Just another Manic monday!!

I think Quin has hit the terrible 2's already- if she doesnt get her way, or gets scolded, she throws a fit-- and this is what it looks like. Do i have my camera sitting there when it happens, you ask? No... they last so long, i have time to power up the camera and take 5 shots WHILe she's doing it and when she sees i'm taking a picture, she gets MORE ticked and cries louder and longer-

I had to call the Dr. today- she's been complaining of her feet hurting.. she'll be walking, sit down and say :" OW.. its both feet.. random. And this has been going on for 2 wks. we cant figure it out, so we go to the Dr. and do you know what he says?-- "In my 21 years in practice, i've never seen something like this before." ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.. nice.. so what, you think i'm one of those mothers that just likes to be at the Dr. Office cause i have mental issues and have that syndrome where moms go to the DR. to get attention?!!! they did blood work on her and that's perfect, so if it continues another 2 wks, we'll have to go in for x-rays- i'm baffled, that's fo sho! POOR LITTLE PIGGIES

Lex now has Good news club after school in her gym on tuesdays- for those of you that dont know what that is, its a fun little club put on thru a Christian organization that teaches kids about Jesus and makes it fun- BUT.. most clubs are in peoples backyards, so when i received something home from school that it was AT HER SCHOOL, i about fell over. WHAT school in Salem would do this on school grounds?! Anyway, after that i found out she had a fundraiser for her school at some pizza joint. i asked some random 300+ lb lady with her Belly hanging out of her shorts ( NO LIE) if this place was good and her response was "oh, its delicious, its like an all you can eat buffet and if they dont have the pizza you want, you just ask them to make it for you." (of course she would know that)i H*A*T*E buffets with a passion- GERMS ,GERMS, GERMS!!!.. but i decided to go anyways.
On our way, i spot THIS nissan Altima out of the corner of my eye. Girlfriend was in a hurry to get somewhere because she was lane hopping like every 10 seconds but wasnt getting ahead at all. I first noticed the SIDE MIRROR missing on the right, then NO REAR VIEW MIRROR.. THEN.. NO TAIL LIGHT!!! THEN.. i look at her license plate and i *WISH* i could have zoomed in on it better. I - KID - YOU - NOt, on a piece of CARDBOARD!!!, it said :" Tags aplied for" . In GA. license plates are called Tags. Dude, she cant spell "applied" right, and with all those other things wrong with your car, you think if i was a cop i wouldnt pull you over and that i would believe that you had applied for your plates?!!

After getting to this pizza joint, we eat and lex plays at the arcade.. major watered down version of bullwinkles. i gave her 5 bucks for tokens and she gets like 1.00 worth of CRAP!

This is a look at the clouds tonight.. alot of lightning, but no thunder- that's in the apartment above me where a lady and her military husband lives. If she was in the military, i think they kicked her out cause she's so dang loud, the enemy would hear her and get them all killed. The woman i promise you is louder than my 6 year old. she stomps everywhere and i swear to you, runs to the bathroom last min before she loses it. How do i know you ask.? ?? Because EVERY time someone upstairs flushes, i hear it. Isnt that fabulous?! I dont know WHAT on earth she does all day- no kids, just a 26 lb. cat that's shaved to look like a lion with a mane and a big poof on the tail- - - -

My life is so random, yet so eventful i tell you !!
G*O*O*D*N*I*G*H*T

Random Sunday

Poor Miss Quin is still battling a bug- its a cold that's gone down into her lungs and her nose is just non-stop. she's been crying and just horrible for days now. so, luke stayed home while Lex and i went to church.
Quin had a banana for breakfast this morning and as i was getting ready, i found her doing THIS! Apparently she's too lazy to pick up her food, so she just eats it like a DOG- for REAL?!

After church, i had a little shut eye and we all ventured out to our ghetto-fabulous Sams club that's due for a remodel.. little side note, it ranks for some of the HIGHEST sales in the SOUTH- woo woo. Quin needed some new diapers- we wanted to grab a bite to eat so randomly came to this burger joint called checkers. WEll, that will be a one time deal- NEVER have i been so sick from food so fast- lord have mercy, i'm thinking it compares to White Castle...

I think the BEST part was before we got to Checkers, we drove thru a parking lot and found this Hoopdy!!H-A-W-T i tell you.. i promise ya'll this place is not ghetto.. i constantly am in search of these fun photo ops!
You better believe that if the owner of this ride was in his car, i would have asked to have a picture take with him and his ride.. i mean, common, who wouldnt want a picture next to this BEAUT!!

the girls are passed out and i'm watching the MTV music awards- i NEVER watch, but i LOVE the music performances-- I cant remember his name but he was singing with lil' wayne-- this guy is LOADED with cash, and his outfit on NATIONAL TV is NO shirt, dreads, a huge chain, UNDERWEAR HANGING out of his pants, that i dont even know how they were staying on and a bandana in the back pocket.. FOR REAL?! i mean, it looked like he was a walking advertisement for WAL*MART!!! And the host of the show is from the UK- he's TERRIBLE! the things coming out of his mouth.. uh.. he BUGS! and his hair.. long with like rats nest, bed head in the back.. and yet.. it is MTV!
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I'm out .. Shalyse, i mean.. i'm really considering the mullet.. my hair IS curly..
Mom.. if Quin is ANYTHING like her mom, 3 sips of that beer and she'd be done!

A drive thru the H*O*O*D!!

Ok, confession time.. IM BORED STIFF! No friends here really that i hang out with, lex is off to school and i'm in an apartment.. so every day i venture out and look for boutiques- this place is LACKING i tell you! At least in Salem, there were cool boutiques everywhere-- fig, Corkys' Daughter, Spencer's Alley.. Its horrible here.. i've found NOTHING that compares to those. I wont give up the hunt, but man.. i'm feeling like i'm having withdrawls!

I wont go that far without luke because i would FREAK out if i ended up in a bad part of town without him. So today i told him we should go to downtown Augusta, once again being hopeful for my boutiques. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... wrong again! We drive by the hospital and i realize street by street, the hood is getting more and more close, the cars are getting more and more ghetto, and the Dairy Queen has BARS on the windows.. NOW THIS IS WHAT MY DAD THINKS THE SOUTH IS LIKE! i REALLY wanted pics of people, but really it got so bad i didnt think i should get caught taking pictures, i had the girls in the car. So, enjoy the pictures i DID get. As for more trips down there, the only trips we'll be making there are for the hospital. unfortch, the Dr i go to is there ;/

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Enough of the hood, lets get some Real life, our life pictures!!

We have this new FAV mexican restraunt here, that's ALWAYS busy.

They have enormous beers. Their drinks remind me of Guadalajara Grill drinks-

Quin watched Luke with great intent every drink he took- She just looks like she's jonesin' for a drink of it, huh?

And someone was feeling left out and had to have her own picture taken, but the greatest part of this pic was, she was posing so hard and trying to be cool, she almost knocked the entire drink onto her sister and herself. i laughed so hard at her!

And i couldnt resist THIS pic.. the WOMAN PERM MULLET- also a Southern trailer park hair do- WHY ARE THESE ALLOWED?! Cops would make SO much money out here on bad hair- why not ticket these peeps and let the hot moms off the hook?!! (Shalyse, i took this JUST for you!)

*Goodbye to our 1st house!!*

WOW-- I feel like we have just closed a HUGE chapter in our lives. As of last week, we no longer own our first home. We sold it.. EXTREMELY bittersweet, i tell you!! Unfortunately, it wasnt sold to a sweet little family, but the good part is it took a little over 2 months and that's a huge blessing!
As i was looking thru pictures, i started getting choked up seeing all the work that has gone into that house! It went from white walls, to having yummy chocolate stripes in the living room, key lime yogurt colored kitchen, lexi's pink and green princess room,Quins raspberry and tangerine room and our relaxing beach themed room. It went thru many of Lexi's brithdays, Christmas, baby showers, Snoballs for my sister, and it was Quincey's first home. There are so so so many memories, sweat and tears put into that house. Here's some pictures to remember--

And if you're ever in the neighborhood there will ALWAYS be a piece of us there- when the cement was still wet, i carved :" KLL " (kat, luke, lexi) in the cement to the left of the garage door at the top of the driveway ;), and on the sidewalk in front of Miss Bev's house in the corner. We will always be there in spirit now!

*in what was lexi's bathroom*

*Grandpa, luke and lex putting in the backyard!*

*Halloween '06*

*Quincey's Baby shower*

*1st Day of school ' 07*

*Quin playing in the dirt days before we moved to GA- July '08*

*Lex and her BFF kylie hamming it up in front of our house*

Cheers to our first house and all the special memories we made there!! Now.. onto another chapter in our lives, and a new house for us here in Georgia!

Getting to know you..

Lex had a homework assignment to make a box and each side had something about her..
*her Fav color
*fav. animal
*her age
*fav place to go
*fav food

You could do anything.. so we covered each side of the box using scr
apbook paper and went from there using things we had around the house. Enjoy!

*Her Fav. food is Spaghetti and we used ribbon as noodles and cut out a fork out of a magazine. *

* Her Fav. Animal*

*Her Fav. Color*

*An empty side- we used colored feathers*

*Her age- we used candles *

*Her Fav. place to go and vacation*

I really think i had more fun making this than she did.. it was hard to not do it all by myself, but i had to let her do it ;)

This one's for you, Dad! We
went to a Rib place for lunch yesterday- Miss Quin LOVES ribs, but of course
her all time fav is still mac and cheese.

Labor Day weekend with the Bestie ...

Jess & Christian came up to see us this weekend! Here is our weekend in pictures-
*This tent goes WAY back! we played in it as kids, my mom saved it, re-vamped it and now Lex plays in it*

*mojitos at PF Changs*

*Mini Lucas*


*Somene soaked their pants- i PROMISE she was dry when she left for dinner! lots of water- Whats funny is Christian ALWAYS seemed to get her when her diaper was dirty. *

*Besties pool side- this is prior to Quin slipping backwards and hitting her head on the concrete. I picked her up, soaking wet in my white shorts, and my self tanner made my shorts look brown. I didnt figure that out until AFTER i'd ran to Target- someone probably thought i'd had an accident!*

*Quin sitting with her Uncle Christian and luke and Lex in pool*

*Grammy Wendy & Lex at Dinner*

*Lex and her Trademark pose for the last YEAR*

*Cheers to such a fun weekend!*

*She got a KICK out of Jess with her "NUM-NUMS"

We were all so tired this morning!!! we've bummed around the house all day, luke worked a few hours and we've all just been eating random things - popcorn for dinner ;0) Sound of Music is on now, so we're all watching that.I LOVE That movie!
Hope you all had SAFE weekends- for you West Coastie's school is about to start- good luck with that!!