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Spring Break
This past week was spring vacation for the kids. We took a road trip through Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia. It was a lot of fun. There were times when I felt like the Griswolds goi...
Easter Wrap-Up
Last week we had our church Easter party. It was called a tween party and was for eight to fourteen year olds. The kids made Easter crafts and had pizza. They also decorated the church and hel...
Warm Day
Warm day here today. First really warm day of spring. The kids have decided on what science projects they are doing. Timmy will be doing a project about the different types of rocks. He has b...
Quiet Week
This has been a fairly quiet week after the excitement of the musical last weekend. We tried to pay extra attention to Timmy and Aaron, since Kayla got a lot of attention this weekend. We went ...
Musical Part 2
Sorry about the interruption. Had to answer the phone. Kayla’s musical went well. On Sunday afternoon there was a cast party in the school gym. The kids had pizza and snacks. One of the teac...
Musical
This weekend was Kayla’s musical. The show was “The Music Man” and the performances were Friday and Saturday evenings. Kayla was in the chorus. The shows went very well. I was a little worrie...
The Big 4-0
Today is my fortieth birthday. I have to say that I don’t feel any different than I did when I was thirty-nine. Although I don’t think I’ve ever felt different on any birthday. My parents watc...
Almost Time
Kayla’s school musical starts a week from tonight. There are two performances, on Friday and Saturday. They did run-throughs of the whole play this week. At first Kayla was nervous about the r...
Final Game
Timmy’s hockey team had their final game of the season Monday night. They played very well and it was a close game. They lost three goals to two. We were very proud of him and had his favorite...
End of an Era
Our old car went to car heaven. The transmission went on it. We were leaving a store parking lot and I went over one of those chunks of snow and ice that fall off cars. I heard a thud as it hi...
First Day of Vacation
The kids are on vacation from school this week. It has been very cold the past two days. Yesterday the kids were able to go out and play in the snow for a short while. Today it is just too col...
Cold and Vacation
School was closed today because of the cold. It is extremely cold outside, colder than I can remember it being in a long time. The school district is out of snow days because they were closed d...
Under the Weather
This was a fairly quiet weekend. This past week, Aaron and I were both sick. The twins and my husband didn’t get it, but Aaron and I did. It was some kind of a stomach virus. We were miserabl...
Schools Week
Happy Groundhog Day. I guess Phil saw his shadow, so we have six more weeks of winter. Oh well. The kids had special things going on at school for Catholic Schools Week this past week. There...
School and Reading
The kids have been busy with school this month. Kayla and Timmy are learning about the Constitution in seventh grade Social Studies. They are each working on a group project with three other ki...
Work and Weekend
Most of this past week I was in New York City for work. I am a sales rep for a company that has offices in Buffalo and New York City. I have had the job for the past few months. I have stayed ...
Figurine
This is going to be kind of a cheesy entry. One year I bought my grandma a cat figurine for Christmas. Truthfully I don’t think she really liked it, but she never said anything and she displaye...
Visit
Kayla has started having rehearsals for the musical she will be in this March. She will be in the chorus. They had rehearsals Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. One of her friends is also in ...
Welcome 2015
Happy New Year! The kids have been on vacation for almost the last two weeks. They go back to school on Monday. We have not really done very much. Mostly had a relaxing vacation. Christmas w...
Merry Christmas!
I wanted to wish a merry Christmas to all who celebrate. I wish all the joy and blessings of the season for you. We had coffee cake and eggs for breakfast, and the kids have opened some of thei...
Christmas Party
This past weekend was our church Christmas party. It was a potluck dinner. There were tons of Christmas-y desserts. I ate way too many cookies, ha ha. The kids had a visit with Santa. Aaron ...
Happenings
Today I need to go to the post office to mail a first birthday card to my cousin’s daughter. While I am out will get something for lunch and stop at the drug store. On Friday Kayla asked if she ...
New Computer
Life has been quite busy this week. We finally decided to get a new computer. Our old one had been around a long time (2006?). The chip couldn’t keep up with the modern internet. We had the s...
Conferences and Thanksgiving
On Tuesday we had parent teacher conferences at the middle school for Timmy and Kayla. On Wednesday there were parent teacher conferences at the elementary school for Aaron. For the middle scho...
Snow Day
The big blizzard is still going on. We were lucky enough not to live in one of the lake effect snow bands and only got about four inches of snow. I have seen pictures of areas just a few miles ...
