Dance Recital June 2009

Ready, Set......Go!!

Mary has been taking swimming lessons this past week and will finish at the end of the up comming week. She has had a total blast! Mary LOVES the water! Here are a few pictures to enjoy!

Natural Bridge

Noelle at the Natural Bridge

Natural Bridge with the Stewarts!

Bye, Bye....Pre-School

Mary had her pre-school end of the year program. She had a blast. She loves to sing! She even got a Diploma!! Way to go Mary...we love you!

Ethan and the Gang

Here is a photo of Ethan's friends on his birthday. Great Friends, M&M's, Jones Soda, Glow sticks and the game Apples to Apples....could it get any better than this?

Our Big Secret

We have been keeping a secret!
Mary has joined the crew of the Mystery Machine!
Wow! We have a dectective in the family!

Fantasic Friday!!

Today is a very special day! Thirteen years ago, we were blessed with the gift of a wonderful baby boy.....today he is growing into an awesome teenager. We are so proud of him, he is a great boy! Happy Birthday Ethan!!

He is having a group of friends over to celebrate! They have entertained themselves and had a good time. All Ethan asked for is Jones soda and glow sticks. They snacked and ran around the yard playing games in the dark with the glow sticks. Ethan has a pretty cool group of friends!!

On another note......Noelle found out today that she made the Henry Clay dance team. She is now a dancing Henry Clay Blue devil!! Noelle, dad and I are so proud that you took the huge step and tried out for the team. We were so impressed with you dedication....going to school and practice while being sick with and ear infection! Noelle, we would be proud of you no matter what the outcome was....but we are so happy that you will be able to get connected with other kids at your school. Have fun and always remember that we are so proud of you no matter what you do!

Finally, today was Mary's last day of preschool....actually, it was her end of the year program. She sang her heart out! She will miss preschool. It was an awesome experience and so hard to believe that the year is over already....now we are preparing her for Kindergarten. Oh, I am so sad that Kindergarten will be right around the corner....I will miss my baby being home with me but, so excited that she will start her educational career and embark on a new "adventure" in her life.

Oh....a little blurp about Lauren. I just sat down at Mary's program and my cell phone rang...it was Lauren's teacher. Lauren was feeling sick to her stomach. Chris who was not yet at the preschool event went and picked Lauren up and brought her home. So Chris missed the pre school program but won "super dad"status. Chris, you are the best!! Oh, and Laure is feeling 100 percent better. In fact, right now all 3 girls are having a "sister" night upstairs while Ethan hangs out with his buddies!!

We are blessed!!

Catching up

Wow.....it has been a really long time since we have posted an entry. It's not been because we have had nothing to write about, quit the opposite. Life has been very busy and full of lots of activities.

Noelle

Noelle has been been keeping busy with surviving her Freshman year at Henry Clay High School. I think she has adjusted pretty well, but if you ask her, she will tell you the opposite. Only 21 more days to go before she is officially a Sophomore. Next week, Noelle has decided to try out for the Dance Team. This is a huge decision for her. Please pray for her. She is a beautiful dancer but does not seem to have a lot of faith or confidence in herself. We will keep you posted.

Ethan

Well first off, Ethan is almost officially a teenager...on May 15th he will be 13! It hardly seems possible. On the other hand, he has really acted a lot like a teenager the past few months.(okay laugh it up...he is a lot like his mom)! Ethan has been BUSY with soccer the past couple of months. He has 2 practices a week and 2 games on the weekend. So this has really kept all of us on the go, but he loves it and so do we!!

Lauren

Well, big news tonight! Lauren lost another tooth tonight and it looks like the tooth fairy will need to make another visit. She lost a tooth a couple of weeks ago as well. Lauren is loving the spring weather. Riding her bike, jumping rope and just running around the yard. She is great and plays so nice with Mary........okay, not all of the time. Lauren is once again preparing for her dance recital which will be on June 9th. She LOVES to dance, and is really looking forward to the show. She will once again have 3 costumes this year and they are all gorgeous!! Lauren is wrapping up her 3rd grade year. Makes me sad...time is flying.

Mary

Where to begin? This little lady keeps us on our toes. She is a total sweetheart and grouch all rolled into one adorable little body. She is really enjoying helping me around the house. Tonight, she helped by drying the dishes that came out of the dishwasher wet. She was so helpful~and I am being serious. She is almost done with pre school. BooHoo! I am going to be so sad! She has had an amazing year and she had two wonderful teachers! She loves Miss Nikki and Miss Monica. We will miss seeing them. Mary has a field trip to a gymnastics place on Friday and then regular class on Mon. and Wed. next week and then Friday is her end of the year program. Then Kindergarten will follow in the fall...............to be continued!

Well, now you should be up to date on our lives. Well except for Chris and I. Well he is working hard and I am also doing the same at home. Exciting stuff!

Oh.............let's talk about the Kentucky Derby.......Mine that Bird!!Whohoo!! I told Chris I thought that he would win and he placed a $2 bet and we won $100! It was so fun and I still cannot believe it!!

We love and miss you all and hope that the sun is shining wherever you are ~it has not been here lately so I thought it had to be visiting you!!

Snow...in March

Check this out.....SNOW on Still Meadow Lane!

WOW.....we are getting more snow!! Just two days ago it was 75 degrees.

Kentucky in March.....go figure!!!


Okay.....tonight was full of surprises!!

We took Lauren and Mary to the Disney on Ice 100 year Celebration. We did not tell the girls anything until we were inside Rupp Arena!! They were so shocked and excited!! It was really good and a lot of fun!!

(look at those serious faces....Mary told me that when she is 13 she is going to try out for Disney on Ice)!!

When we walked out we were shocked to see to "Disney" like snow falling from the sky. It was beautiful but looked so fake...unfortunalty, it was 100 percent real snow!!

This weekend we have decided to stay in KY. Ethan was chosen for a Younge Achiever Award and we have a meeting to attend on Saturday! What an honor for Ethan....Way to go E....we are so proud of you!!

Happy Birthday Dad!! We love you and hope that you have a Great Birthday weekend...wish we were there!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

P.S. The Kentucky Wildcats WON our first SEC game today!!!!! GO CATS!!!!!

Just Another Monday

Well, here it is Monday morning again.

We had a beautiful weekend! The weather was AWESOME on Saturday.
The girls played outside nearly the entire day! Okay for those that really know me~that means nice weather=flip flops. I love them, the kids love them and as much as I love flip flops that means DIRTY, YUCKY feet. I detest dirty feet. My poor kids know this and know that when they come inside they must wipe their feet clean with baby wipes and then head off to the tub to really clean them. So...........I love the nice weather but despise the dirty feet. Crazy...yes...but that is me!!

We had a birthday party with some of Mary's neighborhood friends. Noelle was a AWESOME!! She and Ethan decorated on Saturday night! Noelle did a GREAT job of planning the games, decorating and entertaining the children. She has really become the Pied Piper of the neighborhood! It was so cute....Noelle babysits for a few families her in Still Meadow, one the little girl at the party loves to have Noelle babysit~ she calls her Fedele!! It is so funny. Noelle adores these kids as much as they adore her!!

Mary had a BLAST at her party! Good fun!! PHEW, now that 5 year old birthday party is behind us!!

We are all doing OK adjusting to DST. I think that this has been the easiest transition for me. I set our clocks forward on Saturday at 7:00 pm (trying to trick myself...it seems to have worked for me). Mary did have a hard time waking up this morning for school. I had to carry her out of bed at 8:30. She got a slow start but is at preschool as I type. But.....my house is not empty...Ethan is home. He says that he feels sick. He also felt sick last Friday but pushed himself to school and did fine soooooo........maybe he really is sick today?? We will see! No soccer practice tonight since he stayed home. RATS....I will miss driving a half and hour to practice for a hour and fifteen minute practice and then another half hour drive home (during dinner hour).
So......Monday is off to a good start!

Have a good week!

Survival!

Okay...our baby is officially 5 years old. It is so hard to believe. Mary has been such a blessing to our family. She is happy, funny, theatrical, inventive, creative and sweet as can be!! We have been so blessed to have her as the "baby" of our family!!

Mary had a great birthday. She loved her cake, which she helped me make. She opened gifts every hour all morning long to bask in her birthday glory.

So needless to say...we have a happy little 5 year old and Whew....we made it through another birthday!!

***Thanks to everyone for all of the phone calls, special messages left for her! ~especially two singing messages. Thanks Aunt Lori ,Uncle Brad ,Ben and J.J. for the gift...she loved it and so did I!! Can't wait to cook up some of those fun recipes!

T'was the night before.........

T'was the night before Mary's birthday and all through the house. All the children were stirring...thank goodness we found Lauren's favorite blouse. The two little girls were snug and tucked in their beds while visions of presents swirled in our little Mary's head!!

Mom was baking a wrapping and crafting away. Dad had just finished his chores and sat down for the first time today!!

When down in the basement we heard such a clatter we ran to the hall to see what was the matter! Oh....down in the basement the teens played the WII!! They just scored the record high it shone bright on the big screen TV........


Okay.....you get the idea!!

Happy 5th birthday

Mary Emilia!!

Pretty Princess.....and Coco Chanel!!

Mary was invited to a "Fancy Nancy" birthday party! She needed to dress up fancy. At the Pary she had her nails, hair and makeup done! She had a wonderful time at the party! Thank you Becki & Emily!

Mary prepared for this party the night before. Noelle helped her pick out her dress and "fancied" her up!

Mary woke up excited for the party today!! Noelle came down the stairs and Mary said "Good Morning Coco Chanel"!

Looks like Noelle had a new alias!! By the way.....Noelle wants a Chanel Purse or Bracelet. Rats.......I thought we got the CHANEL out of her system at Christmas when Santa brought her CHANEL nail polish! Oh....well......the girl does have great taste!!! ;)

OHHH...NOOO....NOT AGAIN...!!!!

Well, once again we have had yet another minor glitch!

Over the past several months, we have been noticing an increase in our water bill....we do have 2 teenagers in the house (who take LONG showers) so we chalked it up to that. Well, Tuesday we got a WHOPPER of a water bill. The water company came out and determined that we had a leak from the main supply to the house...AKA...we are responsible for the $$$$ to fix the leak. Long story short..... We had a BIG leak outside near our foundation that was beginning to seep into our unfinished part of our basement(thank goodness) where the main water line entered our home. If we would have put if off much longer we would have had a BIG mess in our basement!

The plumbers came yesterday and found the leak!! It was at the connection that was made for our irrigation system.....so now we have no leak but also no irrigation system hook up!! Hopefully, we will have a solution soon!!

I am just so thankful that our basement was spared!! We have sure had our share of "little" glitches that end up being a constant head ache! However, we are thankful for our health and continue to thank God for all that he has blessed us with!!

Over and out from Lexington.......have a happy,safe and wonderful weekend everyone!!!

Happy Birthday Grammy!

Today is ...............

Grammy's birthday! We wish that we could be there to help you celebrate this special day!! Grammy, make sure that you have a great day and that everyone treats you like a Queen! We love and miss you!!

Thanks Grandpa & Grandma North

This past weekend was a lot of fun! Mom and Dad came down to visit us! We love it when they come and stay for the weekend! We don't get many visitors and the weekends are pretty quiet and boring so we had a great weekend.(We love visitors.....come and stay at the Fedele - B&B)

Saturday, Grandpa got up and got donuts for everyone. The kids love getting donuts!!YUMMY! We watched the UK basketball game.....CATS won!!YIPPEE!!!! After the game Mom, Noelle and I went to Old Kentucky Chocolates to get some chocolate covered Strawberries and some chocolate grapes!!! I know the grapes sound crazy...but they are phenomenal!! Then we went to the mall to do a little shopping. Then it was off the our Valentine dinner at BAJIO!! All 8 of us !! It was a great day!

Sunday we went for a scenic drive! We drove out to Versailles KY and to Woodford Reserve..... it was closed so we will have to tour it next time! We also went to Midway KY. Wow...do we live in a Gorgeous part of the country!! The horse farms, rolling hills and beautiful bluegrass countryside is breathtaking!!

Thanks mom and dad!! We had a great weekend and we love you both very much! We love it when you come and visit!! How about moving to KY?????

Our Kentucky Derby Girl!!

Mary went shopping today.....and was searching for her

2009Kentucky Derby Hat!

She did not find what she was looking for so we are returing to Macy's next week when the rest of the Derby Hats arrive.
ohhh......can't wait to see what she tries on next!

Sunny Sunday...and Monday!!

Whew!! We are thrilled to have had such wonderful weather the past couple of days!! It has been in the mid to upper 60's. WOW...what a change from a week or even a few days ago!! It was COLD, we are talking low in the single digits cold!

So Sunday Noelle, Ethan and Lauren all went to play or as we now say"hang out" with their friends and Mary was left home alone with Chris and I . She was so bored and sad. We cheered her up with a little walk around the neighborhood and a little nature walk near our backyard (across the street and about a hop, skip and jump)! Look what we found!!

Chilesburg Road or Narnia?

As I ventured out this morning, I thought that I saw the

"WHITE WITCH"

on Chilesburg Road or maybe....it was me!!!