EastCoastLove

Names are special. Usually the name u choose for your children has a story tied to it. Sometimes it's family members, other times it characters from books or movies. Both parents must agree. Kimmel and i were easy with Shepherd. We saw that name for another baby a couple years before and put it on our list. Then while watching Manchester United i liked Carrick. We investigated the meaning, Rock. So Kimmel was ok with it, and i changed it to a K cause we both had K initials and i wanted him to match. So there you have Shepherd Karrick Kimmel.  All thru high school i was just Susan, then college skeener, due to my email handle and everyone there found my last name fun! I went from boring Susan to fun keener. lol Kimmel had people who didn't believe him when he told him his first name was Andrew! That was his name Kimmel! Sometimes they first name isn't always what you go by.  We have friends, the Baloghs, that name their children after couples or families who have speci...

We live in a world of spell check, that helps us to be eloquent with our virtual life, on all our 'smart' devices.  I learned to type on an actual type writer (yes i am that old) and used that white out slip often. Through out my years of school i never excelled at English, literature or spelling. Wasn't horrible, made decent grades, just wasn't fun to me. I liked math better, hence the reason i started college working toward a math degree, then switched to accounting. All that to say i usually just type and let it go expecting the little red line to come underneath the misspelled words. Then i fix it or look it up. Only thing is it doesn't catch when your sentence doesn't make sense or is missing a word. Yes the green line works in word to tell you its a fragment sentence with suggestions, but not other programs or phones for that matter. I also don't like to spend tons of time reading and rereading what i wrote. Mostly cause i don't have tons of ti...

Don't know if you know or not but there is a HILARIOUS show that comes on NBC some night at some time...cause i DVR it :) ...called Guys with Kids. Created by the great Jimmy Fallon. Set in NY City, three guys who are best friends live in the same apartment building and all, you guessed it, have kids. One is divorced, but the girl is still around, the other two married. I laugh out loud at least twice each episode...and some of you may think i do that often but really i don't when it comes to tv...i think scrubs was the last one i remember made me truly laugh out loud. I checked it out cause i love Jimmy Fallon and he wrote and produced it, so i thought it has to be great. To be honest the first one was good and i laughed but it just keeps getting funnier! You have to check it out! The kids are adorable, the girls are funny and the boys just make me laugh so hard its a fun show! So check out NBC on Wednesdays at 7:30 central! DVR it if you are at church...i do and it...

I am sure i am not the only mom who loves to see their childs face light home when Dad comes home! The sweet love and happiness that follows!  I was taking pictures yesterday of Shepherd and Eleanor when i got lucky enough to capture him getting excited! Tried to open the gate and just squealed!  He looks so little here doesnt he :)  All things are right with the world. 

So due to some technical difficulties,  and an almost panic attack thinking i had lost all the photos from these events we have a post of all the fun activities from celebrating Shepherd. Last saturday (feb 2) we threw a party out on our land for our lil man. Being out on the land meant we had to do a cowboy theme party! So our birthday boy was in overalls, boots, button up, jean jacket and cowboy hat...well for like two seconds...and due to weather he wore the stocking cap. Set up lots of photos we had taken through out the year marking each months changes.  Taking pictures at the party was more difficult than i prepared, so i asked my friend Felicia to please snap some or i will miss it all -Thank you Felicia!! Had pin the Sheriff badge on the cowboy for the little ones. My friend Tara Ewell drew the cute lil cowboy you see below! Kimmel grilled some hotdogs and hamburgers...despite the cold breeze for the first hour it got warmer and i think we all had a blas...