Janice and Jim's Blog

Cincinnati's Children Museum

2008-03-07T08:31:00.001-08:00

We met Stephanie, Emma and Anna Unger at the Cincinnati Children's Museum for some big fun. Grandma and Grandpa Henry also met us there. Noah was making lots of new friends!

Kaitlyn's Ariel Puzzle

2008-03-07T08:27:00.001-08:00

Kaitlyn and I did this 300 piece puzzle - she of course wanted to do Ariel which I think was the hardest part. I got to help with all the other fun stuff!

New Year's Eve

2008-01-01T12:58:00.000-08:00

New Dress Up Fun

2008-01-01T12:48:00.001-08:00

Santa Arrives!

2008-01-01T12:39:00.000-08:00

Some of us aren't quite the morning person (Kaitlyn) than others of us (Noah)!!

Getting Ready for Santa

2008-01-01T12:36:00.000-08:00

Kaitlyn takes off the last links in her Christmas chain. We put out cookies and milk for Santa. The Reindeer got oatmeal and carrots - yum!

Christmas Eve 2007

2008-01-01T12:24:00.000-08:00

SAMM had a great Christmas other than when he had to wear ballet slippers!!

Christmas is Cincinnati

2008-01-01T12:16:00.000-08:00

Kaitlyn's First U of L Basketball Game

2008-01-01T12:08:00.000-08:00

Not only did Kaitlyn get to sit in the Humana corporate box seats at half court for her first game, she got to give Juan Palacios a high five after the game. She is spoiled for all future basketball games!!

Jim's Grandma (Evelyn Fulz) gets inducted as the first woman in the Trinity High School Hall of Fame

2008-01-01T11:17:00.000-08:00

Jim's Grandma and the four other inductees to the Trinity High School Hall of Fame.

Here is the plaque to be hung at Trinity High School and a beautiful trophy to take home.

The presentation of Evelyn's award.

Scenes from dinner.

Going to The Nutcracker

2008-01-01T11:10:00.000-08:00

Kaitlyn and Jim went on a date to see the Nutcracker. Don't they look nice?

Feast of Saint Nicholas

2008-01-01T11:06:00.002-08:00

Tubby Time

2008-01-01T11:02:00.000-08:00

Kaitlyn's First Skating Party

2008-01-01T10:43:00.001-08:00

Grandma Henry's Birthday Party

2008-01-01T10:39:00.001-08:00

Grandma Henry gets lots of help blowing out her birthday candles!!

Halloween 2007 Trick or Treating and the Zoo

2007-12-01T12:01:00.000-08:00

Noah's Third Birthday

2007-12-01T11:12:00.000-08:00

Noah had a fantastic time opening all of his presents for his third birthday!! It is great to be three!! Then he got to blow out the candles on his Spiderman cake while Kaitlyn played "Happy Birthday" on the piano.

Morgan showed us all how to bob for apples and we all did quite well!!

Pumpkin Patch

2007-11-24T15:43:00.000-08:00

Noah and I went with the St. Aloysius Mom's Group to a fun

pumpkin patch and got to go on a hayride with a cute little

dog named Pepper!!

Oops - One more HUGE Watermelon

2007-11-24T15:40:00.001-08:00

One more yummy watermelon - so three total!!

Cookies for Marathons

2007-10-24T16:47:00.000-07:00

Jim and Janice ran the Columbus Marathon on October 21, 2007. Doris sent some VERY cute cookies as a congratulations. Kaitlyn and Noah enjoyed the packaging - the cheap toys are always the most fun. OH - and was did share some of the cookies with them.

Railroad Museum in New Haven, KY

2007-09-29T09:09:00.000-07:00

KET (Kentucky Educational Television) was having a Curious George day at the KY Railroad Museum. We arrived early and had a great time bouncing in the bouncy and going down the bouncy slide over and over and over again before it really got crowed. New Haven is a little over an hour from Louisville so we had to get some of our wiggles out from the drive down.

We took a train ride from New Haven, KY to Boston, KY which consists of one Marathon station and a post office. We had 20 minutes or so to peruse the Marathon station (woo hoo!!) which was PACKED with crazed train riders seeking drinks and snacks. But Kaitlyn and Noah LOVED the train ride AND the snacks!! Noah said the train ride was "amazing" - too funny!!

It is hard to see, but Mr. Magic was there to perform his magic tricks for the kiddos. He called Kaitlyn up to assist with one of his tricks and she was SO excited. She got to help him turn three pieces of cloth (one red, one white and one blue) into an American flag. He had all sorts of troubles like forgetting to put in the blue cloth and forgetting the stars and getting the colors backward. It was very funny and Kaitlyn was in all her little glory!!

Here was the big highlight of our day!! We got to do a meet and greet with Curious George after listening to two Curious George stories at a storytime presented by KET. But where was the man with the yellow hat???

Our First and ONLY Watermelon

2007-09-29T07:59:00.000-07:00

We finally got a watermelon from our little garden. We tried one earlier - but it wasn't quite ready yet. We had LOTS of vines but only two watermelons. How does that happen??

Noah and Fouts Nap

2007-09-15T12:16:00.000-07:00

Noah decided to vacate his big boy bed to take a nap on the floor with his buddy Big Fouts who loves to nap with Noah in his room.

Janice's Birthday

2007-09-15T12:11:00.001-07:00

Yummy German chocolate cake made by my mom.

It's so exiciting to have birthdays now!!

Kaitlyn's First Time to a Wedding

2007-09-15T12:08:00.000-07:00

Kaitlyn and I got to get all dressed up to go to the wedding of our neighbor's son. They had a very fun reception in a huge tent in their back yard - Kaitlyn and Noah danced the night away!!

Day at the Ohio River

2007-09-15T11:58:00.000-07:00

We had a very nice day out on the Ohio River. We went for boat rides, played bocce ball and other games and had a fabulous picnic.

Noah, Morgan and Kaitlyn had a GREAT time playing in the sand/mud and had to get hosed off!!

Kaitlyn, Noah and Morgan all got to take turns riding on this speedy and very bumpy little go cart!!

Kentucky State Fair

2007-09-15T11:47:00.000-07:00

Kaitlyn and Noah rode some great rides!!
Ate lots of yummy and healthy food!!

We got to see lots of animals!

Noah was slightly nervous about the police officers at the safety town, but had a great time riding the tricycle through the town!!

First Day of Kindergarten

2007-09-15T11:38:00.000-07:00

Here are Kaitlyn and Jim on Kaitlyn's first day of Kindergarten. She was very excited especially about her shoes.

She immediately sat down and started to draw picutures with her new friends. She looks like such a big girl!

Swimming at Uncle Walter's (New Grandma's) House

2007-08-03T14:36:00.000-07:00

Noah deciding if it is safe to get in!!Noah had a blast swimming with his noodle!!

Kaitlyn made a "K" to mark her spot.

Kaitlyn had a GREAT time swimming in Uncle Walter and Beth's pool!!

Here was our welcome home from Jim, Fouts and the fish.

Kaitlyn and Noah dress up in Disguise

2007-08-03T14:34:00.001-07:00

Super Kaitlyn and Super Noah were dressed up in their Daddy disguises to fool the monsters.

More Tee Ball Pictures

2007-08-03T14:26:00.000-07:00

Kaitlyn makes it home.

Kaitlyn playing second base and paying attention. Kaitlyn, David and their team have their last snack together.

Kaitlyn with her tee ball trophy and pciture.

Tee Ball Pictures

2007-08-03T14:15:00.000-07:00

Here is Kaitlyn taking a big swing at
ball at her tee ball game with
Coach Meyers helping.

St. Aloysius Picnic

2007-07-20T10:41:00.000-07:00

Here we are having fun at the picnic.
Kaitlyn and Noah got their face/arm paintings. Kaitlyn with a purple butterfly - her favorite color.

This was the highlight of the picnic. Kaitlyn and Noah LOVE the cotton candy.

Father's Day 2007 at Waterfront Park

2007-07-20T10:34:00.003-07:00

Jim is manning the grill.

Kaitlyn, Noah and Morgan have fun in the sun and cool water!!

Morgan is having a moment.

Noah enjoying the day.

Kaitlyn and Noah are sitting on the water shooting from the ground - how fun!!

Trip to Huber's Farm and Winery

2007-07-20T10:18:00.001-07:00

We stopped for a nice lunch at the restaurant before we went out to explore the farm.

They had a see-saw at the little playground - you never see see-saws anymore. They are just SO dangerous - as evidenced by one of my many scars on my chin.

They had a nice pond with lots of ducks and fish to feed. I like this picture.

Lots of big fun at the farm.

We took a wagon ride out to feed a bunch of crazy and starving goats!!

Noah is not too sure about all the crazy goats!!

They had a really nice petting zoo at the winery. Kaitlyn fed the animals one small kernal at a time. Noah just threw the food at them. They had a field trip right before we got there so the animals were not all that hungary anyway.

Noah LOVED driving this little tractor around once he got the hang of it!!

Kaitlyn had a blast too.

Vacation to Brown County, Indiana

2007-07-20T10:05:00.000-07:00

This is our cabin that we stayed in for our very nice trip to Brown County, IN.

This was one of our many hikes through the woods. Kaitlyn and Noah were excited about reading the map.

Noah reads the map.

Playing at one of the very nice playgrounds and actually taking turns.

Kaitlyn is riding a little pony named Chocolate. Chocolate liked to stop and eat!!

Noah rode Rusty - Rusty tried to eat Chocolate......

The pool was VERY cold - but Noah still had fun and made friends.

Kaitlyn didn't last too long in the cold pool - but was having fun here with her noodle.

Kaitlyn's Graduation from Preschool

2007-07-20T10:02:00.000-07:00

Kaitlyn graduated from preschool in May with a very nice ceremony. She got to serve her class cake and punch.

Kaitlyn's Ballet Recital

2007-07-20T09:58:00.001-07:00

Kaitlyn was all excited about her first stage performance (actually she was just excited about her purple outfit). She is hanging out with the girls from her class prior to their performance.

Noah and friends at Gymnastics

2007-07-20T09:51:00.001-07:00

Here is Noah with his friends Beck and Peyton at gymnastics. He LOVES gymnastics!!

Kaitlyn's 5th Birthday

2007-07-20T09:45:00.000-07:00

This is an experiment

2007-06-27T18:24:00.000-07:00

Noah plays in the sand.....