IM HOME!!!

I'M HOME AND IT FEEL SO GOOD!!!! i can not even begin to express how happy i am to be home, i feel so much happier and i think i might even have that ahh I'm home glow all over :) well my busy 8 months being a nanny went to the next three months being even busier, this summer i will be taking care of three kids, planning me and Keller's wedding, spending time with friends, family and my fiance all while still trying to stay sane!! i can sense some stress coming over me even as I'm thinking about it!!! but i am so excited to see what God has in store for me and my future!! this is going to be a fun filled summer packed with new things and i cant wait!!!

Oh ya and I'm super excited about my date tonight with Keller!! were going to Boatworks :) its about time we had a date again!!

Lexi graduates!

YAY!! Lexi graduates perschool, im so proud of her, she di an awesome job all year and really showed off her singing at the graduation program! way to go Lexi :)

Happy Mothers day

Happy Mothers day!!

This post is all about my mom: she is awesome, strong, beautiful, loving, caring, compassionate, understanding, supportive, capable of anything, she is my hero, my role model, my support, my everything!! my mom is so great, she has taught me to be a women of God and i hope when i have kids i am half the mom she is, i could not ask for a better mom in all the world. she is always there even when you don't ask, she just knows, and that's why shes a great mom. she knows more about me then i probably do about myself. she is strong and has helped me be strong in any situation that comes my way. she is too good to be true and i don't tell her all this near enough so here it is mom!! You are all of those things and then more. Mom you are AWESOME!! i love you, happy mothers day!!
p.s. my dad is pretty awesome too, but that's only to come for a Happy Fathers day!

Tulip time

Oh how i love tulip time, its my favorite time of the year. all the tulips and tourists come out.for the parades and junk food, did someone say GIANT corn dog!! yummy :)

but dutch dancing is my all time favorite.  I  so enjoy it; it  was such a passion that not many people have. i can really say i am in my glory when i have my dutch costume on and I'm dance to the music. as good as all of this sounds, i did not get to partake in any of the fun, no junk food, no parades, no tulip and definitely no dancing. oh how my heart aches for the sounds of clomping shoes on the road. 

as sad as it was that i missed all the fun this year, i will not let that happen again. Watch out, next year i was be back and more into and anyone, ill be at the parades, eating junk food and oh boy you better believe ill be dancing!!!

i cant wait!! only 365 more days, its time to start the count down!!

a special thank to Jessica and Erica for letting me steal their pictures, even though i didn't ask :)

Swimming Lessons!

Today was the first day of swimming lessons for Kenny and Lexi! They both did a great job and i was one proud nanny!! Here are some pictures from the lesson.

and today was good!

Today was one of the best days I've had in quite sometime, besides the ever loving trip to Michigan. but I'm talking down here in Florida, and to top that were in the keys. so let me share with you my readers that made today ever so pleasant. it all started with an 8:15 wake up call to waffles, yum and still hot i might add. at first i thought I'm not ready to get up after wasting away my sleep and not going to bed till 4:27 am this morning, but i remembered i got to play tennis!! woo ya, i did quite well too. after an exciting 2 and a half hours of tennis i went home took a shower and there were no kids pounding on the door telling me they can see my butt. after that i got Lexi and Kenny ready and we headed out for a day in the sun. we enjoyed lunch by the pool, where we later played mermaids and dolphins. after a while we moved ourselves to the beach and "baked" very yummy mud cakes, mud cookies, mud muffins, mud bread, mud juice and any other thing that shouldn't be made of mud. as 3'o clock rolled around i was starting to except that my sun was coming to an end when i knew Kenny was more then ready for a nap. little did i know Kenny was about to make me so happy my cuddling up to me for 2 hours while i still enjoyed the sun. after my relaxing 2 hours we finally decided to head for home and have some dinner, both the kids ate great which always make me a happy....nanny. to finish our day we took a gold cart ride around fishing village, took a fun filled shower and watched "go Diago go:! when i was going to tell the kids its about time to go to bed i see both my angles sleeping soundly and without a peep i easily moved them both into bed and had pure joy. 8:18pm and there sleeping, and sleeping like sound angles! i guess its all in a days work. days like this make me ever so thankful i have come into Lexi and Kenny's lives and they make everyday better then the last.

you are my sunshine

Long day today, i say that every Saturday, Sunday and Monday but even Friday this week the kids didn't go to school today so more work for me. i was so fed up with fussing and complaining and temper tantrums today, i had surely had it by dinner time. so after dinner we went for a gold cart ride, stoped for ice cream and everything was magically better, funny how that works. we sang songs the whole way home about various things we saw, flowers, tree, people and the sun. while we were about to sing about the sun Lexi said this ones for you Chel. "you are my sunshine my only sunshine you make me happy when skis are gray you'll never know dear how much i love you please don't take my Chelsea away" i thought okay i can do this and when everything is sour its always the kids the give me a pick me up. so i guess thank goodness i have this job. in theory no matter how bad you think something is, it could be worse so be thankful for what you have!

the simple things in life

Ever since moving to Florida i have had a chance to experience the finer things in life, but after almost 8 month of being away from Keller and my family i know that I'm a simple girl. i love the simple things in life, id rather lay out at the beach then be at the "club" id rather have grilled chicken then a 4 course meal. i rather get a super awesome deal at a store and get more of it then just one thing. and id rather be at home then well here. this past week being at home just reminds me of how i don't need to live an extravagant life and that i really do really like the simple things. oh and i really cant wait to marry Keller in 130 days and have our perfect yet simple life together :)

Thankful

I have so much to be thankful for and i just haven't taken the time to stop and really be thankful for them, o here they are. I'm so thankful for a wonderful, loving, caring, HOT, smart, generous, creative fiance, he really is the best i couldn't ask for a better miss fit, i say miss fit because we are so sooo sooooo different were complete opposites and were perfect for each other! i love him oh so much :) oh course my family is has been so supportive while I've been in Florida dealing with loads or crap after load of crap!! My job which gives me loads of crap but at the end of the day when i tuck the kids in bed and they remind me its time to pray i know my working is being done!!

Also the message at church today made me think, were always wanting things to be better and we expect God to give them to us when we ask, but maybe God doesn't think were ready to have it or aren't deserving. "God always has a sweet in mind when he provides" but He need to be ready to provide. remember providing starts with an offering. you can take a look for yourself.
http://www.calvaryftl.org/AWMedia/LiveService.cfm

t-shirt necklace

I found this idea Megan Goossen has posted on facebook. i thought it would be a great way for Lexi to practice her cutting while making something cute, this is my first attempt but after doing it i realized you definitely need to use a longer shirt to get the affect posted online. here's our try.

http://www.wholeliving.com/article/t-shirt-necklace

its baby time!!

ITS BABY TIME!!!

For anyone other then myself, i am not ready to be a mother but i know others who are, i really enjoy the time of a baby life in the 1 week to 8 weeks range. if anyone i know would considering having a baby ASAP so i could spend ample time with he/she during the summer i would really love that. there just something about baby's especially when there not yours, for example: there smell, there soft skin, the way the sleep all the time and only for a few seconds and hen your done, your done just give them back.



p.s. i have already requested this from my sister Jessica and my friend Arielle but if there are an other takes I'm not opposed :)



p.s.s. on a nother note, my day sucked my first day off in 20 days and i worked 7.5 hours someone please tell me what is wrong with that picture!!

Easter Sunday, look at the fun we had!!

But let not forget the real meaning of Easter.

when N.E.G.I.T.I.V.E turns to P.O.S.I.T.I.V.E

After living in Florida for 6 full months and 15000 hours i was beginning to feel well down right pissed about my job, I'm tired!!! when i sick too bad, when I'm tired too bad, when I'm hungry too bad!! you can follow the pattern but after thinking about my attitude i have i realize its time for a change, i don't want the kids thinking it them i don't like. so I'm going to put my best foot forward and be the best role model i can for them! today was great, the kids slept in, we had lunch, we went to the beach and Kenny slept for 2.5 hours and Lexi played in a big hole we had dug, i will say today was bliss!!! heres some fun we've had the last couple days!!

push or pull

push, or pull, isn't that sort of the same, well depend on how you look at it, I'm looking at it like I'm pushing for something and pulling it in :) well i know that's not right but compromise is really not my thing, i know hard to believe. i only bring this up because me and Keller are discussing a new wedding date. i maybe am pushing a little but only because i know its the right decision, well in my eye. good thing I'm with Keller, hes more the brains of the relationship, he thinks everything through like an adult and I'm more of a doer, when i get an idea in my head that it that all i want. i know we will both come to a....compromise.....and do whats best for us. I LOVE YOU KELLER!!!

Sony Ericson!

on a hard day i at work i had to enjoy myself at the Sony Ericson's tennis tournament! it wasn't all bad, i got to see one of my favorite player win his match, spend time with Vicki, and i go a much needed break! Nadal is my favorite and he whooped his opponents butt, it was an awesome match, however i was slightly distracted by his rituals, before he serves he picks, his weggie, tucks his hair being his ears, bounces the ball for way to long. it much work because his serves were going to to 130 mps, maybe i should try it!! hes some pictures from an awesome match!

oh ya i forgot to mention the asked me to play!!

craft time

its 8:30 pm on a Tuesday night and me and my cousin Tiffany decide its a good time to craft so we zip down to Joanne fabrics and get material for a craft she knew about, an hour and a half later we got a cute finished project!

its really simple all you do is draw up your stencils in a variety of sizes, scrunch them up and sew together wish a button on top. these can be used as pin, to decorate a pot, a barrette or anything that comes to mind. have fun :)

when ive had enough...quit?

when i woke up this morning dreading the day ahead of me all i wanted to do way cry. as it turned out i spent a good part of the morning doing just that! it felt so good to cry, to get all my emotions out. but as it turned out too much emotion came out and i decided to want to quit. i feel like this is right for me to be here but there so much more i can do with myself. being a glorified babysitter is not what i had planned for myself, i have so much more talent and abilities so why waste it when I'm not even happy. i do so much for the kids and the family and i get little respect. its not fair to keep getting myself in a darker place then i am. if i was really meant to stay here there would be some sign of it getting better but in the last 6 months i have only grown to dislike my job more and more.

finding the perfect dress

i am struggling finding that perfect dress i walk down the isle in. of course i want to like sexy yet elegant on that special day. the fit and flare style is my favorite but there are so many to choose from, strapless, small straps, beading, sequins, lace, all that's jazz. all i want is something plane and simple wheres what I've found so far, tell me what you think.