Devon's Baptism

The first weekend of February, we went down to Maryland for our oldest cousin Devon's baptism.  It was so fun to see everyone!  Paul's mom, dad, and littlest brother Mark, who just returned home from his mission came out too.  The first day we were there, all of the boys went down to D.C. to the air and space Museum.  They had a ton of fun!  Giant airplanes everywhere=little (and big) boy heaven!

 We played dress up, had Grandpa read us tons of books, and played till we dropped!

Then, it was time for Dev's baptism!

Funny story: when Devon came up out of the water, he said "oh man, that hurt!"  It was so funny!  We sure love our Devon and are so proud of him!!

Dear Tooth Fairy...

Mason (naturally) lost his 2nd tooth a couple of weeks ago!  He was so excited because he had a plan.  He was begging everyday for the Harry Potter Wii game.  And when I say begging, I mean throwing tantrums that could rival any overly tired 2-year-old.  So, he decided he was going to pull out his slightly loose tooth and write the tooth fairy a letter explaining that instead of money, he wanted the game.  He worked on the tooth for about 5 days, and then right before bed one night, it finally popped right out.  So he got to work. 


After Mrs. Tooth Fairy finally convinced Mr. Tooth Fairy that he should get the game, she was off to 2 different stores to try to find the dumb game and....


the note worked!  Dark and early at about 5:30 Mason came running in to tell me she brought him the game and that next time hes going to ask for a new imaginext batcave! 

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:



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.

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!!