Aunt Krista and Uncle J's Wedding

Last year, thanks to Facebook, I was reunited with an old friend I had lost touch with over the years. Krista and I met in 1990 in middle school and were very very close friends for many years. Once reunited, it was like no time had ever passed. We were always that kind of friends
Krista and I actually knew each other before Patrick and I met.

This past weekend, we had the honor in sharing a very special day with Krista...her wedding day! She married an amazing man that has also become a very good friend, Jeremy.
Patrick was a groomsman and Sydney was the flower girl and Parker was her escort.

Here they are when we were getting them ready. Love these pictures. If they were only this sweet all the time.


Look how handsome.
Fake smile.

Making it down the aisle.So sweet.
Krista and I. What a beautiful bride...

My mom and I.

My handsome hubby and I.

A really cute video clip. I was keeping the kids busy as much as I could before the ceremony to ensure two happy kids during the ceremony. We were waiting for the bride to arrive at the church.

Car Show

One of PaPa's cars was chosen to be in the 8th Annual Concours d'Elegance in Winter Park. It is a pretty prestigious car show in Winter Park, FL.
We went out to show our support and also to spend a beautiful day in downtown Winter Park.

Here is Parker "driving PaPa's Corbette". That's how Parker says Corvette.



And here is Syd taking Parker for a ride.

Camping

This past weekend we went camping with our friends, the Lauvers: Kenny, Monique and their son Kristian. We went to Blue Springs. This was only our second camping trip with the kids. The last time we went with them was back in January of this year.
We had a great time! Good food and fun. We even got to see manatees.
It did get pretty cold(think when we woke up it was 49 degrees...brrrrr)that night. Parker woke up crying, "I'm told!!" Yes, "told" thats how he says cold.
We stuck him in between us for the rest of the night and he was fine.
Check back at the end of the month for all the November pictures in a slideshow.
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Just getting set up..

Time for smores...Parker preferred to eat all the ingredients seperately.

BRRRRRRR. Can't believe Patrick was wearing shorts and flops. You can't tell but Parker has double layers of PJS.

Gloves made it a little better....

Powdered donuts....a camping tradition.Coming back from seeing the manatees with Kenny and Daddy.

Bragging again....

Ok, so I know I brag a lot but remember this is the only record I have of what the kids are doing at any particular time. And seeing how I can barely remember what happened a couple days ago..Anyway, you know what I am saying.

So I knew that the kids could identify many letters but I never really had them go thru the whole alphabet.
Well, this weekend I got them alone(without the other one shouting out the answer OR distracting.) We used the letter magnets on our fridge and went letter by letter. The letters are all mixed up om there so we did them all out of order.

Parker was able to identify 19 of the 26 letters:
A B C D H I J L M N O P Q R S T U X Y

Sydney was able to identify 17 of the 26 letters:
A B C D I J K L M N O P Q R S T X

I can't believe it!!!!

Halloween 2009

This year for Halloween, Elmo made a another appearance but this year he was joined by his very good friend on Sesame Street, Abby Cadabby! I know it's silly to do the Elmo think again but last year he wore it because Mommy thought it was cute, this year he wore it because he wanted to be Elmo SO bad! By the end of the night we were all begging him to take off the costume because we wre so afraid he was headed for a heat stroke but he refused to take it off. Poor little guy was soooooo hot!

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Here is our beautiful fairy, Abby Cadabby.

Here are the two of them..couldnt get them to smile together.

Here they are with Nana.

And a picture with Chloe(aka Sleeping Beauty).

A quick video...

Smarty Kids

Here is some video of the kids showing off some of the stuff they know. Its hard to catch it on tape but here is some cute stuff.

Pumpkin Carving

This week we carved our pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns. The kids had so much fun. Daddy and Sydney were a team and Mommy and Parker were a team. They helped draw the faces for their jack-o-lanterns and then scooped out the seeds. At first, Sydney thought it was yucky but then she decided she loved it!! Parker on the other hand pretended to like it(I think we got him so excited about doing it that he thought he needed to like it).

Here she is getting the hang of it.

After we were done with the jack-o-lanterns, we baked pumpkin seeds and ate them. YUMMY!

Here are the finished jack-o-lanterns. Sydney's is on the left and Parker's is on the right.

Our refinished pool

I totally forgot to share pics of our refinished pool. The pictures don't show just how pretty blue it is. Check out our turtles. One for each of us and the kids will tell you which one is each of ours. Daddy's is at the bottom leading the way, then Mommy, then Parker, and Sydney is on the top step.

Aunt Brandi's Birthday

We went to Ocala to ce;ebrate with Aunt Brandi for her birthday. I won't say what birthday it was....but if you look at the cake you will get your answer. As always, good times.
Uncle Johnny's surprise for Aunt Brandi was a dunk tank where he told her she had to be dunked one time for each year! Parker wanted to go in the dunk tank too.

In the Gladiator Ring....it's on!

Grandma and Grandpa visit

Grandma and Grandpa Schmidt came to visit this past Saturday from New Port Richey. Uncle Joe Joe, Uncle Jimmy, Aunt Heather, and cousin Sadie came over too.
We had a great family dinner, a walk to the park, and the adults finished the night with some Wii fun!
Wish we took more pictures.
Grandpa dancing with Sydney.

Pumpkin Patch

This weekend we went to the Pumpkin Patch.
We met up with the Cushs and other Schmidts.
The pumpkin patch is actually a farm. The kids got to pet horses, goats, and bunnies. They got to bounce in a bounce house and swing on the tire swing shaped like a horse. We even enjoyed a picnic lunch. It was lots of fun.
We didn't buy a pumpkin here because they were way to pricey. I went to Aldi's afterward and picked up two for $3.29/piece.

Little Mommy

Sydney continues her "little mommy" ways.
She has started to help dress Parker. She likes to put his socks, shoes and jacket on for him.
When Parker fell down last week and skinned his knees, she said, "I brush you off Parker. You're all better now."
My mom told me today when she was laying the kids down for their nap, Sydney had to get her stool so that she could cover Parker up for his nap.

Sea World Spooktacular

So our Sea World passes continue to pay off.
We went to Sea World Spooktacular and had tons of fun. It doesn't count any more money and the kids get to Trick or Treat all over Sea World.


On this trip, we arrived early so we could eat Count Von Count, Elmo and some other Sesame Street characters.
If you remember, for the kids birthday present we took them to have Breakfast with Elmo. They enjoyed it then but boy did they enjoy it now. Nana came with us this time too.





My cutie-patootie





Realized after seeing this picture that Sydney needs a new Elmo shirt and some new shorts. Both are way too short!

Surprise got them both to look in the same pic.

He will not look at me when I take his picture!!!

Sydney and the Sea Princess.

Mady(Christina's little one) giving Sydney a hug.

Sydney couldn't wait to meet Abby Cadabby.

So we went to the Count's Spooktacular show. During the show, Elmo went backstage for a bit. Parker asked, "Where did Elmo go?" Then he answered his own question, "Elmo went to go peepee in the potty."

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

GiGi and Aunt Jan visit

Aunt Jan and GiGi came to visit us the week before the moved to North Carolina. They came and stayed overnight so we were able to share some extra time with them.
We are REALLY REALLY going to miss being able to hop in the car on a weekend and drive over for a day or night.
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GiGi reading bedtime stories.

Cuddle time with Aunt Jan.

Piggyback rides. Fun!