Fireworks

Hi, this is Mason. Here I am holding a sparkler. I like to spin it around so I can see the ashes. Dad tried a different firework but it made too much noise, it was so loud we had to go inside. It made a loud whistling sound.

By Mason

Mackenzie's 5th Grade Graduation

So yesterday I graduated Poinciana Elementary school. We had the ceremony in our school cafeteria at 9 in the morning. then we went out to the courtyard to have cookies and lemonade (which only turned out to be one oreo). That is where Dad took the picture of me in the dress that I wore and the picture of me and my graduation present. North Naples Middle School is where i will be attending next year, and that's why I got that shirt. On my graduation day i woke up to find my mom's mini-van written all over the windows. The back said "Happy Graduation!" and the sides said "5th grader in car", "NNMS Bound" and "5th grade Grad".

Easter Egg Nest

So on Good Friday we went to the Miami Metro Zoo and we all had a great time although, my back and neck was killing me but, I still had a wonderful time there. The picture above is of Mason and I in a bird's nest. Now I know that it sounds weired but they had three cement things. It's really hard to explain but not all of them were bird's nests. The zoo was huge, it had like hundreds of diffrent types of animals there. Mason's favorite animal was the otters, Mom's was Koala bear, Dad's was the monkeys (who were talking to eachother REALLY loudly) and mine was the otters, the monkeys, and the Koala bear.

Channel 4's Morning Blend

So a couple of weeks ago my dad and I went to a T.V studio to be on a little local show called 'The Morning Blend'. The picture above is my dad and I on the day we went to the studio posing with the weather girl, who is not on The Morning Blend but works in the same room on the set of The Morning Blend. The cool thing about this experience is that I actually got to be on 2 of the episodes because they filmed them on the same day. The other cool thing is that I got to miss a half-day of school. (I arrived at 11:30 and school starts at 8:30.) I know what your thinking "Why were they on a T.V show!?" Well, we were on a T.V show because my dad partly owns Ascendant Wealth Management so, we went on to talk about it.

Mom and Dad in Rome

Okay, so my parents went to Rome for 4 days. The pictures above are well, pictures of my dad in Rome. My mom said that when the people in Rome saw my dad they instantly knew he was a tourist because of his blond hair. The second picture above is my dad throwing a coin into the Trevi fountain.They say if you throw a coin over your shoulder into the Trevi fountain you will someday return to Rome. While my parents where in Rome my mom's parents came and watched Mason and I.

written by Mackenzie=)

Mackenzie's Birthday

So, I had my birthday party at a place called Koreshan State Park but, in this picture there is one person missing, Lauren. I had a total of 9 girls including me and one boy (Mason). Koreshan is a place where there is a picnic area, a nature trail, and a historic village. First, my guests arrived at my house and then we drove them to the picnic area. Since we have a mini van we could fit 8 girls including me. So Mason and Lauren (who are around the same age) rode in my dad's car with my dad. Then, at the picnic area we ate pizza, climbed trees and sat at the dock above Estero River. After that, we walked the nauture trail which lead to the historic village. When we had visited all the houses we walked the nature trail back to the picnic area and to the parking lot and drove home. Then, at my house we had cake and ice cream and went swimming while other party guests played the wii.

Written by Mackenzie

Special Delivery

We arrived home today to find a special delivery from Mom's college roommate, Diane Degenfelder, who works at Frito Lay's headquarters in Dallas, Texas. She decided to surprise us with many new items from Frito, Quaker, Tropicana, and Gatorade. Who would have thought that PepsiCo, who owns Frito Lay, has so many products. Thanks Diane, it's nice to have connections in the business. Give us some time to taste all the products and we'll let you know our favorites.

Written by Mom