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Sept and Oct 2011

2011-10-27T13:25:00.000-07:00

Hello friends and family. The season is changing and so are the leaves on the trees and the weather is starting to get colder outside. As we settle in for my favorite time of the year I wanted to catch you all up with what has been going on here in NJ. A few weeks ago we had Jadyn and Kayas pictures taken ( family- you will be recieving them soon) at Babies R Us. They came out so good it was hard to choose just 1 of each of the kids. Soon after that it was school pictures for both. I havent seen them yet so I hope that thay came out good. Since Halloween was coming so fast we decided to take the girls to G-Boys and do their walk thru. (It is not scary) If you ask Jadyn she was so scared and we hadnt even gone in yet. Her face was priceless. Kaya was such a big girl and walked the whole thing. The girls have now become brave and started to climb the tree out front. No major boo-boos but Jadyn did slide down the middle of the tree and get some scrapes. I think it will be awhile till she tries this again. Kaya had the fire company visit her school. They sang songs to the fire men and got to sit in their truck. The kids all did great and I think the firemen thought so too. We took our first trip on the speed line over to Philly. The girls loved it. We went to Reading Terminal Market then walked around Philly for awhile. They girls got to go into the Hard Rock Truck. In side they got to see Katy Perrys dress and Jaustin Beibers skate board. That was fun for them. We finally got to take the class trip to the pumpkin patch ( aftrer 2 raindates) Tom was able to join us. We took the hayride then got to pick out our pumpkins. I think the girls got the best ones. Tday was a bitter sweet day for me, it was Kayas Halloween show at school. (this is the last one at The Family Co-op for us) She dressed ae a Devil. She was so cute and did such a great job. Well thats all for now. I hope everyone has a great Halloween and is safe. Love to you all The Thornburgh's

Family visits and the shore

2011-07-13T10:54:00.000-07:00

Well we had a very busy 2 weeks. First Grandma and Grandpa Thornburgh came to visit. The following Friday night Katie,Wade and Aubrey came to visit they stayed until 4th of July afternoon. That morning Set and Ben came to visit. That night Set had came across extra tickets for the Yes show so Grandma and the girls and I went to the show. It was the 1st concert the girls had gone to. They had a blast we could see fireworks in Philly also in Jersey. Jadyn became very attached to Ben and said we should dress Petey up and send him home with Set and keep Ben. On July 6th was Sets Birthday. The girls wanted to make him a cake so we made brownies and they decorated it. It was a lot of fun having all the family visit and in that short of time. This past weekend we went down to Wild wood for the day. We went on the beach then did the boardwalk. Poor Kaya got hurt on the second ride she went on it was a slide and she got friction burn on her elbow and wrist. Poor baby. She did have a lot of fun though. We got all you can ride wristbands for 36 dollars each kid for 3 different piers. They did get to go on more than 36 dollars worth. Well that is all for now hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Alot of exciting things have happened.

2011-06-21T11:03:00.000-07:00

Well alot has happened since I last updated my blog. Last time I had wrote we had just celebrated Jadyns 5th Birthday. Well since then we had Pre-school graduation for both the girls. Very bitter sweet since Jadyn was really graduating from The Family Co-op Learning Center and Kaya still goes for 1 more year in the Pre-k program. They both have boyfriends that they met in school Kayas boyfriend is Pauly and he has been battling Lueikemia for the past 3 or so years but is doing really well and Jadyns boyfriend is Tyler he has a twin named Hayden. Kaya tells me everyday that she is going to marry Pauly I just hope that we are able to keep in touch since he is going into Kindergarten in September and lives in Palmyra instead of Cinnaminson so they wont be in the same school next year or even when Kaya gets into Kindergarten. Jadyn did have to take her Kindergarten screening test, she did not do so well only scored a 29 so she had to go back and be retested with the Child Study Team. They said she is above average on almost every thing but is having trouble with her letter,numbers and shapes so each day for about 15-20 minutes I have been practicing with her to get her ready. She is so excited and got a new "Justice" book bag for school. We also got to celebrate Jadyns "friend Birthday Party" where we invite her friends over to celebrate her Birthday the coolest part about it was that their Aunt Emily,Uncle Chris,Aleigha,Brenton and little Kenli were here to celebrate with her. They both had dentist appointments just recently. This was Jadyns 5th or 6th trip there. They said her teeth look great but her bottom 2 teeth in the front are starting to become loose so that means in the next couple of months the tooth fairy will be visiting us. Kaya did so good like an old pro. They said her teeth look great as well. (We are very adamant about their brushing). Last week was our favorite Carnival around Saint Charles Carnival.We buy tickets prior to the carnival so they are half price. We got to go 2 night. They had fun as usual and got to see some friends from school. The second night we went they got to see our friends Melissa,Fran Buggy Alyssa and Daniel so it was alot of fun. This weekend coming up Grandma and Grandpa Thornburgh are coming for a long visit. We will go see the fireworks in Maple Shade while they are here. We also found out that Set and his son Ben are going to be flying into Philadelphia Airport on July 4th. We are so excited that Kaya will finally meat 1 of her many Uncles and 1 of her many cousins that she has not met yet.One last note I finally broke down and let the girls get their hair cut, in 5 years and in 3 years I never cut my girls hair but Jadyn wanted a short haircut"bob" and Kaya wanted the same but they sure do look cute. Well that is all for now. I hope you enjoyed the pictures and Have a happy 4th of July. Hope to see some of you over the summer and to you that are expecting we wish you a fast delivery and cant wait to see pictures of our new family members. Love to you all.

Some recent pictures of Jadyn and Kaya

2011-03-28T11:48:00.000-07:00

This past week Jadyn and Kaya got to go to 2 SWEET 16 BIRTHDAY PARTYS The first one was for their cousin Amber and the second one was for a friend Ashlee. The girls looked so grown up that I was so excited to post these pictures. If you havent seen the girls in a while you will see how grown up they have gotten. Enjoy the pictures.

Quick catch up

2011-03-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

It has been a very long time since I have wrote anything. I thought it was about time to catch you guys up with all that has been going on with the girls.

Kaya is growing with leaps and bounds. She is now 3 and a half and is becoming such a big girl.She had given up her binki and bottle when she turned 3 and never really had a problem without it. She is 99% potty trained just needs a pull up at night. She is doing really great in school (even though she is the youngest in the class). She really enjoys playing with her dolls and has now decieded that her favorite color is orange. She is such a joy and she is my special little buddy.

Jadyn is turning into such a little lady. She is now obsessed with Justin Beiber and loves all the pop music especially Katey Perrys Firework. She sits in the car and sings all the way to where ever we are going. She has a "Justin" poster over her bed and a few shirts. She wants everything Justin for her birthday. She is doing great in school and her teachers say that she will be ready for kindergarten in Sept. We go to register her for kindergarten tomorrow night. She is just so amazing.

The big news about both the girls is that they both got "BIG GIRL" beds. It has made them sleeping in their room alot better they both sleep all night thru in their room for the most part now. What a relief.

Well that is all in a nutshell. I hope you enjoyed the post and pictures. We miss all of our far away family and think about you guys often.

Just a little of what has been going on

2010-09-03T13:13:00.000-07:00

Well there is not too much to post but I figured it has been too long. Some things that have been going on are Kaya is about to turn 3 on September 19th. I can't believe she will be that old already. Wow has time flown by. She will be giving up the bottle and she will be starting Pre-school. She will be going with Jadyn and she is so looking forward to it.
Jadyn is excited to go back to school and see her teachers. Not much is going on with her. She is just growing like a weed. She is 4 and a half but I swear she thinks she is 16.
Tom just went to Pensacola FL. His brother just got married and it was the first time that they were all able to be together in many years. The girls and I weren't able to attend due to money. We were all sad not to be able to see everyone. Some of them have never meet Kaya or have seen Jadyn in 3 years. We are just so glad Daddy was able to go and have a nice time.
Now for me I am now working. I am working in the deli at Shop Rite here in Cinnaminson. I am working at night from 7 or 8 to midnight. It has been tough to be away from my family but it has been good at the same time. I am working to help with the bills and to pay for the girls to go to school. It will get easier as I get use to working.
That is about all that is going on here in NJ. We miss all of our family and hope to have some visits soon.

Happy Eater!!!!

2010-04-03T17:18:00.001-07:00

There is not much new since the last post.I wanted to post some pictures of the girls the day before Easter. Aunt Kathy sent the girls Easter Dresses so we took them to Strawbridge Lake to get some Spring like pictures.I think they came out so good. There is also a couple from Jadyns Spring program. The easter Bunny came and had a visit, I hope you enjoy the pictures like I enjoyed taking them.

2010-03-27T18:05:00.000-07:00

Ok well a lot has happened since the last time I posted anything.A week or so ago Mom and Dad Thornburgh came to visit and with our surprise Aleigha came too. Jadyn and Kaya loved having their cousin here. Jadyn was very happy and spent all the time with Aleigha. Grandma and Grandpa took Jadyn,Kaya and Aleigha too the playground and then we went and had pizza then they took them to Friendlys for ice cream. They left on Friday but before they left we went and got balloons and met Grandma at Jeremys grave. We released balloons,sang I am a Child of God and Grandma placed flowers on the head stone. We then celebrated Jadyns birthday at the cemetary. Aleigha gave Jadyn a coloring book,Aunt Molly gave Jadyn a princess necklace that lights up and Grandma and Grandpa gave Jadyn a barbie. We were sad to see them leave.
On Sat March 27th we went to Johnsons Farm to see the Easter Bunny and egg hunt. We met our friends there Michele,Rick,Ricky,Cheyanne and Olivia. Jadyn and Olivia got very friendly really quick. We took the hayride and went hunting for some eggs. The kids had to find 5 eggs 1 of each color. After they found the eggs they got to trade them in for a treat bag. We then went in and saw the Easter Bunny. It was a lot of fun. Jadyn then was asked to sleep over Olivias house for the night. This was a first for Jadyn I just hope that she is being very good and can deal with no bottle tonight or tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed.
A few other odds and ends that have been going on. Jadyn was able to bring her school mascot home 2xs in 1 month. His name is Owilver. He is a owl and the kids really love to get picked to get him for the night. Jadyn will be turning 4 in a few weeks and man I cant believe how fast time goes. The BIG news is that we are finally moving. We will be moving right across the street into a 2 bedroom house. The kitchen has been ripped out and a new one is going in also the bathroom will be completely redone and new carpets in both bedrooms. Life after 4 years in a 1 bedroom has been tough. I look forward to a bedroom of my own with a door,a bathroom that locks,a kitchen to eat in and a fenced in backyard. Wow it will be great.
Well that about wraps it up. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

2010-02-28T18:17:00.000-08:00

Well its's been awhile since I updated the blog. Not much new is going on. Jadyn is eating really well, I think she maybe going thru a growth spurt. She is so big. Kaya can count now and in Spanish. (Thanks to Dora). Both girls are registered for school in September. They will attend the afternoon session and be in the same class together.I uploaded some random pictures of the girls. I hope you enjoy them

ON ANOTHER NOTE:
My sister in law had introduced me to a story of a little girl who is 2 years old and losing her battle with cancer. I have totally fell in love with this sweet little girl. Tom even asks me each day about her. If you havent checked out her story at laylagrace.org

2010-02-06T13:27:00.001-08:00

Just a quick update. I posted pictures of Jadyn on her school trip to Bounce U. There is even a picture of her teacher coming down the side. She had a ball on her trip. I also posted pictures of Jadyns school project. She had to decorate a snow man any way she wanted. She made her a princess. Since Kaya wants to be big to she decorated one also. I also posted pictures of Jadyn in her PJ's for PJ Day at school and to top it off I posted pictures of the girls getting ready to play in the snow and then actually out in the snow. Hope you enjoy. Stay warm and safe.

2010-01-21T11:29:00.000-08:00

Well I am not real good at keeping up on this blog. So I decided to post 2 times today. I have uploaded pictures of the girls from Christmas as well as the big snow storm we had. I know that there are alot more I would have liked to uploaded because the girls are growing too darn fast and I can't keep up with it. I sure hope that if you read this you enjoy the pictures.

2010-01-21T11:22:00.000-08:00

Well I finally uploaded some pictures from our Disney trip. I hope you enjoy them.

2009-12-14T18:30:00.000-08:00

Disney Trip

2009-12-14T18:21:00.000-08:00

Our family just took our 1st family vacation to Disney World. We had a really good time. It was very tiring but well worth it. Here are some pictures for now. I will post some more at a later time. Come back soon and there will be more.

Pumpkin picking at Triple Dog Dare You Farm

2009-10-04T16:25:00.000-07:00

Today Tom and the girls and I went pumpkin picking. We had alot of fun. We were the only 4 people on the hayride.(A friend of mine who I went to high school with owns the farm.) The girls got to play on a slide and then we got on the hayride. We then went for the ride and found ourselves among a ton of pumpkins. Trying to figure out witch one to pick was a hard decision. The girls finally made their choices. We rode back to the house and the girls got some apple cider and played for a few more minutes. They also got to take a walk out on Gins dock and look into the water. It was a beautiful day and alot of fun. The weather was warm but it still felt like fall. We had a wonderful day as a family.

Jadyn and Kaya are growing up so fast!!!!

2009-09-10T18:28:00.000-07:00

I am so bad about keeping this blog updated. But a few cool things have been going on. Kaya is getting 2 more of her teeth. Soon she will have all her baby teeth. But the biggest news is that Jadyn started school for the first time. These are some pictures of her first day. We had a meet the teachers day on the 9th of September and let me just tell you that Kaya had a ball checking out all the things Jadyn will get a chance to play with. I just hope Jadyn continues to like it and look forward to it. Enjoy the pictures. My little girl is growing up.

update on the girls

2009-07-10T20:08:00.001-07:00

Here is just a little update on the girls. Jadyn is having a blast so far this summer. She has gotten to sleep at my grandparents house alot so far. She has been taken out to dinner with them and they had taken her to do some shoe shopping. She even got to go to the waterpark with Daddy on Fathers Day.

Kaya has been having a blast to. Kaya and I went to Build A Bear and she picked out a kitty and calls it Pinky. She has not had the chance to do the grandparents over night but we have had a lot of fun with her big sissy. They have played in the pool and sprinkler at Gram and Pops and got to swing on the swings and ride their bikes and play in their house. We even had friends over to play. They were Francis (Buggy),Jacob,Maddy & Noah. We also have taken a coulp of trips to the shore. We got to go to a few carnivals and ride rides. Over all it has been a great summer so far.
Here are just some pictures enjoy

2009-04-15T08:33:00.000-07:00

Its been awhile since I posted anything.All is well here. Jadyn is now potty trained and today she turned 3 years old. Kaya is talking up a storm and will repeat almost anything. We are trying to get her potty trained sowe can say so long diapers. We are waiting for all our new cousinsto be born and are just so excited about it. There is not much else going on. I did post some new pictures from Easter. So enjoy.

2008-11-15T09:48:00.000-08:00

Here are some cute pictures of the girls in their Eagles Cheerleading outfits. SOOOOOOOOO cute..

2008-11-15T09:39:00.000-08:00

2008-11-12T12:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Jadyn wanted me to let her play with her window markers. I got them out for her and I turned my back for a couple of minutes. She was being to quite so I looked at her and to my surprise she had painted all over her face.At first I laughed took her picture then washed her face. I didn't really think it was funny but you have to laugh instead of getting mad. Still today you can kinda see the marker shadow still on her eyelids. So you can tell that she won't be playing with markers unless my full attention is on her.

2008-11-12T10:02:00.000-08:00

Hey just got this started. I want to say sorry now. I am really bad at keeping up so please forgive me if it takes away foe anything new to be posted.