Monday, June 29, 2009

Below are some random recent clips...click HQ for higher quality

at Audrey's baptism, Carina was having a good time chatting with Father Mike - no wonder, later when she asked him a question, she addressed him as "God,..."

Sunday, June 21, 2009

I always say that I feel very lucky for my kids to have Jeff as their dad! I always knew that I wanted to marry someone who would be caring and fun and a good dad but I can not even put into words how much Jeff has met any expectations that I had. He goes above and beyond and is involved in everything the kids do. You will often see him wearing a crown or drinking from a tea cup, dancing with princess Carina and teaching Sam to throw a ball. He likes to be silly and loves to take the kids to see new places and teach them about new things! I love watching him teach the kids! He is probably the best dad a kid could have and in turn I feel very lucky everyday! Today we decided to take the kids to Como zoo for fathers day. The kids were able to ride rides with Jeff and see the animals. Happy Father's Day! We love you!!
Daddy showing Sam the roller coaster
Big Sam
Carina and Sam
Carina
Daddy and Carina enjoying the bumper cars!
Sam and Carina
So serious - could he be the next Indy 500 driver?
Sam and Daddy
The other day I said to Sam sit here and take a rest - I didn't think he would take me seriously - I came back and he was asleep!!
The last weekend in Indy we had Audrey baptised. We feel really lucky that we were able to have our family there with us for this special day. We have been able to have all of our kids baptised in the same church Jeff and I were married in and by the same priest Father O'Mara who married us! As Father O'Mara stated we are "starting to form a history together"! Thank you so much to Emily and Clint for standing up for Audrey as her Godparents, it really means a lot to us! Thank you to Hoosh and Jack for coming to Indy to share this special day with us. And thank you to Grandma Connie for letting us once again use your house to host a party!

Hoosh and Jack brought presents! Sam really loved the basket ball hoop!
Our family!
Uncle Clint and Audrey (her Godfather)
Audrey and Aunt Emily (her Godmother)
Aunt Ana and Audrey
Hoosh and Audrey
Audrey and Grandma Connie
Mommy and Audrey
Carina spent a lot of time talking to father O'Mara
Jeff, Me, Audrey and her Godparents Emily and Clint
My baby girl - so happy, so pretty in her beautiful dress!
Carina and Sam at the park. Sam loved this park because he could do the slide by himself. He must have gone down the slide at least 10 times.
My girls!! Carina and Audrey
This is what I call a "Sam sandwich". This is my uncle Sam, my Grandma Giesige and my Sam.
Two cousins relaxing! Life is hard when you are almost 4 months!
On Sunday we went to see my Great Grandma Whitley (which is Carina, Sam and Audrey's Great, Great Grandma!) She is 96 and will be 97 in October. This is a picture of 5 generations (Me, Sam, my Aunt Peggy, Audrey, Great Grandma Whitley, Grandma Mitchell and Carina).
On May 30th my cousin Emily got married to her high school sweet heart John. She asked Carina to be one of the flower girls in her wedding. We had such a good time and Emily was a beautiful bride! Carina really enjoyed being able to be in the wedding. Aunt Ginny and Emily made sure that the girls (Carina and Natalie) had special treats (princess goodie bag filled with princess things)!!

Daddy and Carina sharing a dance!
Maddie, Carina and Sam dancing the night away! They were all big dancers! Sam has a classic move which he calls the chicken arm. He tilts his body to the side and puts his one arm behind his back when dancing (so cute), maybe I can get some video up on the blog to show everyone!
Maddie
baby Liam looking handsome in his suite coat!
Emily and John (Mr. and Mrs. Deaton)!
This is a little bluring but you can see Carina and Natalie did such a good job and were so cute!
Uncle Will and Carina
Aunt Ginny, Grandma Giesige, Grandma Connie and Audrey
Aunt Ginny and Eric
Audrey and Grandma Giesige - they were sharing secrets! Audrey had a lot to say to Grandma Giesige!
Bridesmaids and the flower girls (Natalie and Carina)
Natalie, Carina and Emily getting ready for the wedding
Emily gave Carina a princess barbie at the rehearsal dinner. Carina thought this was really neat!
I just has to put this picture in with the events. Some of you may not know but this is our 3rd dog his name is Alex but we call him Mr. Biggs (because he is the biggest of all the dogs)! We adopted Biggie in June of 2004 from Iowa. We got him the same weekend I found out that we were expecting Carina. We found out at the beginning of May he had to have his spleen removed and we found out that he has a terminal cancer and we are not sure how much time that we will have with him. As you can see he is a big lover and if you didn't know he had cancer you would not know from being around him that he was sick. As you can see he is getting a lot of extra love and is enjoying every minute of it!! We love him so much!
On Sunday the Mundo's were able to come to Indy to visit with us! We went to the zoo and the out to eat and let the kids play. It was nice to relax and visit with the Mundo's we are always excited to see them and really appreciate them coming to Indy!
playing outside (Jillian, Carina and Dillon). There was a lot of "house" and "school" being played.
Gavin taking Sam for a ride
Nathan waiting for his food and Carina is coloring very intently!
Sam and Gavin sharing some advice - they were so funny!
Carina having a great time with the cousins
Oh Sam, not sure about the hat?!