January Recap

I'm WAY behind on the blog - so I'll do a quick recap of January...

The beginning of January we celebrated Pap-Pap's birthday.

The kids and I went fishing. :)

We celebrated Christine's birthday by going bowling.

Tommy

Eddie & Evelyn

Grace got a strike

The birthday girl

Tommy hanging with me

Grace & Evelyn

We had a girls night at Painting with a Twist. It was a lot of fun hanging out eating and drinking - the paintings even looked like the artist.

Christine, me & Nicole

The group

We also attended a birthday party at the new Westmoreland Museum of Modern Art building that recently opened.

The was a huge snowstorm the weekend we went to Hidden Valley. It was so bad, we pretty much stayed inside most of the time. The snow tubing was even closed. Tom was able to ski though.

Grace saying hello

The kids ventured outside for a while.

Tom across the street about to go ski down the mountain

When we got home on Sunday, we all put our snow stuff on and played in the back yard.

The last weekend in January, we went to Tommy's school for an open house. Tommy got to show off some of his work. :)

Tommy also lost 2 more teeth in January. Look at that little snaggletooth cutie pie!

Christmas Morning

On Christmas morning, the kids woke up early and we all went to see what Santa left and open our presents..

Tommy got a few Miles From Tomorrowland toys, some wrestlers and Pokemon cards from us. Santa gave both kids their own Kindle Fire Kid's Tablets (which they LOVE).

Grace got a lot of Shopkins, a couple Barbie's and the Wubble Ball.

While the kids were opening presents, Tom and I had mimosas. After the kids were done with their presents, they helped us open ours. :)

The only picture I have of the both of us on Christmas morning.

Tom opened his own presents - golf shoes and hats

The next morning the girls went to Chick-Fil-A for breakfast and went to Target to get Christmas stuff for next year.

The Week Before Christmas

Our Christmas season started on Wednesday, December 16th.

My parents came to town that  afternoon and as soon as I got home from work, we headed out to Grace's Christmas Program.

Her class sang a couple of songs from Polar Express. Grace was so cute during Rocking On Top of the World. She was the best dancer up there. :)

Friday, I was selected to volunteer for Tommy's Christmas party at school. It was a lot of fun watching him interact with his friends and put a face to the names. :)

Saturday, we celebrated Christmas with my family. We had a nice dinner (ham, baked beans, cheesy potatoes and rolls). After we cleaned up, we all ran to the front room to open presents.

The kids did love everything. I had to laugh about something Tommy did though. When I handed him a gift that looked like it might be clothes; he bowed his head and said a prayer "Please don't let it be clothes." Haha - it still makes me laugh thinking about it.

I think Tommy's favorite gift was his wrestling ring from Aunt Kimmy & Adam. He also opened some wrestlers, clothes (haha) and a new bike. Grace loved her shopkins and the Peppa Pig Schoolhouse - plus she got a couple outfits and some Barbie things.

Showing some love before presents

Grandma & Grandpa

Mommy & Daddy picture

Grace slowly opens presents...

While Tommy rips into them (I LOVE his face)

I wish I took a picture of the poop pillow we got my dad!!

My mom loved her new outfit (and Kendra Scott necklace)

Tom was pumped (and so was I) to get hedge trimmers & a Lowes Gift Card

I was busy taking the pictures but Tom still managed to get one of me opening my gifts, but my parents got me some new fitbit bands, some Estee Lauder face cream, Alex & Ani bracelets and a couple other things.

I took my parents to the airport bright and early Sunday morning (we left our house at 4:00 in the morning). I stopped to get Dunkin Donuts on the way home and slept for a little while once I got home.

Around noon - we met up with Christine, Eddie, Evelyn & James for the Children's Christmas party at the club.

Tommy did okay with Santa - James didn't like him

I had to sit with Grace

Family Photo

Rennie & Associates Christmas Party

On December 5th, Rennie & Associates held their Christmas Party at the Ligonier Country Club.

Tom and I on our way out the door

Since our group was one of the bigger ones, the club gave us the front room. This year the offices split up and it was nice hanging out and talking to everyone.

The food was really good (and so were the appetizers - especially the mini crab cakes). The dessert was okay - not the best.

After dinner, we had a Christmas exchange. This year, were was a lot more stealing going on than last year - so it made things a little more interesting.

After the gifts, everyone stayed for a while to listen to the band and do a little dancing.

Thanks Rennie & Associates for another fun Christmas party!

Decorating the Tree

Last Wednesday, the four of us went to Wilkinson's Nursery to pink out our tree. It was drizzling a little on the way there, but cleared up by the time we got there - so we just had to deal with the cold.

The kids were excited to walk up and down the rows of trees to find the perfect one.

Tom went to talk to the guy about which one we wanted and the kids and I went to stand by the fire for a bit.

After that, we headed inside so the kids could enter the coloring contest and get something out of the treasure bin.

On our way home, we stopped by Primanti's for dinner (one of our traditions). It was too late to decorate that night, so we did that together on Thursday night.

Grace got to put the star on the tree