Happy Turkey day to all

Hi All,
Just a quick post to share these photos of the 2 pies Kyle made yesterday :) Yes, my hubby can bake!! The one on the right is an Apple pie from the Barefoot Contessa cookbook and the other is Pumpkin. Both were scrumptious. We had a wonderful turkey day w/ my sister's in-laws on Cape Cod. There were 10 of us.

To the right is the pie guy!!

Happy turkey day to all of you. Big hugs,

C, K & R

xoxo

Cool Lego Santa

Last weekend while @ our local mall we spotted this awesome Santa made of Legos. The picture really does not do it justice. Most of our nephews are into legos so we thought this was cool :) Imagine how long this took to build??? Has anyone ever seen anything like this?

Pictures from the last few weeks

Hi All,

I know it has been ages since we last posted. I wanted to share some pictures from last weekend. We had a sleep over with our nieces Lauren and Courtney. They are both 1o & get along great. We went to see the movie "Bolt" because Madagascar 2 was sold out. Then we came back to our condo and made homemade pizza. We then had fun with aunties makeup and then it was time for sundaes. Below are shots from our great time :)

The 1st shot has the girls making the pizza. Yes, Courtney is using my extra wheelchair. They are obsessed with it!!!Here the 3 gals are getting dolled up in aunties bathroom.

The two beauty queens all glammed up!!

Below is a picture of Auntie putting eyeliner on Courtney :)

It's a New Day

Hi Ya'll,

I'm super tired but really wanted to say a quick hello! Things are well and I am still extremely excited about our new President. Did any of you happen to see Oprah this Friday? I am not a big Hip Hop fan but I am loving this song that was on Oprah by Will-I-Am. It is called "It's a New Day" and I had to post a link to the amazing video. Kerri & Aunt Mo I know you'll both LOVE it!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHWByjoQrR8

If I remember correctly he wrote this song either the day Obama was elected or the following day. I am still finding it hard to articulate how much historic election means to me. I guess I am just still in awe. Let me know what ya think of this song?

Here is a quick pic of my mom & I taken today. She is still @ the rehab and is getting out on Tuesday!! Yeah! The great news is that she got a GREAT report from her doctor last Friday and so far she is regaining some of her lost function. We are all so relieved. She has a long road ahead but so far it is looking promising. I would appreciate it if everyone would continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers. She has a tough 6 months ahead of her and we need all the help we can get. I truly believe in the power of prayer as I know it has helped me in my own life.

Ok, so the precious puppy that I am holding in the pic is a therapy dog named "Mona." She visits the rehab with her 12 year old owner who is the most amazing kid every other Saturday!!! The majority of the patients absolutly love seeing her. We just fell in love with Mona!! Although I think that the pic is one of the most horrendous pics I've ever seen of myself I still had to post it. I wanted you all to see precious Mona. You can also see my mom next to me wearing her neck brace which she has to wear for another 4-6 weeks. Yuck!!!

Hope you are all well!! Yeah for Obama. It's a New Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quiet October in the Blog World

Hello Folks,

I can't believe I only had 2 posts in October. October was a crazy month. My mom had major surgery on her neck a little over a week ago and she is now in a rehab. We've been very consumed with visiting her. Thankfully her rehab is less than 3 miles from us so I have been able to see her every day. She will probably be there for most of this coming week. She can't drive for several weeks so we will all be busy helping her out when she returns home.

We had a very low key Halloween. We only had 2 trick or treaters. My allergies have been horrific the past few days so I've been pretty cranky and lathergic and have not wanted to do much. By the way, the 2 pics I posted are of Rosie as a pig for Halloween.

We are still waiting on the adoption front. We've gotten a lot of "no's" and it is very discouraging. If we don't have any luck my the end of this year we may have to think of an alternative plan.

We are both so ready for the election to be over. It has been too long!! I really hope we know who the next President is by November 5th. I hope it isn't so close that we have to do recounts and all that craziness we've dealt with for the last two elections. Ok, off to go find a movie to watch!! Happy All Saints' Day.