DylKat

Take Two….

2011-01-01T14:04:00.001-05:00

Quite the blogging hiatus?!? How does a year fly by that quickly? Time seems to move faster once you have kids and of course once you get older. I have continued to read blogs on almost a daily basis, I just didn't have the urge to write. Well, in all honesty, the urge came on here and there but after taking such a long break sometimes you just don't know where to start. After a full year of of not blogging, maybe I should start with a mini "2010 year in review". (oh, and most of these will be picture-less because one of the "lo's" this year was having our house broken into and my laptop was stolen with all of my thousands of pictures on it. I hadn't backed anything up in over a year:( ...ugh)

~My sweet boy celebrated his 9th Birthday!!~

~Lots of fun Basketball practices & games....~

~Sweet Sassy started gymnastics~

~A great summer with a fun-filled family cruise with my family. Cruises are so much fun with a big group~

~Lots of time spent with my husband on business trips in South Carolina~

~We knew we would be relocating there so it was fun to get to

know our new city:)~

~I turned 35!!! How did that happen? It's almost

as hard as believing my baby is now 9!!!~

~Dylan started the 4th grade...(what?! 2 more years until

middle school?!)~

~Jon turned 38:)~

~Sassy turned 4.....I LOVE this age!~

~....she also started preschool!~

~A fun Halloween with Sassy as Tinkerbell and

Dylan as Vince Carter~

~A Grateful and Thankful Thanksgiving with

lots of family~

~A new nephew, Ryan....we are so in love:)~

~One of the sweetest Preschool Christmas

programs ever~

~Our big move to our new city....

and a week later, Christmas~

2010 had lots of "ups" and lots of "downs". We are hoping that 2011 will bring joy, love, health, happiness and prosperity to all!!

It started to snow on Christmas day here (from what we hear it hasn’t snowed on Christmas in about 50 years).

Dylan has only seen snow once when he was 2 and Sassy never has….what a treat this was!

Can you tell we are from Florida? Our snow gear consisted of beach buckets and shovels:)

She was so proud of her “snow castle”

A few pics from our New Years Eve at the park. I haven’t had a camera in a few months now so during the move, I decided that my old camera

(bought in 2001 and boy, have digital cameras come a long way!) was better than no camera at all.

Happy New Year

2010-01-01T13:42:00.001-05:00

I love starting off New Year’s morning feeling excited and happy! I feel so great about all things I know 2010 has to offer. 2009 definitely had it’s trying times but it also had more than I could have hoped for happy times. We had a nice New Year’s Eve at home this year and I LOVED IT!!!

I saw this poem the other day and it really reflected a mantra that I would love to follow…

Letting Go

To "let go" does not mean to stop caring, it means I can't do it for someone else.

To "let go" is not to cut myself off; it's the realization I can't control another.

To "let go" is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.

To "let go" is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.

To "let go" is not to try to change or blame another; it's to make the most of myself.

To "let go" is not to care for, but to care about.

To "let go" is not to fix, but to be supportive.

To "let go" is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To "let go" is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.

To "let go" is not to be protective; it's to permit another to face reality.

To "let go" is not to deny, but to accept.

To "let go" is not to nag, scold or argue, but instead to search out my own shortcomings and correct them.

To "let go" is not to adjust everything to my desires but to take each day as it comes, and cherish myself in it.

To "let go" is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

To "let go" is to fear less and love more.

Author Unknown

Wordless Wednesday

2009-12-09T23:59:00.000-05:00

Thought I would jump on the “WW” bandwagon this week.

Congratulations Ryan and Kim!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Sweet Sassy

2009-11-08T22:17:00.004-05:00

I can't believe my sweet little girl is 3 years old now!! Her birthday was October 4th and I am just getting around to writing about it now. Mimi and Papa were kind enough to let us have the party at their house AND to make Kaitlyn the most beautiful birthday cake EVER!! She had so much fun at her Princess Party...I think we all did:)

The Birthday Girl!!!

Sassy and Aunt Stef look pretty deep in conversation. I'm thinking Kaitlyn's asking her to hook her up with some of those m&m's she sees on the other end of the table:)

This is towards the end of the party and it was HOT that day!

Look how wet her hair is from sweat in this picture!!

I think we all were ready to go for a swim at this point...look at our faces...SWEATY!!!

Happy Birthday sweet baby girl! I t seems like just yesterday when they put you in my arms for the first time.

We love you "more than God can count"!!!! XOXO

Happy Halloween

2009-11-04T12:42:00.004-05:00

Having kids is definitely making Halloween one of my favorite holidays! The build up to Halloween is amazing for them and their anticipation for THAT night is amazing!! I love that Halloween isn't just a night of Trick-or-Treating though. There has been a couple of Halloween parties and a little parade....we had so much fun last week!!

Kaitlyn at Dylan's parade

Parade pictures were so hard to get! My camera does not do well with action shots and with 960 kids in his school that was a fast moving parade!! I did manage to get a pic of his class posing together but it feels weird putting pics of other kids (that I don't know well) on my blog.

Kaitlyn at our Mommy and Me Halloween party

All Dressed Up!!

At our neighbor's Halloween party

Getting ready to Trick-or-Treating with the neighborhood kids.

On This Day...

2009-10-22T11:39:00.004-04:00

On this day, 11 years ago, I married my best friend. Ok, maybe not this actual day since I am a bit of lazy blogger. October 17th marked 11 years since I had married my best friend. I love you, Jon and I am so grateful for you.

Love At First Site

2009-10-14T10:17:00.006-04:00

I have read many times in blogland about this fabulous store called Francesca's. Of course it always seems like those fabulous stores are never in YOUR city. Weeeelll, on a little day trip to a city about an hour away from mine, I spotted it! After finishing our lunch and walking around a really great outdoor mall, I stopped in my tracks as I looked across the parking lot and saw the sign for Francesca's. It was just as great as I have read and lived up to the expectations that I had. It is a pretty small store but they have fab dresses at really great prices! I was looking forward to putting my purchases on here but I just finished perusing their website I realized that none of the items I purchased on on there. I can't wait to go back!!!

Fallin' For Fall

2009-10-12T22:28:00.004-04:00

I usually love everything about fall but right now it is a little hard to get in the fall spirit with the crazy heat wave we are having! I have had my Halloween decorations up since the 1st of October to try and help the "fall feeling" but let me tell you...going for a walk a 7:30 in the evening and feeling like you need a shower afterwards does not make it feel like fall. Hopefully these record high temps will fade soon.

Of course this is not my house, lol, but I have always loved Pottery Barn's front door scapes. They are so festive and just so perfect!

Ahhhh, so beautiful!

A trip to Jax

2009-09-25T10:39:00.004-04:00

Last weekend we enjoyed a little getaway to Jacksonville. Like our other trips since Kaitlyn was born, the boys headed to the game and Kaitlyn and I enjoyed a little shopping. We went to the St. John's Town Center for the first time and it was fabulous. I may have even texted Jon during the game to suggest we move to Jacksonville!! We headed to the beach as it was getting dark and the kids had so much fun just running around and watching the dogs play in the water. It may have been a short trip but sometimes that's all we need to feel refreshed:)

Where does the time go??

2009-09-14T09:47:00.004-04:00

I have been asking myself this question alot lately! It seems like school just got out for summer and here we are, starting our fourth week in to the new year already!! It seems like the days fly by so quickly with all of the routine things, every time I turn around I think Dylan and Kaitlyn look they have grown a foot and their personalities are, of course, ALWAYS changing!! I find myself saying this all the time "Where did you hear that?". Because they both will pop up with the most hilarious comment or saying!! Here are a few pics from the last couple of weeks.

Kaitlyn at a birthday party at the splash park.

I put this picture in here because I took it last week and when I downloaded it, I was amazed at how much she looks like me in the face when I was that age. This made me sooo happy because I hear ALL THE TIME how much my kids look like their Daddy! I'm happy they look like him because of course I think he's handsome but come on, don't we all want to see just a little of ourselves in our children?!

Happy "3?" Birthday, Jon!! Love you!!

Remember Dylan picked out your candles, not me!

Happy "3?" Birthday to me:)

I had the best time at dinner on my b-day with some of my favorite people. Fondue...YUMMY:)

Last, and certainly not least, Dylan on the first day of school!!

3rd grade!!!! I can't believe it!!!!! He started guitar lessons a week ago and says that he "loves" it!! I'm so proud of him!

End of Summer Blues

2009-08-23T11:36:00.005-04:00

I feel like I get the end of summer blues more than the kids do...well, actually just Dylan since he is the only one going back to school.

Our short beach vacay last week...

Let's bury Dylan in the sand and then

step on him to be sure he's really in there good!!

Just a little more sand...

Dylan contemplating how he will get out of this one:)

We have it on video. It took a little over 2 minutes for him

to break out of this!

Checking out a shark at the Marine Science Center.

Sipping drinks poolside!!

My baby girl!

Back at home...playing in the backyard

Congrats on an AWESOME basketball season, Dylan!!!

A little train ride at one of their favorite places:)

Love this pic of Sassy just watching her brother

during his swimming lessons!

Today is officially the last day of summer vacation...school starts tomorrow!!

Summer Lovin'

2009-08-12T20:08:00.006-04:00

I love watching kids be kids!! Playtime, swimming, ice cream (from the ice cream truck) and all of the fun that summer brings. It will be coming to an end in a week and a half and I will really be sad.

A recent trip to mini golf with Dylan's fave cousin Greg

Lots of days at the pool having fun and taking a few lessons

That little head poking out of the water would be Dylan during his swim lessons. It was hard to get any good shots of him because Kaitlyn was not wanting to get out of the poll for two seconds so this is literally the only pic I got.

Blizzard Beach

2009-07-30T09:39:00.006-04:00

We took Dylan and Kaitlyn to Blizzard Beach last week.....and they LOVED it!!! I knew Dylan would because he had been there before but it was Kaitlyn's first time and she is just 2. That little girl could have floated in the lazy river all day:) I so wish I had pictures of everything we went on but it's not really practical to carry a camera around at a water park. This was Kaitlyn's favorite ride there...the family ride. She giggled so hard the entire time!

I think Dylan loved everything!! He had so much fun! These are two things that I love watching him do...the t-bar ride and the ice-berg walking.

I am really kicking myself for not getting season passes before we left...it was such a good deal for FL residents.

When we were leaving, I did manage to finally dig my camera out of my bag to get a couple of shots.

Dinner Adventures

2009-07-24T20:51:00.006-04:00

Why do they have a person who makes balloons at restaurants now? I get that it is to entertain the kids but it is just another expense that is either forgotten about 10 minutes after we leave the restaurant or is popped in the car on the way home. I guess maybe it's the new thing or maybe it is just where I live...I do live in a pretty "touristy" city! Although I may be ranting about it they are indeed usually pretty cool looking and go way above and beyond what I would ever guess you could make out of balloons. This little girl sitting a few booths away form us the other day had a castle on her head!! A couple of weeks ago Kaitlyn had a crown made for her that was so big she kept bopping me in the head with so I had to have her take it off. There is one particular restaurant here that has this guy that is pretty amazing. First off he is so personable, very nice and not pushy. I even got his business card and am thinking about using him at Kaitlyn's birthday party. Here is a couple of pics from our latest balloon/dinner adventure. Kaitlyn's is a princess and Dylan's is a tiger. Also, how on earth did my Mom get 4 of us to smile for a picture when I was little??? I am now realizing that with only 2 kids it is not that easy!

Lazy Summer Days

2009-07-20T17:38:00.003-04:00

Last week was such a relaxing week. Jon was out of town again. I am completely used to this, but of course with both kids home during the summer, the days can get a little long. Since Kaitlyn is only 2 she is easily amused with just about anything. A trip to Target is exciting for her and forget about the mall....I think I may have just figured out who my lifetime shopping partner is (as if I didn't already know that from the day I found out I was having a girl)! As for Mr. Dylan, he went to a tumbling camp last Tuesday through today. I think he was a little reluctant at first but after finding out how much fun he would have and of course meeting new friends (how come kids can do this so easily?) he has really enjoyed it and has asked if he could go everyday for the rest of the summer. He was so excited that they taught him how to do a front flip on the trampoline without using his hands. We have had a trampoline in our backyard for about 2 years now and he still does front flips like little kids when they first learn a somersault. I can't wait to see what else he learns:) So Kaitlyn and I spent last week playing around the house and running errands. I love the age she is at. The sayings that they have at this age are hilarious! My favorite thing she does lately is when she sings the "don't give up" song from Yo Gabba Gabba...too cute!

Sassy & Daddy at Scott's 40th...Happy Birthday Uncle Scooter:)

Kaitlyn in all her princess glory!!! She kept calling her "my friend". This pic was taken about 6 weeks ago and we have been back to this place since then and when she saw them for the second time she said "oh, it's my friends again!"

A few recent pics...

2009-07-11T14:55:00.012-04:00

Dylan and a little science project he did for school...he got a 115% on it:)

Not a great quality pic....Dylan (AKA Dwight Howard in this pic) getting his end of year awards. He made the Principals List (straight A's) the whole year...I am so proud of him!!

Sassy at a play group party.

My sweeties on the 4th of July.

Little Miss Firecracker

I guess a simple smile just doesn't cut it anymore.

Dylan , Kaitlyn and some of their favorite cousins!

My baby:)

Happy Father's Day

2009-06-21T23:04:00.002-04:00

Happy Father's Day to this guy....

You are an amazing Daddy and I am forvever grateful! We love you:)

Pure Happiness

2009-06-15T17:54:00.003-04:00

I feel such love and happiness in my heart right now! One of my good friends from high school has just announced she is pregnant!! This comes after 7 years of trying.....SEVEN YEARS!!! I can't imagine the sadness she felt when she found out she would have trouble conceiving. I am so happy for them that I just want to squeeze my dear friend (too bad she lives so far away) and tell her how much I love her!! I know N and her husband C will be the Best Parents ever!!!! This just totally made my Monday!! Well that and the fact that my Mom seems to be recovering very well:) Love you Mom!

Long Month...Looking forward to summer!!

2009-06-10T17:36:00.007-04:00

What a long month!! I am so happy to have things calm down a little around here:) Kaitlyn had ANOTHER ear infection...but this one was accompanied by a lovely eye infection too, Jon travelled about 3/4 of the entire last month, end of (school, baseball, mommy and me) parties, having my best friend from Iowa visit unexpectedly (and by unexpectedly, I mean calling me from my driveway to tell me you are here), spending lots of time with my sweet nephews (ages 7 & 9) before they return home to England and (Mom, I hope your are not upset that I put this on here) my Mom having a heart attack!!! What an eye opener!!! I am crying as I write this because it is one of the scariest things you can go through!! After surgery and a hospital stay, I am so happy you are back at home now! We are here for you every step of the way in the coming months and want your recovery to be as smooth and quick as possible. I love you, MOM!!!

My Mom and I at my baby shower for Kaitlyn.

September 2006

I am so looking forward to the summer and lots of fun times with my family:)

Mother's Day

2009-05-12T08:53:00.006-04:00

When you are pregnant many people will tell you how much you will fall in love with your child. I agree with them 100%. I just don't think there is any way possible to explain to someone the AMOUNT of love you will feel. These two little angels bring me so much love and joy...more than I could have ever imagined. One of the reasons there is a 6 year age gap between my children is because for a long time I was convinced that if I was to have a second child there was no possible way that I could love another child as much Dylan. Absolutely not true! It is amazing how your heart can grow. I love you, Dylan and Kaitlyn, more than you will ever know and I am so grateful that God chose me to be your Mommy!

Dylan ~ April 2009

Kaitlyn and I ~ April 2007

Dylan, Kaitlyn and I

Mother's Day 2009

I also want to say Thank You to "My Mom"! I love you so very much and thank you for being such an amazing Mom and Mimi. We all love you "more than God can count".

Happy Mother's Day!

The simple woman's daybook

2009-04-27T09:19:00.006-04:00

I have seen this on a few blogs and have really enjoyed it. I think it's a great way to learn more about a person so I thought I would give it a try.

Outside my window... I am noticing how pretty the white flowers are on the tree in the woods that are right up against the border of my backyard.

I am thinking... that I need to get up from this laptop and take a shower.

From the kitchen...I am wondering if those pancake dishes are going to wash themselves?

I am wearing...denim capris and a gray t-shirt.

I am reading...many magazines at one time whenever I get any spare time. I am more of a magazine than a book person. Unless of course we're talking about the many, many books I read to Kaitlyn:)

I am hoping for...a productive day and a fantastic summer!!

I am creating...Kaitlyn's bedroom without a crib. Time for a big girl bed!
I am hearing..."Imagination Movers". Kaitlyn loves that show.

Around the house...my laundry is patiently waiting to be done!

One of my favorite things is...spending time with my family:)

A few plans for the week...the gym, Mommy and me, baseball practice and a game, a weekend visit from someone I love very much, church and a birthday party for Riley.

My New Love

2009-04-22T22:17:00.006-04:00

I got a little something new last week...

An iPhone!!! I have wanted one of these since they came out but the price tag drove me away. Not to mention, I was still under contract with my cell carrier and not willing to pay the fee to cancel my contract. Well....my contract has been up for a little while now and they have come down on the price (some) so it was time to treat myself:) I have happily retired my pink razor phone. I can not even believe that thing still worked. After being dropped by Kaitlyn many, many times and of course being dropped by myself another million times it was on its last leg. Also I may or may not have dropped it in the water when I sat down in the chair to get a pedicure one time. Anyway, so far so good...no make that great!!! I LOVE it!!! I don't think I was even aware of half the stuff you could do on it, so much of that was an added bonus. One thing that I am thrilled with is how easy it is to text with. I was never much of a fan of texting and could never understand why people would want to text these elaborate messages to each other back and forth. I thought isn't it just easier to pick up the phone and call them? Jon has a Blackberry so he would text me something that was a paragraph long and my response was always...ok, yes, no, maybe or hmmm. It took waaay too long to text on my old phone. Now......look out! I am in love with texting:)

P.S. Guess what handsome little boy is coming home tomorrow?

That's right! My sweet Dylan will be home from his cruise with Mimi and Papa. I have missed that little man so much:)

Too Much Fun

2009-04-22T20:44:00.004-04:00

Kaitlyn is saying the funniest things lately to crack me up. I need to have a pen and paper with me at all times from now on so I can write this stuff down. Two things I remember from today are....

Driving down the road and Kaitlyn telling me to "drive faster, Mommy"...WHAT?!? Where on earth did she get that from? It was cute though. We were on our way to Mommy and Me so maybe she was really excited to get there...who knows.
Kaitlyn was helping me make cupcakes tonight and in the middle of her stirring the batter she touches my arm and says "nice outfit, Mama". I said thank you of course and tried not to laugh. It just seems funny to me that she would even know the word outfit and what it means. She has told me nice shirt, shoes, etc. before but never nice outfit!! I need to start asking her opinion on my attire before I head out for the day from now on:)

This picture was not taken tonight but it is pretty much what she looks like right now eating her yellow cake with chocolate frosting cupcake (my favorite). It also just so happens that she is wearing those same pajamas right now too. Oh, and as I am typing this she just said another funny thing. After she took her first bite she looked at me and rubbed her stomach and said "oh my goodness...this is so good". I'm so thankful for this little girl. She makes me smile (many times) every single day!

UPDATE: I stand corrected...she is waaayyyy messier right now than she is in this picture. The kind of messy where you wonder if she is actually able to be cleaned up or does she just need a bath!

I am missing my sweet Dylan so much tonight! He is on a week long cruise with his Grandparents. I have been away from him for trips a couple of time but it was only for 4 days and the difference was that I was the one travelling not him. I know he is having the best time though with Mimi, Papa and his favorite cousins.

Take Me Out To The Ball Game

2009-04-20T21:53:00.002-04:00

Dylan is in baseball now and one of the Mom's sent me some great shots from this weeks game.

He is #8 reaching for the ball.

Dylan LIVES for basketball and football season but he is really taking a liking to baseball.

I Need A Vacation

2009-04-17T15:58:00.008-04:00

I am missing Jon this week because he is here...

And I am here....

I would prefer for us both to be here...

He will be home Saturday though:-)

Love and miss you sweetie!

Mommy & Me Easter Party

2009-04-11T17:47:00.007-04:00

Here are a few recent pics from the Mommy and Me Easter Party last Wednesday.

Some of the girls playing with the wind chimes.

Kaitlyn would draw with chalk all day if she had her way.

Kaitlyn and her sweet little friend having a spoon race with plastic eggs. This game was a huge hit:-)

Catch Up

2009-04-09T13:11:00.009-04:00

Time to play a little catch up with my blog posting. I have been on here, just been too busy reading a bunch of new blogs:) Nothing to much exciting happening here lately so I thought I would just post a few random pics from the last week.

My lovelies at the park...

Jon and Dylan climbing waaaay to high in a tree.

Thing 1 and Thing 2 :-)

Not the best pic of us but it was taken at the park by Dylan so I guess it's not too bad for an 8 year old.

Ok, this last thing I thought about whether or not to put on here and obviously I decided yes, this was blogworthy:) Here are a pair of lizards on my patio screen that were really "enjoying" each others company....ALL AFTERNOON!! I thought if I took their picture they would shy away...nope they could have cared less. I hope my next post can be a little more interesting than a pair of lizards having a "romantic rendezvous".

Happy Thursday!!

Carnivals & Legos

2009-03-30T18:44:00.006-04:00

We had Dylan's school carnival on Thursday night and he and his cousin had a great time! Logen and Dylan are only a few months apart in age so they are best buddies:) They loved the swing ride and Logen lost his shoe on it. Here is the best pic I could get of them....we were leaving and I had to beg them to stand still for 2 seconds for a quick pic.

We went to a birthday party on Saturday for one of Dylans' friends and it was so much fun! In fact Dylan asked if he could have his next birthday party there. It's not until January so we'll see if he still feels the same way in nine months. It was at the Lego Imagination Center and it really was a great time!! I forgot my camera so here are a couple of pics I snagged off of there website...

It's a little hard to tell from the pictures but the dinosaur is huge and made from all legos and so is the dragon in the lake along with the family standing there...all legos!!! The people who built them have way more patience with legos than I do and they are extremely creative. Dylan and Jon are upstairs as I type creating a lego masterpiece of their own:)

On another happy note, we had our community garage sale over the weekend and my Mom came over so we combined our stuff to have one BIG sale. My Mom made out like a bandit!!! Just kidding, I had to write that because I know she now reads my blog!! Go ahead Mom, leave a comment and share the HUGE amount you made at the garage sale:) I did alright, because of the kids of course. When you have kids you have to constantly get rid of things because you are always getting new things for them. I was happy to have made enough to get some new patio furniture...YEAH!! Our old stuff was a little worn out.

Springalicious!!

2009-03-23T13:30:00.006-04:00

On Friday, Dylan and I were talking about how it was the first day of Spring. I said to him "do you know what I like to say on the first day of Spring"? His answer...."it's Springalicious"!! My answer...."um, no. I say Spring has Sprung:)" He then says "I don't get it". So rather than explain I say "ok, we'll now say it's Springalicious"!!! I like his new word:)

Here are a few pics at our church's Spring Fest over the weekend.

My Not So Little Boy

2009-03-17T22:27:00.003-04:00

It has been such a busy week around here. Dylan had his second grade show on Thursday and it turned out GREAT!! His class did a little song and dance number to "Splish Splash". It was so adorable:) Dylan also had his end of season party for basketball and he had an AMAZING season this year!! I am so proud of him. His coach this season was great too. He was really great with the kids. Here's a pic of Dylan with Coach David.

My little boy is growing up so fast!!!

Here's Dylan before school this morning. I couldn't get a good picture of him because he was laughing so hard at his St. Patrick's Day hat that his Mimi got him last year.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Lots of Giggles

2009-03-11T10:19:00.006-04:00

Over the weekend I took Dylan and Kaitlyn to a birthday party at a bounce house place and they both had a blast! I spent most of the party hanging out with Sassy because she is only 2 so of course she needs a little more supervision. Here she is in all her glory:)

Sassy's Party Checklist:

Bow thrown off my head so I don't look too cute...check
Hair completely crazy...check
Wearing the "super cute" socks Mommy had to buy me here because she forgot mine at home and you have to wear socks at these kinds of places...check
Deciding that if Mom is going to keep taking pictures of me coming down the slide, I am gonna turn around backwards so she gets my cute "little" tush instead of my face...check

I only got one picture of Dylan the whole time. I could not let that girl out of my site for 2 seconds or she was off. That little girl is quick! That is why my one picture of him is with her!!

Here are few more pics from over the weekend at the park.

What a GREAT Movie!

2009-03-08T19:40:00.006-04:00

I saw what could maybe be one of my new favorite movies of all time this weekend. It has been out for a while so I'm sure so many people have already seen it. It is .....FIREPROOF!!
Grab a box of tissues first though:) Dylan watched it with Jon and I and I have to be honest, I thought Dylan would tell us it was boring and go play about half way through. Nope! He watched the whole thing! He didn't say much about it last night but this morning out of the blue he told me that it was one of the best movies ever! That's BIG coming from an 8 year old. I'm so glad it got to him. Although I'm sure it was on a different level than Jon and I, I'm happy that it affected him somehow.

Confession Tag

2009-03-04T09:49:00.013-05:00

SassyTimes tagged me with this Confession Tag.
Here are the rules: Copy and paste the whole questionnaire and replace my answers with yours. You have to state and create a link for the blogger who tagged you. Pass to 4 other bloggers. Remember to inform them by commenting on their recent post. Display the logo anywhere on your blog. Last, answer each question with truth and nothing but the truth since this is a confession tag. Have Fun!

1)What is your blogger name? DylKat....for my kids, Dylan and Kaitlyn

2) When is your birthday? August 25

3) How long have you been blogging? about 2 months

4) Who tagged you? SassyTimes

5 ) Tell me your 5 most favorite body parts. On a guy: Hands, chest, upper arms, eyes, lips.

6) What do you wish most for your birthday? I would love a vacation!

7) What color are your nails now? Natural

8) Any depressing thoughts lately? My Grandmother is very sick and recovering from a serious surgery and my brother had to have his appendix removed yesterday. My depression is more concern for their well being.

9) What's your next 1 month's plan? Try to get the rest of the closets in my house organized. I would also like to go through Sassy's clothes ... AGAIN! At this age, every time you turn around they have grown out of another stack of clothes!

10) At what age did you have your 1st crush? One that really stands out in my memory is this boy named Jason in 6th grade. He lived across the street and I would sit in my bedroom with the lights off of course so they could not see me STARING!! Well, one night my friend, Kristi, was spending the night so she was of course on stalker patrol with me. There we are laying on my bed and looking out my window, with the lights off of course. We could see his whole family in the kitchen, moving all around with the commotion of getting ready for dinner. Well, they must have spotted us because the next thing I know, his whole family, all 6 of them, were assembled in front of his kitchen window, waving dramatically at us like "haha ... we spotted you"!! I was mortified!!!

11 )Hey, what happened to 11??

12) Have you ever passed gas in public and pretended you didn't smell anything? Umm, I'll say no...LOL:)

13) Are you a clean freak? I would say yes and I'm sure my family would too. Although, if you saw my house right this very second, you might ask if a tornado recently swept through my town!

14) Which era do you wish you were born into? I wouldn't change a thing although if I could go back for a day just to see what it was like I would pick the 50's.

15) Are you a vegetarian? No

16) How many pillows do you sleep with at night? Two while watching T.V. in bed and just one when I go to sleep.

17) Are you a light sleeper or an I-don't-care-if -there's-a-bomb-here sleeper? Light sleeper.....I have kids!! I don't think I meet many Mothers who are not light sleepers:)

18) Do you secretly wear comfortable granny panties when your man is not around? No! I've recently become addicted to the brand Hanky Panky for panties! They are fab-u-lous!! There's also nothing more funny (I'm kidding of course) than to be in a public restroom stall with a 4 year old boy and to have him see that you are wearing a thong and announce in his quiet (ha) 4 year old voice "Mommy, I like it when you wear your silly panties"!! That is what he calls (or did when he was 4) thongs!!!

19) What is your ultimate dream job? Stay at home Mom and I feel very fortunate to be able to do that:)

20) What is it your hubby does that annoys you the most? He falls asleep in 2.47 seconds. I wish I could fall asleep that easy. (I totally stole this exact answer from SassyTimes .... my husband is the same way and sometimes it takes me HOURS to fall asleep!!)

21) What is your dream car? Don't really have one. I'm pretty happy with what I drive now....Lincoln Navigator.

22) Do you easily wake up in the morning? If the kids wake me up I can get up right away. On school mornings though, I am the first one up and my alarm always gets snoozed 2 or 3 times before I get up.

23) Do you like hairy men? No....a little hair is sexy.

24) How about goateed men? Yes, mys husband has had one for many years.

25) Which one would you prefer, 2 hour spa, 2 hour Thai Massage or 2 hour foot massage? BACK MASSAGE!!!

26) Have you ever wished you had a different name other than your real name? Not really.

27) What is the most extreme sport you have ever done? Seriously, dodge ball!! I lived up north in elementary school so we would play dodge ball in our small gym. It was way too small of a space to have those boys throw the ball at us girls as hard as they could!!

28) Do you prefer traveling in Europe or Asia? I haven't been to either but I would love to travel through Europe one day.

29) What is your favorite food? Fondue

And Finally, 30) What is the most embarrassing moment when you were out on a date? I honestly can not think of one.

I don't really have many Bloggy Friends yet so I tag whoever reads this:)

Girl's Day Out

2009-03-03T12:05:00.005-05:00

I got to spend yesterday afternoon with two of my favorite ladies!

My sister, Stef, and my sweet Sassy girl!! When I got home and downloaded this pic, I told Stef that either her and Sassy are so beautiful together that they are glowing or I somehow got a smudge right in the middle of my camera lens:) Are they not the cutest together?!? We had an afternoon of lunch and shopping. My idea of a perfect girl's day!! Stef and I were talking yesterday about how we can't wait to have slumber parties and more and more "girly" days with Sassy as she gets older. Then, when she gets a little older (or alot older) we will have to show her what a vacation in Vegas is all about, right Stef? OK, maybe not:) Stef is the best aunt ever to my babies!! She spoils them rotten with both love and gifts. I love you Stef, and thank you for loving my kids like they were your own!!

I'm Not That Kind of Girl

2009-03-02T10:44:00.005-05:00

Ok, let me start off by saying that I love my hubbie more than anything! We have been together for 15 years and married for 10. Although we do have many similar interests there are of course a few interests that differ. My husband is a huge classic car enthusiast. I have accompanied him to a car show or two but I must admit, it is not really my thing. Although I always enjoy my time with him when we are there it is not necessarily my first choice of a fun afternoon. I do it for him. You get where I'm going with this? Even though you share your life together you don't necessarily have to have ALL of the same interests. So, this weekend Jon went to a car show that I could not attend because I needed to take Dylan to his basketball game. Well after the game, Jon calls to tell me that he won a trophy!!! The one car show (or fifth...who's counting) I finally decide to not go to and he wins a trophy....2nd place no less!! I am so proud of him. I even told him there is a beautiful spot in the garage (or attic or his office) for this awesome trophy:)

Seriously, could he be smiling any bigger?!? I really am proud of you, Jon!! Congratulations!!

That's My Baby

2009-02-24T12:19:00.011-05:00

Wow, I can't believe it's been a week since my last post. I'm really trying to be more frequent with it but to be honest I get on here and start reading all the blogs I follow and then a little A.D.D. kicks in and I'm off to do something else. I guess what I should do is sit down and write a post and THEN go read other blogs:)

OK, on to the title of my post. This week I have had a bit of nesting going on and have been redoing a little of each room in my house. You'd think I would finish one room and then move on to the next, but again, there goes that A.D.D. kicking in...haha! So last night, I'm in Dylan's room helping him organize his new desk. His room has all kinds of toys everywhere because we also just got him a new closet organizer. Well, Dylan and I look up because we here Sassy say "look at me!". This is what we saw:

Yup! That's my baby! She found the helmet to Dylan's sparring gear from karate and apparently she didn't think that would look cute enough so she also decided to put a pom-pom from a Jacksonville Jaguars game inside the helmet before she put it on. Isn't she stylin'? She was so proud of herself!! I can only imagine what she would come up with if I let her have at it one day and pick out her own clothes!?!

I have really been trying each week to get a good picture of Dylan playing basketball. Every week I take pictures but there is just something about the lighting in the gym and my camera that do not work well together and every picture looks awful. So, I resorted to just posting a pic of him posing in the living room last week before his game.

Here's another of him saying "ok, now get one of me where it looks like I'm shooting". Looks believable, right!?!

I may have to ask one of the other parents there that have a nicer camera than mine to send me some group shots so at least I have a couple decent pics. This is the fifth (I think) season he has played basketball and I have endured bad pics this whole time...except for the occasional time when we've had that awesome parent who takes tons of pics the whole season and than makes a picture cd for all of the parents at the end of the season. I love those parents!

Sweet Sassy Is Sick

2009-02-17T12:28:00.004-05:00

I'm home today with my sweet Sassy girl who is not feeling well. There's nothing like having a sick baby at home. I feel so helpless since she is only 2 and can not really tell me what is wrong. She just appears to have cold symptoms (runny nose, cough, sore throat, lethargy) so thank goodness she is not actually getting sick or I would probably rush her to the ER. I don't know how I have managed to go 8 years and not have a child with the flu (knock on wood). I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong...just surprised! I seem to get the flu myself at least once every two years and it is horrific! I'm going to get back to lounging around with Sassy. She just wants to lay on my lap and as much as I hate the fact that she is not feeling good, I am loving how much she wants to cuddle with me:)

Sassy on Valentine's Day:

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

2009-02-14T20:09:00.003-05:00

I thought this would be a cute pic to post on Valentine's Day. This was taken on a beach in Michigan two summers ago. It's a little hard to tell in the pic but it says all of our names with our hands traced next to them. The heart is made out of seaweed. I love you, Valentine's........Jon, Dylan and Sassy:)

Another Great One!!

2009-02-13T10:18:00.002-05:00

Another great movie starts today!! I can't wait to see this one! Hope it's as good as it looks:)

Happy Monday

2009-02-09T21:15:00.006-05:00

Our date night on Friday was so fun:) It's really nice to have a night out with just you and your honey sometimes. The movie was great and I would highly suggest it. I think it is not necessarily a girls movie either. Jon really seemed to like it as well.

Here's a pic of Jon and I at dinner on Friday night. We went to Stonewood and it was really great!! We will definitely be going back! I had to post this pic of us because Jon just recently shaved his goatee and mustache (after having it for 12 or 13 years) and I still do a double take every time I see him. It looks great, just different:) To make him understand what I was going through I told him to try to imagine what it would be like if I showed up after coming home from the salon and suddenly decided to color my hair dark!! (I have actually thought of going dark, I just always chicken out by the time I get to the salon).

Happy Monday:)

Date Night!!

2009-02-06T09:32:00.008-05:00

Tonight is a date night for us:) The little ones will be spending the night with Mimi tonight. I have been waiting to see this movie for months now! I am hoping I am not the only one who is excited to see this movie. Jon prefers for me to pick the movie when we go out and I honestly can't even remember the last time he picked a movie. We're also thinking of trying a new restaurant so that should be fun. We usually fall into the routine of going to the same restaurants over and over again. It's sometimes easier that way...you know what you want when you go in and you already know you're going to love it:) Wait, now that I think about it we tried a new restaurant last Sunday too (Gregory picked it for his Birthday)!! Boy, 2 new restaurants in less than a week...that's an adventure for us:)

Happy 15th Birthday, Gregory!!!

The Birthday Boy and my sweet Dylan!!

I'm off to enjoy my first cup of coffee of the day...it's already 10:30!!! It is hard to turn down a sweet baby girl who is pleading with you to come sit in her cute little play kitchen and make you some delicious plastic food...mmmm:) Today's menu included various fruits and veggies and for dessert, Sassy gave us each a plastic Dilly Bar. Of course I'm pretending to eat mine and I look over at her and she is full on licking that thing!!! I guess I need to wash all of her plastic, play food when she takes a nap later.

Happy Friday!!

Pomegranate Martinis

2009-01-31T21:09:00.006-05:00

Have you had one of these beauties lately, or ever for that matter? It is a Pomegranate Martini:) I think I am in love!! The best one I have found is at Carrabba's so if you have one near you, go {no run}, at your earliest convience and get one! They are simply divine:)

Carrabba's recipe for them is as follows:

{sorry they do not give exact measurements}

POMEGRANATE MARTINI
Absolut Apeach Vodka,
pomegranate syrup, fresh squeezed
orange juice and a splash of Sprite

Enjoy:)

2nd Attempt

2009-01-29T12:06:00.003-05:00

Ok, here is my 2nd attempt at keeping up with my blog:) The first attempt...well, it's been over 2 months since that post so obviously that one didn't work out so well. I think I was just unsure of what to talk about on my blog??? Well, I decided why not just talk about the everyday events of a stay at home mom with a wonderful husband and 2 adorable kids:)

Well, today is day 2 of my new fitness regime. I have been a member at the gym for years now but there are many months that go by where I don't even see the inside of the place. Dylan has just started basketball again (at the Y where I work out) so being inside there has given me the bug again. Kaitlyn is now 2 and has turned the corner from hating the kids room there {and by hating I mean sobbing for the entire 15 minutes I would leave her there to try and get her used to it} to now loving it so much that she asks, at least once a day, "Mommy, I go kids room and play". I'm not sure how it happened. One day she went, of course Dylan was there that day with her, and we picked her up and they said she didn't cry at all and she was laughing and smiling when we picked her up:) If the kids are happy and in a good mood.....Mommy's in a good mood too:)

Ok, back to the routine. I have a trainer again for the next month and I am hoping that she makes me disciplined enough to keep it up on my own. I would also like to try to get back into the routine of going spinning 3 times a week and then getting a pilates or yoga class in at least once a week too. I know! Sounds a little ambitious for just getting back into things. But sometimes it helps to set your goals high. I love to leave the gym and feel like I've had a good workout (AKA felling sore)!! I feel it today!! Kaitlyn wanted me to carry her out to the car afterwards and my arms were shaking! Of course, I still carried her though:) Who could possibly look at that cute face and say "sorry, I can't carry you today". I would have to have 2 broken arms to tell her no...lol:)

I'm off to get my hair cut and colored!! Is that not always the best day?! I love hair day:) I'm thinking of trying something different with my hair today but we'll see how that goes...I usually end up chickening out by the time I get there.

Trick or Treating

2008-11-19T23:19:00.001-05:00

Dylan and Kaitlyn getting ready to go

Trick-or-Treating.