Happy 3rd of July?

Our festivities were mainly held on July 3rd this year to celebrate our independence. We went to Taste of Oakbrook...yeah, it pretty much rocked. Shaved Hendrix's head and blew off all our illegal fireworks.

These kids can't say no to a petting zoo.

Free McDonald's french fries and Happy Meal toys. Thank you Oakbrook!

Love that the sushi restaurant brought in thier own fish tank!

Here is Hendo's Nick Nolte impression....yeah, he needed a hair cut.

And him enjoying the session with his buddy Ryan.

Go Chicago.......!

Yes, Oscar was invited to a baseball game. Yes, it was in Chicago. No, it wasn't at Wrigley Field. You fill in the blanks.

We had a blast, got to see fireworks, run the bases! It was pretty much awesome, except we were a day early....the Cubs will be there this weekend!

all the cute little nuggets!

the vaca.

Here are some pics from Hilton Head Island. Went for a week with the whole fam, then had a wedding at the end. Great time had by all.

major malfunction

went on vacation in hilton head for a week, came home to a huge storm and power outage. day 4 of no electricity. checked into a hotel, first time on a computer and forgot all my cameras from the trip. tons of pics and updates to come!

We DID it!

Ok, we can now relax and enjoy the summer! The Chicago Blackhawks are the 2010 Stanley Cup Champions! Here is an awesome screen shot I got last night of the TV.

We are Blackhawks CRAZY!

Ok, this should be the second to last post of the Blackhawks this summer. We don't want to jinx anything. But here is MomKat & DadKat at the Stanley Cup Game 5 last night.

And here are other pics from the Stanley Cup game 2 we went to last Monday

And Bozo was there for Chicago support.

Love these banners! Game 2 banner.

Game 5 banners!

The Weekend made of Memories

Wow! What a weekend. We went boating, had some Blackhawk action....Mom & Dad went to the Stanley Cup....as soon as I can find my camera I will post pictures. Here is Oscar & Mom on the boat. Safety first! sunglasses and life jackets. check!

Speaking of saftey. DadKat's jetski started sinking so he flagged down the police to help him. It was a funny site seeing him get dropped off by the Police boat.

Here is Hendosaurus enjoying a snack. I want to eat his cute face!

Speaking of cute faces! CAILYN!

Here is Hendo experiencing the "slip n slide!"

All 3 boys!

DadKat fished the whole time!

and Jackson & Oscar the twins!

Blackhawks & Birthday Parties!

We are gonna have 4 more towels to add to this stash in the next couple days because not only are the Blackhawks going to the Stanley Cup this year....so is the KAT KLAN!

Game 2 and Game 5***if necessary.

Here is our collection so far from the playoff games we have been to this year.




And we started a huge "Coach Q Stache Rally" after the 1st period of Sunday's game....it totally helped.

And Uncle Chris with his real playoff beard and uni-brow.

Today we went to our pal Hudson's 3rd birthday party.

We have had the BEST weather in Chicago. Here is Oscar king of the water slide.

And Hendo took over this little table.

and his butt crack took over everything else...

This time again!

Man it is depressing when school is out for summer...I really need to get on my petition to keep these kids in school year round. So, here is Oscar's 3 yr pre-school end of the year presentation. Hendrix was thrown in to the mix with Oscar and his ladies-Olivia, Charlotte and Caroline. I thought it was tough to get a picture with 2 kids looking at the camera, now 5!

How does Jon & Kate with the darn 8 do it!?!

Enabler.

Yes, I am the worst. I have tried and tried to get Oscar off the pacifier for almost a year now. We left a plate of "pacis" for Santa to take to the poor babies in Detroit for Christmas and was left with ONE. ONE has once again turned into 2. The Easter bunny was suppose to take them and give him jellybeans...but he decided he liked his paci more than candy. Then we had our favorite 2, lost them, and I keep buying more pacifiers! Well, they say that the younger child will learn from the oldest. Look what I have now. A FULL BLOWN PACIFIER PROBLEM. Can someone call Intervention for these kids?

And notice Hendrix is addicted to his giraffe and we have 3 of those too! I need an intervention!

Doctor!

I don't know what it is with these Kat kids, but they are all about nosing around at the doctor's office and snooping in people's personal medical history. I didn't have my camera, so I captured everything with my Blackberry. Here is Hendo & I at the doctor for his 18 months appt.

And the idenity theft attempt.

Here is Oscar doing the SAME thing at his 15 month doctor appointment!

MayDay!

Happy May....2nd. Here are pics of the boyz enjoying outside.

And, I am very proud of my roses. These need more attention that my kids! I water them everyday, prune them, talk to them, love them....it is a lot of work. But, I get about a dozen roses a day from them! I am officialy the rose girl. I give them out like crazy, so if we have a date for a lunch or a coffee-lucky you!