This is Nettie on her first day of First grade. She was SO excited, she was up and dressed by 6AM. A small feat for her and one that has not been repeated. She is enjoying first grade so far. Getting to do new things, apparently she has the "real" gym teacher this year. I am not sure what that means, but hopefully we will find out at Back to School night. We celebrated with a girls trip to Glenwood Springs. It was a fun weekend, playing in the hot springs, shopping and going to the Fairy Caves. She is already wondering what we will do next year....
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Firsts
This is Nettie on her first day of First grade. She was SO excited, she was up and dressed by 6AM. A small feat for her and one that has not been repeated. She is enjoying first grade so far. Getting to do new things, apparently she has the "real" gym teacher this year. I am not sure what that means, but hopefully we will find out at Back to School night. We celebrated with a girls trip to Glenwood Springs. It was a fun weekend, playing in the hot springs, shopping and going to the Fairy Caves. She is already wondering what we will do next year....
10 years
August 11, 2001
August 11, 2011
It has been an amazing 10 years. We are blessed with a wonderful family and an amazing life. I am excited to see what the future holds.
It has been an amazing 10 years. We are blessed with a wonderful family and an amazing life. I am excited to see what the future holds.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Lots to update
Since it has been about 6 months since the last update (Really????) I thought I would get news out about what we have been up to. Obviously it has been busy, why else would I have not posted for SOOO long? (Maybe has something to do with me sucking at blogging). Here we go - update by person in order of age - youngest first
John turned 4 in February. It has been a wonderful transformation from 3 to 4. The temper tantrums have decreased considerably. He has turned into this most wonderful little boy. And he is truly a boy. Not so much the sporty type boy, but the playing with my Star Wars, turning everything into a battle between good and evil kind of boy. With the weather warming up, he is starting to enjoy riding his bike which is fun for the who family as Nettie is riding with him. As mentioned before John LOVES Star Wars. He plays with stuff at home and even better, when we go to Nonna's he plays with Uncle Paulie's old toys. Uncle Paulie could be his favorite for just this reason. He has recently moved into the new class at day care, and is starting to learn more. He can spell his name, knows his numbers and we are working on writing his name. He is also is swimming lessons for the summer, we are hoping he will venture away from the wall at some point.
Nettie graduated from kindergarten at our elementary school. It has been an amazing year for her, she is now reading on her own, writing and ready for first grade. The graduation was cute, and Mom didn't even cry!! She is excited for the summer, a break from homework, although she is joining a couple of reading programs. We took the training wheels off he bike last week, so she is working on balancing and riding. It is so fun to know that this summer we will be able to ride bikes to the park! Nettie is also in swimming lessons, she is still scared of the water as well, so both kids go every day, we are hoping they conquer the fears quickly so they can enjoy the pool with cousins this summer.
Tiffany is enjoying work at Archstone. It has been a wonderful change in jobs, and I enjoy my team and my co-workers. I am busy keeping up with the kids and trying to find new things to entertain them for the summer.
Ben is spending summer making the yard beautiful and enjoying time outside with the kids. He is also playing softball in a summer league with co-workers. So far, they have played one game and he hasn't hurt himself (yet). Work is going well, he is constantly taking on new projects and learning more about the business.
We had the annual family camping trip over memorial day weekend. I can honestly say I think this was the best year yet. 3 nights of everyone in their own sleeping bags is a success!
John turned 4 in February. It has been a wonderful transformation from 3 to 4. The temper tantrums have decreased considerably. He has turned into this most wonderful little boy. And he is truly a boy. Not so much the sporty type boy, but the playing with my Star Wars, turning everything into a battle between good and evil kind of boy. With the weather warming up, he is starting to enjoy riding his bike which is fun for the who family as Nettie is riding with him. As mentioned before John LOVES Star Wars. He plays with stuff at home and even better, when we go to Nonna's he plays with Uncle Paulie's old toys. Uncle Paulie could be his favorite for just this reason. He has recently moved into the new class at day care, and is starting to learn more. He can spell his name, knows his numbers and we are working on writing his name. He is also is swimming lessons for the summer, we are hoping he will venture away from the wall at some point.
Nettie graduated from kindergarten at our elementary school. It has been an amazing year for her, she is now reading on her own, writing and ready for first grade. The graduation was cute, and Mom didn't even cry!! She is excited for the summer, a break from homework, although she is joining a couple of reading programs. We took the training wheels off he bike last week, so she is working on balancing and riding. It is so fun to know that this summer we will be able to ride bikes to the park! Nettie is also in swimming lessons, she is still scared of the water as well, so both kids go every day, we are hoping they conquer the fears quickly so they can enjoy the pool with cousins this summer.
Tiffany is enjoying work at Archstone. It has been a wonderful change in jobs, and I enjoy my team and my co-workers. I am busy keeping up with the kids and trying to find new things to entertain them for the summer.
Ben is spending summer making the yard beautiful and enjoying time outside with the kids. He is also playing softball in a summer league with co-workers. So far, they have played one game and he hasn't hurt himself (yet). Work is going well, he is constantly taking on new projects and learning more about the business.
We had the annual family camping trip over memorial day weekend. I can honestly say I think this was the best year yet. 3 nights of everyone in their own sleeping bags is a success!
Saturday, December 4, 2010
It's that time of year
It is hard to believe that it is already December 4th. Christmas is 3 weeks away, and the house is getting ready! We kicked off the Holiday season with Thanksgiving with the Burke/Maring/Cribari families. Our entire house has been fighting sickness since October so we kept it relatively calm. Even with sickness we have been able to enjoy several fun events:
- Going to see Santa
- Decorating the tree
- The kids help Geema and Geepa decorate the tree
- Aunt Pam's 50th Birthday
- The lighting of the lights in Downtown Littleton
- Zoolights
We are looking forward to another weekend of fun with birthday celebrations, making Christmas cookies and snow football for Ben. Of course, since Denver hasn't really seen snow, it will be a dry event this year.
This was one of the only pictures John would willingly take!
Petting a snake at Zoolights - Daddy stayed in the hall
It was SO much warmer this year! Last year it was about 10 degrees, this year it was a balmy 40!
Going to see Santa with Poppie!
Cousin Lily having fun at zoolights
Monday, October 18, 2010
Guess who is 6!
Antonette Eileen turned 6 last week, and the weekend was FULL of celebration! Nettie wanted to have a skate city birthday party. It was more fun than I thought it would be, the idea of getting on roller skates was rather daunting to me, I have never been very coordinated (as most who know me know). There was lots of family time, and of course lots of cake and fun. Here are a few pics from the weekend!
Practicing out back with her new skates
Twinkle Toes - She is SO excited
Nettie and her Barbie cake
At her party
Skating with Daddy
Practicing out back with her new skates
Twinkle Toes - She is SO excited
Nettie and her Barbie cake
At her party
Skating with Daddy
Monday, September 6, 2010
End of Summer
It has been a great summer. The kids are loving playing outside, driving in the Barbie Jeep, swimming whenever possible, and the sun being up until 9:00 at night. Of course, with new schedules all that is starting to change. Nettie started at our local school a couple weeks ago. She is enjoying her kindergarten at her school, although it took some convincing that "Yes, you want to go to kindergarten again".
John has moved to the next classroom in the day care center, so he is now doing preschool all day, which is good for him. He is our artist and enjoys drawing, cutting, playing with play dough. All fun stuff when you are 3 years old.
Ben is doing well, ready for the summer to end so that he can stop mowing the lawn for a few months. While he enjoys the yard looking as wonderful as it does, it is a chore to cut the grass.
After being laid off in May, although I still had a job until October, I recently accepted a position with a new company. So after 9 years with Western Union, I am moving on. I am very excited for the new prospect and will be starting tomorrow morning.
Here are some recent pictures:
Nettie enjoying her new American Girl Dolls
Getting a pedicure with Mommie and Nonna
First Day of School
Daddy and John hanging out (check out the shoes, they are about 3 sizes too big)
Saturday, September 4, 2010
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