3rd Birthday Party

June 24, 2007 Kinsey had her 3rd birthday party last night at our neighborhood pool. She had a wonderful time and got to celebrate with her favorite friends doing her favorite summertime activity. Jack and my dad (AKA Papadad) made an amazing themed birthday cake as usual. Jack baked a two-layer cake and cut a pool out of the top layer filled with blue icing. Then they decorated it all the way down to the wafer tiles and bikini-clad Teddy Grahams. They sure are creative and work hard for their Kinsey! Max had a ball, too. He was dressed in a bright orange surf suit from head to toe and he loved hanging out in the water. It beat the 90 degree heat! All in all, it was another successful birthday party with the ones we love. Life is good in the Patrick household. We are off to spend a week in the Keys this coming weekend. Private house on private island AND we're smart enough to be taking a sitter to help with Kinsey, Max, and cousin Thomas. Pictures will posted soon after we return.

TERRIFIC THREE!!!

June 20, 2007

We just got back from Myrtle Beach. Mommy, Kinsey, Max and Nanny went for the week while Daddy and Papadad came for the weekend and celebrated Kinsey's 3rd birthday and Father's Day with the rest of the extended family. Kinsey had a blast at the beach--we even had her boogie boarding by the end of the week. And Max loved the ocean, too. We would suit him up in his infant life jacket and hat and he'd just bob away on the waves. He loves the water already like his big sis does. For Kinsey birthday party, we decided to go to Senor Frogs. What an experience! By the end of the night we were standing on our chairs dancing and she just ate it up. She certainly does love being the center of attention. We had a wonderful time and can't wait until our trip to the Keys in less than two weeks! If you're ever in Myrtle Beach, try this little hole-in-the-wall called Mrs. Fish--best seafood around, I promise you!

Lakehouse Fun

June 6, 2007



We have been enjoying a lot of fun at Mom and Dad's Lake Hartwell house the past few weeks. They will be selling and moving up to Keowee before we know it. It has been so much fun getting all the new cousins together (my nephew Thomas with Max in the 2nd picture). Kinsey caught her first fish with Papadad and she's not a real fisherman because she didn't lie when we asked her how big the fish was. She put her two index fingers almost touching and said "Iiiity Bity" and this past weekend she learned how to jump off the dock and boat in her life jacket. Tonight she swam about half the distance of our little neighborhood pool--AMAZING!!! I'm lovin' the summertime!

Updated Pictures

I know the other pictures were so tiny, so here's the video montage I put together of the kids for Jack for Father's Day. Shhhh!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Has it been THAT long???

June 4, 2007 OK, has it really been almost a YEAR since I've posted? I think it has. Really, the last news was that I was pregnant. Obviously, the babe grew, developed, and was born since my last post. Welcome to this world John Maxwell (AKA Baby Max). Kinsey absolutely LOVES her baby brother and hasn't had one negative reaction toward him YET. But then again, he's not stealing her toys yet either. Since Max's arrival on March 7th, we've been to Sunset Beach, a Brave's game, swimming in the pool and at Lake Hartwell, to visit the family in North Carolina, etc, etc, etc. Life sure has been busy. I can't believe Kinsey will be THREE in less than two weeks. That makes me at LEAST three years older than I think I am doesn't it? OK, I'm going to work on being better at this...