yIKEs It's coming!

This guy is standing on the seawall in Galveston. The beach we should be playing on SHOULD be in front of him! It's still over 12 hours away from making landfall. Here is a cool picture. It takes up almost all of the gulf. It's HUGE!!

But once again The Medford's are ready!! The girls heard us talking about losing power and went in and found their Little House on the Prairie hats.

Kenedi's not so sure she's up for roughing it!!
Little Red Riding Hood made an appearance today as well!!

The preparations continue. Jeff is at Kroger again getting batteries for the radios and Benadryl because Kenedi woke up crouping AGAIN this morning and Kaiden has a runny nose too!! Good times!! We'll keep you updated!!

Change of Plans.....

We were supposed to be heading to Galveston tomorrow afternoon for our yearly beach trip!!

Ike had different plans :) See the red part? Yeah we live in the middle of it :)Well as Ike moves in on us, we spent the afternoon preparing for his arrival!

Here's Kenedi making sure none of her sandbox toys injure any unsuspecting individual!

Kaiden's helping too!!
I told Jeff to stop by Kroger on the way home for a few extra things. Here's what he came home with. I hope power doesn't stay out long because we will either be drunk or in a sugar induced coma. I don't even have the HUGE bowl of Halloween candy he bought out!! Bring it on IKE we are soooooooo prepared!! ( I will have to say I understand his reasoning for beer and wine... If we are without power for an extended period of time with 2 two and a half year olds we might, just might need that!!!!)
While Jeff and the girls prepared the yard I cleaned out and organized our pantry. Thank goodness I got that done before the storm I'm not sure what we would have done...
We decided to break out the board games to get a head start in case we are playing by candle light in 48 hours.

Kaiden kicked everyone's butts!! BIG TIME!!Everyone enjoying their celebratory candy after a game. See... Ike doesn't scare us we have Halloween candy!
I never won but I loved every minute of it!!PS For those of you that know Jeff and I so well I just wanted to add that I beat him every time :) Oh yeah baby!!

Our Own Rooms

Kaiden's New Room (The room they used to share!) Kaiden's color is purple so she has a purple lamp and a purple dust ruffle. (Kenedi's is pink!)We will add to the theme as we add to the room. We did that so it could be somewhat their "own." It doesn't look much different now but we hope in time they feel different!

She was so proud! She loved that is was painted!
Biggie girl !!
Kaiden's Reveal- She said "it's painted" and in the corner was a butterfly(see picture above.)



Kenedi's "New" Room- (Where the playroom was!) The double doors used to be an opening for a study!
Doesn't she look comfy!
Yeah my new bed!!




We moved them the weekend before school started but I didn't want to jinx us so I waited to blog about it until now! It has been GREAT! They go down so easily at night now. They read and play with their stuffed animals and just go to sleep. Kenedi's definitely the night owl like her Daddy and Kaiden crashed like her Mommy! It's so funny!!

New Clothes and Old Friends

The Caviness' took us out to dinner tonight at Outback. How nice was that? It was so yummy and so much fun!


The girls decided it was a great reason to break out their new fall clothes. (Thanks Grandma!)

I love my "little" sister. "Bend down here so I can hug you :)"

Tippy toes for a kiss!

Buddies... Zack, Kaiden, Kenedi and Hannah!!

Thanks again Caviness' we had a great time!!

Back to School!!!

First Day of School 2010...Pre-K!!

First day of school 2009!

Here are some pictures from the girls "first" day of school.

"OK, all you want is one picture of us smiling?" " We can handle that!"

Kaiden 2010

Kaiden 2008

Kaiden 2007

Kenedi 2010

Kenedi 2008

Kenedi 2007 (TINY TINY BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!)

A walk down memory lane... Here they are last year... They were BABIES!!!!!!!!!!

http://themedfordtwins.blogspot.com/2007/09/first-day-of-school.html

Livin' the Life!!

We headed to The Woodlands today to hang out at the most amazing pool. The kids had a blast. We met up with Zack and Hannah and as always had a great time.

Ring around the rosie.................We all fall down...........
The pool goes from 0 depth to 2 feet, perfect for little ones and for mommies that like to lounge!!
Playing in the fountains!!

Snack break!! They close the pool for the last 10 minutes of every hour for a safety break. The kiddos all say it's a snack break!!! "Can you quit taking pictures and bring on the juice boxes ???"

Check out this play structure in the middle of the pool. AWESOME!!
Kaiden likes to run and jump as far as she can and dive under water. She does it over and over!

The gang :) They are the best of buddies and get along so well. It's too cute!!

Good Night.. Sleep tight!