M*U*N*Z: 2013

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Back to School, Back to School...

So, it's no big deal, but I STARTED LAW SCHOOL THIS WEEK!!! Okay, so it is a big deal. I have tossed around the goal of becoming a lawyer since I was in elementary school, and this week I began the journey to making that goal come true. So far I have made some pretty cool friends and my professors seem very knowledgable and excited to share their passions with us. I almost feel like I should be more afraid of law school than I am, but I feel fairly confident right now. We will see how I feel come the end of the semester.

We have not moved to St. Pete yet but we should close on the house on Tuesday. Until then I must make the 1.5-2.5 hour commute- blah. We must be crazy to own two properties (three houses). We will post pics when we get the keys. We are juggling a lot of balls in the air right now, so hopefully they don't all come crashing down. I know I will feel better when we get to St. Pete. I hope next week works out the way I want it to, but I'm not holding my breath.

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Mr. and Mrs (finally!) Prowant!!

I am seriously bad at this whole keeping posts in order thing. Oh well. The weekend before we came down to Homestead to watch the twinkies, Matt and I went to St. Augustine for the wedding of two of our best friends, Matt (Prowant) and Kacie. Matt (husband) and I have been very fortunate to have the friends that we do. They have been by our sides through thick and thin and we could not imagine our loves without them. Our friends are in every way a part of our family and we had such an amazing time officially adding Kacie to the fam. Not only did we get to witness the union of two of our best friends, but they shared with us and the rest of their loved ones that they are in fact expecting a baby boy this December! The wedding took place in an old refurbished building right on the intercostal in St. Augustine. It was a beautiful ceremony and reception. We had so much fun celebrating, and we cannot wait to help welcome to the world Mr. Oliver Douglas Prowant! Congratulations you two! Love you!!

Me and my hubby

Jude, he's brining dapper (and diapers) back!!

Three of my favorite people in the whole world, Graham, Jessica and their son Jude

Matt making an entrance

Introducing Kacie and Matt Prowant!!

Dancing to Danny's Song (one of my faves)

Kacie has an incorrigible sweet tooth, so it was only fitting that she had a dessert bar

The best man giving his best man speech.

Me and the bride!

Some good friends of ours, Erica and Brent McCarthy

Hayden sisters sandwich. Ashley, Kacie, and Erica

Me and Jess

Kayla and her wife Chad (j/k)

Blake and his AWESOME girlfriend Nidhi!

Prowant and his AWESOME friends from Bartow!

Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Double Trouble

So this past week (give or take a few days) my mother-in-law, Barb, and I went down to Homestead to babysit Matt's cousin's twin 20 month olds, Anna and Kate, while their parents went on an adult only family trip to Costa Rica. We watched them for about 9 days (from July 20- July 28), and let me tell you, I am ready for law school!! Haha, but seriously, it was so much fun. It was, however, an immense amount of work to watch these non-stop twinkies. Mary Anne and Phil make it look so easy!! I got to learn about their differences and similarities, and learn about my own parenting style. Apparently, I will be the "enforcer", and Matt will get to be the "partner in crime". Thats not to say we didn't have fun because we swam, played in the rocks, went for golf cart rides, went for walks in the stroller, played in rain puddles, gave them bubble baths, had dance parties, built pillow forts, stalked Taylor in the pool, searched for Bella, visited with (great) Grandma Munz and (great) Grandma Jerri, fed Billy Bob, chased peacocks, colored... you name it, we probably did it. I just won't give in to temper tantrums and when I say no, I mean it. All in all, the girls did so much better than we could have hoped for. They were, after all, left in a strange place, with two strange women, and no idea where Mommy and Daddy had gone. The first day was a bit rough (no pictures because it was all survival), but after that it was pretty much smooth sailing. Barb and I made a great team, although she was more Mimi and less Bootcamp Barb than I was anticipating, but we were still talking to each other on the way home. To say the twins have a good appetite is an understatement, those girls devoured their food, especially their fruits and veggies. They also have a dachshund named Bella that I renamed Saint Bella (or Smella Bella which should speak for itself), because she is just the most patient and loving dog I have ever met. The twins would do whatever to her, and she just let it happen. One day Bella is going to end up in a princess costume with painted toe nails, I can just feel it. It was a wonderful week that I will never forget. I love them so much and I was so grateful that we were given the opportunity to help out our family, and have a great time doing it. I would do it all again in a heartbeat, although Barb might take more convincing. I took a good amount of photos so enjoy some of my favorites.