"You're So Vain"

O.k... so call me vain, but that picture below of the whole family is awful of me. The more I look at it the worse I think it looks, but I wanted to share it because we don't have that many pictures of all of us. I don't know why I look so fat. Is it the camera or the tank-top? I don't know, but I just wanted to make it clear that I don't really look that awful, at least not all the time. Here is a recent picture of me, taken before church, by Emily.

Halloween... Already???

O.k., for those new parents, let me give you a warning... Get your Halloween costumes early! I learned this lesson a couple of years ago when I waited until the week before Halloween and thought that I would be able to find something cute. NOT! I can't figure out what the rush is, but man do they sell out early, especially if your kindergartner wants to be the coolest costume around... HANNAH MONTANA! We went yesterday and the Hannah costumes were already picked over or sold out. Yes I do realize that there will be 100's of Hannah's but Emily is not yet at that age where she cares. She thinks the more Hannah's the better. We lucked out and found one that she likes and I couldn't wait to show everyone. So here is a preview. Haley is going to be Fancy Nancy (a character from little girls books).

What was hysterical about Emily was that she literally turned into a teenager when wearing the costume. She was saying things like... "That's not in fashion", "That's embarrassing", "Haley don't take my mic (as in microphone)." And of course it was all in a sassy tone. When Grandma called during the dance and singing session, Emily told her that it was her "singing lesson" and she has decided that Haley is her back up dancer. Haley plays right along and told Emily that she was "beautiful" in her Hannah costume. I do think she will be the most beautiful Hannah Montana around... just look at her!

The Buckeyes and My Birthday!

So today is my birthday, ugh... 33 years old... What a perfect day! The weather is gorgeous (but hot) and Buckeye football is on. My brother Alan and sister-in-law Gina came up for the weekend and we went to BW3 to watch the Buckeyes. Granted, it is not a big game or anything, but who cares. The girls were awesome, as of right now the Buckeyes are winning, and we are going out for sushi and a night out on the town later. Yeaaaaa! We have a sitter tonight.

Here's a few pics of our afternoon!

What Hurricane?

For Labor Day weekend we had big plans to go to Fritz's Dad's condo for the whole weekend and have lots of fun in the sand and the sun. When we got there on Saturday there was very little sun but we still got a couple hours of pool time in before the rain started. Sunday morning it was gloomy and windy and we thought for sure we would be heading home early and had plans to go to a kids museum instead. We promised Emily we would at least walk down to the beach and collect shells before we left. It turned out to be rather nice and a little bit of sun peeked through. We had good quality beach time and pool time before the rain again started. We had lunch at Gator's on the water and actually got a little sunburned. We decided to leave early anyways cause the girls were cranky and tired and we were expecting another long evening of rain.




I couldn't help but think as we were sitting on the beach about the huge hurricane that was right out in front of us and how lucky we were that we got to enjoy the beach as long as we did. It could be a lot worse.

What's Wrong with this Picture?

As previously mentioned, Emily is allowed to have an Ipod during rest time at school. Fritz went and bought her some headphones that would fit her head, so of course Haley had to have some too.

Nuff said!