Here's Kaylee on her new princess bike! Go Kaylee!
Friday, August 19, 2011
bike riding fools!
Kaylee got a new bike (super awesome deal for $5! and it's in almost new condition!), and she loves it! She has been riding Kaitlyn's old Diego tricycle since Colorado. We were amazed at her with that little bike and how much she loved it and how quickly she picked up riding it (she zooms on it!). We picked up her new bike and she took off, literally! I could hardly keep up with her. It was like she had been riding a big bike the whole time (it does have training wheels). Both the girls are now bike riding fools, going all around on the sidewalks and in the park. So I thought I would share some pictures and video of the girls and their bike riding history. Enjoy :)
This is Kaitlyn in march 2009 when she first got her Diego bike.
Kaitlyn riding her bike she has now, here in Italy, April 2011.
Kaylee riding her Diego bike, Italy, April 2011.
Here's Kaylee on her new princess bike! Go Kaylee!
Here's Kaylee on her new princess bike! Go Kaylee!
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
made you laugh...
Kaylee to Rosalee (while making faces at her): "Rosalee girl, Rosalee girl, Rosalee..." "mom, is Rosalee a girl or a boy?" me: "she's a girl." Kaylee: " ok, Rosalee girl, Rosalee girl, Rosalee... Well I want to call her a boy.... Rosalee boy, Rosalee boy"
Randy was telling Kaitlyn that Mama said that Papa can retire next year and come live with us. Her response, "Awesome! we will wait till Kaylee takes a napand then we can fly to Kentucky and bring him back!"
I asked Kaylee what she wanted to eat for her birthday, she looked at me as if I was completely stupid and said, "uh, cake."
Kaitlyn to Bailey: "you know your mom and dad are younger than my mom and dad?" Bailey: "I know because mine are like 17."
I had Rosalee sitting on my lap naked while I was waiting for the water temp to get right... Kaylee points at Rosalee and laughs, " look at her little super tiny boobies!! hahahaha!"
Randy was telling Kaitlyn that Mama said that Papa can retire next year and come live with us. Her response, "Awesome! we will wait till Kaylee takes a napand then we can fly to Kentucky and bring him back!"
I asked Kaylee what she wanted to eat for her birthday, she looked at me as if I was completely stupid and said, "uh, cake."
Kaitlyn to Bailey: "you know your mom and dad are younger than my mom and dad?" Bailey: "I know because mine are like 17."
I had Rosalee sitting on my lap naked while I was waiting for the water temp to get right... Kaylee points at Rosalee and laughs, " look at her little super tiny boobies!! hahahaha!"
Monday, August 15, 2011
online vendors part 2
Here are some other folks that sell good stuff...
Camelots Treasures
This lady makes dresses for the american girl dolls. You can either buy something she already has made or she can custom make a doll dress to match your little girls outfit. Her prices are very reasonable as well, most pre-made things being around $13. I had won a contest with her and got a cute little white dress for one of Kaitlyn's dolls and she loves it! It is made so good and has tiny details everywhere. If the girls were more into dressing their dolls I would definetely buy more things from her. Also, the dresses fit dolls that are not the american doll brand (we don't have that type of doll but it fit just fine on another). She sells stuff on Etsy, Facebook, and her website.
(the pic above is the dress Kaitlyn won but that is not her doll...)
Rock-A-Bye Bedding
I absolutely love this lady's work! She makes custom baby bedding, toys, blankets, Mei Tei baby carriers and other things. She had such great reviews so I ordered Rosalee's crib bedding from her. I had a sort of different request for Rosalee's blanket too, but this lady just ran with it and made it awesome! I had sent her about 9 of Randy's favorite fighter shirts to be made into the back of the blanket. The quality is great and everything is so pretty and perfect! We love it! She does her business through Facebook, and I highly reccomend her!.
Luv Bug Babies Boutique
Here is another lady that makes hairbows and ribbon sculptures. I feel the need to reccomend her page because we have several bows from her and they are all well made, and she has thrown in a freebie bow on each order. The only reason I would shy away from buying from her is her prices. Everything seems to be highly overpriced (at least I think so). We only purchased from her because of a sale where some bows were WAY cheaper than what she has up now. Her prices are disapointing because she does make some very cute bows that I would definetly order.
kristas kreations
Well, I can't win 'em all, right? I made the mistake of ordering a custom diaper bag from this girl (I say girl because I come to find out she was still in high school while making and selling this stuff.) On her facebook page she sells now only little things like braclets but when I had ordered from her she was making purses and bags as well as other items. The bag that I received was something equvilant to a 5th graders home Ec project. It was awful. I immediatly contacted her and she apoligized and said I would be refunded fully as soon as she recieved the bag back. I sent it back (with confirmation) and she got it and I never got a refund. After continuous emails back and forth promising a refund still, she never followed through, and now has quit responding to my emails at all. BUYER BEWARE! I definetly do not reccomend this seller because of quality and buisness ethics.
Sunshines Sweets
This is an awesome cake lady! She makes custom cakes (in the Northern KY area) and can design almost anything you can imagine or want for a cake. I ordered Kaitlyn's 5th birthday cake, and some cupcakes from her and they were amazing. I sent her a picture of something we would like and she made it EXACTLY. Not only did the cake look so cool but much to my surprise it tasted just as good! And the cupcakes that she made were a huge hit with all the kids. To top off her awesome cakes she has awesome prices. I paid the same for Kaitlyn's little petshop cake and 10 cupcakes that I paid for Kaylee's spongebob cake in Colorado from Walmart. Can't beat that!
Camelots Treasures
This lady makes dresses for the american girl dolls. You can either buy something she already has made or she can custom make a doll dress to match your little girls outfit. Her prices are very reasonable as well, most pre-made things being around $13. I had won a contest with her and got a cute little white dress for one of Kaitlyn's dolls and she loves it! It is made so good and has tiny details everywhere. If the girls were more into dressing their dolls I would definetely buy more things from her. Also, the dresses fit dolls that are not the american doll brand (we don't have that type of doll but it fit just fine on another). She sells stuff on Etsy, Facebook, and her website.
(the pic above is the dress Kaitlyn won but that is not her doll...)
Rock-A-Bye Bedding
I absolutely love this lady's work! She makes custom baby bedding, toys, blankets, Mei Tei baby carriers and other things. She had such great reviews so I ordered Rosalee's crib bedding from her. I had a sort of different request for Rosalee's blanket too, but this lady just ran with it and made it awesome! I had sent her about 9 of Randy's favorite fighter shirts to be made into the back of the blanket. The quality is great and everything is so pretty and perfect! We love it! She does her business through Facebook, and I highly reccomend her!.
Luv Bug Babies Boutique
Here is another lady that makes hairbows and ribbon sculptures. I feel the need to reccomend her page because we have several bows from her and they are all well made, and she has thrown in a freebie bow on each order. The only reason I would shy away from buying from her is her prices. Everything seems to be highly overpriced (at least I think so). We only purchased from her because of a sale where some bows were WAY cheaper than what she has up now. Her prices are disapointing because she does make some very cute bows that I would definetly order.
kristas kreations
Well, I can't win 'em all, right? I made the mistake of ordering a custom diaper bag from this girl (I say girl because I come to find out she was still in high school while making and selling this stuff.) On her facebook page she sells now only little things like braclets but when I had ordered from her she was making purses and bags as well as other items. The bag that I received was something equvilant to a 5th graders home Ec project. It was awful. I immediatly contacted her and she apoligized and said I would be refunded fully as soon as she recieved the bag back. I sent it back (with confirmation) and she got it and I never got a refund. After continuous emails back and forth promising a refund still, she never followed through, and now has quit responding to my emails at all. BUYER BEWARE! I definetly do not reccomend this seller because of quality and buisness ethics.
Sunshines Sweets
This is an awesome cake lady! She makes custom cakes (in the Northern KY area) and can design almost anything you can imagine or want for a cake. I ordered Kaitlyn's 5th birthday cake, and some cupcakes from her and they were amazing. I sent her a picture of something we would like and she made it EXACTLY. Not only did the cake look so cool but much to my surprise it tasted just as good! And the cupcakes that she made were a huge hit with all the kids. To top off her awesome cakes she has awesome prices. I paid the same for Kaitlyn's little petshop cake and 10 cupcakes that I paid for Kaylee's spongebob cake in Colorado from Walmart. Can't beat that!
Friday, August 12, 2011
online vendors part 1
Here are 4 people that I have bought some things from over the last couple years. These are all internet based business's that I have found through others or through facebook. I'll tell ya what I purchased, if it was worth it, if I would recommend others to buy from them, and hopefully a link to their site/page...
Pink Beret Designs
This lady is awesome. She is a stay at home mom, wife to an active duty Army officer, and makes awesome, high quality military things using uniforms. She makes purses, wallets, diaper bags, pillows, stockings, garters, wreaths and many many other items. A few years ago I bought from her a big ACU purse, checkbook wallet, makeup bag, and recently bought 2 deployment pillows. I cannot tell you how many compliments I got on that darn purse! And besides my coach wallet, that ACU wallet was my favorite of all time. To top it off the stuff was made so great. I used the heck out of the purse (only reason I don't use it now is that I don't want to draw even more attention to myself as an American in Europe...) and I carried so many things in it and it kept its shape and nothing ever went wrong with it. I absolutely reccommend others who are into this type of stuff check her out and buy from her, either for yourselves or as gifts to others!
FlyBelly Maternity
Here is another stay at home mom with a business. She sells fashionable maternity clothes through her website, facebook and Ebay. I purchased all my maternity clothes through her on ebay (much better prices, and she's willing to negotiate) and loved everything. I definetly suggest that those in need of nice maternity clothes check her out!
Punky N Munky
Hair bow sculptures are the focus of this page. There are ALOT of folks out there making hairbows and these ribbon sculptures but I guarantee that none are made as well as these. I bought several character bows about 3 years ago and the girls still wear them now. In fact, today Kaitlyn has in the Rapunzel and Kaylee the Tinkerbell. If you've seen some of my pics with the girls, they are usually wearing a bow from her. You can find her stuff on facebook, etsy, and artfire. BTW, she does custom orders too, I was able to pick the color hair of some of them and for the karate one the color belt. Absolutely worth getting stuff from her for your princess!
Army Wife Rustic Signs
This lady makes the cutest signs. Another great military spouse to buy from, unfortunetly she is not taking orders right now due to their current PCS. I got our family name sign from her earlier this yer and it was inexpensive and well made, I love it! Stalk her on facebook and order something when she starts back up!
Pink Beret Designs
This lady is awesome. She is a stay at home mom, wife to an active duty Army officer, and makes awesome, high quality military things using uniforms. She makes purses, wallets, diaper bags, pillows, stockings, garters, wreaths and many many other items. A few years ago I bought from her a big ACU purse, checkbook wallet, makeup bag, and recently bought 2 deployment pillows. I cannot tell you how many compliments I got on that darn purse! And besides my coach wallet, that ACU wallet was my favorite of all time. To top it off the stuff was made so great. I used the heck out of the purse (only reason I don't use it now is that I don't want to draw even more attention to myself as an American in Europe...) and I carried so many things in it and it kept its shape and nothing ever went wrong with it. I absolutely reccommend others who are into this type of stuff check her out and buy from her, either for yourselves or as gifts to others!
Here is another stay at home mom with a business. She sells fashionable maternity clothes through her website, facebook and Ebay. I purchased all my maternity clothes through her on ebay (much better prices, and she's willing to negotiate) and loved everything. I definetly suggest that those in need of nice maternity clothes check her out!
Hair bow sculptures are the focus of this page. There are ALOT of folks out there making hairbows and these ribbon sculptures but I guarantee that none are made as well as these. I bought several character bows about 3 years ago and the girls still wear them now. In fact, today Kaitlyn has in the Rapunzel and Kaylee the Tinkerbell. If you've seen some of my pics with the girls, they are usually wearing a bow from her. You can find her stuff on facebook, etsy, and artfire. BTW, she does custom orders too, I was able to pick the color hair of some of them and for the karate one the color belt. Absolutely worth getting stuff from her for your princess!
This lady makes the cutest signs. Another great military spouse to buy from, unfortunetly she is not taking orders right now due to their current PCS. I got our family name sign from her earlier this yer and it was inexpensive and well made, I love it! Stalk her on facebook and order something when she starts back up!
Thursday, August 11, 2011
ten years since High school...
It has been ten years since I graduated from high school. I remember having to give a response for the popular question, "Where and what will you be doing ten years from now?", I cannot remember for the life of me though what my response was. I do know that I in no way thought I would be married for 8 years, have 3 kids, be a veteran of the Army, live in Italy etc etc etc. So I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the last 10 years...
2001: Graduated. Worked at Kroger, and Kroger again. Attended classes at Thomas Moore College. Moved into my first place, and back home again :) Got my first tattoo.
2002: Worked at Kroger, Toyota, and Kroger again. Got another tattoo. Attended classes at Thomas Moore College, dropped out of Thomas Moore College :( , attended classes at Northern Kentucky Business College, dropped out of classes at NKBC :( Gave up and raised my hand to be a Soldier...
2003: Went to (had the best time ever) and graduated basic training at Fort Leonardwood, MO. Did home town recruiting and took leave before moving to Hawaii. Moved to Hawaii. Was COMPLETELY depressed (crazy right) and homesick right off the bat. Met Randy, fell in love, was no long sad. moved from temp barracks to my barracks room to our first house. Had the times of our lives at the beach. Had 'family' visit us in Hawaii. Watch as my husband left for a year long deployment :(
2004: Went home on leave. Got another tattoo. Deployed to Afghanistan... took leave with randy, met up in Kuwait and flew home together. Went back to Afghanistan as Randy went back to Iraq :(
2005: Got promoted to SGT. Grandma Gripshover passed away while I was still deployed, and dad had a heart attack :'( ended deployment and went back to Hawaii. Randy awaited me with my welcome home present Lolita, the world's most awesome dog. Moved into our 2nd house (technically Randy was already moved in at this point.) Took leave home. My brother visited us in Hawaii!! Got moved to a different duty station, (still Hawaii, just different post...) Found out I was prego! Started the process of getting out of the Army. Got out of the Army. Moved back to Kentucky. Worked at Kroger. Went to school to become a Realtor :/
2006: Kaitlyn was born!!Worked Attempted to work at Coldwell Banker West Shell. Moved into our house in Kentucky. Worked at Citi. Joined the Army Reserves.
2007: Worked at Citi. Went to an Army school in NJ. Got promoted to SSG :) Found out I was prego again!
2008: Had to get rid of my most favorite dog, lolita :( Worked at Citi. Kaylee was born!! Randy joined back to Active duty so we started plans to move again... Started our journey to Colorado.
2009: Moved into our first house in Colorado at Fort Carson. Papa came to visit. We went back to KY for Kaitlyns bday, then again for the birth of miss Hailey :) Watched as my husband left for another deployment. Moved myself and the kiddos back to KY. (crazy process!) Randy came home on leave, then went back to Afghanistan :( Kailtyn started preschool at the YMCA.
2010: Moved back to Colorado to our 2nd house at Fort Carson. (another crazy process). went back to KY to visit and to keep my sanity. Randy came home!! Papa came to visit.Found out we were going to be moving to Italy. Kaitlyn started preschool on Fort Carson. Found out we were prego again! Went home for a visit again. Packed up all our stuff again, moved in with friends. Moved back to KY again while Randy went to school in MO. My obligation with the Army finaly came to a close.
2011: Moved to Italy...Kaitlyn started Preschool yet again. Mama and Papa came to visit. Rosalee was born!! The Larson's came to visit. Rosalee got admitted to hospital at 6 wks old :( .... and here we are today. Rosalee is 4 months old! Kaylee turns 3 in just a few days! and my baby Kaitlyn starts Kindergarten in a few short weeks!!
2001: Graduated. Worked at Kroger, and Kroger again. Attended classes at Thomas Moore College. Moved into my first place, and back home again :) Got my first tattoo.
2002: Worked at Kroger, Toyota, and Kroger again. Got another tattoo. Attended classes at Thomas Moore College, dropped out of Thomas Moore College :( , attended classes at Northern Kentucky Business College, dropped out of classes at NKBC :( Gave up and raised my hand to be a Soldier...
2003: Went to (had the best time ever) and graduated basic training at Fort Leonardwood, MO. Did home town recruiting and took leave before moving to Hawaii. Moved to Hawaii. Was COMPLETELY depressed (crazy right) and homesick right off the bat. Met Randy, fell in love, was no long sad. moved from temp barracks to my barracks room to our first house. Had the times of our lives at the beach. Had 'family' visit us in Hawaii. Watch as my husband left for a year long deployment :(
2004: Went home on leave. Got another tattoo. Deployed to Afghanistan... took leave with randy, met up in Kuwait and flew home together. Went back to Afghanistan as Randy went back to Iraq :(
2005: Got promoted to SGT. Grandma Gripshover passed away while I was still deployed, and dad had a heart attack :'( ended deployment and went back to Hawaii. Randy awaited me with my welcome home present Lolita, the world's most awesome dog. Moved into our 2nd house (technically Randy was already moved in at this point.) Took leave home. My brother visited us in Hawaii!! Got moved to a different duty station, (still Hawaii, just different post...) Found out I was prego! Started the process of getting out of the Army. Got out of the Army. Moved back to Kentucky. Worked at Kroger. Went to school to become a Realtor :/
2006: Kaitlyn was born!!
2007: Worked at Citi. Went to an Army school in NJ. Got promoted to SSG :) Found out I was prego again!
2008: Had to get rid of my most favorite dog, lolita :( Worked at Citi. Kaylee was born!! Randy joined back to Active duty so we started plans to move again... Started our journey to Colorado.
2009: Moved into our first house in Colorado at Fort Carson. Papa came to visit. We went back to KY for Kaitlyns bday, then again for the birth of miss Hailey :) Watched as my husband left for another deployment. Moved myself and the kiddos back to KY. (crazy process!) Randy came home on leave, then went back to Afghanistan :( Kailtyn started preschool at the YMCA.
2010: Moved back to Colorado to our 2nd house at Fort Carson. (another crazy process). went back to KY to visit and to keep my sanity. Randy came home!! Papa came to visit.Found out we were going to be moving to Italy. Kaitlyn started preschool on Fort Carson. Found out we were prego again! Went home for a visit again. Packed up all our stuff again, moved in with friends. Moved back to KY again while Randy went to school in MO. My obligation with the Army finaly came to a close.
2011: Moved to Italy...Kaitlyn started Preschool yet again. Mama and Papa came to visit. Rosalee was born!! The Larson's came to visit. Rosalee got admitted to hospital at 6 wks old :( .... and here we are today. Rosalee is 4 months old! Kaylee turns 3 in just a few days! and my baby Kaitlyn starts Kindergarten in a few short weeks!!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
you're getting on my nerves!!! (no, not you)
Things that are driving me crazy lately…
-the intermittent internet access
-never ending piles of clean clothes to be put up (with no where to put them…)
-bug on the ceiling that I killed and it is still there.
-crazy mini-rose bush that is wild and taking over
-dishes that won’t wash themselves
-the endless amount of dog hair that I pick up, sweep up, or vacuum up on a daily basis
-the doorbell/ door for kids to ring /knock on ( I have told all the kids now that only adults are allowed to knock or ring the door bell. No kids are allowed unless it's an emergency. We'll see how long that lasts.
-toys that never find their way back to their home (the toybox)
-belly fat that just wont disappear
(sorry to dissapoint, no picture haha.)
-diapers, diapers, diapers
-pictures that keep falling down (always in the middle of the night and scare me to death)
Yes, I have a lot of things that irritate me right now but truly life is good (besides being in Italy), and I am blessed to have all that I have. Three gorgeous daughters, a hardworking husband that provides for us, a roof over our heads, and the best friends and family anyone could ever hope to have!
*Side note* If there is anything at all that anyone reading this blog would like to read more about, (i.e. my hospital experiance, a day in the life of the girls etc) ANYTHING, please let me know because I am running low on ideas! Actually I could come up with tons of things to write about and go on and on but it's probably not stuff anyone would care to read! So let me know please!!!
-the intermittent internet access
-never ending piles of clean clothes to be put up (with no where to put them…)
-bug on the ceiling that I killed and it is still there.
-crazy mini-rose bush that is wild and taking over
-dishes that won’t wash themselves
-the endless amount of dog hair that I pick up, sweep up, or vacuum up on a daily basis
-the doorbell/ door for kids to ring /knock on ( I have told all the kids now that only adults are allowed to knock or ring the door bell. No kids are allowed unless it's an emergency. We'll see how long that lasts.
-toys that never find their way back to their home (the toybox)
-belly fat that just wont disappear
(sorry to dissapoint, no picture haha.)
-diapers, diapers, diapers
-pictures that keep falling down (always in the middle of the night and scare me to death)
Yes, I have a lot of things that irritate me right now but truly life is good (besides being in Italy), and I am blessed to have all that I have. Three gorgeous daughters, a hardworking husband that provides for us, a roof over our heads, and the best friends and family anyone could ever hope to have!
*Side note* If there is anything at all that anyone reading this blog would like to read more about, (i.e. my hospital experiance, a day in the life of the girls etc) ANYTHING, please let me know because I am running low on ideas! Actually I could come up with tons of things to write about and go on and on but it's probably not stuff anyone would care to read! So let me know please!!!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
comical Kaylee :)
I love my girls!! They never fail at making me laugh :) Here are some things that Kaylee has said in the past few days to make me laugh :)
- The girls and I went to the bowling alley to get pizza and I gave Kaylee the buzzer. I said "kaylee, let me know when the buzzer goes off." she look at it and says," ok mom but how do I turn it on?"
- Kaylee "One time at my school my teacher said something annnnnnnd.... I'm a dog."
- Kaylee: "what is this?" me: "a leash." Kaylee: " is this my leash from when I was a puppy and dad would walk me?"
- Kaylee: "where is the damn thing??, I know the damn thing is here, now where is it?"
- me :" we have to make the bed good today and straighten up because dad will be home today. what else do we have to do?" Kaylee: and we need to punch him and kick him..."
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