What a Week

My how week's pass quicker the older I get. Our week's always start off busy and they NEVER seem to slow down until Fridays. On Mondays, Kerigan had dance and half through the practice we had a parents meeting for the upcoming recital. Kerigan looks so cute in her two costumes. This past week was Teacher Appreciation Week at Kerigan's school so I worked up there for a while on Tuesday wile the teacher's had their luncheon. Kerigan has been so blessed with two outstanding teachers this year we have been extremely blessed. Wednesdays of course is always busy with church and Kids Express. This one was a little more busy because we had our Kids Express send off for summer so we are through for 15 weeks. Thursday was Muffins for Mom at Liv's School and then I really just did housework and then we went to ball practice, came home, got beths and the girls were all in bed before the Homeowners Assocation meeting that was at OUR house started at 8:15. Friday we wrapped up appreciation week with flowers and the gifts from the students. Friday I got great news on two fronts. Many of you may rememeber that Kerigan's Kindergarten teacher had a still birth last August just four days before her actual delivery date and also the evening of the first day of school, well she told me that she is expecting again this coming November. I am so excited for her and her husband. She started the school year off on a very hard note gets to finally end in a joyous note and I found out on Friday that I am almost finished with my college degree at Kennesaw State, so I will be returning at the end of this month to begin wrapping up that process. When you have a degree that is 123 hours to complete and you only have 50 to go it seems that it is God's way of saying let's get it done. Saturday was a great and extremely BUSY day, the girls played in TWO games, we had lunch with some very close friends, and then had a cookout at some other's friends home. Mother's day has been great and relaxing. Let's see what this week brings. Until next week signing off.

Here we are part 2

So little miss guess who, here is your update. Since April is already over life seems to be flying by. Hopefully I will get much better at updating these as soon as school is out. We haven't been quite as boring as I thought we were in my last post. At the end of March the girls started playing Upward Softball thorugh my in-laws church so needless to say our Saturdays have been crammed. You can see some of their pictures on the page. Kerigan's dance class has been preparing for their recital that is the first of June so we are looking forward to that. Being Room Mom at Kerigan's school is keeping em busy lately as school winds down, but I am having a blast and wouldn't change working with her teachers for the world. Last week, Kerigan cut all of her hair off and boy does she look CUTE. We are so ready for Liv to be out of her preschool. It is so amazing how much a school can change over 4 years and I am not sure Morgan will attend this school because of its changes. Liv is so ready to be at her new school she is already counting down the days til summer is over. Morgan is getting extremely active (not that she wasn't already) but with activity she has also found her voice more vocally and I mean she thinks she is keeping up with and talking with her sisters but boy is she loud. Last weekend Jason and I had a complete night to ourselves for the first time in 10 months, refreshingly nice but strange at the same time. VBS is only 40 days away at this point and I am so looking forward to it being the week. I have a great group of people working with me this year, whether it be during the actual week or those that are helping me on the sidelines before to get the "game" well organized. So that's our current update. Hopefully I will remember to post next week.

OK OK

Okay, so I have fallen behind or we have been extremely BORING people. We have been extremely quiet since Disney World. The girls had a very quiet Spring Break. Both the BIG girls are playing Upward Softball so Thursday and Saturdays are our big days with practices and games. Jason has quit piano lessons for now as he feels that time with his family is more important which is nice because every night is busy with church, dance, and ball,to have a night free of anything is nice and Tuesdays is now a completely free night. Rebecca is planning fericiously with VBS. Too many planning now seems crazy but we are down to two months and with her being "athletic" director (theme this year is sports) the job gets bigger every year as our church grows. Morgan is all over the place now, nothing is safe. Infact, we have had to learn that movies and Jason's game controllers are all she can focus on and that's all she wants and if that isn't enough enjoyment the fireplace and playing in trashcans rates a second best. See what I told you we have been boring for the month of April, for our regular readers I will do my best to not take 19 days for the next update.

We survived

Well we survived and lived to tell about it. We left for Disney last Saturday morning and all we told Liv and Kerigan was that we were going on a road trip for the day. Morgan had been sick for over a week and with the advise of her doctor, Morgan stayed home with Grammy for the week,(which after seeing some of the kids in Disney her age I am glad she didn't look as miserable as those babies did). We left Marietta at 6:30AM and stopped only twice (once for breakfast and once at the GA-FLA line) yes, my girls are great travelers. We arrived in Orlando at 2:00PM and when we were finally exiting the interstate did the girls figure out where they were. We spent Saturday evening at the Disney Village and letting them see a little of Disney. We awoke on Sunday morning to start our day at Magic Kingdom. We arrived at MK at 9:00AM (the minute the gates opened) and we headed right for the Tea Cups. We were at MK nearly all day but did move over to Epcot to finish out our day with dinner with the Disney Princesses. The girls were able to meet Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Cinderella, Snow White, and Jasmine. The biggest surprise even for mommy and daddy was that the princesses sent Liv a brithday card signed by all of them for her birthday (now mind you we DID NOT tell anyone that it was her birthday on the 20th). On Monday we started our day at Animal Kingdom and then proceeded to Typhoon Lagoon. Typhoon Lagoon would have been fun but we bacame aware of a couple of things on this trip, since last summer Liv has developed a fear of water, fire, and fireworks. So needless to say we were only at the waterpark for one hour. Tuesday we went to MGM Studios where Kerigan got to dance in the High School Musical Pep Rally and Liv got to dance in the Playhouse Disney Musical Review. If you have kids you know what a big deal both of these are. We finished Tuesday at a Braves Spring Training Game. When Wednesday arrived we knew that Liv's fun factor card was on the verge of expiring so we went to Magic Kingdom that morning, rested for a couple fo hours at the hotel, and went back later that evening. Since Liv was wearing down we convinced the hotel to let us check out a day early and we decided to come home on Thursday instead of Friday. Which was fine by me because I was going through Morgan withdrawl. We have close to hundred photos that we took I will post of our favorite memories soon. We are looking forward to Spring Break next week, Kerigan and Liv have their first softball game on Saturday (I will post those pictures one day). I look forward to having a slow start up week but also just being back home.

Here we are

Well, I got in trouble by one of my many readers for not updating sooner. I am trying not to bore you guys so I thought approximately once a week would work. I guess we will see. This week has been a non-eventful week. Kerigan performed at PTA this past Thursday night which was too cute, but of course I am a little biased. Jason has been EXTREMELY busy at work which is unusual but we made it through even if we were like ships passing each other in the night. I started back to Tae-Bo this week, I forgot how much it can kick your booty but I enjoyed being back. Jason and I were able to have dinner with close friends on Friday Night before we all went to Ultimate Date Night at our church. They took our picture at church so I will have to post it. Kerigan and Liv spent the night with Mimi and Papa on Friday, we had to go and pick up Morgan ( Mimi isn't ready to tackle all three for a sleep over). We have a very busy weekend planned with my aunt and uncle in town so I will update again later.

This is a first....

I have always wanted to be truly internet savvy and be able to keep family and firends near and far updated on our lives here in Marietta. So let's see how well I do. Life at the O'Kelley house has been crazy the last couple of weeks. Jason was out in San Antonio two weeks ago so it was the girls and I and even though I haven't had them all by myself for days at a time we survived. I was humbled by how God showed me during the week how much Jason and I rely on each other to help with the girls. I was humbled by how much I truly treasure a husband that helps me out the way he does. I came to see that I am lucky to have a husband that is so involved in our family life the way he is. Since he has been back at home we have been non-stop. Church keeps us extremely busy but we are greatful for a church family like we have been given. We are preparing for Liv's 4th birthday and our family trip to Disney. The girls don't know that we are going and we don't plan on telling them until we actually arrive. Kerigan is in Kindergarten and loving it, Liv is in preschool 3 days a week, and Morgan is now 8 months old and is crawling everywhere and now pulling up. She is moving much quicker than the other two girls ever did so she is keeping us truly on our toes. For all of you that are reading this we are greatful for each of you and love having each of you in our lives.