Pictures from the past couple months

Back in January...
Addy has her 10th Birthday party at Skate City. She invited about 7 other girls and they all did really great skating. After they skated we headed to CiCi's Pizza for dinner

After dinner, the girls all came back to our house for a slumber party. It was the longest Birthday party ever, since it started at about 2pm and went till 10am the next day... but one of the easiest. Very nice group of girl

In February the girls participated in the Pinewood Derby with their Girl Scout Troops once again.

These are just some of the various cars that competed in the same heat as the girls.

Here is Savannah with her race car.

Savannah with girls in her troop

Here is Addy with her "Wii remote" car

Addy and the girls in her troop.

Also back in January Addy participated in her second Competitive Swim meet, Called Rock the Blocks. Here is a picture of her hanging out with some of her friends from her Swim Team. I feel blessed that she has made some great friends this year. This is the "Crash Room" where kids and families hang out between the different heats.

She also qualified for Division 2 Championships. She wasn't able to participate in that meet which was held in March because she was doing a special event with her Girl Scout troop that weekend. She still got a cool shirt with all the qualifying swimmers listed on back. I will take a picture of her next time she has it on. Pretty cool shirt! We are so proud.

Sunday afternoon

"Mom... Dad... we have a great idea! Let's go to Chuck E Cheese today and use all of our left over tokens...and then we can go to the park after that..."

And so we ate lunch at home, took our left over tokens plus I got in an email for Savannah's 1/2 Birthday for 20 free tokens, and we went to Chuck E Cheese. The kids had a great time. Mom and Dad only spent a few bucks on a coke that we all shared.

Then we headed to a park after that and enjoyed the sunshine. There are so many parks around us, we could probably enjoy a different one every weekend. In fact, I am home with Joseph right now who is sleeping and Allen and the kids are at another park...

I prepared a lasagna yesterday that we didn't end up eating last night... so the wonderful Sunday continues as I get ready sit on the couch and read my latest book and dinner will be ready in about 45min! Hope you all had a relaxing Sunday afternoon as well.

Random thoughts

So, I just downloaded a bunch of pics on the computer and decided to update the blog. We have been keeping busy as usual.




Thomas attended Kindergarten round up this morning. It amazes me that I will have 3 kids in elementary school next year.







Addy is still enjoying swim team and practices on average 2x per week. She has also been very busy with Girl Scouts. She is currently a Junior Scout and they have been very active this year.



Savannah is still keeping busy with Softball. She practices once a week with her team currently and then she has been doing some extra skills clinics on Saturday mornings. Savannah also has been back and forth to the Orthodontist. She will have a new palate expander and braces on her top teeth placed in just a couple weeks.

Joseph, Joe-Fish, JOJO makes sure that we

never forget about him. He is a little character, constantly has bruises, cuts on his face or some left over food smeared across his face. He says the funnies things, is starting to learn his ABC's

and is the fastest 2 1/2 year old you will ever see on a Scooter



I have an awesome new work schedule where I only work Wednesday nights so our weekends are free. This has been great for the family. I only have to work every 6th weekend, so we have been free to do so many more things on the weekends.








I have recently discovered that My kids enjoy Chinese food just like me. This is a great discover since Allen will never order it with me. Now this is our special treat when he won't be home to eat with us.

This is Bosco Bear. My parents new puppy. He looks just like my dog Toby from when I was a kid. The kids have only gotten to see him once and are anxious to go back over and see him again.

These are the beautiful flowers and box of chocolates that Allen surprised me with in the middle of the day on Valentines Day. They lasted for ever. Actually I still have two of the pink flowers still in the vase today.

This is the cool snowman the kids made in our last snowstorm, but he melted away the very next day... I am glad I got a cute pic.

Another picture of the kids out in the backyard during the last snow fall.

I hope those are the last snow pictures I post this winter. We are anxious for Spring. Spring means Baseball, Softball, playing outdoors, Sunshine... BBQ's, Roasting Marshmallows around the fire pit. Can you tell I am anxious for Spring?

The Great Blizzard of 2011

We got almost 14 inches of snow in the "Great Blizzard of 2011" The kids have had a blast playing in the snow, building forts, and slides. The dogs have also enjoyed the snow quite a bit.

Father Daughter Dance

The Girls had their annual Father Daughter Dance last Friday. They went with their good friend Jocelyn to get their nails painted before the big event.

We have been able to get a lot of use out of these dresses this year. They wore them for various Christmas events and they were perfect for this event as well.


All the Dads from Addy's troop took their daughters out to dinner at Zio's.Savannah went along too, as did some other siblings from other troops. My Dad met them at the dance.

This year I insisted on a picture at the dance, because they skipped it last year, so I don't have one from last year. I will post it as soon as we get it.

Addy also won a $50 gift card to the movies that night, so we can't wait to take the family and see a movie.

The pink is gone...

So, my daughter is getting older. For her 10th Birthday she didn't ask for anything but to have a new room. She has had pink room since we moved into this house almost 7 years ago. She picked all her new decor, and colors by herself. We still hope to get a Swim Mural to hang up on the wall, similar to the one seen in Pottery Barn. We also need to hang her ribbons from her Swim Meets up.

There are still a few touches in the room that remind me that she is still my little girl... the stuffed animals on the shelves, the cute puppy poster on the wall. Then there are the things that remind me she is growing up. The Monster high dolls... not to play with, only for display... and the calender from the movie Twilight. So, I guess the word "tween" does mean something after all. She is in that in between stage of life, where she still wants to be a little girl, but she also wants to be a big girl. Only 6 more years till she is driving... where has the time gone?

What a morning...

Joseph likes to keep busy, and he likes attention all of the time. So, today when Mommy was trying to work on removing the virus that has infected our main computer, Joseph was in the hallway making Mommy a picture on the wall. You see it is a beautiful picture, but not exactly the place that I would want it... which is the entry way right between the living room and dining room. I sent Joseph to his room and explained to him that that is not where we draw pictures. He helped me clean the wall with the magic eraser.

Now I am going to move onto another fun thing. Which is cleaning the muddy footprints off the carpet. You see yesterday when all the snow was melting and turning into slushy mud int the backyard our youngest black lab was out having a blast playing in it. Then when it was time for him to come in... my oldest didn't have a towel ready at the door... and well. George was in puppy mode and didn't sit calmly at the door waiting for to get the door but instead pranced around on the carpet and left a beautiful display of about 20 muddy footprints. Allen was a wonderful husband and went and purchased a new carpet shampooer last night, because each week... we have at least 3 episodes that require carpet cleaning, and it takes a lot of time to sit there and spot treat each stain. So this is now what I am going to do... clean the carpet and the stairs. The walls have been cleaned... the computer is still infected, but I have a laptop to use at the moment.

Oh and the other picture I had to share... Joseph using his sister Savannah's drinking glasses. The glasses are one big straw and he is drinking water from them. Just a funny picture from a couple days ago, that I thought you might like to see.