Today we had a fabulous time at the Wilson Mills Pumpkin farm with Aryn's kindergarden class. Her first field trip. Weather was awesome! Perfect fall day ! (upper 60's no sun- no rain either) We got to go on a small hay ride then they got to pick thier pumpkins from the patch. They got a quick lesson on halloween safety, ran through both a corn and straw maze and got to feed a goat some green beans . Aryn was the cutest pumpkin in the patch and of course she spent alot of time picking out the "perfect pumpkin"

Holy Cow - It's out of here ! Aryn had her first T-ball game last night . She is on the Tigers . There are 2 girls in the team - they can be distinguished from the other players by the pink equipment :D - Aryn has a pink bat the says "girls rock" and Kaitlynn has a pink batters helmet . Anyway first at bat Aryn gets and in the park home run - only one of the game ! You go girl ! Show them how to do it ! :D Enjoy the photos! I will upload some pictures from Disney and Andrews birthday soon . promise

In an email from a scrapbook friend today

"Isn't it amazing what people think of?
Read the story before watching the video
Strange but interesting.
This is a car advertisement from Great Britain. When
They finished filming the ad, the film editor noticed something
Moving along the side of the car, like a ghostly white mist. They
Found out that a person had been killed a year earlier in that exact
same spot.

The ad was never put on TV because of the unexplained
ghostly phenomenon. Watch the front end of the car as it
clears the trees in the middle of the screen and you'll see the white
mist crossing in front of the car then following it along the
road....Spooky!

Is it a ghost, or is it simply mist? You decide. If
You listen to the ad, you'll even hear the cameraman whispering in
the background about it near the end of the commercial.

A little creepy but pretty cool!!

http://www.coynepic s.com/GhostlyCar Ad.wmv



So for some reason my kids think this is cool ( play it again, play it again ! )

Preparing for Ernesto - coming to shore on the nc/ sc line traveling up interstate 95 about 10 minutes from here. They have already put a 2 hour opening delay on school tommorow - most people in the area feel it will be canceled ..... waiting games begin!

The time has finally come ! The moment all parents wait for ! Someone get me a tissue ! sniff* sniff *

Not going to say that getting to this point has been easy. Aryn is a very strong willed child ! Even this morning she was upset that she didn't get to ride the bus ( she only had to be at school for an hour!) , she was upset that I didn't pack her a lunch, and of course she did not approve of the outfit I picked out for her. Once we got to school she was fine and enjoyed meeting her teacher and the teacher assistant!

We have a staggered entry in North Carolina for kindergarteners . So she went for an hour today, she goes next Wednesday all day with 1/2 of her class, then the entire class goes on Friday!

Her teacher is fabulous . She has a lot of great qualities that I think will help Aryn develop into a wonderful, bright, student with a love of learning!

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A few years ago my dear friend Sara (price) told me I should write a book about all the crazy, silly and funny things my kids says! Honestly she is so right ! Always something going on ! But heck I hardly have time to brush my teeth much less think about writhing a book! That's why this blog is such a wonderful thing - next year I can look at it and see what was happening in our lives a year ago at this time - and the pictures will still be up for us to see how much the kids , us, our house, and area have changed. Can you tell I am having a sappy day !

Anyway .... Yesterday I was driving Aryn to day care and we drove past this horse farm that is right around the corner from us. We have driven past this farm many times, in fact probably once or twice a day! Yesterday the horses were out by the fence and one started galloping ( almost running parallel with the van ) The following conversation ensued:
Aryn said " I think that unicorn is trying to talk to me . But I don't understand what he is saying? ...Mom what language do unicorns speak ?"
Mom: " gee I am not sure?"
Aryn " I think we need to check on the computer to see - maybe ebay will know !"

Ok too funny ! First that she thinks the horse is a unicorn and it is trying to converse with her and secondly she knows what ebay is and thinks that is a go to source for knowledge.

While in Atlanta for work i found out the my paterna17 grandfather has leukemia. My grandfather is 92 years old and has lived a long, healthy, and active life. He has been a farmer his entire life. He raised 6 kids( 5 boys and 1 girl) , he has 17 grandchildren and at least 25 great children ( and a few great great grandchildren) He has seen alot, lived alot and is a wealth of history , stories, and knowledge. I know that it is his time . I hope he doesnt suffer and that he knows that i love him. We are planning on heading back to Chicago during christmas and i hoping to spend one more day with him. A few years ago he was diagnosed with congenital heart failure. I flew out to say good bye to him. Very, very hard! he overcame! He is a fighter !

Please keep him and all of his family in your prayers and thoughts.

Back to school !..... This morning was meet the teacher day ! The kids are going to a brand new school and all 3 kids have brand new teachers! ( and of course each is in a different wing at opposite ends of the school) Andrew sat at his desk and said " hey, I am the very first person to sit in this seat! " School still smells like new carpet and new books! It is so much more spread out than the old school ! Alyssa and Andrew were able to meet there teacher but Aryn wont get to see hers till next Friday ( but we did peek into her classroom !)

Other exciting school news - this year the bus will be picking the kids up right at the end of the driveway - they no longer need to walk a block to catch the bus ! Yahoo!

Alyssa's teachers name is Ms. Traci Field, Andrews is Miss Ashley Poole, and Aryns is Ms. Kim Powell .

Ultimate cuteness - Miss Aryn ready for the pool - and my new handmade purse! Lovin' em both !

Hard to believe that summer is almost over - back to school next week !

The past few weeks have been very busy with my training and work schedule . The kids have been going to camp and had a lot of fun - but they are sooooooo exhausted. They have really enjoyed the past few days at home with mom.

I am heading back to Atlanta tomorrow for 4 more days of training. I will be home Sunday night. Last week we had a few days in which we didn't have to start till 4 pm so we had all day to play. Friday Carolina and I went downtown Atlanta and visited Coca cola ( a must do for 2 gals who have coke running thru their veins! ) , Underground Atlanta, CNN, and centennial park . Saturday I went to Discover Mills mall (huge) and thankfully I hadn't found it earlier or I am sure Kevin would be questioning the visa bill!

We got our final confirmation on our Disney trip. We are leaving in 3 weeks. Once again we are doing the not so scary Halloween party . We have to start thinking about our Halloween costumes. Fun, Fun, fun!

Holy crap ! look at this thing! It is huge! I thought Alyssa was going to wet her pants when we seen this bad boy this morning! ( Heck who could blame her- i almost wet my pants too! )

Good to be home - i missed the kids, kevin, and my bed! leaving again tommorrow ( tuesday) and will be back on Sunday ! Next week i am in raleigh for training so i will get to spend some time at home with the kids before they head back to school !

here we are - Having a great time scrapbooking, shopping, and just being together - What a great time!

Photos from Creating Keepsake Convention in Charlotte Friday August 4th - August 5th . This is my group of Ya-ya's with Donna Downey - We all totally adore her! :D

Who would have thought that one of my kids would want to go see Lynard skynard - here is an awesome photo of Andrew wearing the shirt that Aunt Nicole sent to him . Thanks Nick!

3 More days and I will be leaving for my training in Atlanta ! Hard to believe that the 'stay at home time" has officially ended ! No computer for me so checking emails and updating blog probably wont be done :( I am sure you all are bummed out about that ! ) The kids are looking forward to 2 exciting weeks at the kids clubhouse - They are swimming, canoeing, roller skating ,bowling, ice skating and tons more ! I am sure they will be uber exhausted !


Lastly - there is a new style scrapbooking out - called freestyle - pretty much no rules apply, pretty mainstream , and artsy . http://www.autumnleaves.com/freestyle/ check it out - Anyway did my first freestyle type of layout ( thanks to my darling friend April at scrappers daily dose) It was fun, freeing, and I really felt like I had done something "totally different!
Not sure I would do it again - but it was fun! ( this is the layout at the top)

lastly - Kevin and I finally got to see the pirates movie - Rocked! Looking forward to number 3 ! Will need to add this one to the Christmas wish list! I am sure when the release it it will come in awesome box set with number 1 *( which we don't have - so hint hint to those of you buying Christmas gift for the josupaits :)


lastly - i just spelled check this entry - for my last name (josupait) it suggested cockpit ???? what is that all about !?

Got back the photos from the Kelly Clarkson Concert - not real crazy about them . I used a kodak disposable digital camera . I wont be using one of those again! I guess you live and learn - and at least i have some photos of the event.

Concert was July 3rd at Alltell Pavillion in raleigh. It was alyssa reward for working so hard on her reading this year ! She had a great time !

Andrew and Kevin are going to see Lynard Skynard tommorrow night ( that was Andrews choice for his reading reward! )

Today we took my mom to the Raleigh Little Theaters Rose garden ! It is so beautiful! Roses year round! Afterward we drove around the historic districts of Raleigh and had a cool treat at Ben and Jerry's Today was the last day of her stay we had to take her back up to the airport and send her back home :( hope she comes back soon!

Today is Kevins first day back to work! We have 2 more days with grandma - had to show her around some ! Took her to Carolina Beach - she had never seen the ocean before ! We ate a seafood lunch on a pier and she walked the beach for a bit with the kids. After we headed into Wilmington (NC) to go to the Ivy cottage (antiques ), we did a narrated horse drawn carriage tour and some souvenir shopping for her. It was a very long and hot day! ( on the way home we stopped and enjoyed some true Carolina fare - Eastern Carolina BBQ - vinegar based with cole slaw on top ! YUMMO!)

Well we arrived back in Raleigh after a near week of sheer tropical bliss . A few photos for your enjoyment :D

Wohooo ! Tommorrow we pick my mom up from the airport to stay for an entire 8 days ! kids are so excited cant wait to see grandma ! they got alot of lovin' ready for her !

kevin and i are leaving for the Turks and Caicos Islands Friday morning !Hard to believe it is finally here ! 6 days in paradise ! cant wait !

happy 4th of july ! This morning we went to a local parade the kids got tons of candy and had a great time . The weather was perfect! tonight we will go see fireworks at the same place the parade was !

Alyssa and i went to the kelly clarkson concert last night ! AWESOME! She had a wonderful time ! - While we were waiting in line a man in a staff shirt came up and started small talking with us - to make a long story short he had 2 seats left over from the amount that they had set aside for kelly and he gave them to us! Moved us up to the front ! Yeah baby ! we were about 8 rows back right in the center - ! Photos coming soon !

Well look of at my Son - shine :D last night Andrew and I were looking at the blog and he commented that he only had 1 picture of him in the slide . SO today I am sharing some photos of my handsome, intelligent, and funny little man.

This morning we had a little buck in our back yard - kind of shocked by the amount of deer I have seen in past week (saw 2 on Sunday middle of the day, 3 last week in the middle of the afternoon as well) It is too hot for humans and way to hot for animals . (almost 100 today!)

Tonight is the Kelly Clarkson concert that Alyssa and I are going too . This is her special treat for raising her reading level and meeting her Ar goals . Andrew wants to go see Lynard Skynard in a few weeks ( definitely has his dads taste in music)

Hey Donna - You rock ! Our lovely neighbors the Banks' go out of town a few times during the summer and need someone to babysit their swimming pool ( yes, yes, I know it's a tough job but someone has to do it ! ) We go over turn on the filter and swim ! Well today she rang the door bell and handed us this huge glass jar of treats from Hershey Pa . Said she felt bad about making us do all that work ! :D Anytime my friend anytime