Valley Forge Military Academy Parade

Our very good friend and former neighbor, Bob Kress spent a beatifuk Sunday afternoon with us. We first met at local sandwhich place for lunch and then he took us to the Valley Forge Military Academy Parade. The parade was great and Jackson loved the "soldiers" and especially liked the drums and the horses. It was a gorgeous day...bright blue skies, cool crisp breezes and bright sunshine. Our day did not end there. After the parade, Bob treated us to ice-cream!!! Yummmmm....so, to sum up our day, "we were completely spoiled by our dear friend Bob and we enjoyed every minute!"

Ringling Brothers And Barnum & Bailey Circus

Jason and I took Jackson and Lilly to see the circus for their first time. I was a little nervous when we walked to our seats because our seats were in the middle of a long row....meaning it would be difficult and very disruptive if we had to get up for some reason before the intermission. It was a 2 hour show and the kids were both FABULOUS!!!!! They both loved it. Both kids were clapping, dancing and smiling. We had so much fun!

Jackson had cotton-candy for the first time. He liked it after the first bite of that strange and different texture. Lilly liked it too!

This is when the man was being shot out of a cross bow in flames....he looks a little worried. I think it did scare him a little. He said to me several times, "The man is burning! Is that man hurt? Fire is HOT!"

Lilly caught a piece of confetti that fell from the ceiling and Jackson was trying to catch one too.

The kids were so mesmorized for the entire 2 hours that both of them had fallen asleep before we even got out of the parking lot (~5:20pm) and stayed asleep until the next morning. In fact Lilly didn't wake up until after 7am the next morning! WOW!

Valentine's Day Craft Party with Friends

We had a fun Valentine's day craft party with a few of our friends. We made Valentine's mail boxes to decorate and tie on the back of the kid's chairs. It was so fun and the kids both still play with them. While the kids decorated their boxes, the mom's made wine charms and jewelry. We also made heart-shaped brownies....which were delicious! Fun times!!!

Ice-Cream and Art Class with Nana

Mom came to visit us in January this year to see our new house. She usually comes in the summer and we have a tradition that everytime she comes, we take her to our favorite ice-cream place. Well she INSISTED that we still keep our tradition going regardless of the fact that it was 10 degrees outside....burrr!!! Here she is standing with her double scoop ice-cream cone in front of several feet of snow trying not to look cold....she was happy as a clam!!! (Love ya Mom) And the ice-cream was well worth it!!!! :)

We had a great time with Nana during her visit and had fun painting in our new basement. Hopefully the kids have inherited Nana's artistic talent. They both love to paint and color.

Recent visit the the Philidelphia Please Touch Museum

This museum is great for little kids. It's all "hands-on" activities and it is enormous. We were there for a couple hours but still didn't get to see or play in all of the areas. They had live drummers there that day too which was really neat to see and hear. Jackson loved the drummers. (Maybe he'll take after his Uncle JD....:))

Lot's of Stuff

We certainly have lots of stuff we want to put on the blog, but it has been an absolute whorl-wind of business since Christmas.  In that time, we've gotten 2 major snow storms (including one as I write this), a smaller snow event, bought and moved into a new house (from which I'm writing this right now), started the kids in new schools, won a national championship (ok, not me, but the Auburn Family!), etc., etc., etc.  We'll get back on the blog as soon as things settle down.

Please e-mail us for our new address.  I didn't want to post it here.  We'll talk to you all soon.
   Jason