Cadences Birthday Party!

Saturday we had a birthday party for Cadence. She wasn't sure exactly why all of those people were at our house though! It was a lot of fun - Aunt April, you know I had to make my favorite Taco Salad!!! Thank you to everyone that came to celebrate with us!!!! The very cute birthday outfit she is wearing is from her Uncle Bryan and Aunt Noel!!!


"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!!!"


Cadence reading her card


Her gift is bigger then she is!!!!


She had her very own cake all for herself!


Everyone waiting to see what she's going to do with the cake!!!


She's definately my child - she LOVES chocolate cake!!!


Thank you to Amiee for capturing this cheerful picture of our birthday girl...


In honor of her recent 1st birthday I've made this video of her first year. I didn't want to use the songs that are on here but I've had a few technical difficulties getting the song I wanted and if I waited to post this any longer, she'd be two years old!!! Hope you enjoy!

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Happy Birthday Cadence!!!!!

I'm working on something special for her birthday so keep checking back!!!

I can't believe my baby girl is a year old already! These are a few pictures of our birthday girl taken before she went to bed for the night. Her party is Saturday but she had to open some presents on her birthday!!!

Happy OCTOBER...

October is a HUGE month for us! We are very busy because...

October 13 - My birthday
October 16 - our 2 year anniversary
October 19 - Cadence's 1st birthday
October 25 - Ski's birthday

and that is just our immediate family - we have other friends and family with birthdays this month also. It just so happens, my birthday was Friday the 13th this year. Not unlucky for me at all - in fact, I was treated to a very lovely dinner at Benihana's by my handsome hubby. My friend Amiee watched the kids for us. (Thank you very much!!! I know it's crazy with 5 kids at once!) After dinner we sat on our porch with our neighbors Denise and Rob. They baked us a cake and gave us each a gift! It was very nice!

Amiee took this picture of Ski and I before we left for dinner.


The cake that Rob and Denise made for us - my favorite chocolate cake with chocolate icing!!!!


Denise - I swear she's not a lush...


Rob making a silly face! (You should see his Costco card!)


Thanks everyone for making it a special birthday.

Play Ball!

The kids are playing baseball again! I can honestly tell you I miss the days when Cadence was just a little baby sleeping in her stroller while I watched the games. Now, she doesn't want anything to do with her stroller and I have to chase her everywhere - for two straight games - which lasts for four total hours. Jacqui and Matt really love to play though and I love to watch them. Ski is still coaching Matt's team. He's talked about moving up to coaching Jacqui's minors team when the regular Little League season starts. Here are a few pictures of yesterdays games.

Coach Ski "pitching" the balls to the batter.


Matt's Game...





Jacqui's game... She LOVES to catch!


She plays a little of everything - second base, catcher, center field.


The wild one...at this point, she was sooo tired and whiney. Heaven forbid someone try to take the ball away from her!!!!!!!

Busy Month!

As usual we are keeping ourselves very busy around here these days. The kids are both in baseball this fall and their games are on Sundays. Ski can't pull himself away from ESPN, college football, or the Tigers Games. Jacqui also just started playing the flute, which is also the same flute that I played and then Genie played and then Megan played. I can't believe that flute is almost 20 years old. Cadence is into EVERYTHING and her personality is certainly starting to shine through more everyday. There is no mistaking when that girl gets mad or wants something. She's definately a Wisniewski!!!! As for me I'm just trying to go to school and keep it all organized! Hope all of you are doing great! Here are a few pics of us over the last few weeks.

Me and Caders on Coronado Beach.



Matt and Ski watching the Tigers Game together.



Jacqui playing the flute - the night before band class, she was so excited she couldn't sleep!



Ski scaring the baby with our halloween decorations. He also scares Jacqui and Matt with it too - he'll hide it in their room and they will find it and scream! You should all yell at him!!!!



Jacqui coloring a picture that she drew.



This was picture day. Matt came down wearing this crazy outfit. He said "I don't care what I look like! They will only take a picture from the neck up!"

Congratulations Ski!!!!!!!!

For the last two months Ski and I have been waiting for the results of the SSgt board to be released. This last week I think I was more nervous about it then he was. (Checking the messages 10 times a day really isn't that bad is it?) Anyway, it was finally released today and I am happy to announce that my husand, Sgt Wisniewski, has been Selected for Staff Sergeant!!!! (Picture me jumping up and down, hugging him!) He'll most likely get pinned in Dec or Jan!



Congratulations baby!!! That rocker is going to look AWESOME on your arm!!!

11 years ago today!

11 years ago today I graduated from bootcamp! I was only 17 years old and thought I knew it all!!!! (Of course 3 kids, 2 husbands and one honorable discharge later, I still know it all...)

Here is the picture every Marine who has ever graduated bootcamp has of their platoon marching by...


Those glasses are HOT aren't they!!! My sister was only 9 when she put together that smiley face T-shirt and striped shorts outfit. I questioned my mom that day about Megan's fashion sense and she said (all dramatic might I add) "Don't say anything!!! She picked it out especially for today!" Being the caring sister that I am, I took Megan's sensitive feelings into consideration and to this day, I'm still making fun of her.



I was sooo "Hard Corps!"


My Drill Instructor was giving me my "Eagle, Globe, and Anchor"


Here I am with my Drill Instructors in the Squad Bay.

The BEST husband in the world!!!

So the other day me and Ski hung up my "Honorable Discharge" certificate (5 years later) and my bootcamp picture on our "Marine Corps" wall. Today, he came home and handed me a package and said "Here you go...This is just an 'I love you' gift!" When I opened it I almost cried. He had a shadow box put together for me with my rank and my ribbons and badges. He also had them put a special message to me in appreciation of my 6 years of active duty and now my dedication to the Corps as his wife. It was one of the sweetest things he's ever done for me which has earned him TONS of brownie points (and if anyone knows my husband you know his mouth gets him in trouble quicker then he can earn these brownie points!) Thank you baby! It was a wonderful surprise! I love you so much.

First Day of School

I don't know when or how this happened but my babies are in 3rd and 4th grade already!!!! I seems like I just walked them to Kindergarten let alone 3rd and 4th grade. Here are a few pictures of their first day of school last week. I'm about a week behind now that my school has started and I'm trying to get used to the full load I'm carrying!
Jacqui and Matt before they left for school!

I captured this very rare moment of Jacqui actually HELPING her brother and so I had to post it to show everyone!

Aunt Megan woke up to get pictures of them before they went to school - she's so hot in the morning!

Labor Day weekend!

We had a very nice - very BUSY - Labor Day weekend. On Friday Ski went to Vegas for a Bachelor party. It was just me and Cadence hanging out together. Saturday my sister Megan and her boyfriend Bobby came to town for a visit. That night they bought me dinner at my favorite restaurant Casa Guatalajara. On Sunday, we got up early, I rented a mini van and we headed to LA. The kids were flying into LAX that afternoon so we drove around Hollywood and Beverly Hills before their plane landed. After the kids got here, we then headed to the California Speedway and met Ski for the Nascar race. We got free tickets from the military and they were awesome seats! Cadence got to go to her first Nascar race before she even turned a year old. She was nervous at first but after a couple laps you'd think she'd been going to these kinds of events for years!

My sister Megan and her boyfriend Bobby


The infamous "Hollywood" sign





This is the ladder that Richard Gere climbed to see Julia Roberts at the end of the movie "Pretty Women".


The Wilshire Beverly Hotel - also in Pretty Women!


My babies are HOME!!! I was so excited to see them!


The love's of my life


California Speedway for the Nascar Race.


Daddy with his baby at her first Nascar race.

Love Matt's face here...

Jac was real interested...


We had an awesome weekend even though it was so busy! Hope everyone else had a great weekend too. Oh and I'd also like to congratulate our friend Darlene in South Carolina who got engaged to her boyfriend Clyde this weekend! We are so happy for you!!!!