Spring Break '09

Woohoo! Once again we went down to Miami for a few days during our Spring Break...we had a good time even though little Rye Rye got a little sick sick...103temp!!

This is at Nana Banana and Popi's house....

We went to the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Science and saw an IMAX movie and played in the museum for an afternoon...my kids were excited to be in a museum like one of their favorite movies...

The inside of a cockpit...The kids could have stayed in there for a while...

Rett was excited about seeing dinosaurs and kept saying how his friend Jake would love them...

Popi being "hands on" with the kids...

Rye riding a tractor that they had explaining farming..it was really cute...

Rett up in some sort of tree thing...

Emree making the most insane bubbles...we've found a talent...I think we could go to Vegas with it...

The other highlight after coming back home was going to the beach...I don't go that often but, it was such a beautiful day and we had so much fun that we're craving it again...

Playing Hookie

My kids have not missed one day of school this year for being sick but, for reasons like going to Disney, many... Here is one day when Eric and Karen came down with the girls and we played...

There is a barber shop on Main Street where, for free, they spray confetti and pixie dust in your hair...So fun!...And it looks scary in pictures but, by the end of the day it had fallen out of their hair...
These two silly girls...

Pretending to be Anastasia and Drizzela (sp?)...

Soooo much better than school!...

Louis blessing

We went up to Gainesville the beginning of March for little Louis blessing.

We went to a park and celebrated my mom's birthday with the whole family. The highlight was we shared a pavilion with this large black family that was having a get together. They had a little boom box and provided a nice soundtrack to our activities...Sexual Healing, Let's Get It On, and Secret Lovers... An evening we will never forget!

Rye swingin'...

Emree and Edesse...
Karen made yummy brownies...

Yay! A family picture...I'll take one of those whenever possible...

ooooh, pretty ladies...


Fun weekend!

Joey and some guys....

Every year Disney does ESPN The Weekend and they have all sorts of stuff going on and they broadcast all sorts of shows. Joey went to a couple this year...I know, terribly exciting...

This is joey with some guy that has a radio talk show that Joey listens to everyday while working...Joey said people were jealous of this picture...oh yeah, me too babe....

Joey with some guy that played at Texas...hand symbols gave it away...
Joey with some other guy that Joey said is built like steel...babe, you could soooo take him...

Glad he went and that I didn't have to go with him!

American Boy

Kanye West has a white three year old look alike...

I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY!!!

Special Day

Emree was baptized on February 14, Valentines Day. I think she'll always be able to remember it. We had so many of our family and friends there to support her and to share the special occasion with us...

Her baptism dress is a very special dress loaned to us and has been worn by over 100 little girls! A list has been kept and Emree's name has been added...

Bets were going if Joey was going to cry...He managed to do the best he could...She is our sweet little girl after all and is growing up soooo fast...

I did not fair so well...I was an emotional wreck...I'm sure everyone there thought I was crazy, and I am...I am crazy for this little girl that can't possibly be eight in my head, but yet here she is eight and accountable!! Needless to say I wished I had medication that day...And worst of all she wanted me to say the opening prayer...Seriously, it was painful for all that had to endure it!! Notice the tissues in my hand in this picture...

We had a good time with family and friends...Rye is soaking wet in this picture and had a baptism of his own in the water fountain...

On the ride home Emree said, "I feel so fresh!"....Let's just hope that feeling lasts forever!!!...

The Great Outdoors

Last weekend we decided to start the New Year off with a bang and go camping...woohoo! We went with 5 other families. We were so excited...umm..well Joey, Rett, Rye, and Emree were excited... Across the lake we live on is a Boy Scout campground so we were, literally, 5 minutes from home if I decided to back out (which I didn't, but it did cross my mind). I decided to pretend this is what Tent City (which is where we all supposedly will be living when things get really crappy) would be like...

This is the Sagers new tent...I think it might be the Taj Mahal of tents...Not too shabby to call home. I think it even had granite counter tops inside, crazy!...

Rett and Rye had been ready since that morning with backpacks packed and flashlights looped to their belts...

The kids LOVED the tire swing...note-to-self, must make all old tires swings to entertain children for hours...

The Olsens brought their Rhino to the camp and gave all the kids rides...the Rhino was constantly going...we also brought our dogs and they were constantly chasing after the Rhino...We didn't know which was going to give out first...The dogs ended up losing and were EXTREMELY exhausted (they never behaved better!) after a days worth of running at full speed...

Joey said if I went camping he would take care of the meals...I must say it was really nice to just sit by the fire and hear the boys doing all the work...I think that should carry over in Tent City too...

Had to take a picture with the chef...he did such a good job on the food...and I thought he was cute!...

Some of the girls, including Emree, occupied themselves by coloring by the light of the lantern...so fancy!..

We stayed up late talking and making s'mores by the campfire...isn't that some sort of law...

The next day we hung out...Rye was in the mood to chow down some popcorn...and little Haylie did a face plant in the dirt, so funny! She had clumps of dirt on her eyelashes...

Some of the boys brought their guns, including Rett. He was given a bee bee gun for Christmas and had to show his skills...yes, we are Republican...

Cindy Olsen had so much fun with the kids and really is like a big kid herself...she dug some holes, broke out golf clubs and golf balls and let the kids have their own little course...They loved it..., note-to-self I must have Cindy to keep me entertained in Tent City...

It was a lot of fun and we are already planning another one. There was a certain family reunion going on during this campout so, hopefully, next time we can convince them to join us!

8 is GREAT!!!

I don't know how it happened but, my baby girl turned into an 8 year old crazy girlie...

This little red head is such a smart, sassy, funny, sweet, and good girl... Emree looked like the birthday girl in this skirt that screams PARTAY!...



She has such a fun day and was able to do whatever she wanted...So she decided that she wanted to take some of her friends to the movies and to the ice cream shop....

They had such a great time and loved the movie...They became totally wired on all the treats...

Then it was off to the ice cream shop....

She had, according to her, "the best birthday ever"...

*Sweet squirrel girl*...
That evening we sang her happy birthday with the family...
My Mom and Dad and my Mom's parents, Mama and Papa, came over to celebrate...
I think this is a special picture of her with her great-grandparents on her birthday....

Emree we love you and hope you had a fun day that you'll always remember! 8 is such a *special* year!!!!