Food Trucks

I've been wanting to eat at the food trucks since we moved to Jupiter. We finally made it to Food Truck Wednesday at Marcinski Park. We were introduced to Poke Bowls, sushi in a bowl. They are so yummy!

Bella's Graduation

Bella completed 6 weeks of puppy training. She can now sit, stay and lie down on command. She is still highly distractible. She is not fully potty trained but does use the bell when she wants to go outside. She adores Rizzo and goes wherever he goes. We love our little cutie!

Hip Dysplasia

My hips have been hurting me off and on since college. Due to a recent flare up and after some physical therapy I was referred to an orthopedist, Dr. Matthew Harris. He took x-rays and later a MRI. Both hips hurt, but we decided to focus on my right one, since it's the one that hurts the worst. The x-ray revealed hip dysplasia in both hips and PLICA impingement. Hip dysplasia is congenital and means that I was born with both hips not fully in my sockets. It has gone undiagnosed all these years and as a result I have some impingement and a small labral tear, which the MRI later revealed. Unfortunately, there isn't much to be done besides strengthening my hips. The doctor recommends pilates based therapy and swimming. He wants me to especially strengthen my hip flexors and to avoid running, tennis and pickle ball. Basically, it stinks getting old...

Keri's 42nd Birthday

My 42nd birthday was also the kids' first day of school. As a result, my day was a bit of a blur. To celebrate my special day, the kids and I tried out a new Thai restaurant. Our meal was delicious! For dessert, we went back home and had a yummy piece of triple layered chocolate mocha cake. Trevor was on travel, so we celebrated together over the weekend by trying Michael Jordan's restaurant, 1000 North. My favorite part of our meal was my "free" mango key lime pie. It was delicious!!!! We capped off the night with a walk along the beach. I'm blessed!

First Day of School

Our kids are super excited to be going back to the same school two years in a row! We're thrilled for them. Kaylee is a freshman. Kianna is in 7th grade. Trace is in 5th grade. We're praying for a great year!

Kianna's 13th Birthday

Our little girl is now a teenager!!! In honor of this momentous occasion, she received a cell phone. She was thrilled!!! Here's a little bit about our teenager:

• Cross Country- This summer Kianna has been busy training for cross country. She has been running approximately 5 miles and has found that she really enjoys it. She's looking forward to her upcoming JCS season.
• Soccer- Kianna switched clubs this fall from Jupiter United to Rise FC. Half of her Jupiter United team switched as well. She loves her team, although they don't win very often. Kianna's an offensive player and has improved quite a bit over the past year. She even scores an occasional goal now and then.
• Basketball- Kianna is a natural when it comes to her basketball skills. She has a nice shot and likes to steal the ball. She plays for the JCS middle school team.
• School- Kianna's favorite subjects are math and science. She has become very responsible when it comes to school and gets all A's and B's. She currently wants to be a vetrinarian or marine biologist when she grows up. 
• Fish- She loves fish, that is pet fish. She gave up eating fish for about a year due to her love of fish. We called her a land-o-tarian. She has a beautiful beta fish that she got recently, as well as, a fish tank full of other fish and snails, she adores. They all have very creative names like Harry, Hermione, Ron, Fred, George, etc., She does a great job of cleaning out her fish tanks and caring for them.
• Bedroom- Kianna loves her bedroom and spending time in there. We're not exactly sure what she does in her room? She seems to always be cleaning her room however, it never is clean and always seem to be a mess...
• Friends- Kianna spent a lot of time with Sydney Cariero this summer at cross country practices.  She also spends a lot of time with Jordin Courtemache her friend from school and our neighborhood. She has become friends with the other 7th graders from church: Avery Plourde, Kate Butters, Grace Freeman, and Samantha Wolfe. At school she was good friends with Jessica Baklayan, but they lost touch over the summer.
• Creative- Kianna is super creative and always has been. She often does things differently than others, but they turn out well and uniquely. She has a knack for decorating.
• Jesus- Kianna loves Jesus. She is faithful with her devotions and has a good heart. She enjoys going to youth group and has made some good friends at church over the last year.
• Strong Willed- Kianna is extremely strong willed. We butt heads with her quite frequently. Trevor says she'll rule the world someday, we hope for good...Oh and she loves to win and often fights with her brother over the rules of games when they try to play together...

To celebrate her birthday, Kianna invited Jordin, Kate, Avery, Samantha and Grace over to our house for chicken and broccoli fettuccine alfredo, caesar salad and buster bar. We decided to let the girls eat without silverware or napkins just for fun. When we presented the idea to the girls, they said "that's fine, we eat with our fingers anyway". 

Trevor created a fun neighborhood scavenger hunt for the girls to complete. Afterwards, they came back to the house and swam. It was a fun party!

FC Barcelona Soccer Game

Jodi and Kianna

The boys

Trevor arranged for Trace and Kianna and some of their soccer friends to go to Miami for the FC Barcelona game. They had a great night with their friends, watching the game they love to play!