Happy Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

We were happy to help my mom and dad celebrate their 44th Anniversary today! The best gift we can give them is being all together with our whole family, and here we are!!!
The kiddos enjoyed riding the Aunt Katy and Uncle Nathan horsies today, too!

Nana and Bobu's Visit

We just enjoyed a great week with my mom and dad here visiting. I always realize after our visitors are gone that I didn't take enough pictures of them. At least I got a few before the stomach bug went through our house. Mike and I were supposed to go away for a night, but our plans were foiled when I came down with the stomach bug on Saturday night. Oh well, at least we were able to go to dinner and a movie on Sunday. We highly recommend "Slum Dog Millionaire" (as does the Academy)!

Sienna found a comfy spot to snooze

My dad likes to keep busy when he visits, so he helped me reupholster our dining room chairs.

Bobu (Baldbu) baked some delicious cookies with Isabella's help.

This shot is for Uncle Nathan!

We taught Nana and Bobu how to bowl on the Wii.

My mom and dad helped us celebrate Elijah's first birthday, too!

Last Day With Grandma and Papa

Unfortunately, Grandma and Papa have to head home tomorrow, but we had a great visit! We hope that they come again soon!

Although she lives in Erie, PA, Grandma loves the Patriots-much to Mike's chagrin! Here she is in her Tom Brady jersey!

Our crazy last name will live on for another generation...

Disney on Ice

Today we had a girls' afternoon at Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic. Isabella and Sienna got dressed up in matching dresses from Grandma.

The day wouldn't have been complete without a special treat. Isabella chose cotton candy that came with a crown, and Sienna chose a rainbow slushy in a special Mickey Mouse cup. Enjoying the show and the special snacks! In addition to all of the Disney princesses, we saw characters from Toy Story, The Incredibles, The Lion King, Pinocchio and many more. While we were at the show, Mike and his dad fixed our snowblower-or at least they think they did! We'll see the next time it snows!!

La Salette Shrine

Tonight we went to see the Festival of Lights at the LaSalette Shrine. We've gone the past couple of years, but this is the first time that we were there when the lights came on. I learned that there are over 400,000 lights, so it's an amazing sight!

The lights just came on!

Elijah was mesmerized!
Grandma and the kiddosBirds' eye view

It was a relatively warm night, so we were able to walk around and leisurely check out all of the lights. We also walked through the display of nativity scenes from around the world which were really neat.