Rain Rain Go Away!

Sunny Florida decided to play a really bad joke this past week! It decided not to show its true colors and instead disguise itself as a HUGE MONSOON! 

My sister Nicole was due in on Monday (although I made a big oops and showed up to the airport on Sunday) and us Floridans were ready to show her the best of Jax. Mother Nature was not on our side and decided to give us a taste of straight rain for 4 days. 4 DAYS STRAIGHT! No break. Just rain, wind, and clouds! As you can probably guess, Debbie Downer made her appearance!

My sis is awesome! She made me feel like it was no biggie. I love her amazing attitude! It made me realize that just being in the moment, enjoying the company, sharing new memories, and most of just being together was what it was all about. So true! 

Thank you for sharing this past week with us Nicole. You are a beautiful sis inside and out! Miss K and Mr Landon loved and devoured the time with you! 

Ahoy Maties!

All is fare...All is go...All is FUN on Fun Fridays! 

We've really been having a blast with this once a week "go with the flow" day. This means the crazy healthy Sam was out and the let the kids be kids was in. Chick-Fil-A was having a special Pirates and Princess night and I just knew this was a P-E-R-F-E-C-T way to celebrate our day! It just so happens that this is the theme I choose for Kennedy and Landon's dual birthday party this June...like I said perfect! To get in the spirit, the kids dressed in costume. Although the princess gear comes easy in the Kennedy wardrobe, it proved to be a tricky task for our little buccaneer Landon. What's a girl to do you ask? Grab Kennedy's hair band, use it as a belt. Rummage through last years clothes, grab a striped onesie. Pick out a pair of pants that actually fit around Mr. Landon and magically you have a perfect Pirate! 

Princess K and Pirate Landon...

ready for a day o' fun...

with a lick...

and a smile...

and a belly full of grub...

our Pirate...

and Princess set sail into a beautiful Fun Friday!

No Ordinary Banana

My fairy princess came today...

Blue eyed, full of smiles, and ready to grant me a Mother's day wish...

And with a stroke of her wand...

She made the most magical breakfast just for ME!

Thank you Miss K for filling my HEART with so much love!

Happy Mother's Day!

You were my strength when I was weak

You were my voice when I couldn't speak 

You were my eyes when I couldnt see 

You saw the best there was in me 

Lifted me up when I couldnt reach 

You gave me faith because you believed 

Im everything I am Because you loved me

Mom ~ Mother's Day is always a beautiful reminder of the sacrifice, love, and strength you've shined upon me. You've been a mother who I could always turn too...a mother who always believed in me...a mother that loved me even in the worst of my days. I am in awe of all that you've become and forever blessed to call you MY mother. 

love

sam

Nominations are in...

A friend sent this to me today and I thought it was super cute!

2009 Mother of the Year

*You can customize this link, it would be awesome to send to all the wonderful moms in your life!

Color

This past Sunday, after a OSC function, I was welcomed home with a screaming Kennedy and a mouth full of blood - YIKES! I definitely have a emotional, intense, sometimes sorta dramatic side to me; however, I knew SUPER MOM had to step in and be the strong calm one (or at least look like I was)! Miss K had a bit of a mishap literally minutes before I got home. Her creative mind decided to take our play shopping cart and turn it upside down and convert it into a stool. She lost her balance and fell backwards onto our wood floor. Her tooth made a 1 inch cut along her top lip and it was an awful site. I got the bleeding under control but knew that this size cut was worth going to the ER for. We dropped Landon off at our neighbors and headed to the hospital. Miss K was as calm as could be and actually welcomed the fact we were on our way to see the doctor. This was exactly what I needed in the moment...her calmness put such peace into a not so peaceful situation. She was my trooper through it all and came out with not one stitch! As we waited in the oh so fabulous ER waiting room, we decided some camera love was in order!

Your smile...

My smile...

Your eyes...

My eyes...

Your spunk colors my world!!!

FUN FRIDAYS

As Kennedy gets older (which is sooo hard to even say), I’ve realized that our once little girl deserves some big girl type of fun. We’ve stuck to the same schedule over the past four years - Dinner 6:00 Bath 6:30 Story 7:00 Hit The Sack 7:30. Although I’m a LOVER of schedules, there’s times when you have to detour. We’ve started a weekly tradition called “FUN FRIDAYS” - a day where anything goes! Schedules out and Fun in!

The morning started with blueberry pancakes, mango juice, and of course some mama love. After sneaking in a few errands, we headed to our front yard and let our imaginations run wild. They LOVED it! Water, free play, buckets, sun - what child wouldn’t be ecstatic! After a long day in the sun, we enjoyed a taco dinner (a Landon & Kennedy fav) and had an EXTRA special bath filled with lavender bubbles. With Landon in bed, Miss K and I had some mother and daughter time which was truly an order! She’s such an awesome little girl...filled with life, love, and laughter! As we sat there on the couch watching a movie, I reflected on who she’s become and how grateful I am to be her mother.

God is good!

GOT LOVE?

How sweet it is to be loved...

by you...

and you!!!

Here’s to Fun Fridays! A day where I can let my kids JUST BE kids!