"Barney's Dream"

Barney is a disabled man who lives in lake wales and has been in a wheel chair his whole life. He is SOOOOO involved in the community if you just say "Barney" nearly everyone knows who you are talking about. Well a new playground was just built that was a dream of Barney's. It was designed so that children with disabilities could enjoy a playground like any other "normal" child. It has ramps for wheelchairs. Larger swings with harnesses etc. It really is a fun, BEAUTIFUL playground for ALL children and we took Hunter opening weekend to play with his cousins (who have reportedly gone nearly every day!) :) So glad the community worked together to live out "Barney's Dream"!

Party Time!

Fun weekend of a carnival birthday party for Hunter's twin friends Calvin and Leah....Highlands county fair where Hunter actually won his first gold fish doing his favorite, throwing balls....Super Bowl party at our friends house. They had Sonny's cater and it was YUM YUM. Thanks for opening up your new home to all our kiddies! (Who could NOT stay out of the Cheetos bowl!)


Cheeto?....what cheeto?
I'll just have one more
Elli sure is sneaky under that table with her cheeto collection Bauer has no shame going in for the kill! half time entertainment

daddy don't you drop my fish!

SEBRING SNOW FEST

Our Big Brothers Big Sisters program sponsors a SNOW fest each January out at the race track. They ship in several tons of snow for the kids as well as lots of bounce houses. My "little sis" has recently gotten in trouble with the law unfortunately and was unable to go with me so Hunter and I brought some friends with us. We went very early to beat the crowds which was great because the kids could easily play in the snow and bounce houses.Hunter was not so excited about the cold wet stuff but absolutely loved his first time in a bounce house. He kept laughing so hard that he really only got a few hops in before he would fall over in laughter. It was really funny. Anyway...morning was nice and cool and crowd free and overall a fun time.

Quick updates!

ICE @ Gaylord Palms. Mic and I went on the last night and there were HUNDREDS of people in line and with Nana & Popi's VIP passes (thank you guys!) we went RIGHT IN! WOW! People were not too happy to see us go straight through the doors. It was beautiful and I enjoyed sliding down the ICE slide! :)

oh yeah!

Got to my car Friday after school to find the following early valentine from my crush!
Very sweet card.....

"P.S. if your phone hasn't been working properly...maybe you should try the one under your seat!"

"YESSSSSS!!!!!!!"

At a boy Mic!!!!!! Way to butter me up before Valentine's Day when you made me give our dog away! HAHA! (I'll post that saddness later...when I stop crying...just kidding...kinda!)
I LOVE MY NEW TOY!

Tagged!

I was tagged by Angie S.
Here were my instructions...
1. Go to the 6th folder in My Pictures.
2. Choose the 6th Picture.
3. Explain origins of photo.

I went to the 6th folder, 6th picture and panicked because it was a shot of hunter and I at the beach(I in my bikini! aaahhhh) While not that horrifying yet NOT wanting to post it to the world...I double checked to make sure I had the right folder /right picture! THANK GOD I had clicked on the 7th folder....HONEST!!!! Finally got it right and came across.....

One of my favorites of Hunt!(His rolls are much cuter than mine!) LOL! Last spring break he and I went to the beach together in Bradenton. A picture perfect day and why I am in love with Florida beaches!So ready for spring break again!
I tag Stacy S, Stacy L, and Shara L.

Christmas In A Nut Shell...A Little Late I know

Christmas Eve
*Baking cookies at Nana Halloran's, delivering cookies and carols to the neighbors

*Listening to Popi attempt to read the Christmas story from the Bible with Hunter going buck wild and Avery asking every five seconds if it was time to open presents YET! Then each family reflecting on 2008.

*FINALLY opening gifts in T minus 7 seconds-PAPER EVERYWHERE! Hunter rolling around in the paper (after he had already ripped the bows off nearly every gift). Lots of surprises and NO disappointments! :)

*Family photo time in our Christmas PJ'S...kids were DONE...Hunter..out of commission..Avery and Halle...Spent..yet another year of great Christmas Eve family PJ Pics in front of Nana's tree
Christmas Day
*Halloran's Three waking up in our own home...warm in our beds and new Christmas PJ's

*Hunter peeking around the corner and running to the tree

*Hunter more into all the hoopla than I thought he would be

*Mic bring out prizes for Hunter and I that we hadn't previously discussed and planned in the "budget"! What a sneaky little elf! Good Boy! :)

*Heading to LW yet again to Grandma and Grandpa Kistner's for Christmas Breakfast

*Laughing at my dad and all of his random "catalog" presents and laughing at my mom...because every Christmas I can ever remember many of our gifts came throughout the course of that day because she had forgotten that she had hid things and didn't remember to find them and wrap them!!!!! LOL

*Christmas dinner @ Nana & Popi Halloran's with the whole gang...One of the best meals I think we have had yet and over the years we have had some GREAT meals!

*Kids all getting kazoos and giving a concert of Christmas carols

*More presents and paper everywhere

*A long hard night's sleep because we were ALL whooped!
Included in there somewhere was another great boat ride at Uncle BK's on Crooked Lake.