Snow Angels

It's Official! This day (the first snow day) has been declared my children's very favorite day of the year. It may be even possible that I do not see this much excitement on Christmas Day. I actually think we've had snow before this but we were out of town so it didn't count. You should have heard the shrills when it started falling this morning. You can tell we aren't quite ready by our lack of snow gear but they didn't care. Also, I have a new invention...actually it might not be my invention at all. I'm sure I heard it from someone else, so if it's yours, sorry about that. After our freezing cold day, Hot Chocolate was a must! They all love it, but I seem to have a problem getting the temperature right for Wade. I had the idea today to drop a scoop of Peppermint Ice Cream in it instead of ice and it was an instant hit. Try it....Hot Chocolate + Peppermint Ice Cream = Creamy Deliciousness!

Paige's Turn

I know all of our pictures seem to be of us in New York, but it seems to be our second home these days. I figured Paige needed a turn. We had such a fun time.

Happy Day

Today is Paigey's 6th Birthday! I know it's so obvious by some of my posts how much a I love this girl, but I really do. I just can't help myself. Happy Birthday Paige!

Chef Boy r Ronald?

Today I found out how much my children enjoy my fabulous cooking when I told my little girl that she could choose anything that she wanted for me to "make" her for her birthday breakfast in bed and this is what she chose...A Mcds Breakfast Burrito and a Parfait!

School Days

This is Paige on her first day of Kindergarten. Hooray! I am so happy for her that she finally gets to go. She looked so cute and was so excited.

Our Summer

We have had such a fantastic summer. It went way too fast and I am very sad to see it go. I am having a slight panic attack today because I'm sending my second one off to school. I am so not ready to be an empty nester. Here are a few of our favorite summer memories...


So many fun nights with our cousins Katelyn and Tate and lots and lots of Fireworks!

Paige and Kate at the Sadium of Fire...Fantastic!


Paige lost her first tooth and got her ears pierced

Gabe's trips to Yellowstone with Nana and Papa and to New York with his dad. Spoiled, I know!

Our Trip

We are back from our trip to New York. We had such a great time. We ended up missing the red eye flight so by the time we got there the next day, we really ended up only have one full day to see everything. Have you ever tried showing someone who has never been to NYC the entire city in one day? We literally ran the entire time we were there just to get everything in. I think we did pretty well too. I won't bore you with the details, but some of the important events would include eating at Cafe Lalo (from You've Got Mail), spotting Gilbert Godfrey at Gramaldi's Pizza in Brooklyn (exciting I KNOW), the Met (I didn't think this would be my kind of thing, but I loved it), and me passing out in Tom's room because of the strange lump in my neck (I always have to add some sort of excitement with my weird episodes). It was a great trip and anniversary. Thanks Tom!

9 Years And Counting

This week Dean and I will be celebrating 9 Years of Wedded Bliss. Crazy! We are attempting an anniversary NYC trip tomorrow night. Now I don't want to jinx anything but it's actually looking like we might make it on so cross you fingers for us. Do you recognize the restaurant in the picture???

Baptism Day

Gabe's baptism was on Saturday and what a fun day it was. He has really been looking forward to this and loved his big day. He was so excited that his best friend and cousin Abe was able to come down to see him and got to stay for an extra couple of days. Both of Gabe's grandpas took part in the baptism and we were so happy to have them both there. We had a fun family barbeque after. Thank you so much to all of you who took the time to come.

Fishy Fishy

Yesterday we had a day at Lagoon for Gabe's birthday. This is the first year that Wade is old enough to ride some of the rides, so I decided to try him out on a couple. He's never done anything but the train and the merry go round. He wanted to start out with the Little Fishy Ride. This ride may look like the most gentle ride in the park, but actually it's the one to be feared. It's so old that it bumps and jerks the kids around worst that the old white roller coaster. This is Wade at the start of the ride...


But it wasn't long before the terror set in. His face stayed like this the entire time...


And that was the end of the riding adventure. The funny thing is that I have the exact same picture of myself on that very ride. Here are a few more pics from the day...