Gracie is 3 !! And Ty is still cute :)

Gracie Evelyn celebrated her 3rd birthday this past week...and I say "week" because she's really had a few consecutive days of celebration!

First, her actual day, last Wedsnesday April 22 (EARTH DAY!!!!)...We celebrated by giving her her new bike and her very own Smiley Face cake - Tyler was too sleepy to participate in the candles and cake part...

However, I did get a cute video of the Ty baby in his high chair... he doesn't like water :)

Go-Karts!!!!

We went to the Sports Complex in Sugar Grove on Saturday so that Matt could get some batting practice in, and we found GO Karts!! Gracie is just big enough to go on.... she loved it, then wanted off, then loved it....then wanted off again!

We also watched Daddy hit about.....125 pitches?

Easter 2009

Most of you should have
gotten the WalMart email with a link to all the pictures, but I will be adding
them here as well (well, not all of them :) )

Thanks for checking
in!!

Jackie

New address

New Information Received!!!

To write to Jim, his new address is as follows:

SA Ramsden, James A.
320 A. Dewey Ave.
BEQ 834
rm.115
Great Lakes, IL 60088

**Note: he may move again soon due to class changes - so keep checking back for updates :)

Jim's Navy Graduation - Round 1

James Ramsden, graduate of the Great Lakes Naval Base boot camp, 3/27/09. We are so proud of you!!!

Thanks to Uncle Tony, I am able to post some great pics celebrating Jim's recent graduation.


Now....Jim MUST be in this one...somewhere.... I haven't found him yet - it's like Where's Waldo, except everyone looks the same :(


From the left....
Hannah, Aunt Jeannette, Grandma, Uncle Juan, Ben, Jim (in the snazzy hat), Justin (Air Force!), Nic, and Dan. Then....apparently, someone was touching the goods on Jim - he doesn't seem to appreciate it!




Woo-Hoo! We have 2 branches represented - now, who wants to join the Marines??????



Here is our newest military family! Dan, I'm diggin' the message on your T-shirt - is that a motivational slogan for Jim? "Just Do It!"

And, of course, no blog posting would be complete without some shots of my cuties - Gracie wasn't too pleased with the singing going on at Joe's Crab Shack - was it too loud?

Calendar

Since I have no idea what is going on with anyone else, I thought I'd try out a new format for scheduling - let me know how this works for ya.... the Calendar is on the LH side here... Still tweaking, is there any feedback???

Oh - and hit the "Future" word - that will pop out what's going on. Sadly, I have nothing for today (April 2) or until the end of this week... therefore, "Future" is the tab of the day!

Thanks!
Jackie

UPDATE to above posting: 4/6/09 - There has been an error with this item - So, i'll keep trying. :)

Chuck E Cheese!

Jackie, Gracie and Tyler met with Erin and Alayna Gavin on March 26 to go to Chuck E Cheese in Naperville.

We had a blast! Tyler even got to go on the carousel for his first time, and Gracie and Alayna amused themselves by chasing each other around the games and through the big tunnel system.

Then, we got some pizza - even Ty had some crust (note to self: always have a bib on hand, preferably in the purse!).