"Life Moves Pretty Fast. If you don't stop and look around once and a while, you could miss it."

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Spring 2013

Spring 2013 was the first season we were able to experience the beautiful blooms on the trees in our yard.

We planted many tulips around the house in the landscaping and they came out beautifully.

Aunt Sarah came to visit in April!

Molly is our little fish and we had here in swimming lessons at a local gym in early spring. She loves her goggles and a lot silly when she wants to be. :)

Our flower girl in the cart at Costco

Owen's 2nd grade class on a field trip to a working farm! Owen was overjoyed to see the tractors!

On memorial day, we spent the afternoon with Allison's family watching the Maytown parade! For a small village outside of Lancaster, they have a great showing of local fire departments, schools, veterans and civic groups. It's a lot of fun and the kids love it.

Molly getting ready to catch some candy!

Allison's Aunt, Mom and Grandma.

Fun with cousin's Maddi and Kenly

Owen and Isaac waiting to watch the fire trucks!

Molly was in tap dance class with a local studio and absolutely loved it! Here is the group practicing and at their end of session performance.

Picking raspberries with Grandpa

Cleaning up the pool with Grandma!

It was hot, so Molly decided to just take a seat in the cool water.. :)

VBS class at our Church.

Owen swam with the Skyline team this spring. We spent many evenings at local pools cheering him on.

Picture of us at my Grandparents home just before it was sold. I have so many memories at this house as our family was growing up.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

2013 Spring Birthdays and Easter

We had an unusual warm spell in January, so Owen took advantage to fly one of his kites at our local park.

The weekend before Owen's birthday, he and I met up at Bear Mountain with Mark and Jacob Rossney to do some skiing.....We had a great time!

For the kid's birthdays in February we enjoyed sometime with friends and family at the house for a small party.

Molly, Viv and Kiera looking at Molly's mug!

Some serious concentration opening presents!

Love with cousin Maddi

Cinderella cake for the princess!

Ready to blow out candles. Not really sure what Owen is doing.... :)

Molly's birthday cupcakes for her day-care class.

Here's a video of one of Owen's creations from his Kinex kit he received as a gift for his birthday. He loved putting this together and watching it run.

Painting Easter Eggs with the cousin's at Great Grandma's before Easter.

Easter morning 2013. Their smiles make me laugh...

It's crazy how fast they are growing up!

After the Easter hunt and Grandma and Grandpas.... examining treasures with Great Grandma Ney.

In March, we made a weekend trip to Grandma and Grandpa Horvath's. Molly taking a walk with Mommy and Grandma.

Making home-made pretzels with Grandma was a huge hit!

At the end of March, Allison and the kids went to Baltimore to meet up with Aunt Mary and the cousins when they were in town while Seth was at a conference. They went to the aquarium and had a great time!

Monday, December 31, 2012

December 2012

Owen had his first Christmas concert with his class at Locust Grove in December. He was proud to sing all the songs with his classmates for all the parents. We loved watching too!

We had a holiday gathering of long time friends at our house... plenty of kids to go around! It was a great evening of yummy food and laughter.

Christmas Eve we had a light snow.... it was beautiful and perfect.

Christmas tree 2012!

Christmas morning... love these kids.

After our celebration at our house, we made our annual trek over to Grandma and Grandpa Stapler's for the rest of the day to spend with all the family! It's always a little crazy and loud, but lots of fun.

Owen and Alex...

The weekend following Christmas we went to Grandma and Grandpa Horvath's, also to visit with Seth and Mary and the girls visiting from Ohio! There's always snow on the hill, and the kids had a blast playing outside...