Sunday, January 25, 2009

Birthday People!

HER: This was a Birthday celebration weekend! Here in this picture Sebastian, Sue and Vanessa Newkirk!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU ALL!

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Guitar HERO!




HER: Interacting video games has definitely giving a totally new meaning to home entertainment...
Who hasn't enjoy, play and love this game? Here visiting Frank's cousin Brian in Orlando.
Sam (guitar), Stacey (lead singer), Brian (Base) and Frank on drums =).

Our future kids




Her: So we recently went to Dave and Buster's and found the gene machine. It Basically takes you and your partner pictures, you pick a gender and VOILA! There is a picture of what your kids might look like someday...


We picked a him a couple of weeks ago and recently went back and picked a her...


We have had so much fun and have laughed so hard too. We look at the pictures and smile. So I hope it steals a smile from you too =).

COOKIE TIME!


Her: Who doesn't like the smell of recently baked delicious cookies on a really cold day. Who doesn't like cookies... chocolate chips are one of our favorites... YUM!

Sebastian is playing basketball!








Her: Basketball season has started. This is Sebastian first year to join and we are so proud and excited to join him in this adventure!
Here are a few of pictures of his first game.

This is really exciting for all of us, he has been going to basketball practices and has been practicing at home some too.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Bedtime story..


Her: I can't believe how fast time flies!

When Sebastian was a baby and as a toddler, I will read a story during bedtime. Now he is 5 and has turned out to be an incredible reader. It is unbelievable to me to hear him read and speak in certain ways sometimes. His level of speech and curiosity amazes me all the time.

Here a few shots with Kermit...

This video was recorded at the beginning on December 2008.



Gingerbread house





Her: Like in most american homes during the holidays, building a gingerbread house, a tradition we adopted a couple of years ago =).


My Boys





Halloween 08

Halloween gang

R to L: Frank as The Great Pumpkin, Pappaw Pete as Himself and me as wonderwoman.

Pumpkin head 2008


The coolest Darths of the Season. Featuring: Pappaw Darth and Grandson Darth.




HER: So much went on last year and so little was the time we had to spare. Finally loading up pictures... of the little things we did and wanted to share...
We took a trip back to Salem, Indiana for Halloween weekend. It was our first visit since we moved to Jacksonville. Hope you enjoy the pictures!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

DUKE AND DEXTER UPDATES!




HER: Keeping up with the new addition to the fam.
Duke and Dexter just turned 5 months! And we are so excited to share some new pictures with you all!
As you can see they keep growing.
They have been so good and so much fun too. We have added to our busy schedules, play dates, walk at the beach, dog parks.
A few changes due to their size and just because they are so pretty to look at =), we recently move them to our changing room. where we can see them from our bedroom, while reading or when we are computerizing.
The potty training has been quite an adventure. Since they are such a large breed, the puppy pads didn't quite work for us, we would take them every 2 hours for a run and a quick potty break. they had a bell that they will ring when they were ready for the "quick run", which turn out to be rang more like every half an hour than every two. Then Frank curious for the mind learning suggested "the litter box", all I can say is that it has been such a fantastic idea since both of us aren't home most of the day during the week. They both are pretty much litter box trained by now.
Our apartment complex tennis court was turned into a dog park too. So it has been wonderful to take the pups out for a run and socialize with the neighborhood canines.
As far as nutrition, we remain with dog food, vitamins, milkbones as incentive and every now and then I will through a piece of fish, steak to their plate of food, They remain pretty content with their eating habits.