Jack Allen

Christmas Eve 2011

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Gadbois Family
Jack and Jennie, Justin and Raquel, Felisa and Ethan and Ryan
Jack playing with his buddy Ryan
Ethan, Ryan and Jack
Nick reading "The Polar Express" a Christmas Eve tradition in our house.

A little of this, a little of that

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He was saying, "stop taking my picture!" and he was trying to hit me with the balloon!
Playing in homemade moon sand
Getting ready to go out for Jennie's bday dinner
His new gyrobowl

My little Princess.... Maya

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Maya often seeks me out to keep me company:) I made the flowered bed for her for Christmas and after a couple days she decided to ditch my dirty clothes and lay on her new bed!

St."Nick"

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Nick played Santa Claus for our annual Hollywood Moms Holiday party. He was a good sport and only one of the kids had an idea that it was Mr Nick.

PACKING PEANUTS!

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Jack received a box of toys from Nana and Papa and all he wanted to play with is the box of packing peanuts.

Klepk Christmas 2011

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Jack took this picture of Uncle Will
Waiting to open up gifts
Our tree
Funny glasses
Jack doing his Tom Cruise "Risky Business" impression.

Daddy and Jack

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Helping daddy hang the Christmas lights on the roof

Breakfast with Santa

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Nick, Jack and I had breakfast with Santa at Aventura Mall. We arrived at the mall on a Sunday morning before it opened. Jack had waffles that he decorated with yummy sugery items. Santa came and the kids danced and sang and made a snowman. Jack then sat on Santa's lap and told him he wants Wow Wow Wubbzy toys.

Friendsgiving 2011

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This year we had a Friendsgiving. Our friends Dave, Teresa, Lucas and Ben and Emile, Felisa, Ethan and Ryan came over to celebrate Thanksgiving. The night before the moms and Emile enjoyed The Black Eyed Peas in concert while Nick watched 3 boys:) On Thanksgiving we feasted on Nick's turkey and many sides and desserts. Then the moms went out at 11pm and stayed out until 7am for Black Friday. It was my first Black Friday and had a blast!!! We have some AMAZING friends :)

Fun Times In November

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Jack and his best bud Justin at the Dolphins game
Riding the Santa train at Aventura Mall
Jack, and best buds Ben and Lucas at the Broward County Fair

AHHHHHH!!! Spiderman!

Halloween 2011

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Jack watching Jack watching Jack!

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Had to add one of the kitties:)

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Red Light.... STOP

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Visit from Tia and Uncle Matt

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Tia Shawna and Uncle Matt came to visit. Jack LOVED all the attention and mommy LOVED a little break:) We went on an Airboat tour and saw some alligators and birds. Sorry I didn't get any pictures with Tia:(

I Vant To Pick Your NOSE!

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Rub a Dub Dub, Jack is in the Tub

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Cousins

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We visited Jack's cousins, Jude, Rush and Abby while in Illinois.

Illinois Trip 2011

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Swimming with Gampa
Love that laugh
Jumping with Gammy and Gampa
Sitting on a 100 yr old bench
building a bee at Legoland with nana

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Science and Industry Museum with Papa
Wind Turbine in the field
Running on Acres of land
Preparing Beans with DeeDee
Funny Faces

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Great Grandma "MeMe"

CORN!
Waiting to get on the plane.
Piggy Back ride with Papa

Lake Shelbyville

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Cousin Campbell
Going down the water slide into the lake.
Goldfish with Campbell
Feeding the fish
All the Great-Grandkids

Fourth Of July

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We celebrated the morning of the Fourth of July in Ocala. Then hit the road for home. We were able to watch the Pembroke Pines fireworks from our front yard.

Boating in Ocala, Florida

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We went to Ocala, Florida for the Fourth of July weekend. Our friends Terry and Hector have a house there. Ocala is an hr North of Orlando and a WHOLE different world. It reminded me of Kentucky with all the horse farms. We visited Silver Springs park, went boating and just enjoyed nature.

Enjoying my camera

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Fourth of July Weekend 2011

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My favorite boys!
Glass bottom boast tour at Silver Springs
The Gadbois Family
Playing with Baby Hector
Boating in Ocala

The life and times of Jack Allen

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A crazy three yr old!
Having "hot" chocolate
Jack LOVES to swim!!

Happy Birthday Jack

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Wacky Wild Insect Show

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ssssssnnnnnnaaaakkkkkkeeeee actually, it's a ball python

Millipede

tarantula

cockroach, or cockaroach(what Jack calls it)

Jack's third birthday was an insect theme. We hired Wacky Wild Science to come in and do a presentation on bugs! Jack and his friends (and the adults) saw some AMAZING bugs!!!

Martial Arts with Dad

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Fishing with Daddy

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Nick took Jack fishing for the first time. They didn't catch anything, but they had fun:)

Playing in Puddles

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Songs

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Swimming Under Water

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Swimming with Sydney

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Jack and I met our friend Sue and her daughter, Sydney in South Beach for a little swim. They came all the way from Georgia and it was fun to see them!

Where A Kid Can Be A Kid

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Jack, mom and I went to Chuck E Cheese with my moms group. Jack's favorite part was riding all the rides. I enjoyed playing a little Skiball!

Funny Noises

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Nana's Visit and Key West

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Our first stop driving down to Key West was at Ms Mac's in Key Largo.

We were able to swim in the pool for about 20 mins before the rain came out and "washed" us away!

On the balcony at Hemingway's house

Petting one of the six toed kitty cats at Ernest Hemingway's house

Two of my favorite guys!

Visitors March-April

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Papa reading the "Boo" book

DeeDee reading Dr.Seuss

Grandpa Gadbois playing the "cowboy" game.

Grammy K playing puzzles

New Sandbox

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Spring Breakers

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Claire and Richard took a break from classes at UK to come visit. It was fun having them here. When they were younger they would come to our house in the summer for Camp Klepk :) We had fun at the beach, playing cards and just chatting. Jack can't wait to go to Kentucky to see their horses!

The Gadbois Family at the races

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Disney Trip 2011

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Tio Jeff and Tia Shawna came all the way from California to go to Walt Disney World with us. It's interesting that Jack's first trip to Disney was with my sister and brother in law and his second trip was with Nick's sister and brother in law. We had a magical time and can't wait to go back!!!

Hollywood Studios

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Minnie Mouse

Pluto

Mickey Mouse

Stitch

Daisy

Special Agent Oso

Handy Manny

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Annie and Leo

Buzz

Woody

Lighting McQueen and Mater

Goofy

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Heading to Magic Kingdom

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Day 2 took us to the Magic Kingdom. Jack loved riding the rides, seeing the princess' and hanging out with Tia Shawna and Tio Jeff.

The Princess'

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Jack had 2 requests when we walked into Magic Kingdom. He wanted to see Cinderella and Tinkerbell. Tinkerbell was at Epcot that day so we went to see Cinderella. Jack gave Princess Aurora, Cinderella and Belle big hugs. We LOVED seeing Cinderella talk to Jack (she even gave him a bog kiss on the cheek).

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Waiting to see the Haunted Mason

Jack playing with Tio Jeff

After the light parade

Tired from a fun day at the Magic Kingdom

and now Its time to say goodbye........

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Riding the dinosaur ride (like the Dumbo ride). Jack loved going up and down.

Watching the Animal Kingdom parade

Shaking hands with Chip... or was it Dale?

Waving to everyone in the parade.

Dinner before the plane ride home. Doritos and Fruit Loops!!!

DeeDee's 60th Birthday

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Jack and I went to South Carolina to celebrate DeeDee's 60th birthday. Sarah and James made the birthday even more special by surprising her! We all had a fun time and were very fortunate to be together.

Having Fun with Uncle Jamesies

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Cooking with DeeDee

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Playing with DeeDee

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Juicy Peach

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JAG 2yrs. 7mo. old

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Illinois Trip

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Nick, Jack and I went to Illinois in January for Stephany's graduation party. We were happy to celebrate her accomplishment with her. While there we were able to celebrate Great Grandpa's birthday. We all froze in the cold weather, but had fun playing in the snow... for 10 mins:)

Snow Much Fun:)

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Snow!!!

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Mmmmm Nana's Spaghetti!

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The technique... two forks!
First taste!

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Slllluuurrrppp
All done!
That was yummy! Thanks Nana!

STOP TAKING MY PICTURE!!!

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Bubbles are fun!!!!

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Fun Times

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My New CAMERA!!!!!

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After a year of listening to me talk about getting a new camera, Nick decided to surprise me with a Nikon 3100 for my birthday. It is fancy shmancy and I have no clue what 98% of the buttons do, but I'm learning.

Mommy and Me class at the Seaquarium

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Jack and I attended a mommy and me class at the Miami Seaquarium. We learned all about sea turtles (like we didn't know everything already, daddy likes to talk our ears off!!!). We listened to the teacher talk about the turtles, we made out own sea turtle then went and fed the turtles some lettuce.

New Years Eve

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New Years Eve was special for us. We went to Cheesecake Factory for dinner (a tradition we started when Jack was born). We then went to the Leonardo's for a celebration. We watched fireworks, played with sparklers and jumped in the jumphouse. Jack lasted until 11:00. We went home, put our little guy to bed and rang in the New Year with Dick Clark. We had an amazing 2010 filled with lots of laughter and new beginnings. We are looking forward to 2011 and what the year may bring.

The Life of JAG

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new york

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Our Holiday Guests

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DeeDee
Papa
Uncle Jamsies
Uncle Will and Princess (this has to be one of my favorite pictures!!!)

Holiday Party

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Jack and I hosted our annual holiday party for our meetup group. Santa made a guest appearance!! Jack asked him for Stinky Garbage Truck:)

Aventura Mall Train Riding with our meetup group

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Nana's Visit Dec 2010

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Hollywood Beach Candy Cane Parade

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Busch Gardens Trip

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The highlight of our Busch Gardens trip was meeting Sesame Street characters. We went to the lunch where the characters put on a show and came around to meet the families. Jack opened his arms to Ernie, Bert, Cookie Monster and of course Elmo!!!

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DA BEARS

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My family came all the way to Florida to watch DA BEARS!!! It was a great game!!!

Thanksgiving 2010

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We were fortunate to have my mom, dad, sister, brother in law and brother join us for a "pre" Thanksgiving Feast. We enjoyed all the traditional foods, family and fun.

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Helping daddy prepare the turkey
Watching a movie on Uncle Will's I Phone
Circling toys for Christmas
Playing with Uncle James
Princess (Aunt Sarsa) brought fruit snacks!!!!

Race Cars!

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Halloween Festivities

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We had 4 days of Halloween festivities this year. It consisted of one Halloween party, two birthday parties and finally Halloween. Needless to say... we are tired!!!!

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Having FUn

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Lil Sluggers Baseball

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Jack at his Lil Sluggers class. He is learning how to run bases, throw and catch a ball and hit the ball off the tee! He was such a good listener for the coach.

The Past 3 Halloweens

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2008 Jack the Shark
2009 Jack the Engineer
2010 Jack as Albert Einstein

Bedner's Farm

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Being from farm country USA I couldn't stomach bringing my child to a church to choose a pumpkin out of a pile. So Nick, Jack and I ventured a little north to Bedner's farm to pick the perfect pumpkin. We rode a "hay" ride (we sat on benches and there was hay on the ground), looked at the u-pick veggies they are growing and went to a "field" to choose pumpkins. I miss the days of going into a Hoekstra field or cut off school bus to pick out the perfect "FREE" pumpkins, but this was close. It was a beautiful Florida day and we had a fun time as a family.

Vana's Pupkinland

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We visited a pumpkin patch while we were in Illinois. Jack enjoyed his time with his cousins Jude and Abby.

Clyden is married!!!!

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me, Kristin, Clyden (Sara) and Jamie. Friends since high school
College roommates. Me,Clyden, my sister Sarah and Jamie
My high school sweetheart
Bride and Groom (Clyden and Rory)

Having FUn in our NEW HOUSE!!!

2010-10-21T03:32:00.000-07:00

We closed on our home September 7th. We have been busy painting, organizing, painting, cleaning, painting, etc etc... You get the point. Jack is LOVING the freedom a large house brings. We can even ride his bikes around the house!!!! Needless to say we are finding interesting things to do to occupy our time. Painting the fence (and painting it again when it dries) is something we like to do outside. Hiding in the cabinet is something Jack discovered the other day. I love the big smile on his face!

Gold Coast Train Museum

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Jack and mommy on the presidential train at the museum.
Taking a train ride at the museum

Tradewinds Park

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Horseback Riding

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Jack went horseback riding for the first time at Tradewinds park. He loved it... of course!

Lake Shelbyville

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DeeDee jumped off the top of the boat!!!!
Capt. Jack
Jack and Great Grandpa Romein
Grandpa and some of his grandkids
One of the highlights of going to Illinois this summer was visiting Aunt Linda and Uncle Phil's (DeeDee Duck and Papa Duck's) boat for a couple days. Jack caught fish, swam in the lake and most of all spent time with some of his cousins, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents. It is special moments like these that we cherish and remember for ever. Thank you for a wonderful time everyone!!!!!

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Fair Oaks Cow Farm, Indiana

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DeeDee, Jack and mommy took a trip to Fair Oaks Cow Farm in Indiana. Jack learned how they milk 3,000 cows a day!!! We also enjoyed grilled cheese sandwiches and ice cream that is made from the milk they get from the cows at the farm.

Playing at Grammy K and Grandpa Gadbois' House

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