November 4, 2008

"Artsy-Fartsy" and other Firsts.

MEOW!!! Haleigh is dressed up in her cute little pink cat costume today. I took pictures for one of my customers who gave us money to spend on Haleigh's first Halloween. Well, Pop-Pop and I had a ball. We went to Walmart and found lots of yummy harvest vegetable babyfood, stuffed sqweeky kitty cat for nappie time, bubbles, juice, baby bottle candy and pacifer sucky thingy, and a cute little Dora T-shirt. Oh, and her new Disney Princess basket. What fun we had.








Well this week we are getting ready for our camping trip with our fantastic friends, the wild and crazy mountain biking crew, and family.. IT'S FINALLY HERE!!!YEAH!!!YIPPEEE!!!!HOORAY!!!! I'm ready, NOW to leave. There's still so much to prep and get ready for, but well worth the lack of sleep in preparing. This Saturday, Dan and I are going with two of our BFF's (Hee Hee) in the whole wide world (HAW HAW) to the Bok Tower Gardens to see the.....ORLANDO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA!!!!! A dream come true for me. A first for Dan! I'm very thankful he wants to go. It was his idea two years ago. I have the best husband in all the world!!
We are camping at the Alafia River State Park in Lithia Florida. Anyone ever heard of Lithia? Anyway, it's suppose to have the best off-road biking trails in the state. The park's land is part of an old phosphate mining plant. We will get there on Friday afternoon after the boys get out of school. Then Saturday Dan and I are going to Lake Wales, kid free, for a day of fun. I know, you must be thinking an orchestra, classical music?...UEEWWWWWW!!! Artsy Fartsy stuff, NO THANK YOU!!!! Trust me when I say, there is not one ounce of artsy fartsy in Dan,
O.K. the fartsy, yes, but the artsy, NEVER, and he's still going. Just try and picture this. You're sitting outside in God's arena, among the beautiful gardens as the backdrop adding to the overwhelming anticipation of whats to come. Excitement coarsing through every part of your body , then the curtain begins to open. The excitement intensifies and the music begins to play......THEN!!!!!!! NO words are heard, No sighs are released. Just the sound of many different people, different instruments, all tuned to the one purpose they are their for... to present this beautiful meloudious symphonic story, told and played right before you. WOW!!! Simply breathtaking!! That's what I'm looking forward too. As for Dan, well, I guess he may have the same experience, or he'll just have to let his ears get the cultural shock "Artsy-Fartsy" workout. Either way, it's going to be a day I'll not soon forget.

9 comments:

MrsEvenSo... said...

two of our BFF's (Hee Hee) in the whole wide world (HAW HAW)

Now just what is that supposed to mean? :P

(I have some idea) no need to share with the whole world. :D

I love how you describe the anticipation! We're excited to.

MrsEvenSo... said...

too.

MrsEvenSo... said...

And Haleigh is adorable as always!

T said...

Haleigh is so adorable!!
Great use of words there sister...you make me want to go to a performance again!
Looking forward to the family camping!

JoAnn Keenan said...

Glad you are getting away doing something you really want, and that Dan is willing to go with you. As always, Haleigh is still adorable. By the way, I didn't see anything about "Someone" having a birthday on Friday. Maybe you can just "pass along to that person that PaPa & Granny love her very much and wish the best for her!!

Have fun.

Much Love,

PaPa & Granny

Even So... said...

Happy Birthday Cindy!!!

MrsEvenSo... said...

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to Cindy, Happy Birthday to you! :D

JoyfullyHis said...

Another birthday? Yay! Happy Birthday! And what a little charmer in the pink kitty suit. My heart melts. And hey, even the orchestra haters should like at least a little bit of the concert! It's a pops concert, not the best of Bach. And Gershwin can never be boring; at least not that I've heard. Glad you guys are there to hang out with my peeps and keep them in line. The Lord knows that they need someone to keep them in line. What? Huh? Why are you laughing? was that a snort?! Have fun biking. Sounds like great fun.

JoyfullyHis said...

Hey, Glad to hear you had such fun on your birthday at that concert! Mom wanted me to tell you the meds that Erin is on, neb-wise. We now do Pulmacort (a preventative) twice a day and albuterol as needed (like whenever she has the sniffles). When we have severe trouble, we get prelone, which is a steroid. That's kind of it. If the twice a day Pulmacort doesn't work, we will be upgrading some, but I'm not too excited about that. Poor little Haylie! I hope she starts feeling better soon, because it is just NO fun.