The Life and Times with the Kinney's: It's Gymboree time!

So we decided to enroll Carson in Gymboree classes. We enrolled him in the learn and play class and the music class. We haven't made it to the music class yet, because of work schedules and other things coming up. But we have been taking him for 3 weeks now and he absolutely loves it. Jeff and I both take him to his classes and go out and participate with him. Except today Jeff got to take him alone, Carson & Daddy Gymboree Day! I had to work, so he sent me some pictures of there day at learn and play.

   He has just figured out that he cannot stand up in
   these tunnels. He will carry a ball into the tunnel
   it to one of us on the other side,then crawl to the
   middle & try to stand up. He has so much fun
   there. He's pretty good with the boys, but he will
   be super sweet to the girls then smack them in the
   back of the head. HAHA It's not funny at all but I
   can't help but laugh. Jeff laughs too. But the
   classes have been good for him socially and just
   good for his development. I love going every
   week.May start going 2 or 3 times a week.

While we try to teach our children all about life,
Our children teach us what life is all about.

Carson asleep after gymboree class with his maraca still in his hand. Of course we bought him those, drums, bubbles, and rubber air shapes. He was exhausted.

Carson loves music. And I do mean LOVES music. Anytime he hears anything with a beat, he instantly starts dancing. He stays with the beat too. It must be a love of music coming from my Papa Denzil, his great-grandpa and my mother. Because that kid loved music when he was in my belly and he loves it now. I can turn on music and he will just dance and dance and he just smiles the whole time. We can spend hours in a day just dancing and I'd dance with him all day everyday just to see that smile and hear him laugh and giggle. I love music. Music is my therapy, it's always been an outlet for me. Music can express emotions, thoughts, and feelings that you can't put into words. There are songs and the lyrics hit home and the meaning is more than just words, there is power behind. Maybe his love of music came from me.

“Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest, heals the heart and makes it whole, flows from heaven to the soul.”

233 days until our wedding!!!! It's so crazy. If you say it in days it sounds so close but months makes it sound like it's forever away. We have the big things taken care of, well most of the big things. I still need to find a dress and we need to get our sneakers ordered. Yes, that's right we are wearing sneakers at the wedding. We love them & why wear heels when I can wear some kick ass sneakers. I'm so excited the chapel is gorgeous, the reception is going to be amazing, and it's going to an incredible day.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."

We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.

So early one morning on one of Jeff's days off he got up with Carson as usual so I could sleep in and relax. All of a sudden I heard Carson babbling and banging on the bedroom door, so I open and this is what I see-

And there was Carson with a ring box in each hand wearing this little shirt. It says, "Will you marry my daddy?" I was so stunned, shocked, still half asleep, and I couldn't even cry. It was super cute. Then Jeff came in got down on his knee and asked. These are my rings since some of you have wanted to see them.

I absolutely love them. The three rings are all going to be white gold,but they had to put a gold band with it the day we picked it out because they didn't have it in white gold. But they are gorgeous and I love just knowing in 233 days I will be Mrs.Kinney.

Here are some random pictures of Carson and his bff-