Our trip to Ohio in 3 post

The week after New Year's we took our Christmas trip up North. I can't begin to tell you how excited I was that there was NO snow, barely even on the ground, until 5 miles from the In-Laws house (gotta love living in the "Lake effect snow area"). Even then, there wasn't much. We could still see the ground in some places...However, that didn't last long. Our first full day there, we decided to take the kids Ice Skating. Jess has been a few times, but the younger three had never been. I will say they all LOVED it.

Jess helping Delaney

Daddy helping Owen

Poppy helping Sean

A very pretty Jessica

Delaney skating on her own

Owen's got it!

Sean off on his own

I especially love this next picture because you can almost see how fast Sean's little feet were moving.

The skaters!

P.S. I have a video that I am going to try to upload later.

Delaney's 1st Soccer Game

Delaney's first soccer game was this weekend. She did great. Much better than we thought. She played a couple years ago and was not into it very much at all. This year she was ready to try again, and we couldn't be more proud of her.

She is in orange

The smile on her face was there the entire time!


Sean and Owen loved watching her play.

I didn't get very many pictures. Owen had a minor accident on the play ground which forced me to miss over half of the game. The score of the game, you ask? Well at this age, they don't keep score, but if they DID, Delaney's team would have won 9-1! The one goal that they let in was while Delaney was in goal. I missed it all! I am so sad about it.

OH! Did I mention that Delaney's daddy is her coach? Congratulations to Coach Scott, Delaney and the entire Rhino's soccer team!

Party For Two!

Saturday we had Delaney's birthday party. Actually, it was a joint party with her BFF, Kayla. Their birthday's are only a couple weeks apart and we decided to do a joint party. The girls had a blast.

The Theme? Luau! The girls picked.

The cake, made by my sister. Once again, she did an awesome job



Yep! We did it...we got a bounce house



Delaney and Kayla and their cake

singing Happy Birthday..we had to keep them off the paito for fear of knocking over the cake...

blowing out the candles. Delaney~6 Kayla~7

girl secrets..I have NO idea what Delaeny was telling her, but they both laughed...must have been funny!

opening presents~they each had their own table

Their gifts

Thanks to everyone who came. The girls had a great time and are planning a Jonas Brothers Party next year! lol

Happy Birthday Delaney!!!!!

Happy Birthday to Our Special Little Princess.
I can't believe she is 6 years old already.


It's been a busy 6 years for her!

First, she had to learn to be Daddy's little Gator!

Next, she had to get her first haircut.











Then she got two little brothers to be her new
Best Friends....













....while trying to keep up with her big sis, Jess!

And finally she has made it to six years old!



We love you Delaney!

Mom and Dad

Some Family Pictures!

Hello! Have you missed me? Well, let me catch up by showing you some family pictures taken Easter weekend.

My Girls





Sean was so done taking pictures at this point.




Where did my little girl go?


One of Scott's favorites...Our little Owen

Debi, this one is just for you...

Easter 2010

Two post in one day...what is this world coming to?

A tradition from Scott's family, the Easter bunny does a "Treasure Hunt" for the basket. There is no telling where that silly Bunny will had your basket from year to year!

Here is Delaney reading her own clue! This is the first year she has been able to do that, and boy was she proud of herself!

Sean looking hard for a clue


Owen thinks he has one!

Jess was way too quick with her clues...Easter Bunny is going to have to make it harder next year for her. Here she is checking out her loot.

We went to Aunt Karen and Uncle DD's for lunch. David, cooked a wonderful lunch of grilled Chicken.

David took Jess for a ride around the block on the bike...




Delaney got a ride around the yard...




...and the boys? Well, they got to sit on it! This mama is not quite ready for that...




The kids wanted to go for a wagon ride, so in true "redneck" fashion, my redneck BIL took them for one....


When David was done, they weren't! So daddy made a trip around the yard!


When Daddy was done, they still weren't...so Jess made a few trips around, however, she was MUCH smarter than David and Daddy!