A Very Happy Thanksgiving

Yesterday was an amazing day! Our best friend and her little boy came over yesterday morning to play. After they left Jon and I began to start cooking. We headed over to my Aunt Shirley's house. I officially ate way too much but it was soooo good. It was good to be around most of our family yesterday. The only problem was that it was almost 80 degrees on Thanksgiving. I usually don't complain about the weather but I am ready for some cooler weather. After we ate we all hung out and watched football and Mary Poppins. Around 5:30 Jon, Jack and I left to head home because I was going shopping with Jess at the outlet malls at 9:30pm. About 10 minutes away from our house Jack crashed in the car and stayed asleep even when he was put in his bed and slept until 6am this morning. I took a nap and then headed to St. Augustine for some girl fun. We had a blast and got home around 3 this morning. We got everything wrapped and then we crashed on the couch. I got up around 7 and headed home. Now it is time for me to get a nap for whatever is up for the rest of the day.

I love FREE stuff!!!!

Free – why yes thank you! I saw this on another blog and thought I could definitely use 50 free Holiday cards. I am so excited to do our cards this year because we have our Soldier home from the desert for Christmas this year! I have been looking for a good card design for this year since there will be 3 people in the picture instead of 2. I have looked everywhere but I finally decided on Shutterfly because of their different layouts and their many different designs. We use Shutterfly for their picture share site as well as picture prints. This will be the first time that we are using them for a picture card and I am so happy that I don’t have to do all of the printing and writing and finding envelopes. It will make this Christmas time much easier and allow me to get these cards out before Christmas. You should most definitely check out their card designs here. Be ready to look - you can sort them by color and number of pictures. Pretty awesome!

I can't wait to get them in the mail!

10 years

Wow, I can't believe it has been 10 years. 10 years ago today I had just come home from the Billy Graham Crusade that was in town. 10 years ago today when I pulled up in my yard and saw all the cars I thought of only good things. 10 years ago today I was a naive child. 10 years ago today my life was drastically changed by the look on a face. 10 years ago today I received the worse news of my entire life.

In February, I did this post about my dad and my uncle and the 15 year anniversary of the kidney transplant. I knew that November 5 was rapidly approaching and I was just in denial that it would actually get here. I will never forget that Sunday night when I got home from the Billy Graham crusade. My Sunday School teacher (at the time) drove me home. When we pulled up in the driveway I saw cars everywhere and I got excited. My dad had been in the hospital for about 2 months so I thought that he was finally home. Boy was I ever wrong. My mom and one of my good childhood friends came out the door and I knew something was VERY wrong. My mom came to the side of the car that I was in and opened the door and told me the words I never wanted to hear - "Kimberly, Daddy is gone." I just sat there. I didn't cry (at first) and I couldn't move. When I did start to cry and tried to get out of the car my legs wouldn't hold me. My friend had to physically pick me up and carry me into my house. The next 3 days went by in a blur and I don't remember much but I do remember all of my family there and many of our family friends. I won't go into all of the details but I will say that when he passed away I became very angry at God. In the past 10 years I have found my way back to Him with a passion. I miss my dad terribly and I think of all of the things that he has missed but I know that he is with God.

I still grieve but I am doing good.

I miss you Daddy - always and forever.

Things Planned for the Weekend

Well since Jon is out of town, Jack and I have a full weekend planned (not that we wouldn't if he was here). Saturday morning, Jack has a soccer game. I had one too but it got postponed. Then after his game, Jess, Jack and I are going to the Southern Women's Show. Later that afternoon Jack, my mom and I are going to the Jacksonville Air Show - especially to see the BLUE ANGELS fly!

I told Jack today as we were going on the base that we would come back and see a lot of airplanes and he asked me if you could fly one. I told him that I didn't know and would have to check for him.

He has really turned into something else. Some of the stuff he says absolutely cracks me up and I wonder where he got it from. This morning he told me that he needed to dress up like DJ Lance from Yo Gabba Gabba. He also told me that he needed the box - the one that the characters come out of.

For now.

I've been slacking

I feel bad that I haven't been blogging lately. We have been so busy with soccer and school. Jon is going to school to get his Bachelor's and then Jack is in full swing with his school. Soccer is half way done and Jack is having a ton of fun. I have some pictures from the past few weeks. I will upload them soon.

For now~

Fall is here....well sort of

So I changed my background because it is officially fall. On the calendar it says that it is fall but outside it says that it is still summer. I have begun to get out my fall decorations - I need to get some new ones as well. Most places already have them on sale so that is a good thing. Soccer is in full swing. I am having a good time and so is Jack. That is it for right now.

VERY first soccer game

So this past Saturday was Jack's first soccer game. It was also close to 102 degrees by the time his game started. I had to be at the park at 9am for my game and it was VERY hot already at that time. My game started late so I missed a little bit of Jack's game but thankfully my amazing mom and step-dad were able to be there to watch. Jon had drill and was very upset about missing his first game. My friend Sarah and her husband Paul came to watch. She told me that she just had to bring her camera because it was bound to be a sight to see. My mom said that Jack scored a goal...... for the other team. Jack's team won like 9-1 (the 1 being Jack's goal). My step-dad said that when Jack scored it was like he was scoring the winning goal in the World Cup. There was about 10 minutes left in his game and he had had enough. He was super hot and very tired - it was pushing close to his nap time. He had a great time and I am so happy that he is enjoying himself. Here are some of the pictures that Sarah got:

Please excuse how I look.

First soccer practice

Jack's first soccer practice from Kim Kees on Vimeo.

OH HAPPY DAY!!!!

Look what was in my mailbox this afternoon:

I am very excited to look over every single page and make my shopping list for the next trip to IKEA!!!!

My Little Soccer Player

Here are some pictures from Opening Day at the soccer park.

Getting ready.

all ready - just has to get his uniform shirt

with his momo and papa

Jack's first soccer team

His first game is next week and we are so excited about it!