New England Adventure!

The beginning of this month I had the pleasure of going away for a kid free weekend with my good friend Linda to New England. Thanks to my wonderful husband for holding down the fort while we were gone. Unfortunately we didn't take a great deal of pictures other than the time we spent in Boston. So here goes . . . .

This is the U.S.S. Constitution. One of the oldest fully restored ships. It sits in Boston Harbor.

Nice sunset on the harbor
Linda and I on a harbor tour.

This is the location where the Constitution was first read in public. Forgot the name of the building but still pretty cool.

We couldn't leave without seeing Cheers!

We got on this amazing trolley tour that should have been 45 minutes and turned into 2 hours. He took us to so many places that were not on the tour. One of which was Fenway Park while they are playing the Yankees. Pretty cool!

This is a Holocaust Memorial that sits at the entrance to Faneuil Hall. It consists of this stone at the beginning and a series of glass towers that represents each of the concentration camps. Inscribed on the glass is quotes from people that survived it as well as the numbers of all the people that lost their life there. It was a very moving tribute to the millions of people that lost their life during a horrible time in history.

This was our last day. We decided to go whale watching before catching our flight home. You cannot imagine how cold and how turbulent the water was. We were definitely not ready for that!

This is how cold it was!

Beautiful scene as we headed out to sea

A little town off the Cape

Here is Linda - Queen of the World!

And of course, not to be out done - Me!

A beautiful light house!

So to see the amazing footage we captured click here to see "Linda & Kristy's Excellent Whale Adventure!"

The following pictures were captured that day by a professional photographer on board the ship.

Flower Power!

Hey Guys - So behind on posting this month, but we have so much to share. Until then, here is a fun video of the "Power of the Flower". It was made by dad of a very special Rett Girl named Nora! You might recognize a few of the faces in it:)

Toast for a Cure!

Please join us to raise money for Rett Syndrome research in honor of Juliana at our

1st Annual Toast for a Cure!

It is sure to be a fantastic night filled with great wine and hors'd oeurvres

and fabulous raffle prizes including:

- A Dallas Cowboys football autographed by Jerry Jones, Roger Staubach, Drew Pearson, Chad Hennings, Everson Walls, Preston Pearson, & Tony Tolbert

- A hockey puck signed by Dallas Stars #10 Brenden Morrow

- Dallas Stars tickets

- Dallas Mavericks tickets

- Concert tickets to a show at Superpages.com

& many, many more!

Get your tickets at www.girlpower2cure.org/toastforacure

Get your tickets today & help us find a cure for Juliana! Hope to see you there!

Juliana Turns 4 - Take Two!

This past Saturday was Juliana's second and final celebration of her fourth birthday. Olivia was so excited to help "make surprises" for Juliana. It was very sweet. You can imagine how excited she was to fill all the goody bags!
We were lucky to have the most amazing weather. It was around 96, and while that may sound hot to some of you, compared to the 110 degree weather we had a few weeks ago, 96 feels like heaven.

Here is Juliana catching up with Mrs. West

You wouldn't believe the difference in the temperature of the water. It was freezing, but not too cold for the kids and Mrs. West. Click here to see Mrs. West Cannon Ball!

Happy Birthday Juliana! I can't believe my sweet little baby is already 4! And on a side note, the lady that Olivia is sitting on is Roger's friend's mother-in-law; whom Olivia had never met before she sat on her lap with a we bathing suit. I guess she just thought she looked like a grandmother. Thankfully she didn't mind.

Yummy Cupcake Cake - the best invention ever!

Allison, Nora & Abigail

My big girl just hangin' out!

Present Time!

Lot's of cute outfits!

I guess Baggi really like that one!

Livi really enjoyed helping!

This is a puppy from Nora. Funny story about this puppy is that her Nina Laura bought her the first version of this dog back when Juliana was about 3 months old. To say she loved that dog would be an understatement. Well, as time passed, the dog got a bit dirty and who am I kidding, we just got so tired of this dog who would play his little tunes whenever he wanted without even being prompted. So the dog ran out of batteries and he went into a "permanent retirement". So you can imagine her excitement when she opened the pink version of this new and improved little dog. I think she plays double the songs and even has a light up heart. So, thank you Nora, this might have been her favorite gift; and I'm sure the songs will be a nice addition to the soundtrack of my life, along with Mickey Mouse music.

So the next day, which was actually Juliana's real birthday we went to eat at Twisted Root with Aunt Teresa, Dylan, Uncle Ray and Aunt Julie. Livi was making bad choices so I had to remind her to "change her attitude".

Looks like she got the message

Daddy and the birthday girl.

And after Twisted Root, Juliana asked to go to Costco and Lowe's. She loves to go shopping. And like any good responsible parents we decided to take cute pictures by placing our new light fixtures on their ears.

It was hilarious!

I love these girls! They just grow up too fast!

1 Roger + 1 Roger = 1 Opi

1 Roger + 1 Roger = 1 Opi. This was the equation for this years birthday celebration. Opi's birthday is August 29th and Roger's birthday is August 30th. We won't divulge their ages but this year Roger was exactly one half of Opi's age.

Happy Birthday Opi!
Happy Birthday Roger!