Taking a Break!

Unfortunately, I am taking a break from my blog for the time being. I am also doing Facebook, which is less time consuming so I am going to just stick with that for now. I can post pictures way quicker on there and can talk to a lot of people on the spot. I applaud all of you bloggers who are consistent with your posts and can find the time to do it. My kids are getting more demanding and it's hard for me to find the time to blog daily. I'm glad I experimented with it for this long and tracked some of my kids' life, especially the birth of Sophia. For now, I'm going to focus on my mothering duties and less time on the computer! I'm still trying to figure out how to juggle everything that comes with staying home and having a baby again in the house! Hopefully down the road I can find the time to start it up again! Thanks for all who visited the Fox Party of Five!

Thanks, Jodee, for a much needed Girls' Night out!

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Jodee and I had a fun night of pedicures and margaritas tonight! We planned to get pedicures for my birthday and picked the cheapest place in town, where we discovered that you definitely get what you pay for at this joint! Thank goodness it was cheap, because they didn't do a very good job! Although the pedicures weren't the greatest, we at least got out of the house, got our toes painted and had lively conversation! Afterwards, we went for a drink and chips/salsa to chat some more while our hubbies dealt with the kids! We need to remember that our husbands are capable of handling the kids/house/etc. so we have to do this more often! I can't wait for our next one! Thanks again for being you

LIttle Miss Sophia...trying to sit up!

It won't be long before Sophia is sitting up on her own...she is sooo close and we can't wait until she does.  She looks so bored always having to lie on her back all of the time.  She has starting rolling over but gets upset when she ends up on her stomach, so we roll her to her back and then she immediately rolls back to her stomach!  We also got the exersaucer out for her and she is starting to like it.  We can't believe that she is 5 months old next week!  Where is my baby girl going?!?  Time needs to stand still and stop these kids from growing!

Cameron's Birthday, Part 2!

The whole clan outside next to the "Hotel for Dogs" sign

The boys being silly

Mommy and her birthday boy!

Cameron opening presents!

Part of the crew waiting for two others to join the party!

Cameron enjoying a couple juice boxes!

The boys hanging out!

Charlie and Grandma Kathy

Cameron ready to open presents from Grandma and Grandpa

Grandpa and Sophia

Cameron and his new "Patriots" jersey...he was so excited!

Charlie helping me wrap presents

Cameron spent his birthday with five friends, including Charlie, at the movie, "Hotel for Dogs." We first had a table set up at the theatre to have cookies and juice and open presents.  Then the boys played and ran around the hallway of the theatre for awile...thank goodness the theatre wasn't busy yet and the staff didn't mind, because we had a hard time getting them to settle down!  We then got a tour of the projection room upstairs where we all got to see how the movie reels worked and a crash course on movie production!  The boys thought it was really cool to see an actual movie running on a reel and then see it projecting on the screen.  The manager gave them each a piece of reel to take home, so they were excited!  Once it was time for the movie, the manager had a whole row of seats reserved for all of us and also has our popcorn and drinks all set up.  The boys loved the movie and were engrossed in it the whole time!  Cameron said he had a great day and was super excited all day long!  

Cameron's Birthday Party Sleepover!

Three tired boys the morning after!

Cameron trying out his new cymbal!

Zade, Cameron and Cedric playing Rock Band!

Cameron had his first sleepover Friday night for his 8th birthday.  We said he could invite two of his good friends, so he chose Zade and Cedric from his class.  Cameron had spent the night at other kids' homes before, but we have never had kids stay here, except cousins.  Overall, the boys were pretty well behaved, just a little wild, but that is boys!  They mostly played on the computer and Wii and ran around all night!  At about 10:30pm we got a call from our neighbor, Deb, who is pregnant, that her water broke and they wanted to bring their son, Chase over.  We gladly said t0 bring him over and he could join the sleepover, too!  He is also a great friend of Cameron's so it worked great to have him come stay with the boys, too!  Cameron kept saying to Chase, "I hope your mom doesn't have her baby until after midnight so it's on my birthday!"  He was super excited that Chase's sister would probably be born on his birthday...which by the way, she was!  We did finally settle them down with a movie about 10:30pm but they didn't fall asleep until it was over around 12:30am!  Of course, they woke up early around 7:30am!  I heard Cedric say, "Cameron, thanks for inviting us...this is the best sleepover I've ever been to, I swear!"  It was sooo cute!  They had a fun night and Cameron loved having his two best friends stay over with him for his special day!  

Happy 8th Birthday, Cameron!

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Cameron's almost 8!

Cameron is turning eight on January 17, so I thought I'd post pictures from last year. He had a movie party at the Joyo Theatre in Havelock and watched the "Bee Movie" with about 20 friends. They got the whole place for about 3 hours and got to have cupcakes and open presents on the stage, so they all thought it was pretty cool! It is a really old theatre with a lot of character, but needs some updating! I don't think the kids noticed, though, just me! Anyway, he had a great time and then family came to our house afterwards for food and more cake! Cameron got a bigger bike last year and many other fun things! This year he is again having a movie party but much smaller than last year. He is only having five of his closest friends and his brother to go see "Hotel for Dogs" which doesn't even come out until his birthday, so none of his friends will have seen it. We are just planning to go to Southpointe Movie Theatres since it is much closer and since Cameron is having fewer friends. The theatre allows us to bring cake and drinks and they will give the boys a tour of the projection room, so I'm sure that will be a hit, along with the movie and popcorn. We also told Cameron he can have two friends sleep over, but not all five! Luckily, he was fine with that and picked two of his best friends, Cedric and Zade to stay over. This will be our first sleep over, so hopefully it will go well!

Cute Polka Dotted Sophia!

Aunt Tooty from NYC brought back this adorable dress for Sophia for Christmas. It is velvet and even cuter in person. My sister always finds the most unique and beautiful clothes for my kids...probably because she not only has great taste, but lives in the fashion capitol of the country! NYC has such awesome shopping and unlimited choices. I love going there to visit and especially shop, shop and shop! My kids love having a "cool", single aunt who completely spoils them!

American Idol!

I am super excited that AMerican Idol starts up again tonight! It's a family affair at our house where all of us sit and watch it very intensely without interruptions! If the phone rings, we don't answer unless it's a commercial! I was sooo glad last year that David Cook won and have his new CD which, by the way, is awesome! I knew from Hollywood week last year that he would be a frontrunner and probably win! So, we'll see if I can predict the winner again this year! My husband things I am pretty lame that I even call and vote, but I just am so into the whole Idol experience! Call me crazy, but I am totally addicted and it's fun to have a family show that entertains all of us together!

Happy Birthday Aunt Tooty!

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Favorites of 2008!

One of my favorites of Cam and daddy at the Twins baseball game

One of the best ones of Cameron!

The whole fam on Xmas Eve

The Three little angels!

Miss Sophia lounging!

Daddy and Charlie

My boys the day of Sophia's baptism

One of my favorites of Sophia...about a month old

Sophia's baptism

Some newborn (three days old) pictures

Daddy and his little girl getting ready to go home from the hospital

The day after Sophia was born

One of our favorite first pictures of Sophia

This was when we told Grandma Kathy that Sophia's middle name, Kathryn, was named after her (Grandma was so touched and just cried)...she was born on Grandma's birthday

Me and my three kids, right after Sophia was born

me and my daughter

The new big brothers, happy as can be!

The first picture of me and Sophia

The boys and their new sister

Charlie and Cameron rock climbing at the fair the day before I went into labor!

Me and my boys on the first day of school...just 6 days before having Sophia

Cam and Charlie running the bases at a KC Royals game

Daddy and his boys rough housing in their new bedroom

The four of us going to a Minnesota Twins game

This is just one of my favorites of Charlie

One of my favorites with my boys...at a museum in KC

Another one of my favorites of silly Charlie!

Charlie and Cameron swimming at a hotel in KC

Charlie and Cameron down front at Royals/Yankees game intensely watching!

Me and my boys at the Yankees/Royals game

I love watching Cameron play soccer!

Charlie and Cameron at a Huskers baseball game

We had such a wonderful year in 2008 that I wanted to look back at my photos and decided to post some of my favorites.  I have many, many more, but that would take up hours, so I just put up the ones I love the most!  As I said before, the year started with me finding out I was pregnant, so most of the year was spent with me carrying a baby in my belly to all of the events/vacations we went to.  We love attending baseball games with our boys and went to many Husker baseball and Saltdog games, along with two KC Royals games and one trip to Minnesota to see the Yankees/Twins.  Although I was pregnant, I still enjoyed traveling everywhere and vacationing with my family to baseball games, Worlds of Fun and CocoKey in KC.  I can't wait until our next vacation when I won't be pregnant and can ride on rides (at Disney this spring) and not be too tired to swim!   The best part of 2008 definitley was the birth of Sophia in August and the rest of the year enjoying being home with my kids.  The holidays were fabulous not having to work retail for once and being able to relax and spend all the holiday with my family.  Here's to an awesome 2009 and I hope you enjoyed my trip down memory lane 2008!