Nashville Trip

Well since our boys enjoy "Soupy" ("snoopy") and the Peanuts Gang so much, we took the opportunity to go see the whole gang carved out of ice in Nashville Tennessee.

We enjoyed our trip down, including a stop for lunch at Frisch's, the boys new favorite place to eat, just like their dad. When we arrived at the Ice exhibit and the employees stopped us to give us our parka's, we looked at them, like, "do we really need these, we're all bundled in winter clothing"? They quickly replied that we would want the extra gear bexause it was only 6 degrees inside! After about a half hour that starts to feel stinging cold!

The boys loved the characters and really enjoyed the ice slides, mom and dad enjoyed those too!!

Christmas At Church

Well, "it takes all kinds". We have spent time celebrating both tradtions of Christmas with our family at Church in the past few weeks.

Pictured above is our oldest in his stage perfoming debut as none other than "Jesus". That's right, his first ever performance and he was asked to play "young Jesus", he would tell you he played "4-year old Jesus", something he could seemingly relate to very well. In the foreground is "baby Jesus", played by our youngest becuase "he's a baby" his brother said!

Mommy played Mary, of course, and pictures of her in her lovely costume have amazingly dissapeared, haha!

The boys were part of the "Stations of the Crib" and enjoyed their time up on the altar/stage.

We also took the family to breakfast with Santa, where we ate, made crafts, visited with the big guy himself and spent time chatting with friends and fellow parishioners. We enjoyed both activities.

Fall trip to the Zoo

You guessed it, back to the zoo! We went so many times in the spring, and a bit in the summer too, that we just had to go for a visit in the fall (stay tuned for Zoo lights in the winter).

The boys and I watched animals, and fountains, all over the park and then Daddy met us there for a trip on the carousel. It was a beautiful fall day and we all enjoyed getting outside!

Halloween At Grandma's!

Grandma and Grandpa went to visit the one cousin who doesn't live in the area, for Halloween weekend. So, a special party was planned for everyone here, before they left town.

There was some baking, and playing and lots of costumed kids. The day included a few cute bugs, a boy and his puppy, Dash incredible, and Tigger, too!

Everyone was cute and we had a great time!

Preschool

Well, it's a little behind, but this is our oldest on his very first day of preschool. He enjoys it very much. The pictures below are from this past week when the local fire department came to teach the kids about fire safety. Isn't our little firefighter cute!

Busy Day!

This past weekend we enjoyed a jam packed day of family activities.

We began downtown with our first trip ever to Findlay Market, it is the closest place I have ever seen to Pike Place Market in Seattle, an old favorite of my family's growing up. I'm looking forward to go back and shopping for ingredients for a gourmet dinner.

Then we took our three boys to meet some of their favorite story book characters at an event called "Books by the Banks". A book fair for young and old alike, showcasing authors from all genres. We were able to meet many authors and see their latest books. The boys really enjoyed George and Clifford, our middle guy made sure to give each of them a hug before we left.

We continued our day with confession at the Cathedral downtown, followed by lunch at Skyline, all of my boys enjoy coney's for their Saturday lunch (although eating them out is a treat).

Then, we bundled up and braved the cold, albeit sunny, and crowds at the Covington Catholic/Highlands High School football game. Although we cheered on on the Cov Cath Colonels, they were down when we left a little after half time.

The day was busy, but we all had a wonderful time, and enjoyed some new places and events!

Home Improvement Project

This first photo shows why we needed to replace our front door. (Think puddles inside) After tackling the back door last summer, my husband felt up to the challenge. Our foyer felt so much bigger with this as our entrance, but alas, practicality set in and so did our door.

What's a new door without a new floor to go with it!

Our beautiful new entry way still has one or two details unfinished, but the new entry door, sidelites, storm door and tile floor, complete with decos, has added a new and cozy entrance to our home, not to mention waterproof!

Summer Fun with Family

Here's the family, with Nanna and Grandpa, at a Reds Game!

Aunt Sarah always brings smiles with her visits!

Great Aunt Ruby joined us for lunch this year when we took Great-grandpa down to the "country". The part of Kentucky, where the boys Great-Grandfather was born and raised. We visit three of his siblings, and other family members on our favorite day trip to Marion County and surrounding area.

Finally...An update!

After just reading a friends blog I feel so much better. She just added their first post in four months, she said after a busy summer, the problem wasn't finding something to blog about, it was finding the time to blog!! My sentiment exactly. So, I have gone back in our family photo archives to June 2009 and will give you a sample of the things that kept us busy these past few months. Hope you enjoy the view of snanshots into our everyday lives.

The order is a little mixed up, but this was the introduction into the football season. Training camp, which can't come too soon for me, after the dry spell of no football news since the draft in early spring. Thankfully, our team is keeping us smiling so far this season. Although our boys enjoyed the ropes course more than the football players, it was great to see them all in some orange and black. Who Dey!
The boys enjoyed plenty of fresh air and sunshine this summer, many afternoons spent hanging out on our deck, where I could keep an eye on all three of them at once. They're watching a bug they had found on this plant.

After catching a Reds Game earlier in the day, we took a drive South to Big Bone and played some putt putt, so the summer was full of sports, too.

Even our youngest enjoyed himself, such a happy baby!

What's summer without Ice Cream!!

We finally took our boys rock climbing. Our middle guy climbs All the time at home, but was, unfortunately, a little hindered by his harness.

A summer trip to the zoo with friends. Had a great day.

Some indoor activities, or "projects" as the boys call this, kept us busy, too. Here they are creating cards for Father's Day. We love our daddy!

We attended a minor league game close to our house early in the season with some friends, and had fun playing a little ball of our own in the viewing area.

This was taken on one of the few very hot days this summer at the March for Life in Newport, Kentucky. An annual event we really enjoy attending.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this sample of photos, I'll try to keep them coming.

Tumbling Expo

Believe it or not the theme for the tumbling student expo was "A day at the Zoo"

Check out the tiger in the middle of the photo. Our "Tiger" has been taking tumbling lessons once a week since last fall, and really has a good time. His class was the youngest group of students, and they really enjoyed watching the older students perform.

Some cute photos

Well, we sometimes even take photos when we aren't at the zoo, hahaha.

Here is just a small sampling of some cute, recent photos.