Happy 12th Birthday ...

To our lil not so little Kaylors! The big 1-2, WOW! Hard to believe she's already 12.

We were missing her even more then usual this weekend! It's no fun not ever being able to spend her actual birthday with her, but 'tis life! Maybe one year ... that would be fab! 'Til then, having make shift birthdays is always special! Something she'll remember forever and something that we love doing!

I was trying to make a slide show, but it's not working right ... so I'll post a few pixs instead!













We LOVE you baby girl! We are so proud of you! We are thankful to have you as our daughter!

I may have fallen off the blogosphere! We've been crazy busy lately! It would help if someone could add about 4 more hours to my day, I don't think that's asking too much, right?!

Here's a few new pixs of our babes playing outside!

In deep concentration on his master piece

Silly baby

Slugs ... courtesy Allie and friends! GROSS!

Always.&.Forever

It's hard to believe it's already been a year since Melissa and Ayden were taken from our lives! I think about them every single day ... sometimes the tears come rolling in and sometimes I just smile! I miss them so much!

I've always believed everything happens for a reason, but I can't understand this! I try not to dwell on that too much because it can drive you crazy! I can say that this has taught me so much. There are so many things that happen in life that are so trivial ... things that at the end of the day don't really matter!

What really matters is your family and enjoying every minute, every second that you get to spend with them because you never really know!

I'm so lucky to have had the two of them in my life and now in my heart! I miss and love you guys more then you'll ever know!

Always.&.Forever

This&That

I'm laggin'! Update bullet point style!

• It turns out Alliyah actually fractured her elbow, yikes! She'll be in a cast for about 3 weeks [better than the 9 weeks when she broke her foot]! Yes, she's only 6 and has already had 2 broken bones! 2 more then I've ever had! If anyone knows where I can locate a bubble to put her in ... I'd appreciate it! Looks like she's out for the soccer season, boo!
  
• Ray celebrated his 31st birthday on the 29th! His Grandma's 89th birthday was the day before his, so we had a family gathering to celebrate both. Fun stuff! Afterwards we went out with the other side of his family and some friends to celebrate! Let's just say the night ended with Ray and John singing Jodeci together! Good times!
• Kailee started her first day of Middle School this week [with her rockin' new do]! Like, seriously, unbelievable! So proud!

Her first day as a big junior higherThanks for the pixs!!