Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Family Vacation to Florida 2008







































































We took a trip to Florida in August. Jesse's grandmother on his dad's side, two Aunts, and several cousins have moved from New York to Florida. We stayed in Palm Beach and his family all live within 30 minutes or so from there. I found a 2 bedroom condo right on the beach that we rented for the 5 nights we stayed. We were able to walk down some stairs from the pool area at the condo and be right on the beach. It rained every day, but we were still able to spend a little time of most the days on the beach. It is a good thing we went when we did because the next week after we left they were really getting rain and then the hurricanes! Our first night there we had dinner at the Old Key Lime House on the patio overlooking the intercoastal waterway. We went to a festival at the Japanese Gardens on Sat. night. Sunday we went to Lion Country Safari, which starts with a drive through of African Safari animals and then you can park and get out and walk around a small zoo where they had rides and shows. The kids got to swim and jump on the trampoline at Debbie's (Jesse's cousin) house and visit with their Great Grandma Ann. On our last night we all had dinner at a Japanes Hibachi restaurant. We want to thank everyone in Florida -Aunt Carmy, Debbie and John, Aunt Chris, and Grandma Anne for everything. We had a great time visiting with you all! Click on the PLAY arrow to watch the video below.



Friday, August 29, 2008

First Day of School




Cross started kindergarten this year and Jesse is in 8th! Cross is going to The Academy at Nola Dunn, which is part of the Burleson School District, but teaches a little differently through brain based learning. It is similar to a Montessori type school where they try to teach the kids in many different ways. His teacher's name is Mrs. Clark. Cross likes her and is excited about being at real school! I am taking them and picking them up, so it is a big change for our schedules. 3 different stops to get them to school and Cole to his daycare. I am leaving work at 3 pm to pick them up and hopefully it will continue to work out. If work becomes to hectic due to leaving at 3, we may have to put Cross in after school care. We will see.

Monday, August 25, 2008

Under Construction

I am working on getting this up and running. If anyone visits please check back later and hopefully I will have some pictures etc. up.