tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78958302024-03-13T11:14:12.197-04:00Forsman Family BlogThe Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-89020174099680119302011-06-13T12:55:00.001-04:002011-06-13T12:55:51.223-04:00New blogs coming...We have been slacking on the blog for the last few years due to the convenience of Facebook, but I am going to get back into the swing of things soon!The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-60672633874387870422009-06-18T21:14:00.000-04:002009-06-18T21:14:53.451-04:00Skyler's Graduation! Friday, May 29th, 2009 and Skyler is now officially a 1st grader! We all piled in the auditorium to watch all 4 kindergarten classes perform. My favorite was the class that sang "1st grade, 1st grade" to the tune of "New York, New York!" Very funny! They even had a little Rockettes line of kicks! Skyler's class was last, and they went up holding letters that spelled Kindergarten Stars (The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-82160662817309935512009-06-18T21:05:00.000-04:002009-06-18T21:06:17.659-04:00Our Big Project Part II Finally we had a level floor and we started laying the tile. It took a few weeks of working on it in the evenings, but finally it was done! The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-939832048690312512009-06-18T21:03:00.000-04:002009-06-18T21:03:41.270-04:00Our Big ProjectSo after a successful run at tiling the bathroom, we decided to tackle the kitchen. The old tiles were cream colored, super shiny and super slippery, not to mention the grout that was old and dirty. It was horrible to keep clean and dangerous for us to walk on when it got wet. So I hacked at it one morning and found a lot were coming up in one piece, or breaking into just a few pieces. We hadThe Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-31822654488876621012009-04-13T20:26:00.000-04:002009-04-13T20:27:23.713-04:00"Run for the Sun" jog-a-thon The last day before Spring Break Skyler's school had their annual jog-a-thon! It was a special day at school, and it was a beautiful day, overcast and windy. The Kindergarten and 1st grades ran first, at the 9:30 slot so I took Skyler to school that day so I could watch. All the classes had stations positioned around the track, where they would get a tally mark on the card on their back for The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-679485942141012992009-03-22T19:05:00.000-04:002009-03-22T19:05:43.224-04:00Kindergarten stars in...The morning meeting! Every day Skyler's class has their morning meeting, with announcments, birthdays, etc. Once in a while their will be a school wide morning meeting, with one grade in charge of the program. All the parents that can attend show up, and wait to file into the auditorium (pic 1). The Kindergarten classes each took a section of the meeting, and Skyler's class took the birthday announcements. The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-84690303197421663732009-03-22T18:42:00.000-04:002009-03-22T18:42:41.895-04:00My dad retires... After working as a pharmacist for 30 years, the Sweetbay my dad worked at closed, forcing him to retire. He was months away from it anyway, it was just sooner than he expected. So we gathered the family for a retirement party, to celebrate his first "retirement" from Eckerd, and then his retirment from Sweetbay. I made the cake split for that reason, and used big Tic Tacs for the pills, and The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-6897426204947000922009-03-22T18:34:00.000-04:002009-03-22T18:35:15.999-04:00Daddy-Daughter Banquet So Suncoast Academy had their very first Daddy Daughter banquet on Feb 12. Skyler put on her very best dress, and daddy took her all dressed in a suit. They had a yummy dinner, dancing, and then a daddy-daughter dance to the song "Cinderella" by Steven Curtis Chapman. Skyler told me before she went out the door, "I can't believe I am going to dance with Daddy!" The 3rd picture is her friendThe Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-70372806261034844942008-11-14T21:45:00.001-05:002008-11-14T21:48:15.557-05:00Family PicturesWell we finally headed out to the beach for some family pictures Saturday. It was extremely bright, windy, and the kids kept running off between shots (hence the bird pictures). We are happy though with the end result. If you want to see the web album here is the link.http://picasaweb.google.com/sixftsix/20081108?authkey=-4HhDAJRJPU#Enjoy!The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-84144730252344282142008-08-18T14:37:00.000-04:002008-08-18T14:37:33.552-04:00Skyler starts kindergarten Well, the day I have been dreading for 5 1/2 years is finally here. I am sure its only the first of many milestones, but it starts with this one. Skyler was excited this morning with "Mommy, when do we go to school?" being the first thing out of her mouth. We got dressed, relaxed with oatmeal and a TV show, then it was time for a picture before we loaded in the car. When we pulled in she The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-55767269032917397462008-08-18T14:21:00.000-04:002008-08-18T14:21:50.739-04:00Water Day at church Saturday was Water Day, where the kids get a last hurrah before school starts with lots of water slides, popcorn and snocones. It rained when we got there, but cleared up for the rest of the time until 10 minutes before it was supposed to be over. Then in the evening we all went to eat dinner and out to the beach. I showed the kids a sand crab and coquina shells that bury themselves in the The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-814181879279497452008-08-18T14:18:00.000-04:002008-08-18T14:18:30.498-04:00Say Hello to Toby!Meet the newest family member, Toby the kitten! He was brought over by the neighbor boy after his mom said he could not keep him. We immediately said yes! He told us her name was Misty, but further studying proved that she was a HE. The boy next door said he and his friends were walking near a "crack house", when someone threw kittens out the door. All the friends grabbed a kitten took it The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-48937140104845763742008-07-31T10:24:00.000-04:002008-07-31T10:25:05.983-04:00Swim Playdate We had a fun day at a friends pool on Monday and a friend took these for me since I didn't have my camera. It was cloudy and even sprinkled a few minutes, but it soon cleared up and we had a great time swimming and then had a nice lunch by the pool with all their friends. Its been a long hot summer and we are trying to squeeze in a few more fun days before school starts. The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-32111651616485433132008-07-16T13:28:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:28:31.072-04:00Bryce's Color PartySunday I threw Bryce a little party with his friends. It was a color party, with foods of different colors, Everyone wearing their favorite color, some color games like twister, and then a bunch of balloons, which were an afterthought. Wouldn't you know it the balloons were the hit of the party! Until the presents came along. It was fun with his 4 buddies from church, Michael, Daniel, Sabre The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-80483017408072630552008-07-16T13:22:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:22:45.123-04:00Bryce turns 3! We had a fun family party for Bryce the Saturday following the 4th. He got his favorite things, tools, Thomas trains and Disney Cars. The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-84902437962440478402008-07-16T13:15:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:15:59.613-04:00Happy 4th of July! We had a great day for the 4th. Full of family, swimming, and good grilled food! This was the first time we let Bryce stay up for fireworks, and the ones in the distance were great, the ones above my parents roof, not-so-much. He was scared of those so he went inside. We had great fun at night though when Cindy brought out her $1 box of sparklers from Target. We did not have high hopes of The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-82775022504618186982008-06-24T17:10:00.000-04:002008-06-24T17:11:00.406-04:00Pig Roast WeddingNo the picture is not blurry. It was just that smoky. Ryun and Barry were up at the crack of dawn to get out to the reception site to start the rotisserie. They were asked by a friend from our church to do 2 whole pigs, along with a ton of sides, some of which they don't have on the usual menu. But since Ian was a friend they went ahead and did everything the bride wanted. 2 pans of pork The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-19044651227936430682008-06-16T12:43:00.003-04:002008-06-16T13:16:13.996-04:00After busy weekends lately, we decided to do something as a family Saturday. Kind of a pre-Father's day outing. We went down to St. Armands Circle and at dinner at Cha Cha Coconuts. Then we walked to the other side of the circle to Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream shop for dessert. We then went further down past the circle to Lido Beach. Its much quieter than Siesta Key Beach and there are lots more The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-88304155268281048332008-06-09T19:44:00.001-04:002008-06-09T19:49:09.275-04:00The Pit Crew's First Event! Ryun and Barry's little barbecue company had its first event, the King of the Grill sponsored by Sarasota Fireplace and Barbecue store. Ryun and Barry, donning brand new Pit Crew shirts and aprons, made up some Pulled Pork Pizza and handed out samples, while Heather (Barry's wife) and I manned the lunch table with pulled pork sandwiches and our famous Macaroni Salad. I can now officially pass The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-5686396070390459182008-05-30T14:45:00.001-04:002008-05-30T14:52:53.137-04:00Skyler donates her hair!Have you ever read the book The Rainbow Fish? Its the story of a beautiful fish with shiny scales. When a small fish asks if he could have one of his scales, he refuses because it is what makes him beautiful. Then another asks him. Soon none of the fish don't want to be his friend because he can't share. After a wise old octopus encourages him to share, he gives one scale away to the next fish The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-24672599704848815232008-05-22T18:51:00.001-04:002008-05-26T23:22:01.863-04:00The Graduate!Skyler is officially a kindergartener! Or will be after the summer. She had a little graduation ceremony complete with little scroll diplomas and after a reception with cake and ice cream for all. This is her teacher Mrs. Ross and her other girl classmates Justyce and Emma. It was them and 7 boys! The graduation was for all the preschool classes and included songs, a sermon (a little too The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-40942727179862048882008-04-28T21:25:00.001-04:002008-04-28T21:39:33.747-04:00Ryun and Debbie's Cruise Vacation So we are back from our cruise and loved every minute of it! I will give you a brief description and 1 picture for each day, for more details I have our Picasa album online to visit.The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-81110417010025699932008-04-28T21:23:00.000-04:002008-04-28T21:23:12.624-04:00Day 1: Leaving Miami. We actually started our vacation with Ryun on the phone with his work, solving a printing crisis. After 1 1/2 hrs, he finally solved it and we could make our way to the deck to what was going on! They had a big Send off party on the deck with lots of calypso music, that we could continue to hear the whole week. We then had our life boat drill, and then went off to dinnerThe Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-326855708139009002008-04-28T21:19:00.000-04:002008-04-28T21:20:05.847-04:00Day 2: Fun Day at Sea. We spent the day on the back deck getting sun, riding the water slide, and napping. We then had the special Captains Dinner that night, and got all dressed up. The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895830.post-61416073444617651062008-04-28T21:18:00.000-04:002008-04-28T21:18:34.328-04:00Day 3: Grand Turk Island. This picture actually sums up the day even though I took it after I got home. We went to the local museum, at conch fritters, and toured the town, but there was one thing I was determined to do. I found online a few people talking about a "Conch Shell Graveyard" where locals that go out and collect them will take out the conch and leave the shells right on the beach.The Forsman Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00529497274149748507noreply@blogger.com0