New Year's Eve

So it is New Year's Eve and we woke up with a sprinkling of snow on the ground which made the kids more than happy. One more snowfall to close out the year! SO the kids bundled up and headed up to make the most of this little sprinkle before it was gone....

Caitlyn and her friend Brynn with their Snow Mom. This is before they added the Snow Babies!

Snow Mom!

Chris making a snow pile!

Malcom's Snowman

Now that everyone has enjoyed the dusting of snow, we wait for Big Daddy and hope he gets to come home from work early today! We will spend the afternoon bowling with our good friends and their family and hopefully come back and ring in the New Year with the Ball dropping on T.V. and wine glasses full of apple juice for everyone!!

Wishing all of my family and friends a joyous and Happy New Year filled with peace and happiness! All my love to everyone near and far!!

The day after Christmas

So it is the day after Christmas and this mama is still worn out. The kids slept in and I am just relaxing and working on a few blog posts. I am so bad at this blogging thing. I don't know how to do very much. If anyone wants to help me please feel free.

I can't believe Christmas is already over. It seems like it zoomed in and zoomed out! I actually wish Christmas could hang around just a bit longer. Yesterday was just so great I didn't want it to end. A house full of happy children. My husband and I spending much of the day preparing food together to feed our crew! A quick nap on the couch to recharge my batteries! Just the atmosphere and the magic of Christmas! And it is over too soon! Today the kids are busying themselves with new toys and gadgets. Big Daddy had a few errands to run. I decided I would try to figure this blog out. Other than post new entries not much has happened on that front. But I will keep trying! I will figure this out! I will!!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!

It has been one of those days where you are just so thankful that you can't even put into words how thankful you really are. I have without a doubt the greatest, most amazing family in the world!!

The kids got up VERY early this morning! Shame on me for stalling them until my coffee was ready. And then it began....the madness of paper flying and voices shrieking! Happy yells and oohs and ahhs! It was awesome! Even at 7 a.m. in the morning! Have I said that my family is amazing! They really are!

We had a wonderful dinner prepared by both my husband and I! It's always great to spend the day in the kitchen together!!

Big Mac got everything he asked for......

Tom Brady Patriots Jersey!
Gears of War Game

XBox360 Live!! And he is wearing his XBox360 Headset he got!
His guitar case!


Bri wanted mostly games. So that is what she got. With a few other things thrown in here and there.







Tristan wanted Legos, UBFunKeys,and some other things.


The look of excitment!
More gifts!

Cube World!

Chris wanted Legos and oh more Legos. Wait and an awesome Ford F150 remote control truck from Nannie and Pappy.



Tom Brady Jersey!! YES!!
Legos!!
Remote Control Truck! Thank you Nannie & Pappy!

More Legos! Thank you Abuelita!

And just call Caitlyn Littlest Pet Shop......with a cool guitar from Nannie and Pappy too....




Her new friend Emma!

Her Guitar! Thank you Nannie and Pappy!Daddy got her some Hannah Montana picks today!!
Art Supplies! I just realized we didn't get any pics of all of the Pet Shop Stuff!!
**Edited to show her playing with a small portion of her LPS toys!! She is addicted!






Big Daddy a few things he asked for......PS3 Game, Blue Ray DVD, CD, Football Gear













Mama got her Paula Dean, Rachel Ray, the book I wanted and to prove that Big Daddy listens to me.....these Awesome boots !!! I also recieved a most beautiful bouquet of flowers made by my lil princess and a sculpture made by my lil man!






My Beautiful Bouquet
My Lovely Sculpture!

I would say everyone enjoyed their gifts, but more than that we enjoyed each other. It was so great for us to all be together. All seven of us! Our great big happy family! Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Eve

All the kids are here. Christmas Eve Mass was great. Crowded, standing room only but great none the less! My best friend and her family are headed home after another wonderful Christmas Eve tradition! We spend Christmas Eve at my house just hanging out and being together. This year is a little more special than previous years because it is my God Daughter Allyson's First Christmas!! Yay!! And her first Christmas Eve with us! I am so blessed to have such great friends! I love them like my family. I got such beautiful and thoughtful gifts from Heidi & Holly. Gorgeous pictures of my two kiddos with my God Daughter and also gorgeous pictures of just Ally!! Such wonderful gifts! Now off to finish the last preparations for Christmas Morning....

Me with Ally
My husband with Ally



My AWESOME gifts from the greatest friends ever!! I have to find some super cute frames for the other pictures now! I can't wait to get them out on display!