Seabee Ball

After hearing about the epic Seabee Balls our friends, Jess and Jimmy, have attended the past 2 years, we told them we wanted in on the fun! The 72nd Seabee Ball was definitely THE place to be!

All dressed up and ready to go

A gorgeous venue, delicious food, and great friends!

One of our other favorite Seabees, Nate

These Seabee carafes we all were given as party gifts double for cocktail glasses :)

With husbands as ornery as Chris and Nate, can these two gals ever get a nice picture together?

Kind of...

Me and the lovely Nicki

We clean up pretty nice!

Nate, Chris, and Jimmy

Judi's here too!

Jimmy, Terry, and Chris

It's time to boogie!

We were dancing maniacs all night!

Poetry Cafe

Emma's class hosted a Poetry Cafe on Friday.  Chris and I enjoyed listening to her original poems!

Emma reading to the entire group at the end

Mardi Gras Shrimp Boil

It is Fat Tuesday so Mardi Gras and Carnivale are in full effect today! I have definitely over indulged in the sweets department before giving them up for 40 days.
Our dear friends, Jess and Jimmy, invited us over for a little New Orleans style shrimp boil to celebrate Mardi Gras over the weekend. 

Camden and Emma hanging out in the living room (Emma is a Rainbow Loom Bracelet making machine!)

Jimmy tries to trick Chris by putting his beer in an LSU koozie...

There's the little King Cake Baby ready to be hidden

Jess and Jimmy hard at work cooking

My mouth started watering every time the lid was lifted off the pot!

YUM! Let's eat!

Stellar effort, Josh!

Too much Mardi Gras for this boy

The delicious King Cake Jess made

The kids got to have some King Cake for breakfast on Sunday morning. They each were lucky enough to find a baby in their piece of cake! :)

Read Across America Week 2014

Naples Elementary LOVES to show our love for reading and Dr. Seuss.  Last week we celebrated Read Across America Week.

Monday was Crazy Sock Day 

Tuesday was Tourist Day 

Wednesday was Twin Day

Thursday was Hat Day

Friday was a day full of fun! 

My 4th graders joined 2 other classes and hosted the Reader's Cafe (and it was pajama day)

Here is Camden and one of his classmates listening to Chelsea read them a story

After school we threw a big birthday party for Dr. Seuss. 

These 2 have turned into quite the helpers setting up for the book walk.

Hitching a ride with Ms. Heath

Thing 1 and Thing 2

Pin the Star on the Sneech

Emma at the Book Walk

The 500 Hats of Camden Kasparek

Emma, Meagan, and Neveah: 

The 3 Mustache-kateers :)

Evolution of a Smile (800th Blog!)

During Emma's basketball game today, Camden pulled out his left front tooth. He pulled the right tooth not even 2 weeks ago.  

His new smile is adorable and it reminded me of the time he only had 2 teeth instead of 2 teeth missing.

I thought this flashback was a fitting way to celebrate 800 blog posts! I started this blog in the fall of 2007 when we moved to Washington.  I have not always been as consistent as I would have liked with my posts, but I cherish each memory I've captured!

Presidents Day Weekend

Who doesn't love a 3-day weekend?!?!  We stayed home during the long Presidents Day Weekend. On Saturday evening we hosted 2 seminarians and 2 deacons who were visiting our parish from the Pontifical North American College.

Here's the gang watching the Hawkeye basketball game on the computer.  Deacon Mark is cheering on the Hawks in style!

Enjoying a BBQ dinner with Seminarian Joseph, Deacon Mark, Emma, Chris, Seminarian Jack, and Deacon Peter (I think Camden was checking the score of the game during this time).

Sunday brought a big tease of spring with nearly 70 degrees weather!  Camden and Emma played a lot of basketball.

Movie night

Back to shooting hoops on Monday afternoon. This time with Dad...