We really like to try to get the kids professionally photographed once a year, and I’ve been fortunate to know some great photographers in the last two places we’ve lived. A couple weeks ago, it was finally warm enough for Lauren to come over and do a session with Tommy. He was very hard to […]
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This weekend Derek was a single dad for two whole days while three of my small group girlfriends and I did a mom’s weekend away. Our thoughtful hubbies took care of the kids while we drove down to Baltimore and stayed in a hotel, ate out at nice restaurants at abnormal times (at our own pace, without […]
an unexpected blessing
Posted in Friends, State College on Mar 16th, 2011
This weekend I was so unexpectedly blessed by my friends at church who threw a baby shower for me! Sorry, no pictures, but we had a sweet time of fellowship, amazing food, a break from the kids (!), games, and really thoughtful gifts. When my small group girls asked me last month about a shower, […]
So we don’t do day trips the easy way. Yesterday we had a simple plan: drive down to Harrisburg, meet the Gaetanos at the State Museum of PA, play and hang out all day, and come home. Yeah. The kids were so excited until we pulled up in front of the museum. Then Elizabeth started […]
I’m always signing up for free samples of things, and last month I won the chance to host a Huggies Pull-Ups Potty Party. (Shameless commercialism, but hey, I got free pull-ups out of it!) It’s one of those things that you never imagined you’d do before you had kids…a party all about using the potty?!?! […]
This year, Tommy asked to have a boys-only birthday party. Zach, Isaac, and Tim are all as into cars, trucks, and trains as Tommy, so we had quite a rambunctious afternoon! The boys chased each others’ cars around the house, much to the delight of Lizzie. Tommy requested soynut butter and jelly, so we had […]
Super Bowl Party
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, State College, Tommy on Feb 7th, 2011
Last night we hosted a Super Bowl party for 26 friends–11 of whom were five and under! We were a little unsure of how everyone would fit into our house, but it worked well…Derek dragged our big living room couch downstairs so that the family room had more seating, and we put a space heater […]
Sorry, fam, for taking so long to get these up! Besides the front yard sledding, we got to do some visiting–wedding party girls, remember getting ready at Christine’s before my wedding? They’ve moved, and we got to see their new place and have some good hang-out time! And we finally met Danny–and introduced Katie to […]
Clare's Wedding
Posted in Friends on Jan 3rd, 2011
Our wild and crazy bachelorette party, watching the super-secret interview I had with Paul online a few weeks before… The ugliest rental car ever. Notice the lovely layer of ice and hail that fell during the ceremony? Introducing…Mrs. Clare Cullen!!!! Mariel’s Substitute Derek…just with a bit more hair on top instead of on the face… […]
Cookie Decorating
Posted in Elizabeth, Friends, Homemaking, Tommy on Dec 8th, 2010
This week I decided we needed to do something Christmasy to distract from last week’s events. So Tommy and I made homemade cut-out cookies Sunday (using Emily S’s classic Kingdom Group recipe), then we had our neighbors over to decorate Christmas cookies with us on Monday. The boys both frosted just two or three before […]