Ears Pierced!

Gia went with her best friend, Grace to get their ears pierced together. Gia was a champ and wanted to go first. She winced but overall did great!  Grace on the other hand was not happy at all until they finally gave her a mirror to look at them and she was all smiles!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It FINALLY SNOWED!!

We finally got 1 snow - it was a wet, heavy snow but we were still able to go sledding and have the day off!

 Gia and Olivia

 our front hill is the best for the little ones...

 trying to catch those snowflakes!

 headed to the big hill for some fun with friends!

 

 our awesome window bird feeder

DCL2017!

We spent the weekend at Deep Creek Lake with the O'Malley's, Stotler's and Horne's. It has been a very mild winter with almost no snow but they snow gods sent just enough for the kids to have a good time!

Beautiful view from the house we rented

 the house had an indoor pool - so awesome!

 the adults may have made snow angels while in the hot tub ;)

 

our red neck cooler

 took a hike in the woods

 

 

 The boys made a great fire!

 

 Jack being quite resourceful when Daddy asked him to bring him a beer!

It's good to be 10!!

Happy Birthday, Jackson!! Can't believe you are double digits! We are so proud of the young man Jack is becoming - he is kind, funny and smart! He loves his sister, his dog(s), his iPod, riding his bike, playing Xbox, watching Master Chef Jr, old school cartoons and anything on Animal Planet.

This year we had a Game Truck come to the house for his party and 11 of his closest friends came over to celebrate and sleep over (what was I thinking!! LOL). They had a blast. I wish I would have recorded the entire night. They were daring each other to drink toilet water, pants'ing each other, did the mannequin challenge and stayed up until 3AM! It'll be a birthday he won't soon forget which makes it all worth it.

Celebrating with the family at his favorite Red Robin on his actual Birthday...

and his favorite, Chocolate Cookie with mint chips!

 The Game Truck!

 

 

 a few rounds of PieFace Showdown

 

 

 taking selfies

 a friendly game of football while they wait for their parents....

He bought a YogiBo with his birthday money

 

Happy New Year!

January was a blur - like most months but I digress...we had a tiny bit of snow but of course they had to get some sledding in....

 Gia & Grace

 

 

 Rocco took over Lexi's bed.....he has been pretty sad since she passed :(

 Hit up Slashdown on a cold Sunday - the girls had a blast going down the new slides!

 

 Mama went on a field trip to Walter's Art Gallery with Jack's class

 Celebrated Andrew's 40th!

Tony, Matt, Chris, Andrew and Dustin

 Gia loved getting her hair trimmed at Cartoon Cuts!