dear pop pop, you are dearly missed.

dear grandpa,

not a day goes by that i don't miss you. you were quite the character. always keeping us entertained by something you were saying or doing. you were an amazing man. i mean you helped raise ten children and not to mention the basically twenty grandchildren as well. i'll never forget the way you'd yell up the stairs "HEY UHHH KAIII-LEIGH!" i think bo may be the only person to do one of the best impressions of you doing that. 

 you gave me my love for new york city and for me i cannot thank you enough for that. you helped provide me with a love for gardening because you helped share that love of gardening with my dad. in turn, he shared that passion with me. 

if there's one thing i wish i had more of...it was more time with you. i wish i could have given you more hugs. i wish that i could have sat down with you and talked more. but i'll never forget the times i did have with you. and i will never forget when we were at the diner and you said "i like my women how i like my coffee...BLACK." only you grandpa. only you :) you didn't care what anyone thought of you. you set a great example for me to follow. you were just you and you didn't care what anyone thought about that. 

i am proud to say i am in our family. i love being a gibbons :) you were (and are) so wonderful. thank you for the many ways you have made an impact on my life. thank you so much for the wonderful family you created. thank you so much (again) for my love of new york city.

i love you so much. i hope that heaven's gardens are looking fabulous :)

LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU EVERYDAY. 

rest in peace james francis gibbons.

february 13th, 2010.

 

 my granpda is on the far left.

 

on the far left again. such a handsome grandfather i have.

 

the 3rd from the left. black suit. such a classy man :)

 with my uncle jimmy and cousin bo.

with my dad and sister addison. one of the last times we saw him.

with aunt jen at my grandpa's favorite place. the shore :)

just laying in bed with aunt nancy

for grandpas birthday i went to new jersey. we threw his ashes into the ocean (don't tell anyone!) and so this is my grandpa. literally. i love this photo :)

 granpda's house that all my family grew up in. 40 kipling way.

lists of my rather LARGE family

so after i just posted that ginormous new jersey post, i realized no one knows who any of my family in new jersey is, or how big of a family i really have there. someday when i have a post from my moms family, i will put up a list of everyone on that side! but for now here is my dad's side of the family. im sure if you'd ever met them, you'd love them. they're loud, fun, outgoing, hilarious, and such a good time.  we like to listen to the B52's so enjoy this little music video too !

AUNTS & UNCLES [oldest to youngest] 5 girls, 5 boys

1. patty

2. jimmy

3. cathy

4. my dad [michael]

5. linda

6. jennifer

7. nancy

8. kevin

9. thomas

10. danny

COUSINS [oldest to youngest]

1. robert

2. bo

3. danielle

4. me (kaileigh duh!)

5. austin

6. connor

7. morgan

8. kyle

9. catherine

10. logan

11. jessica

12. sierra

13. jonathan

14. abigail

15. james

16. sophia

17. patrick

18. addison (my sister)

19. angela

xoox.

finally the new jersey trip

finally! so sorry its taken me three weeks to finally get these up. i can't believe i have already been home for three weeks. thats crazy. at first the camera wasn't  loading the pictures about a week ago BUT! i did get it to work today. im over at my mum's house doing laundry and thought i'd give it a shot since all i am doing is SITTING here playing on the computer, listening to my jack johnson pandora station. so here are just some of them im putting up. have a fabulous day!

xoox.

sickly little monday

im sitting here at my mom's being sickly, little me :[ i think i have a really bad cold or a sinus infection. sometimes though, my allergies make me feel like this so in hopes of being not contagious, lets chalk it up to that! my pictures from new jersey aren't loading either :[ such a sad day. i wish i had a macbook again, but hopefully within the next month ill be getting one. after all this complaining though, i feel like i should make a list of the positives of why today is still a good day!

little list of positive vibes 

1. i got all my laundry done last night (yay for beautiful, clean clothes)!!

2. im going to get arrested development season 2 today i believe.

3. i can go home and watch "how to train your dragon"

4. i found a parking lot where i can park for $3 ALL DAY!

5. its almost halloween which means theres LOTS and LOTS of candy.

6. im going to ironically tell you that im very determined to be healthy (right after telling you how much i love candy !)

7. its soup weather outside. 

8. i have soup in my cupboards.

9. im going to get a kitten sometime this week.

10. my best friend cricky is home today.

11. i found two songs that i absolutely adore right now

xoox

list of updates

here's a little list of everything thats new with me since its been almost a month without updating anyone on  anything !

1. i got a studio apartment downtown :) its adorable and i love it. i need to get all my stuff moved in but being me and being a procrastinator this is just not going as fast as i want it to.

2. i bought home alone the other day. i already had it but it was scratched from watching it too many times so i bought a new one.

3. im going to new jersey on thursday until tuesday to visit family for my grandpa's birthday. we're spreading his ashes in the ocean (don't tell anyone!), and then going to dinner. i'm really excited and happy to see my family (even given the circumstances). hopefully i can squeeze in a little day trip to new york city :)

4. i love, love, love my best friend cricky.

5. im meeting with one of my bosses to come up with a business plan for my cupcake shop on wednesday.

6. im buying a macbook (and making payments hello of course) when i get back from new jersey!

7. zooey deschanel is my favorite ever.

8. i still love sex and the city.

9. i quit my job at the daycare and so now i am a cocktail waitress full time and i still work at anthropologie.

so there you have it.

thats all thats new (amongst random other things i can't think of right now)

ill be back soon to update with pictures of new jersey (my camera broke so i need to borrow someones).

xoox.