Smilebox Take Two

You will need to pause the music on the blog page as the scrapbook plays its own music.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Smilebox Test

I found Smilebox while doing reserch for my current technology course for my master's class. This was my first attempt to use it.

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Welcome Home, Daddy!

Matt returned home from Florida on Sunday, and Kelsey and I were thrilled he was back. Matt had a wonderful trip with the baseball team. They were able to get in a lot of practice time, as well as scrimmages. Plus, they were able to attend a New York's Mets practice and game. Matt came home with many autographs including Santana and David Wright. He even got a foul ball! When we picked him up, he was in shorts and was glowing with a nice, brown tan.
To update on the sickness status in our house, I am thankfully feeling better, but Ms. Kelsey is not :( She has a double ear infection. She has had a fever on and off since Saturday, runny nose, bad cough, change in appetite, and icky diaperes, so she has been home from daycare the past two days. She definitely is not her bubbly self. Even though she smiled for pictures, she has been really off since Sunday. Let's hope she breaks her fever and can move on to being healthy again.

Kelsey missed her Daddy!

Thanks for our shirts!


Baseball fan in training

Missing Daddy and Sick

For the past week Matt has been in Florida with the baseball team. Lucky guy! He said the temperature was in the 80s all week. He is in a for a rude Minnesota awakening when he gets back and the temps are in the 20s. He returns home today and I could not be happier. Kelsey and I have really missed him. I am always very appreciative of everything he does for us, but I gained a new insight as to just how appreciative I am. When Matt left on Tuesday morning, it was up to me to get Kelsey to daycare. I guess I didn't realize how much I was carrying out to the Durango (diaper bag, school bag, purse, pump, carseat) and when I went to lift it all in, I hurt my back. I hobbled along for the early part of the week, but managed to evenutally start feeling better. Then on Friday, I noticed my throat was really scratchy. By Saturday morning it was so swollen that I could not even talk. My "hangy ball" was seriously the size of Texas. Nasty! Turns out I have strep throat. UGH! Plus, Kelsey has come down with an awful cold as well, including a fever. Needless to say, it has been interesting with Matt gone. Thankfully, Matt's parents are WONDERFUL and took Kelsey and I in Saturday so we could both be watched. I am not sure I would have been able to do it without them. Now it is Sunday and we are anxiously waiting for Daddy to come home! It is the longest he has been away from Kelsey or me, so it will be so great to see him. I will definitely be giving him the "I appreciate you" speech. If I hadn't hurt my back or gotten sick, it would not have been so bad. But when you are not feeling well and neither is your baby and you are by yourself, trying to take care of everything alone gets a little crazy. Thank you Dave and Vickie for all your help!

Waterpark Getaway

On Saturday afternoon, the Skala clan packed up for a waterpark weekend getaway. Matt's parents, sister and family, and brother were all part of the crew. We went to The Waterpark of America in Bloomington, MN. It was awesome! First, we checked in our rooms and celebrated our nephew Jacob's and Nolan's birthdays. Jacob just turned three and Nolan will be turning 2. After presents, we all got ready for the indoor waterpark. It was quite the place. It was Kelsey's first time in a hotel and swimming. She absolutely loved it. She would sit in the water and splash and giggle. Daddy also took her down a waterslide with him. When she was not in the water, she enjoyed people watching and taking everything in. There was so much going on that I am not sure she knew where to look first. Plus, she enjoyed playing with her cousins too. Saturday night we were all pretty tuckered out. On Sunday morning, we went back to the waterpark for a few more hours. We finally checked out about noon and made our way back to Owatonna. Now I am avoiding doing school work by updating the blog! We are all still pretty tired, so I am guessing it will be an early night. Enjoy the pictures! There are a lot of them, but how can we resist taking pictures of her in a swimsuit? She looked SO cute, we couldn't help ourselves!

Go Badgers and Playing the Piano

The Wisconsin Badgers made the NCAA men's basketball tournament, and Kelsey and I were very excited about this! Kelsey was so pumped that she just had to put on her Wisconsin Badgers cheerleading outfit. She must have been their good luck charm because the Badgers beat Florida State in a huge upset the first round of the tourney. Unfortunately, they lost today to Xavier. It must be because she did not wear her outfit ;) Kelsey will just have to save her outfit until football season rolls around!


Kelsey enjoys sitting with me when I play the piano. She teven tries to join right in by playing a few keys. Hopefully she enjoys the piano and wants to play it when she gets older. Goodness knows we need someone who can actually play well around here because Daddy and Kelsey must be getting tired of hearing me by now!

Say Cheese

Dressed in green and smiley as can be for St. Patrick's Day.
Rub a dub dub, Kelsey's in the tub!

Thanks for stopping over Uncle Nate!

Dinner time! Kelsey loves squash, sweet potatoes, pears and bananas.