Dinosaur World!

What a wacky place but I loved it.  A great place for Stella to stroll through the Jurassic Park Rainforest Like trails for 2 hours, play in the boneyard sandpit pretending to be an archaeologist, and run through man made caves discovering her echo for the first time (she couldn't get enough of that).

Thanks Jeamma & Ter-Bear for the field trip!

 Feeding the skeleton dinosaur rocks

 "Bee-Bee" dinosaurs, as Stella says it (baby)

Why Whitney Why?

I say the title of this post that with the utmost sincerity and saddness, unlike some who responded with a heartless joke on their facebook pages such as "crack is whack!" or other similiar posts....  as I loved Whitney Houston.   She was on my Bucket List to see (along with Celine Dion, check that off the list saw her in Vegas last summer, Mariah Carey, and Christina Aguilera).   I remember jamming OUT to her first debut album during the Spring of 1985, I was just in 6th grade.  My dad was always in tune...well with the tunes and so I was fortunate to grow up with a kick a** home stereo....to again, blast away this album :)

I came across this video today and it's a spectacular rendition of "I Will Always Love You" by the one and only W.H. at the Diva Awards show in 1999.   I just wish i could iTunes her version here.

Her voice will be missed.


Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You (Divas... by alexandru2006

The 8th Wonder Of The World....

I'm almost speechless.  My mom and I hit the FL outlets for 5 hours yesterday (man was that nice with NO distractions of a toddler!)  And guess who watched Stella and even changed a diaper or two - HER TER-BEAR (My Dad)!!!  Really, this should go down as the 8th wonder of the world (how did that happen, ha!).   They had a blast playing the entire time, they BOTH skipped their naps that day ;) and she loved it cuz he walked over to her other grandpa's and went swimming too.  QT with the grandpa's & mommy here got a nice break and some me-time.  Put this one down in the books as amazing...like the following: 

Grand Canyon
The Great Barrier Reef
The Harbor at Rio de Janeiro
Mt. Everest
Northern Lights
Paricutin Volcano
Victoria Falls

Kickin' It FL Style with Aunt Amy

We had a great visit with Amy this year - tooling around in a golf cart at the auction yard, eating lots of good food, swimming in the pool, pedicures, picnic under the tree at the auction, eating more food, shopping a bit, and...yes...eating more food :)

 Check out my sister's LONG CRAZY limbs

Our cute little picnic at the auction yard

 Stella's first manicure & Pedicure! She was so cute about it - and it was all probably because of the fact it was a BOY doing it for her!