Footprints

Brian and I went for a walk on the beach today when we got here. They have almost no beach because of the huricanes that have come through. Still, the beach that is still left is like powder. It's so nice!! The waves are so high that they have the red flag up...no swimming, but most people don't listen. Brian included!

They have a snack bar right on the beach with these rope swings. I think they are so cool. They were closed when we were there, but I still wanted to swing. :)

We are here!!

Hello from SUNNY Mexico!!!

We are finally here! Brian wanted to leave bright and early, so we got to O'hare 1 1/2 hours BEFORE the check-in stations even opened. So today started off with me sleeping on the hard, cold floor at O'Hare! Yuk! Then, we got boarded and everything was covered in ice, it took them 45 minutes to de-ice our plane, which put us late into Atlanta. Then b/c we were late, we missed our connecting flight! Ugh!! They got us on the next flight, we made it through customs and found our shuttle (thanks to Dr. Poovendran's great directions)! They greeted us at the front entrance, took our luggage, gave us towels to clean our hands, a glass of some kind of fruity drink and they only call us Mr. and Mrs. Kaminskis. :)

Here are the pics of our room and the view from our room. It is the most beautiful place we have EVER stayed at!! Well, worth sleeping on the hard ground this morning.

Well, I better get...Brian is saying..."You're blogging already!!????" he he

Uprising Christmas Party

Saturday night we had our Christmas party with our Sunday School class. Our class is so big now, we couldn't have it at anyone's house, so we had it in the cafeteria at church. We made ornaments (top pic), had dinner and played games (middle pic) and exchanged white elephant gifts (bottom pic). I think a wonderful time was had by all! Some of the college kids came and watched the little kids so that us big kids could play our games too! We were very thankful for them too! :)

Engagement Pics!

Sarah & Steve

Thanksgiving weekend I got to take some engagement pictures for my cousin Sarah and her fiance Steve. They are getting married September 5, 2009. They were so much fun...we took some serious pictures and then got to have fun at Tommy's castle! Thanks Sarah for asking me to take your pictures!

Moving Day

Today was cold and snowy! And COLD!! Our friends Dustin, Stacy and Addie were moving this weekend and we went over to help!! They had a lot of people show up to help. I carried some stuff, but with my shoulders, I mostly took pictures! We agreed it was much better to move in the cold and snow than in the heat of the summer!

Senica and Ty were great helpers too! They are always good helpers...and Ty had a fit when all the light stuff had been taken out of the house and he had nothing to carry. The kids had fun catching snowflakes too!

Dustin and Stacy treated us to lunch for helping them move...which was nice, but not at all expected! We were just glad to help! :) It was a fun day...felt good to get out and use some of our muscles. :)

T-14 days

Did I mention in 14 days, this is where Brian and I will be??? Mexico here we come!!! :) Isn't this hotel amazing?! Dr. P let me buy a week from him from his vacation package. Isn't that so great? We are truly blessed....and thankful!!!

Cocoa and Coffee

Senica called us last night to tell us that we were invited down to their house for coffee, hot cocoa and a fire! :) She knows how I can't pass up a good fire and a hot cup of coffee on a cold snowy night! I hung up the phone, went to get my boots on and she called back. She had to tell me that if we wanted cocoa and coffee, we had to bring it . They would have the fire though. :) So, Brian and I headed down with coffee and cocoa in hand! :) It was such a nice relaxing night! As you can see, I even got some services from Senica's Salon! Ty did some "grilling" for us, shirtless even. The big news though...Ty showed us his brand new big boy bed! He's doing a great job in it!

O Christmas Tree

It was so nice out today, so Brian and I headed to Goshen to Wilfong's to get our Christmas tree. It took us less time to pick out our tree that it did at Meijer to pick out what ornaments we wanted for the tree! :)

Thankful!

I have so many things to be thankful for this year! Actually, every year, but this year, I think I am more aware of it.

First, I am thankful I have such a loving God that always provides! I am thankful for such a wonderful husband. To name a few...he runs to Goshen at 11:00pm at night when I realize my pump is empty and my insulin is waiting at the pharmacy, when I get home from the grocery store, he meets me in the garage to help carry stuff in, he does the dishes 98% of the time! Need I say more...the dishes! :)

I am thankful for my family! I am thankful for my parents, my sisters and their husbands, and my ADORABLE nieces and nephews! No matter what my mood is, they always make me smile!

I am thankful for our jobs. There are so many people that have lost their jobs and Brian has had to deal with this first-hand, so we both realize how fortunate we are that we are still employed.

Thursday, my family came over and we celebrated Thanksgiving. We had lots of food and fun! Grandma came over and brought Floy. It was wonderful to have her join our family celebration.

Tonight, Brian's parents came over and we had dinner and a nice time with them. Lots of laughs!! :)

Happy Thanksgiving!

I got this picture in a text message today from my brother. My caption for this is..."Yuk! No turkey for me!" :)

Flower girl

Today Senica got to be a flower girl in a wedding for one of Seth's coaches. She went and had her hair done and it looked beautiful! I stopped by to take some pictures and did her nails and toes too! :) We asked her mommy and she even let Senica wear a little bit of make-up. Just a little eye shadow, blush and lip gloss. That is the top right pic...see, it wasn't much! :) Also, in big news of the day....drumroll....Anitra spent money on herself, and it was on CLOTHES!!! Wowzars!!! Doesn't she look great too?!? :)

The whole time I was taking pictures of Senica, Ty was saying "Cheeeeeeeeesse" so I threw in a pic of him too!

Third Day!

For Anitra's birthday, she wanted to go to the Third Day/Need To Breathe/Revive concert at the Morris. I was lucky enough for her to ask me to go with her! Yeah for me! :) Seth stayed home with the kids so we could go...thanks Seth!

It was such an amazing time! Now, anyone who knows me knows I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Tim McGraw...and I have seen him quite a few times in concert. And when I saw him at his debut at the Grand Ole Opry, I screamed like a teenage girl at a Jonas Brothers concert. Yes, it's true! Anyway, my point is...as exciting as that was, I had bigger goosebumps standing next to my sister and praising God!

It was so awesome to stand there and sing and dance and listen to the whole crowd singing...no music, just us singing. It gives me goosebumps now just thinking about it!

So, thank you Anitra for asking me to go with you. Thank you Anitra for challenging me everyday in my walk with God. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I hope you had as good of a time as I did!

Happy Birthday Billy!

My nephew's birthday was yesterday...Happy Birthday Billy!! I was looking for some pictures of him, and don't have any on this computer, so I used an old collage I had.

Uncle BK and I hope that you had a WONDERFUL birthday! We love you!

Visitors!! :)

What's the common theme here? Oh yes, Senica and babies! She is such a good little helper. She loves the little ones so much! Oh - and Dave bowling with Senica. :)

Full House

This weekend was a busy one, so I am gonna just do it in one post. Bear with me...

Thursday night April and her girls came over and Anitra and her kids too. We had dinner and then the girls and Ty played and then we all watched the Wizard of Oz. April and I hadn't seen it in a long time and we forgot how bad we felt for the scarecrow, tin man and lion. Too funny!

Friday I had 2 dr. appointments in the morning. At my second appointment, my Dr. wanted me to go over to the hospital and have some x-rays and labs done. I have been having some problems with my shoulders for quite awhile and we are trying to figure out what is causing all the pain. By the time I got home, it was almost 3pm. So, Cheryl said I didn't need to come into work.

Friday night April and Brian dropped the girls off so that they could have a date. Anitra came down with Senica and Ty so they could all play together. The kids played really nice together and it was a wonderful evening. April's Brian put up a new porch light for us and it looks wonderful! Thanks Brian! April and Brian took the 3 youngest girls home and Janae spent the night with us. We stayed up watching Jon and Kate plus 8 and playing on the Webkinz. I am now addicted to Webkinz too! :) Sorry to Anitra who I was making fun of for playing Webkinz all the time! :)

Friday night, Janae and I slept on the blow-up mattress in the basement and we woke up to breakfast in bed. Thanks honey...that was a nice surprise! After we got around, Janae and I went and got groceries and then I met April at mom's to drop Janae off.

Saturday night, our friends Jim and Keia came over with their little girl, Kaeleigh. Anitra, Sencia and Ty came down too and we had dinner and the kids played in the toy room while the adults played on the Wii. I think everyone had a great time!

This morning after church, Kristi and Dave and their little girl, Savannah came over for lunch. Anitra, Seth, Senica and Ty came over for lunch too and Senica and Ty were loving on Savannah. Ty was rubbing her belly and Senica was telling him "gentle, gentle". :) We had a nice time and Dave amused Senica by bowling with her on the Wii.

The weekends always seem to go so fast!!

I am so thankful for my family and all my friends. Thank you God for blessing me with these special relationships!

Fall Pictures

The other week, we tried to get some pictures for Anitra and Seth's family picture. Janae wanted to have a "photo shoot" too. :) She is quite the little model!

WARNING!! Bambi lovers beware!

April called today and said that Brian got his buck...a 10-pointer and one of the biggest ones he has ever gotten! She wanted to know if I wanted to come and take some pictures. I was at Kari and Don's house so BK came over and the four of us headed to April and Brian's. We ordered pizza and made a night of it! :)

Janae was so proud of her dad...she even went with the guys when they went to gut it. The rest of us stayed home with the babies. :)

Tagged!

I've been tagged.

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1. I'm a pack rat. My husband tries to throw away stuff of mine and I get upset. I have my 6th grade 8-pocket folder. I don't know...I might need it some day. Maybe to burn and provide heat for our home this winter. :)

2. I'm diabetic. 12 years this December. It's hard and frustrating at times, but I am thankful that it's treatable. I try not to whine too much about it, but it sucks!

3. I love Chili...without the beans. Kinda weird, but the texture of beans is gross to me. The same with the texture of Tapioca pudding and cottage cheese. Yuk!

4. I hate turkey. Even on Thanksgiving. I'm spoiled because mom always makes me ham too! :)

5. I talk with my sisters...on average, between the 2 of them...probably 5-6 times a day! Yes, a day. A lot of the time about nothing real important...but it's comforting for me to hear their voices.

6. I'm a Diet Coke addict. People joke with me about having an IV with it, but I don't think I would like that because I honestly love the taste of it. 12 years ago before diabetes, I wouldn't touch diet soda.

7. I'm a night owl. I H.A.T.E. mornings. My husband hates waking me up in the morning...I'm a little grouchy!

I don't know how random or weird these were, but thanks to Rene for tagging me!

Now I'm tagging:

Anitra
Jessica
Peggy
Leah
Cheryl
Jess
Tracy

Senior Pics - Kaytie

Today after work, I met my cousin for some Senior pics. She is so beautiful that we ended up getting a lot of good shots! The sun was gorgeous and made it a really nice fall day!

Here's a little sample. Thanks Kaytie! You did awesome!