Tuesday, July 27, 2010

When more friends come and visit

Yes, I am still at SPI. And yes, I am utterly exhausted. My other old roommate from college, Allison, came down to visit with her two kids, Brady and Anna. So far we have been to the beach, the pool, the movies, the lighthouse and the turtle sanctuary. Tomorrow we are headed out on a pirate cruise for 3 hours of fun. It makes me laugh to imagine how Allison and I would have spent 4 days on padre without 3 kids 14 years ago. Actually, I can sum it up in 3 words: beer, beach and boys!



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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Happy birthday little man!

Carter is officially 4 today. So far his favorite activities at the beach are eating cheetos and drinking Capri Suns, smashing alex's sand castles, and wallowing in a mud hole his daddy made just for him. Love you big C! You've come a long way and have a long way to go, but I love you more than words can say - love, mom


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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Last zoo pic

Here's Sawyer Kessels, 17 months.



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More zoo pics

Hayden Kessels and Alex






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Rainy day at the beach, sweaty day at the zoo!

So it was very cloudy and drizzly at the beach, and we needed a plan B. My friend Brandi and her two kiddos are visiting from Dallas, and Hayden, her oldest at 3, announced she was "done with the sand." We decided on either the children's museum in Brownsville or the zoo. Alex and Hayden decided on the zoo.
After eating a Mexican food buffet for lunch, it was off to see the animals. It was very humid and muggy, but the kids had fun. Moms not as much, but a Sonic run afterwards was a great way to cool off. Some pics are below..V


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Monday, July 19, 2010

Carter's 4th Birthday

So my sweet angel man is almost 4. We decided to have an early family party since his Granny was down to see him, and my best friend and her family were going to Canada for 2 weeks. In true Vicki form, I was so busy making sure everyone was having a good time, that I did not take a single picture! Lucky for me my mom snapped one right after they crossed the bridge to Port Isabel. I guess he's not quite ready to party with the big kids!


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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Tuckered out




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Carter

My son is a boy who knows exactly what he wants when he wants it. His favorite activities include eating apples and bananas, rubbing my dad's or his dad's earlobes till they are practically raw, and sucking his thumb. Peppered in between said activities are playing with Alex's zhu zhu pets and jumping in the pool with no life jacket or floaties. Secretly, he loves to nap, but it is no longer cool to admit it to mom and dad, unless of course he is sleeping in my dad's "cave" of a room with all the windows closed, overhead fan blowing and small fan on the side table blowing full blast. ( I like taking naps in that room too!) The picture above is was taken 4th of July weekend at SP! after a long day of swimming in the pool and playing at the beach.

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Angry

I am not the type of person anyone would describe as being "sunny" or "bubbly." I've always wanted to be, but I tend to be kind of a grump a lot of the time. I have tried for years to figure out the source of my unhappiness, often resigning myself to just being born this way, but my mother swears that I was the happiest, most fun little kid. So, guessing that she is no liar, I was, once upon a time, a happy go lucky kind of person, at least for a little while!

This post is about anger. I find myself angry about a lot of things, and I want to figure out how to stop being so angry and maybe attempting to put a little bit of light-heartedness back into my personality mix. But first, I need to be honest about what I am so darn angry about....Here goes:

1. I am angry that my sister died from cancer.
2. I am angry that I was powerless to help her.
3. I am angry that I did not have good enough self esteem in my teens and early 20's and allowed a lot of people to treat me badly.
4. I am angry that I did not do better in school and create a more meaningful and lucrative career for myself.
5. I am angry that some people still behave in horribly selfish and childish ways even though they are adults.
6. I am angry that my son has autism. (this should be #2)
7. I am angry that my daughter is so sensitive and allows people to hurt her feelings so easily. (this will make junior high and high school very difficult.)
8. I am angry that there never seems to be enough money for vacations, a bigger house, a nicer car, sometimes even the bills. (this is often self-inflicted.)
9. I am angry that someone is currently trying to hurt one of my very good friends.
10. I am angry that there are people who never seem to hurt, have problems, run out of money, and always have the nicest of everything and still feel the need to be ugly on the inside.

Okay, so now that I have put down my top 10 on this blog, I just stopped to re-read them and realized that other than #1 and #6, all of these things that make my life so hard and difficult are all things I can change. It is up to me to find the strength to turn things around for myself, and if all else fails, I will run. (Not run away....really run, like at the track and sweat it out!)