MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from All of us to ALL of YOU!!! May your precious time w/ your friends and family be blessed!!
Love,
The THOMAS'

We MISS YOU !!!

Calvin LOVES his job!!!

No, he really does!! He loves it and is very blessed that he got this opportunity to work for the FAA! He got to go on his first 'business trip'... Governor's Harbour, Bahamas! must be nice.... He's really not sure why people would go there.. there's only 1 flight there per day and 1 flight back and only 2 or 3 hotel on the island. He got to spend the night and the next day he walked around the entire island. Here are a few pictures that he took....

Our 1st Visitors!

We had a great weekend! The Hittles flew down to visit. It was short, but it was sweet! We hung out at the house, went to the beach, went fishing in the back yard and had an early Christmas gift exchange! Thanks for coming down ...we know how stressful and tiring it can be to fly standby...but in the end it's all worth it! We miss you guys and hope to see you again soon!

Family FUN Day?!?

Well, it was fun for the kids... but Calvin's and my feet were killing us from the cheapo skates!! We lasted about 2 hours then had to drag the kids out a kicking and screaming... they were NOT ready to go. As we were walking to our car, Rylee asked if we could do it again when she looses her next tooth! WHAT have we started?!?! and how many teeth is she going to loose??

First lost TOOTH!

I can't believe it!! Rylee FINALLY lost her first tooth! And it was a top one... I thought you were supposed to lose the bottom ones first! Talk about drama... it has been loose for several weeks and was just hanging there. We had to bribe her (with an activity of her choice) before she finally let me pull it. Her family fun day was to go ice skating.... pictures of that to come! She has 2 more loose ones, so we'll see if she can sing "All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" this year.

It looks like she was in a fight! She scratched her cheek at school last week and now has this big hole in her mouth.... we didn't do it... I swear!!

In Loving memory of Wanda Thomas...

Calvin's Mom passed away on November 25th. She had been very sick the past few months with complications of her Hepatitis C. Calvin was able to make it to TX in time to see her a few hours before she passed. Everyone seems to think she was waiting on him to get there. We are going to miss her greatly! We love and miss you Wanda!

Our THANKFUL tree

Wow!! I have not updated in a LONG time! So Sorry about that! It's been a little crazy around here. I found this tree on Nick Jr, so we each took 4 leaves and wrote what we were thankful for. It was pretty cool. We may have to make this a tradition! Some of the things that we wrote were: Jobs, Family and Friends, Toys, School and God.

It's a small world after all ...

We went to Disney in October and realized it's a very small world! Keep in mind Orlando is about a 4 hour drive from us ... we met a little girl from our town (Weston),I met someone from Iowa and a worker that graduated from the the same college as I did (NWMSU) and we saw someone from Rylee's gymnastics. That's crazy... 4 different chance meetings all in 1 day! We thought that was pretty amazing! Now, about Disney.... we had a wonderful time. I just have piece of advice to everyone... go to the Dollar store and get rain panchos....because you don't want to buy them there like we did.... uummm approx 40.00 later we were nice and dry, and about 10 minutes after we bought them, it totally stopped raining. Lesson learned... here are a few pics:

Buzz Light Year was our favorite ride!

watching the fireworks...

Lion Country Safari

I know, I know... I am WAY behind on my blogging. We went to this wild animal drive through park a few weeks ago. It was very cool! After you drove through the park, there was splash water play area, paddle boats, a few rides and giraffe feeding area. (that was very cool) I had no idea giraffes and 7 inch long tongues!!

Key West ROCKS!!

We LOVE Key West.... I think this is the 5th year we have gone down for the boat races. It is so pretty and green down there and always something to do. We met 3 other couples down there and had a great time! This is the first year we took the kiddos w/ us and it just MIGHT be a start to a new tradition. Colby LOVED the boat races, and Rylee did too, even though she kept saying " boat races are for boys". In the end she decided she really liked it too. They liked Team Geico... the boat was called Miss Geico and has 2 turbine engines... super fast and quiet!

We rented an electric car and cruised around the island...went to the Southern most point, ate lunch w/ the roosters and got some ice cream... the kids had a wonderful time.

OH my GOSH......

I can't believe what I'm hearing..... WINTER is here!?! low 70's is winter???


This is the forecast for the tomorrow:

Grab that jacket! Bundle up the kids in the morning!
The first true taste of winter is here.
A front should clear south Florida during the overnight hours. It will be very breezy and dry behind the system helping to start a temperature tumble.
Friday morning lows will be in the mid to upper 50's from I-95 towards the beaches and in the low to mid 50's west of I-95.
Once the sun comes up the temps will struggle to reach the low 70's, so keep your jacket and sweater near by.
This cold snap should stick around through Sunday so enjoy.

Kindergarten Nursery Rhyme Show ...

Well, I forgot my video camera, but here are a few pictures of Colby as Humpty Dumpty. Thank you to those that responded w/ ideas and links for ideas. As you can see, there were no 2 humpty dumpty's that looked alike. It's hard to see, but his tummy and sides were stuffed and he had on the vest and tie, propeller hat and crazy socks. He kept saying, "mommy, I look wierd!" But I told him all of his friends looked wierd too. Once he got to school and saw his classmates, he was fine, but did not sing or dance. Imagine that!

A BIG THANK YOU to the Erny's !!

We went to Orlando last weekend and we got to visit w/ the Erny's and have some awesome lasagna and carrot cake with them! Terry is a wonderful cook! It was great to see you guys and you have a beautiful house! WE are so happy that you finally feel 'at home' and back where you belong! Hopefully we'll have that same feeling soon! Thanks again for the wonderful evening and we hope to do it again soon!

Happy Halloween !

Don't tell Colby, but he was actually Bat Vador this year! His Darth Vador mask actually got broke last year at Kevin's 40th bday party, and I waited until the last minute to try and find one. Calvin found this mask at Party City and he was none the wiser.... he was still Darth Vador to Colby and that's all that matters! Halloween was NOT canceled but their was very little particaption in our neighborhood. Rylee and I came back a little early to give out our candy...we were gone from 7p-745p ..... unfortunately, our door bell only rang twice! What the heck am I going to do with 6 bags of candy?!?! And I bought the GOOD stuff... all chocolate, so I don't want it hanging around the house w/ me all day! I have no control when it comes to Reese's! We hope everyone enjoyed their spooky day!

Carvin' Pumpkins ...

Nope, we don't wait until the last minute! The kids were all excited about carving pumpkins, but said the 'guts' were too gross to touch..... so, guess who did all the work? Actually, Colby had a good time 'carving' w/ the little tools. He did a pretty good job...we both still have all 10 fingers! :o) It's too soon to tell, but Halloween just might be canceled here in South Florida. Tropical storm NOEL is moving this direction, and they are predicting 50 mile an hour gusts and some rain. We're not supposed to get a direct hit or anything, but lots of rain and wind. We've been pretty lucky this year... have not had any big storms.