Videos

Caravella 1 edited by Andrew


Caravella 2 edited by Andrew


Caravella edited by Sarah using same videos


GI Bill Benefits


Child Car Seat

Lunch

I'm the "Biggest Loser" this week

For the last couple of weeks the House family has been off the junk food (at least Marc has been .. I'm off and on) and hitting the gym to workout and get healthy.

I've been going to the gym before work to do 30 minutes of cardio and meeting up with my favorite gym buddies, Gram and Deborah, to hit the weights. So far it's been going well.

My goal is consistency. Consistency has been a big weak point in my life. I spend the money for a gym membership and, like so many other people, never go. Monday's I start on my eating well mantra, but by Friday I'm headed to the nearest Outback for cheese fries....man, I love those.

But, I'm tired of being over weight. I'm tired of feeling fat and nothing fitting well. I hate the way I look and I feel even worst.

So, I'm praying that God gives me the determination to stick with the exercise and eating healthier. I can't say I'm eating perfectly.... I would be setting myself up for failure with a quickness. But, trying to have a healthy breakfast, eat more salad with grilled chicken or tuna .. and reducing my food portions at dinner.

Where I'm at right now with my plan:
Exercising
Last weigh in I lost 6 pounds .... I was the "Biggest Loser" of the group (Gram, Deborah, Marc and I)
Eating .. ok

Next weigh-in .... wish me luck

Dylan and Brandon's Birthday Bash

Happy Birthday Dylan and Brandon!
From Ashton

Ashton and I went to Dylan and Brandon's Birthday Bash this past Sunday at Everglades Camp in Veteran's Park in Plantation. We had a wonderful time spending time with our friends from pre-k. There was lots of great food, a big bounce house and even pony rides...which the kids loved.

The House Family with both of you a year filled with lots of learning, health, fun and love.

Trick or Treat

Halloween was a ghostly affair for the House family.... Marc, Ashton, Dalton, Kailey, Frank, his 5 kids and I haunted the streets of Pembroke Pines Village till late hours of around 11pm collecting a wealth of candy, pretzels., chips and even a flier on proper dental hygiene (do you think a dentist lives at that house?).

We had a ghoulish evening

Ashton hitting up a neighbor for candy

Happy Halloween

Werewolves, goblins, witches ..... and Bumble Bee will be hitting the streets tomorrow dressed up to celebrate the one night of the year people can pretend to be someone or something they're not.

The House family will be ready to collect lots of candy to rot our teeth out.

Ashton has started the Halloween festivities early with a party at school. Here are a few of the pictures I took:

Ashton and his teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth

Bumble Bee is hard at work learning his shapes... what do you expect from a car from outer space?

Ashton's pre-k class.

House Family Carnival Night

The House family (Marc, Gram, Kailey, Dalton, Ashton and I) enjoyed on Saturday the sights, sounds and smells of a local carnival. For $20 each the kids had a blast riding the rides, while Marc enjoyed eating funnel cake. Gram and I resisted the temptations...(although I blew my eating plan later that night with a trip to a Hollywood Argentinian restaurant, BeefEaters.. it was well worth it. Delicious!)

Here are some of the images I created using my new iPhone 3Gs and a couple of different photo apps.

New E-mail

There's a new way of contacting me .. via my new personal e-mail at thouse0418@hotmail.com.

After years of not having a personal e-mail I've decided to get one ..mostly because I just got an iPhone and needed to be able to send myself photos I took on it for publication on PixHouse.

Please send me an e-mail so I can add you to my contact list.... and if you want my new personal phone number .. well e-mail me at my hotmail account as well.

More Birthday Pictures

Thanks to Cristobal who shot the pictures.

Birthday Blast

Ashton was the king of the party on Sunday celebrating with his friends and family his 5th birthday at Pump It Up in Davie.

Everyone had a blast jumping and running around the warehouse filled with inflatable bounce-houses of all kinds.

Kids also enjoyed pizza and cake made by Gram and Deborah with a big yellow Pokemon (I have no idea the characters name ... but Ashton does) and Pokemon toys. Ashton loved his cake, so did everyone else because it was all gone.

Everyone brought Ashton wonderful gifts for his big day. Ashton loved all of them. A few of the things he got were:
Transformer figure and book
Leapfrog book reader and books
Monster trucks of every color
Pokemon figures
Cloths
Marvel Memory Game
and lots more ... hours of play time in his future. But, after unwrapping all his gifts, filling out thank you cards for everyone .. we decided (ok, I convinced Ashton) to only open and play with 3 of his many gifts. He choose Pokemon figures and a race track.


Several of his friends from his pre-K class came to celebrate with Ashton. They all had a great time together. Other than a few accidents, including Maya biting her tong while bouncing around .. she was fine after some ice and TLC from mom and dad.

Marissa, Nicholas' younger sister, shows off one of the masks we gave out to Ashton's friends.



Thanks to everyone for making Ashton's 5th Birthday Bash fun and memorable.