My random photos

There's no rhyme or reason to these, just wanted to share them.....


Ryan spied Marcus watching Over the Hedge--and he was so tired that he had simply laid his chin on the edge of the dvd player.



Everyone loves their GranMom!





When the weather turned nice enough, the kids were able to ride their bikes to school (Jacob is trying out his new birthday bike!).


Here's Julia being her cute self while sporting her new favorite sweater ("it's soooo soft, Mema!").


Snuggle time...


You just want to pinch those big cheeks!

Snow Days

A week ago freezing temperatures hit us and decided to hang out for a while. It decided it was lonely, so it brought in some friends--snow and sleet. The kids didn't mind this one bit, seeing as school was canceled for three days in a row. When they asked to go and play outside, I thought they meant to go and build snowmen, make snow angels, and perhaps have a great snowball fight. When I peeked at them in our backyard, this is what I found....


Hey Ja and Joycelyn, does this ring a bell with you guys? Only using those medical buckets that Dad brought home from the hospital? The ones he also used to change the oil? It's what I was immediately reminded of: improvised sleds. :)






He doesn't look it here, but Marcus really did enjoy being outside. In fact, we had to drag his screaming/protesting little body in when everyone was frozen.

Us vs Pizza

One our favorite shows to watch is Man vs Food. On one episode, Adam is teamed up with a partner and they try to take on the 30in meatlovers pizza. The thing is HUGE and weighs in at 11 lbs!!! So, in this little town that we live in, we found a pizza joint that actually sells a 30in. We decided to try it out when Ry's parents and lots of cousins joined us for Jacob's birthday. Check this thing out!

Dude, it completely covered our table!






Ok, here's Evelyn showing off just how big the thing is. Ryan and Dad couldn't just breeze through the front door with it. It wouldn't fit--they had to tilt it to make it through. The thing was humongous!

Between 14 of us, we were able to finish it all. Not only was it the biggest pizza I'd ever laid eye on, but it was darn good too. The crust tasted just like the bread sticks served at the Olive Garden--buttery and garlicky. Oh yum!

Um, Happy New Year

So obviously blogging was not on my New Year's resolutions list. :) I thought that I'd better start putting some of the pix that I've taken over the past few months on here so that I'm not just hording them to myself (plus I'd love for friends and family to see what we're up to). I'm starting out with an afternoon at the park. Being the lovely state which we live in and how the weather is so erratic and never seems to make up it's mind--we took advantage of a random warm day.

Marcus LOVED the opportunity to just run through the grass outside.


This board that the kids are standing on has springs underneath. They really have to work on balancing in order not to fall off.









Of course, the temperature dropped 20 degrees the next day...but we lots of fun while it was warm! And to top it off, this park is less than 1/2 a mile from our house--perfect for walking.