Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Key Largo, more invitations, and Olympic Trials...

June 22-27, 2011
Jeff had a conference in Key Largo, Florida and the whole family decided to tag along for the trip. We stayed at this beautiful resort called the Ocean Reef Club. The condo we stayed in was the perfect accommodations for a family of 7.
Well...maybe minus Emily's bed. Hey, she was 7 months old...it worked and she won't remember...hahaha!
My one and only complaint was the insane amount of mosquitoes! One night after dinner we planned on sitting outside and enjoying some ice cream...UNTIL we were attacked by a swarm of mosquitoes. It was mass chaos...all the kids were screaming and swatting mosquitoes away...mind you while trying to hold onto their ice creams. We made a mad dash to the car...however once we got into the car we weren't alone. Mosquitoes were all over the car. I was trying to defend Mary Kate and Emily (the most defenseless of the bunch) from the attackers as well as myself. We did manage to make it out alive...however lesson learned...bug spray was a MUST from there on out.
People laugh when I tell them that we didn't even go to the beach. In my defense...flying with a family of 7 requires a lot of luggage, a stroller, backpacks, etc....to add beach gear to that would have been impossible. The resort had an area with a lagoon which brought in the ocean (controlled) and sand...actually a mother of little one's dream.
Beach or not...we had a great time!
Barbie Invitations
My neighbor (Bianca) hooked me up once again with her boss who was in need of invitations. This party was for a 5 year old who was gaga about Barbie. Here are the invites and the thank you notes.
Olympic Trials
My awesome sister in law (Jackie) is an incredible marathon runner! This past January (2012) she qualified to run the Olympic Trails in Houston, Texas. Only 209 women qualified to run, and the top 3 finishers of this marathon will head to the Olympics. Although Jackie won't be going to the Olympics she did phenomenal! She finished in 2 hours and 48 mins (to have a comparison Jeff's best marathon is 3 hours and 19 mins.) She finished 109th (52 women dropped from the race) which improved her ranking from 172 in the country to now 109! She was solid the entire race...an incredible experience!
All of my husband's brothers and sisters (remember, he's one of nine) went to Houston to cheer Jackie on. We ran around the city with our signs and big mouths to catch her whenever we could. It was such a great weekend...I'm so proud to say that Jackie is my sister in law!
Jackie and her family

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Segways, Baby Diva, and LNO...

June, 11, 2011
So some neighbors and Jeff and I went on a 2 hour segway tour through downtown. I had never been on a segway before...but it was fairly easy to get the feel for it. It was pretty funny seeing a dozen people on segways creating a mini-parade on the sidewalks through downtown. My one neighbor said we look like "Dorks on parade"...I kind of agreed...hahaha!
Little Diva
Here are the invitations that my neighbor's boss decided to go with. This "Little Diva" idea went a long way.
Outside of envelope
Cotton candy bags (favors for the party) - stuff with tissue in this pic
LNO - Ladies Night Out (present)
This past Friday night was Ladies Night Out up at my son's school. Not only is it a night just for the ladies to dance, have some drinks, and eat but it is also a fund raising event that the mother's of the 8th grade students put on to raise money for the 8th grade field trip to Washington, D.C. This year's theme was "Back to the 80s". My friend Shanulie (aka Julie) and I decided that we didn't want to go with the obvious 80s styles (ie. pegged jeans, the Madonna look, Forenza sweaters, stirrup pants, etc) but we wanted to be a little over the top...so here was the end result.
Did we succeed? We had so much fun...but no one will be seeing my Olivia Newton John (Let's get Physical) look anytime soon...hahaha!
Well, that's all for now...