Family Day

Sunday we spent the day at the ballpark. It was a beautiful day in the spring sunshine and the Mariner's kicked butt with a score of 14-6.
I was lucky enough for the kids to cooperate and have their photo taken with the Mariner Moose. That's pretty amazing considering they are all teenagers, and generally "too cool" for mascots.
Derek also had a good day. It was "kids day" at the ballpark and they each received JJ Putz tee-shirts. Derek even got his autographed by JJ himself. Pretty cool!
All-in-all, it was a great family day!

A first place finish and more...

Another afternoon spent in the cold weather on a hard metal bench watching one of the slowest sporting events known to man: Track! You would think that they could run these meets in less than 3 hours, but apparently not. The kids run fast, but the officials don't seem to "officiate" very quickly!

Anyway....

Today was a FABULOUS track meet for Miss Kaitlyn. She had two personal records today; one in the 100 meter sprint and one in long jump. She even came in first in her 100 meter heat. Her form and performance were the best so far this season. Nice job Kaitlyn!

And more good news about little Miss Kaitlyn. Her report card came in the mail yesterday. Kaitlyn once again received 7 perfect A's. What a smart little cookie! She must take after her mother. (Yes, you can all laugh now!).

Tiptoe through the tulips

Kaitlyn is quite the photographer!

Kakin's new Doo

What a cute BOB!

She Places!

Standing out in the pouring down rain yesterday was worth it! Kaitlyn was running in her 2nd high school track meet. After getting close to placing in the first track meet last week, yesterday she did it! Kaitlyn finished 3rd in the 100 meter sprint yesterday with a personal best time! Way to go Kaitlyn!
She also ran the 200 for the first time this year and had an great finish of 4th place, right on the heels of the girl ahead of her.
Keep up the good work Kaitlyn. We (your parental units - all 4 of us) are VERY proud of you!

Happy Birthday Derek

This weekend we celebrated Derek's 14th birthday (even though its not official until the 10th!)

Derek will be going to the season opener Mariner's game with his dad, probably wearing his new Jordan shoes, both of which were birthday gifts.

We all had dinner at Puerta Vallarta last night - hence the sombrero in the photo.

BFFs!

How cute are they? Mac with her newly short doo celebrating her 15th Bday and Miss Kakin with her curly locks compliments of a unique field trip to Gene Juarez beauty school. How come we never had cool field trips like that when I was in school??

Vegas Memories

Tim and I did the "Vegas Thing" last weekend. It was a blast and exactly the break from reality that I was desperately needing. Although I didn't get my Dooney & Bourke, I did get fabulous Gucci sunglasses, lots of laughs and some life-long memories.

Top 10 Vegas Memories

10. Dixie Cups of Water with a Pedicure

9. Dinner with Tim's Sister Monica & Her Husband Rene at Margueritaville

8. Getting Locked Out of Our Room - when we had 3 keys!

7. Extra Insurance on the Rental Car

6. $ 4 Gourmet "Twix" Bar

5. 600 Quarters at Wynn and 495 Quarters at Sahara

4. "I'm Having Such a Great Day"

3. Gucci Glasses

2. Fabulous Dinner with a View

1. Riding the Mechanical Bull (more like falling off the mechanical bull!)

Go Seahawks!

Kaitlyn and Mackenna were goofing off on January 2nd. Maybe they had something to do with the success of the Hawks this past weekend. Highly doubtful if you watched any of the game.
Oh well, it still went down in the Win column!

Good luck Hawks in the game this weekend with the Bears. I'm sure Char (Tim's Mom) who is a huge Bears Fan (and lives in Chicago) will be proudly wearing her Seahawks sweatshirt!

My REAL New Car

Yesterday, my dear sweet loving and thoughtful husband spent 7 1/2 hours at the Acura dealer negotiating on a new car for ME! What a guy. He bought me an Acura TSX. It is a charcoal grey with black leather interior. The car literally talks to you, thanks to the navigation system. Not only can the car talk, but unlike my teenager, the car can listen! You give the car a command, like "temperature 72" and the car repeats your command and then executes it. This is SO COOL. Yes, I'm a new car nerd! There are so many bells and whistles on this car that its going to take me months to figure them all out. Of course I could read the manual, but what fun would that be?
Thank you Tim! I love you!

Christmas Day

Merry Christmas

from our house to yours!

We were up with the sun today so Kaitlyn could tackle her presents under the tree. Apparently Santa was paying attention this year cuz Kaitlyn received her very own digital camera...now she can keep her mitts off mine. Thank you Santa!
Our friends Terri and Jay came over for a little while this afternoon to visit and exchange gifts. Terri and I have this weird connection that is unexplainable even after 20 years. We both got each other Amazing Grace gifts. Weird!
My Mom came over this afternoon and stayed for dinner. She, Tim and Kaitlyn are downstairs right now playing a game as I sit here and blog. We all have our priorities!
Tomorrow we are getting a new window installed to replace the one broken in the storm. Then Kaitlyn and I are headed for some serious shopping! I LOVE having the day after Christmas off!

~My New Car~

Tim, the generous husband that he is, knew that I really wanted a new car this Christmas, so he got me one!
Too bad that it's a remote controlled Z car and not a full size Z car sitting in my garage! I guess it's the thought that counts!

Merry Christmas

This morning was Christmas in the Babbitt house for Rose & Derek. It has been proven that Santa can indeed read! Most of their Christmas Wish Lists were fulfilled. Funny how that works!
They are each sporting some of the new attire in the photo...Derek with his North Carolina sweatshirt and Rose with her new North Face jacket.

Happy Birthday Chris!

Happy Birthday Chrissie Pissie!

This morning the Triple Threat met at the Hob Nob for Chris's Birthday breakfast. With her birthday falling on Christmas Eve, it is especially important that we separate the birthday celebrating from the Christmas celebrating! Unfortunately, Chris's wish was to play poker on her birthday, but our poker hang out was closed for the Holiday. How RUDE! But her favorite breakfast spot was open. We even got them to sing "Happy Birthday" which was enjoyed by all!

We wish you the happiest of birthdays and a wonderful year ahead!

Answered Prayers!

This was one of the most nerve racking mornings of my life! Today I sat for my Series 7 exam....and passed!

Thank you to the many people who have been praying for me. When I left the house at 5:50 this morning there was a little note of encouragement from Kaitlyn. She reminded me of the verse: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Today was proof of that! I know that God was with me through this process and guiding me to this end.

Congratulations should also go out to Mike Mauss who passed his Series 7 exam yesterday!

Woo Hoo! Let the celebrations begin!