved the plugin...Problem solved! CRAZY NIGHT from all of us! That's just to name a few:) After the kids went to bed, we watched How to tame your dragon. Very cute movie!

The next day, we met up with our friend Holly, who adopted sweet Ella Ray, and went to the zoo. It was so much fun! Annie Rice doesn't care much for the animals yet but she loved seeing the monkeys because they made so much noise! Liz talked me into feeding the birds, which I had already said I'm not even a bird liker....There was about 15 birds all over me. Climbing up my arm, my head, poor Annie Rice was shaking her head no because they were scaring her. Not a fan of birds!
It was a really really fun day:) 














After we got home, we put the kids in there halloween costumes for a few pictures...This first picture sums up our luck at that! Annie Rice is picking her nose while Charlie plays a dead bat! It's my favorite;)  It was definitely a challenge...We put a pumpkin behind them and it scared Annie Rice so bad she cried pretty much the whole time even when we took it away! BUT we did manage to get a few shots:) 






Even though we have crazy times together, I love every minute I get to spend with my special friend! Maybe I'll share soon how we became friends...It's a God thing for sure!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

candy corn and a little pig....

Well, I'm at my parents house for a couple of days while Kaz is in Colorado:( BUT we've had a great time so far, and Annie Rice is getting spoiled like crazy! She has worn her halloween costume so much that probably when I put it on her Thursday night for the Halloween Carnival at my mom's school, she won't even want to put it on:) We showed the family her costume at Sunday dinner and took a few pictures of Annie Rice and all the cousins...


Sunday night, we went to the fall festival at my parents church. I dressed her in her little candy corn dress that my cousin Brandi made for her. It is SO CUTE! Ignore my face in this picture...I was telling my mom to just get Annie in the picture:)


the famous duck face:)
We also dressed her in the pig costume to go see Mr. Billy and Mr. AP. They LOVED seeing her! She just wanted to get down and scoot...So I let her and she scooted into every room. The residents loved it! AND it was the funniest thing b/c you just saw a little pink tail sticking out of each door. Mr. Billy cried as we left...It breaks my heart. He's such a special special man. He said, "Where did you get her?"  I looked at him and he said "Heaven, right?" I just smiled and said, "Yes sir. She's heaven sent for sure!" 





Friday, October 21, 2011

last day in NYC, paparazzi, and celebrities....

Our last day was by far my favorite day! Again, no plans:) We decided just to walk around 5th Ave a little bit and then spend the majority of the day in Central Park. As we were walking to the park, I really had to go to the bathroom so we went in Trump Towers...As we were walking, Kaz said, "is that?" I knew immediately who it was and say YES! It was George Ross[Executive Vice President and Senior Counsel for Trump, also an advisor on the Apprentice!]. I SO BADLY wanted to talk to him...I even told Kaz we could just sit outside the restaraunt until he leaves, but Kaz wouldn't let me:( We were both pretty excited to see him because we LOVE the apprentice!
After our first celebrity sighting, we made our way to Central Park...We walked through the zoo, watched the sea lions play, and just enjoyed taking our time....We made our way over to my favorite part of the park, the mall. We sat for a good hour watching people walk by, and then we heard a lot of clapping behind us. We turned around and it appeared to be a lot of film equipment...We started walking that way and the closer we got, the more I saw they were filming a movie...I saw a couple men with cameras so I asked what was going on. One man said they were filming, Thanks for Sharing. I googled it and saw that Pink, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mark Ruffalo were in the movie. We sat for awhile out of the way just watching to see what would happen...and then I RECOGNIZED a few people that I had seen the day before...I recognized the PAPARAZZI! Within a matter of about 15 minutes, they went from being a group of 5 to 30! I was so excited....Moments later, a black SUV pulled up with Gwyneth Paltrow. Kaz and I split up so we could try and scout out the best place to watch...I even had people ask me if I was apart of the paparazzi. I should have fibbed because then I would have got a closer spot to watch:) We watched them film the movie for about 3 hours...We saw different scenes, outfits, etc. It was probably one of the neatest things I've ever done and made the perfect ending to our trip!
the paparazzi...

 Gwyneth Paltrow and Mark Ruffalo...



 pictures I found online from the paparazzi:)