Friday, December 30, 2011

Christmas 2011

Christmas was great this year!  We spent Christmas eve with some great friends, the Bunkers and the Steffens.  We decorated cookies, had pizza, and played till we dropped!  Before heading over to the Bunkers, we were sure to spread our reindeer food on the lawn so Rudolph was sure to find our house-we weren't taking any chances on getting missed by the big guy.



Look at all that snow we dont have!  Strange weather this year for sure. 





After our Christmas Eve party, it was time to come home and open our new jammies.

Next up, cookies and milk for Santa, then bed!


 Christmas morning was great!  We all got up and opened our presents.  Santa did not dissapoint this year, we all got what we wanted.  Including our new fancy pants camera, baby dolls, a new play market, and every imaginext item ever made!  We had a great Christmas, even though we weren't able to be with our family, we are thankful for great friends who make our holidays special!!







After Christmas coma:





Tuesday, December 6, 2011

This Might Get Lengthy

Wow!  Almost 3 whole months since I paid attention to the old blog.  I dont really have a good reason other than I have to walk down all (6 of the) stairs to get to the computer.  That and im lazy.  :-)  Okay where did we leave off?  Mason's birthday, so September.  That brings us to October.  Oh October you were so much fun!  We had my mom here for 2 whole weeks of it!  Talk about a good time!  While mom was here, we went to time out for women in Rochester.  So much fun!  This is us at TOFW.

Next up was Hadley's preschool had the local fire department come to speak to the kids.  That was fun!  They let them climb inside their engine.

Funny story: see that fireman on the far left?  Well incidentally, he came to our rescue the very next day!  My mom and I were at my friend's house dropping some stuff off.  The car was running, and it was cold outside, so we both shut our doors because Miss Kenley was in the back.  Well as soon as mom shut her door, we heard them all lock.  Awesome!  So my friend called a locksmith and they said since there is a child in the car, she needed to call 911.  Great!  So about 10 minutes and about 8 fire trucks later, our doors are unlocked and Kenley is none the wiser that she was trapped in the car.  The rest of the time mom was here was spent shopping, in Palmyra, and lots of laughing.  We miss her so much!  Oh, and Mason became a Tiger Scout.  I didnt really know what I was getting myself into by signing him up.  Im thinking this is going to be way more work than I thought!  Here are some pictures of our fun with Grandma Liessa.







Next up is November.  We celebrated Hadley's 4th birthday on November 18!  I still cant believe shes 4 already!
















So sometime in October, my friend, Beverly told me she was going to NYC for a weekend to pick up her niece who was coming to stay with them for a week.  So I did what anybody would do in that situation and invited myself to go too!  So the afternoon of Hadley's birthday, Beverly and I were off to NYC for a fun girls weekend.  We had so much fun, and I cant wait to go back!  Beverly's cousin happens to live in Manhattan and was generous enough to let us stay at her super cute apartment.  She took my all around NYC!  I think we got a total of 10 hours of sleep that whole weekend, but it was so worth it!  On Saturday night, we went to Radio City Music Hall and saw the Rockettes perform their Christmas Spectacular.  Spectacular it was!!  That was definitely the hightlight of the weekend.  I didnt get many pictures, my camera wouldnt turn on the whole time I was there.  So here are a few that I did take.







This is supposed to be me and the Statue of Liberty.  You can kinda see her out in the water.

Monday, September 12, 2011

Masons 6th Birthday.

Mason turned 6 years old on Sept 9.  He had a spiderman/lightening Mqueen birthday party on Saturday. I swear I went to EVERY store in the greater Syracuse area and just could not find a friggin Spiderman pinata, so we went with a double theme. :-D.  He had all his friends over for pizza, cake trampoline jumping, and a pinata.  I cannot believe this kid is already 6 and in first grade!!











Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Our Summer....so far

We have been having a great summer so far.  We went strawberry picking at this super cute farm right down the street from where we live.  It was lots of fun for about 5 minutes, then me and the kids were done!  Paul could have stayed there for days picking berries. 


 There are lots of cute parks here, and we have been taking advantage of this great NY weather! 
 This is a little fountain thing that mists the kids when they press the button.  NY's sad version of a splash pad? 


 Coolest part of the summer??  Definitey the Hill Cumorah Pageant!  Such a fun time for the whole family.  Hadley loved taking pictures with all the "princesses" as she called them.  Seriously, come visit me next July and ill totally take you to the pageant!  It will blow your mind!




Most exciting news of the summer, we are finally getting out of our apartment!  Hooray for not being cramped anymore!  We are in the process of moving into a house.  Our friends from our ward moved to Washington, and are renting their house to us!  Its great because its right down the street from where we live now, and Mason wont have to switch schools.