Welcome 2010!!

Happy New Year! I can hardly believe that a new year is upon us, but it is! I hope that all my friends and family had a wonderful Christmas season with their loved ones. If you would like to take a look at the happenings in the Morey household over the Christmas break from school (and work) then click on the link below to view a photoshow. We had the opportunity to spend the week on Florida's west coast in Tarpon Springs and Tampa area visiting family and friends. We enjoyed my niece Mia's 1st birthday, my great Uncle Joe's 80th birthday, made wonderful memories with our family and friends and rang the new year in with my mom. She was a trooper and made it until midnight, as did the boys! They were quite excited to stay up and see the neighborhood fireworks. May 2010 bring all your heart's desires and may it be a blessed year for all of our friends and family. We love you!

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/Km2wu2rq

Days of Summer 2009

Wow!!
I can hardly believe that summer is over and school has already begun! The boys and I had a wonderful summer and we decided to stay closer to home this year! We had some great times and the highlights of the summer were free movies, swimming at the community pool, the boys being able to spend time with their Dad ( 2 weeks...man, did I ever miss them!), bowling with friends, visiting with in and out of state family and our annual trip to see the Tampa Bay Rays take on the Boston Red Sox with my dad! What a blast! We even fed the rays that are housed in the tank at the stadium. Of course, initially Adam wanted to feed them, but when he saw he had to hold raw fish with eyes and stuff he decided that it would be better if I did it! And I did!! After some self talk and saying that working in a fish store as a teenager had to have some benefits, I managed to stick my hand in the water and feed and pet the rays!

I was able to take advantage of 2 weekends away with my friend, Tim, and we visited Jupiter Beach one weekend and Delray Beach on the other. What beautiful beaches Florida has...LOVE listening to the sounds of the waves and I always enjoy learning about new areas of the state. Made wonderful memories! Tim even introduced me to the joys of riding a motorcycle...helmetless!! I thoroughly enjoyed the wind in my hair and the carefree feeling!

If you would like to see a photoshow that tells a tale about our summer, please click on the link below! Hope all our friends and family had a wonderful summer like we did!

http://www.photoshow.com/watch/Zi7gv2ve

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We hope that everyone enjoyed their Christmas Day and that they are looking forward to 2009! We had a wonderful day of being at home here in Palm Bay and being able to relax and do things at our leisure! We enjoyed our new game of Caboo, watched some new DVDs and had some time to read! It was fantastic to have some time to be just the boys and myself! We hope that your time with family and friends was a memorable one! May you all be blessed and prosperous this coming year!

Adam Has Done It Again!!!

Good job, Adam! He received another Character Achievement Award for his 1st grade class from his new principal, Mrs. Bobersky! He sure looks proud with that medal around his neck! His Mama and big brother, Alec, were there in the crowd beaming just as brightly! Full of pride! Way to go, big guy!

Summer Days

WOW!!! Where has the time gone?? We are in my favorite time of year...SUMMER!!! That means days filled with free movies, the local aquatic center, reading, visiting friends and family, the beach and vacations!! And we have done them all! We were supposed to go to Houston to go to one of the top 10 water parks in the US with my brother, Steve, and his family in early June...well, Adam's ear put the cabosh on that trip with another infection and an adamant MD stating that there can be NO water in the ear. Even with the plugs (which tend to fall out as one whizzes down water slides), I did not want to take a chance to have the infection worsen because this was how he lost his last eardrum...so we shortened our vacation and went away to Stone Mountain, GA for 4 days.

It was fun! We spent our days at Stone Mountain (awesome firework and laser show every night), the Atlanta Aquarium (some beautiful Beluga whales there) and then to Six Flags Over Georgia (LOADS of roller coasters-we all went on one, but Alec was the brave one who went on 2...Adam and I watched). It was fun and the drive was not so bad...I dropped them off at Dave's on the way home for 10 days and then came home to a house that was recently covered in plastic and all in an uproar! I had the ceilings retextured in my absence and boy and I glad I was alone and the boys were not at home...took me the ten days to get the house back in order, but it was worth it!!!!

I then picked the boys up on the way to Lutz to spend 4 days with my Dad and his wife, Marsha. I was going to expose my boys to their first MLB game between the Tampa Bay Rays and my beloved Boston Red Sox! Since we were a house divided (I was the only Red Sox fan) I made 2 posters to bring with us and with the help of my sister-in-law's brother, we made it on national TV! What a hoot! Unfortunately my Sox were swept, but it was a great game and a super series! The boys were like fish and were in the pool at Pop-Pop's and Nana's most of the time. Their best thing was to use the supersoaker water guns and blast their grandfather! Great memories!

The remainder of our days here have been working (have to fund these fun trips and vacations somehow), enjoying the 4th of July with friends, going to the library and the beach and seeing some of the fun summer movies that are out.

I hope that you and your families are having as wonderful a summer as we are. I can hardly believe that school will be back in session in a month...

New Haircuts

Well, I thought it was time that I was able to see the big, brown, beautiful eyes of my two boys again...so off to the barber's for a Spring haircut! Adam's only criteria was that he was able to spike his hair. He received his wish! He now thinks that he is COOL! He says that all he needs now is a new, cool jacket and some new, cool shoes to complete his look! I told him not to hold his breath!
Alec, on the other hand, just wanted to look handsome for his current hearthrob, Izzy, a young girl in his class that he is gaga over! Isn't he to young for all this boy/girl stuff? He is only 8! I received the "baby question" the other night while stirring a pot of spaghetti with him. I think I handled it well and answered his questions without divulging to much information. I do not remember even thinking of such things at his age...but that was a different time!
Mom is doing well and continues to recuperate. She is now in a total knee class and goes to physical therapy 3 times a week. She has started in the regular part of the fitness center for some of her exercises and she states that she is enjoying it, but that she is tired after it is all done. She has driven once...was going to go through the garage door until I prompted her to please put the car in reverse and not drive in order to back out of the driveway!! Otherwise, she did well! We will be going to my nephew's birthday party over in Clearwater next weekend and then the following weekend is her expected date of permenant residence back in Tarpon Springs. That will make 3 months away and I know that she is anxious to see her friends again.
So hope the weekend is a lovely one for all and drop a note or comment...would love to hear from all of you!

Adam's Awards

Go Adam, go Adam, go Adam, go, go, go!!! Well, he did it!!! He has been working VERY hard for the last semester in school to make it to the stage to receive a Character Achievement Award and he did it this semester!!! He is pictured here with the principal receiving his medallion! He is SOOO proud!! Dad, Mom and brother, Alec, are proud too! Adam knew he was receiving the award last week when he brought home the letter, along with his Honor Roll report card, that stated the ceremony was to be tonight. Well, he was so excited that he was running around the corner of the lawn screaming, "Mom, I got it, I got it!!" He is currently sleeping with the medallion on his bedpost and the certificate tucked into the corner of a frame near his bed where he can see it when he lies on his side! What satisfaction! The other photo is him in all his glory! I think the part he loves the best though is the certificate for free ice cream in the cafeteria! The simple pleasures in life! Enjoy them all why you can!