New Room

Finally getting around to posting pics of the beautiful new room Devon built off our kitchen!  We previously had a sliding glass door that went out to a deck, but we were finding that we weren’t using the deck all that much.  I have discovered that while I love the idea of eating outside, in reality I wasn’t enjoying it very much!  Bugs, heat, blazing sun….blah.  I think I’ve mentioned before that I’m kind of an “indoor” girl!  So Devon designed and built a beautiful window-filled room, to give us the ambiance of the outdoors, while keep us cool and bug-free.

The entrance to the room, which used to be a wall with a sliding glass door.

At the top of the first step, walking into the room.  The glass slider has been moved the end of the room, so the kids can walk right out to their swingset and sandbox.

View of the other side, opposite the glass slider.  Right now just a dining set is in the room, but we have some other plans for the space!

We love how bright and cheery it is, and I know it will get tons of use in the warmer weather!

Skate Night!

Another one of our favorite school events was this past weekend – Sacred Heart School Skate Night!

Grace graduated from a double-blade skate to a single blade, and the poor kid spent most of the night picking herself up off the ice!

However, she still had a great time and was all smiles!

Seamus is an expert at using the buckets and cones and zooming around the ice as fast as possible!

Having a fantastic time!

Liam kept me busy by deciding he wanted to climb up the stairs.  And down the stairs.  And up the stairs…you get the idea!!

Daddy took him for a spin around the ice, and the motion made this tired boy almost fall asleep!

We had a blast once again!  Love our school!

Sick Day

What Liam learned on his sick day…

You wear your pajamas ALLLL day long, you can play in big brother and sister’s room and touch anything you want, and Mommy will let you carry around the entire bag of Teddy Grahams and not even get mad when you dump them on the floor 14 times.

So aside from being sick, sick days ROCK!

Five Years Old!

My Gigi girl turned five on Sunday!  No longer is she my little baby, but now practically a grown-up girl. 

While I love that she’s growing up, I do miss this baby face…

I mean really, couldn’t you just eat her up??

Always the life of the party…

And always dressed to the nines!

But my little girl is now a big girl…

And she celebrated like a true princess!  Surrounded by her loving family, she turned 5 in style!

Happy Birthday, Princess Grace!  We love you oh so very much!

Yay Grace!

Congrats to my Gigi girl on her very first spelling test of kindergarten – 102%  So proud of you!

Hey You

Yeah, you…

Little boy with the messy face…

I have a favor to ask…

Could you please stop growing up so fast?  Thanks a bunch.

Love, Mommy

Christmas Part 2

We are lucky during the holidays, because we get to celebrate an extra Christmas with Devon’s side of the family in Sherburne.  The cousins always have fun together, and the opening of presents is fun and exciting!

The girls…Madison, Makayla and Grace

The boys…Colton, Seamus and Aidan (Liam was tucked in bed at this time!)

Liam with his two true loves…Mommy and graham crackers :-)

All of the kids got wonderful gifts from Grandma and Grandpa!  A couple of my favorites were these blankets handmade by Grandma for all the boys.  She personalized each one with things that that the boys like.  Seamus and Liam got race cars!

These will be so cool when they move into their new room together!

Grandma and Grandpa and all the grandkids!

Don’t miss Seamus…eyes closed again!!!