Daddy's Girls

The Fountain of Youth

2012-02-02T10:50:00.000-08:00

I've been wracking my brains trying to think of some new places to take pictures for the calendar we give out for Christmas every year. Well, Mandie suggested we try out the Fountain of Youth. Turns out St. John's County residents get in free (who knew?)! So, we got the girlies dolled up and headed out there to take some pictures and walk around. It was SOOO much fun and the pictures turned out awesome!

All three of the girls thought this tree was just about the best thing ever. We had to practically drag Lily out of it and I think Em would have been content to sit all prim and proper on one of those branches all day long!

After our pictures were taken (and Emma had thoroughly covered herself in dirt), we went to check out some of the reinactors (I'm not sure that is even a real word, but I don't know what else to call the folks that traipse around St. Aug in the old timey get ups). The girls learned that it took the average person a year's wages to buy a mirror as big as the one below. And, they got to smell some yummy spices and carry water buckets. Emma met a lovely little pig. Great fun was had :)

After all our posing and learning about the olden days, we decided it was time to head out. Miss Mandie and I got a little distracted by the chocolate covered bananas and cheesecake on a stick (best thing ever, btw), so the girlies ended up with most enormous push pops I have ever seen. They were at least 18 inches long and it was hilarious watching Em try to eat a popsicle almost as big as she is!

December on Facebook!

2011-12-30T17:40:00.000-08:00

December 6: Watching The Today Show with Ava and hearing her little commentary is becoming the highlight of my mornings :) She REALLY does not care for Al! She cracks me up!

December 10: Loving listening to my little girl sing, "It was the best day EVER!!!" Think the birthday party was a success. Now, to convince my husband to buy us a bouncy house!

December 19: Feliz Navidad just came on and Lily goes, " Yay! A Dora song!"

December 20: Six years ago today, I went into labor with my sweet Lily Bear and our lives changed forever. Four years ago today, I had no idea that the next day (Lily's second birthday), our lives would change again and we would welcome Miss Ava Rose into the world. Can't believe my girls are going to be another year older tomorrow!

The Great Carnival Birthday!!!

2011-12-11T18:03:00.000-08:00

November on Facebook

2011-12-02T19:04:00.000-08:00

November 1: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 1: So incredibly thankful for my three beautiful, though sometimes crazy and ALWAYS dramatic, baby girls :)

November 2: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 2: My oldest friend, Miss Toni! Had so much fun walking and chit chatting with her this morning!

November 3: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 3: Today, I am thankful for my amazing husband, Nathan. He makes me absolute crazy, but he also makes me happier than anyone else in the world can. His dedication and self discipline are such an inspiration and blessing to our family. He's an amazing dad to our girls and a great husband! I am truly blessed to have found him and I thank God for choosing him as my husband :) Love you, Babe!

November 4: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 4: Today, I am simply thankful I did not fall off the ladder while I was painting our living room yesterday!

November 5: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 5: My baby brother! Had so much fun getting into a finger animal fight with you yesterday (yes, we're still like 5)! You have grown into quite an amazing young man, Elijah Z Worz and I am so proud of you! You are such a sweet uncle and such a blessing in my girls' lives. You are always such a big help to me! Love you, Yijah Woe! Oh, and don't let this go to your head, you already think you're awesome enough without me telling you!

November 6: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 6: Mandie Welter Stam, you made the list! And, not because you told me should! You have been an awesome friend the last year or so and probably the main reason I was finally able to loose the 30 pounds I wanted to get rid of! You keep me laughing and, quite frequently, blushing! So, there you are, you made it before day 30! Not that the order of these things matter ;)

November 7: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 7: I have been trying to think of something other than the people in my life to be thankful for, but there are just so many wonderful people I am blessed to call my friends and family! So, today I am thankful for all of my amazing family. I am so blessed to have a great relationship with my parents. They are all such incredible grandparents, too! Both my brothers keep me laughing and are the best uncles ever! They are all so wonderful to my children and bring so much love and happiness to their lives. Jeannie Adkins Worz, John Worz, Ian Worz, Elijah Z Worz, Harry Russo, and Tara Jalazo today I am thankful for all of you!

November 8: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 8: Today, I am thankful for my house. I really, really love our home. After 7 years in apartments (4 of them in University housing, blech), I am thankful every day for the beautiful home and neighborhood we were blessed to find. We also have the best neighbors we could ever ask for!

November 9: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 9: My neighbor's awesome Datil Pepper Jelly. About the most amazing thing I have ever eaten! Yummmm!

November 10: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 10: Today, I am thankful Michaela Scales. She has been working with us at training our little puppy! Having him be a better behaved little guy is a huge blessing! I was regretting getting a dog right after we got him, but now that Miss Michaela has shown us what to do with him, he is such a joy! Thank you, Michaela!

November 11: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 11: Thankful for all our Veterans, and our current military personnel and their families! I was blessed this past year to get to know an army wife, Emily Puckett, and she gave me a new understanding of what the families of those in uniform go through! It's an amazing sacrifice those serving our countries make, but it's also an amazing sacrifice their loved ones make! Without all of you, we would live in a very different country!

November 12: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 12: Today, I am thankful for all my nieces and nephews! Katherine Nemecek and Caroline Nemecek, I love reading all your silliness on facebook! You have grown into such amazing and beautiful young women in the last 9 years! You scare the crud out of me, too, because one day, my daughters will be teenagers...Courtney and Corissa, you are such sweeties! I have loved watching you grow from little tiny girls into such sweet fun kids! Aubrey Suzanne and Arianna Jubilee, you are so full of spunk! I can't wait to see the people you grow up to be! Lucas and sweet Baby Holden, let me just say good luck! With all these girls, you boys are in for it ;)

November 13: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 13: Today, I am thankful for all the good and bad things that have happened in my life to get me to where I am today. The good, because, they were good and amazing and brought happiness. The bad, because even though they brought sadness and grief, they made me stronger and shaped the person I am today.

November 14: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 14: Thankful for my faith. Without it, I would be truly lost. Went to a memorial today for a truly amazing man who was loved by so many people. I only hope I can touch the lives of a fraction of the people he touched, find an ounce of the faith he had.

November 15: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 15: Thankful for a slow lazy day at home with a couple of sick little girls. It's no fun that they are sick, but I do love a lazy day at home with my kiddos! Think we may have to curl up on the couch and watch a movie :)

November 16: 30 Days of Thanksgiving: Day 16: Today, I am thankful for air conditioning. What is the deal with this weather? Seriously, it's November!

November 17: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 17: Thankful for my Ava Bug. She can be crazy emotional, but she keeps me laughing. Such a unique little person! Love her little thoughts :) Can't wait to see who she grows up to be!

November 18: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 18: I am thankful for all the amazing mothers in my life. My own mom, Jeannie Adkins Worz. My wonderful sisters-in law and mother-in-law. The amazing Gainesville MOPS moms, without whom I don't think I would have survived dental school! My amazing mommy friends! You are all such a blessing to me! You keep me encouraged and hopeful and remind me why we were crazy enough to have children...and keep having them!

November 19: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 19: Thankful for cold medicine. Being sick sucks!

November 20: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 20: Thankful that I am feeling better just in time for Nathan to go back to work tomorrow!

November 21: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 21: Thankful for the love my little girls have for one another. It is the greatest thing in the world seeing them give each other hugs and kisses!

November 22: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 22: The upcoming holidays! Looking forward to time with family, good food, maybe some cooler weather...

November 24: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 23 and Day 24: Thankful for my husband's roach killing prowess and his tolerance of my very girly screams when the aforementioned pest is in my general vicinity. Also, thankful for the yummy food coming our way later today! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

November 25: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 25: Thankful for more delicious food and good times with friends and family! One more Thanksgiving celebration to go!

November 26: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 26: Thankful for the upcoming Christmas season and the chance to decorate our house!

November 27: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 27: Thankful for Mandie Welter Stam making me get up and run today! Needed to burn off some that Thanksgiving food. Love you, girl, but I think my legs will be hating you tomorrow!

November 28: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 28: Thankful for the health of my family! Everyone is finally over their colds! No more runny noses! Yay!!!

November 29: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 29: My little Ava's sense of humor. She just goes, "Ugh, I don't like that guy!" when Al Roker came on the TV. When I asked her why, she said, "Because he is bald! And, the only boy I like is Daddy!"

November 30: 30 Days of Thankfulness: Day 30: Today, I am thankful for clean underwear ;)

Backyard Photo Shoot :)

2011-11-20T17:37:00.000-08:00

October on FB

2011-11-01T18:53:00.000-07:00

October 1: So excited to welcome a new nephew into the world! Holden James was born to Krysten and Jonathon Call on Thursday! He did not make it easy on his momma, but we are so glad he is here and that mom and baby are safe and sound! Congrats, guys!

October 5: Lily just taught Em to say, "Hi, there!" Love it! They are too silly :)

October 25: Emma is on a mission. Not sure exactly what that mission is, but it seems to involve taking out every book she owns, piling them on the coffee table, and then throwing them on the floor. Should probably be stopping the little tornado that is coming through my living room, but, eh, she's having fun, right?

October 31: Trick or treating completed. Kids bathed and in bed. Time for mommy and daddy to raid the candy loot :)

Happy Halloween!!!

2011-10-31T17:28:00.000-07:00

Little Cuties

2011-10-20T08:11:00.000-07:00

Well, it has taken awhile, but it seems that Ava and Emma are FINALLY bonding! Emma was not the biggest fan of Ava. I think Ava moved a little too erratically and was just not as quick to give her what she wanted as Lily, so their relationship has consisted primarily of Emma screaming at Ava and Ava telling her, "NO!" Now that Lily is in school, however, it seems like they are finally warming up to each other! Thank goodness! They were snuggled up in my chair together today and I just couldn't resist snapping their picture!

Our Newest Family Member...

2011-10-15T19:03:00.000-07:00

This is Phineas "Phin" Nemecek. Our newest addition! What am I thinking? I know, but look how cute he is! And, the girls LOVE him! Especially Em. She calls him "Baby" and tries to kiss him every chance she gets!

Ahhh, Ava...

2011-10-13T11:35:00.000-07:00

Why are there upside down hangers stickin' through our roof???

Love it.

2011-10-04T18:58:00.000-07:00

Ava's Hair Cut

2011-10-04T11:38:00.000-07:00

Ava's super cute pixie cut was beginning to grow into a bit of a mullet, so we went and got it cleaned up a bit. She's such a cutie! She wanted to keep it as long as we could because she wants to grow it out. So silly!

Hangin' at Hobby Lobby

2011-09-30T08:20:00.000-07:00

The girls love this wagon wheel bench at Hobby Lobby. They beg to sit on it every time we go. Well, today, Emma discovered the wonder of the wagon wheel! So silly!

Spaghetti Night!!!

2011-09-23T17:37:00.000-07:00

Tonight, we headed over to Nana's house for spaghetti! Nan makes pretty much the best spaghetti ever. so we were all super excited! Especially, Emma. that girl can eat. And she did. Eat. And eat. And eat...

The Littest Nut

2011-09-16T08:22:00.000-07:00

Swinging!

2011-09-15T08:24:00.000-07:00

Went to the park to meet some friends today and these two had the BEST time on the swings! Such little nut biscuits!

DIAPERS!

2011-09-14T05:45:00.000-07:00

Yes, Mom, I do need this many diapers at once. I really, really do!

Hangin' at the Bus Stop

2011-09-09T05:41:00.000-07:00

How cute are they? Seriously. Em is still half asleep, but super adorable :) Love these girlies!

The Life!

2011-09-08T08:30:00.000-07:00

We were going for a walk today and I looked down and saw Em's little feets propped up in front of her. Cracked me up. That kid sure does have the life!

August on Facebook

2011-09-01T19:41:00.000-07:00

August 4: Dear Thursday, We have had a rough week. Could you please not throw anymore craziness our way? That'd be great. Thanks.

August 15: Love hearing about new babies coming into the world. There is just something special about knowing there is a new life out there joining their family :) Congrats to Rebecca, Jake, and Grant Tillman!

August 16: Quote of the Day: Lily: "Emma knows stuff."

August 18: Love watching Lily getting frustrated while trying to rationally explain to Emma why she should give her the Wii remote. Love watching Emma's little one year old self totally not care about her big sister's very rational argument :)

August 22: Lily completed her first day of kindergarten and even rode the bus home! She is getting so big :)

August 30: Had a big scare this afternoon. A dresser toppled over and almost landed on top of Ava Bug. Thanking God she is okay and that Emmie wasn't in the bedroom with her sisters. Needless to say, all the dressers are firmly attached to the walls now. There will be no more falling furniture in this house!

Cornhole...

2011-08-28T08:35:00.000-07:00

We headed over to Grammy and Pa's tonight for dinner and some good old fashioned Corn Hole. What is Cornhole, you ask. Well, it's basically a bean bag toss. It was actually surprisingly fun.

Yeah, just the one picture of Em. She had a super messy face, so no face shots, but I wanted to document those little curls she's getting.

Go Manatees!

2011-08-26T09:36:00.000-07:00

Sorry, it's blurry (again), but she was so cute sporting her spirit gear! Go Manatees!!!

First Day of School!!!

2011-08-22T09:38:00.000-07:00

I officially have a kindergartener! Can you believe little Lily is officially an elementary school kid? I know I can't. Sorry the pic is blurry :( We were in a hurry. She did not want to be still long enough for me to get even just this one!

Surfer Girlie!

2011-08-20T09:41:00.000-07:00

It's our last beach trip of the summer. The last one before Lily starts school. Sun, surfing, happy little girls. Bliss.

Emmie wants to surf. So bad. So very bad.

She had so much fun playing on Daddy's surf board.

And, she got SO mad when he took it away so he could go...well...surf. Without her. What was he thinking? ;)

Mmmm...Yamato!

2011-08-06T18:53:00.000-07:00

Blurry pictures, but we had such a good time! Thanks, Mom! We love you!

Oh, Dear...

2011-08-04T18:58:00.000-07:00

Well, Mantie Mantie decided Emmie needed some ice cream tonight...this started out great, but, well, it didn't end so well...

Not sure why it was so upsetting. Maybe because it was gone, maybe because it was cold, maybe because Emma is a little special...

July on Facebook

2011-08-01T19:28:00.000-07:00

July 4: "Beware of hurry. Beholding glory begs for lingering." --John Piper. A friend posted this quote and it made me think of Ava. She has got that lingering thing down, but I would be willing to believe she beholds a lot more glory than those of us running around!

July 21: Big day in our house! Lily discovered her first loose tooth and it came out all in the same day! We will be getting our first visit from the Tooth Fairy tonight!

Blowing Bubbles at Poppy's House

2011-07-30T17:52:00.000-07:00

Ava at the Dentist :)

2011-07-26T18:57:00.000-07:00

She was just too cute, had to snap her pic. Both girls got their teeth cleaned today (by Daddy, of course), and they did GREAT!