Grant's First Football Season

Grant played Pop Warner--Tiny Mites/Celebration Storm tackle football this year with Daddy as his coach. Grant played defensive line and had a great season. We weren't sure how he would do with football because Grant can be a bit "dramatic" when he is hurt and we were worried how he would do with being tackled on a daily basis. Grant insisted on playing this year and while he did have a few "dramatic" episodes we quickly found out that he wasn't the only one...5-7 year olds really don't have a clue what they are in for with tackle football. Coach Jeff, also didn't anticipate what a challenge it would be to have 5-7 year olds understand football and to have them actually execute plays and pay attention!

With that being said , the Tiny Mites had a really good season(for Celebration) with 1 win 2 ties and 5 losses. They were the first celebration Tiny Mite team to ever win a game(this is only our second season in Celebration)

I think Grant actually had a good time playing football but has stated he thinks he'll "take a year off" and then play again! Until next year!!!

Punxy Summer

We had 2 trips this summer to visit the Pifer farm in Punxsutawney, PA. It was relaxing and so fun to be able to "play" at the farm. Joe and Rhonda are great hosts and we love staying at the farmhouse and visiting everyone in Punxy. This year one of our trips to the farm was for a very special occasion...Jeff's second cousin Sarah was getting married. She had a beautiful wedding in the family church and all of the relatives were there. Congrats Sarah and Ryan!

We even got to see Pittsburgh for a few days since we flew in and out of there for Sarah's wedding. The boys loved seeing the city and exploring the children's Museum there and also going to a Pirates baseball game.(they actually won the game we were at!!)

The farm was as charming as ever and we all enjoyed the sights and sounds of the farm. The animals are all so cute and gentil, the blueberries were bigger than ever, the coke oven hike was exilerating and Rhonda's home cooking was outstanding as always. We miss it already....

July 4th Disney Cruise

We decided this year to do annother Disney Cruise with our family since we had such a good time the last cruise we all took with Disney together. It proved to be a bit of a challence with a 7 month old sleeping in a cruise boat cabin but somehow we all survived and had a fun trip in spite of it. Everybody chipped in and helped with Rhett and the boys to make it a little easier on our family!

The scenery was georgous and we really loved being together again on vacation. Can't wait for next summer family trip :)

Pig in the Woods 2009

Another year of Red Run mountain and Pig in the Woods is behind us. The usual crowd gathered for our annual event and as usual we had a BLAST!! We did have special visitors this year Keith and Beth, who were part of our original crowd and Chrissy who volunteered to babysit Rhett in place of Susan this year. It was great to have them with us again.

The weather was just as good as it was for Piggies this year--wet, wet, wet! Of course that did not stop us from having fun--even Rhett made the trip this year and was a real trooper while Mommy lived it up a little! (thanks to cousin Chrissy for babysitting)

This years trophy winners were: Chris Licopoli- Skeet & Meat Champion and Jackie Smith for All Around Best Camper &Party Champion. We can't wait to see what(and who) next year brings :)

Until we meet again gang!

Piggies in the Woods 2009

Piggies in the Woods took place again this summer and we had more attendance than ever! It was a great time but the weather wasn't so cooperative this year. It was cold, wet and rainy the ENTIRE weekend but as you can see we all still had fun especially the kids.

Thanks to the Stone's, the Licolopi's, the Smiths, the Morris's and the Guinan's for making the trip and putting up with all of the MUD! See you again next year--keep your fingers crossed for better weather in 2010!!

15 Year Anniversary

Jeff and I celebrated our 15 year Anniversary on July 16 this year-- fittingly in Pennsylvania. I surprised Jeff with a small get together with family and friends in Jeff's Mom's backyard. I also surprised him with the accoustic guitar player that we had play the night of our rehersal party for our wedding. It was very sentimental to us both to have Duane Slaymaker there and many of the family and friends that were at our rehersal and wedding 15 years ago!

Here's to many more honey!!

Brothers helping out!

Owen and Grant were so excited for Rhett to "finally eat" food and they have asked to help feed him. They both actually do a really great job and Rhett enjoys being entertained by his older brothers while he is eating. It makes my heart sing to see them lovingeach other so much!