Goodbye 2014!

I saw a bloggers quiz online so I thought I would do it to remember all the fun things that we did in 2014!

 What are some new things you did in 2014 that you've never tried before?

I played in a woman's  volleyball team.  I played in high school but not since.  I had a great time playing!

I joined the garden club with two friends. Here we are at the garden club spring luncheon!

Did anyone close to you give birth?

This year we had a baby boom!  Graig and I have a new neice Gretchen she was born in April.  She's a cutie!

Three of my friends had babies! 

Rachael had Lucas 

Faith had Jackson

Sara had Noelle

Here are the three babies at all together.

What dates from 2014 will be etched in your memory?

Thankfully 2014 was a good year and out family didn't have any major milestones or tradegies. I will remember spending a lot of time watching Brock and Ava's games.  I'm going to miss them when they stop playing.

What is the song that will remind you of 2014?

Let it Go from Frozen of course!  Ava played that song over and over for months!

Where did you go this year?

I love traveling and hope to do more of it in 2015!

In January Ava and I went to Disney and in August our family went to Cape Cod.

What do you wish you had done more/less of?

Relaxed more, worried less

What was your favorite tv show from 2014?

I love, love, love House of Cards, Orange is the New Black and American Horror Story.  And Fraig and I like watching Criminal Minds.

What was your favorite book from 2014?

The Immortial Life of Heniretta Lacks.  It's a true story about Heniretta a poor black woman who died of cancer in the 1950's.  The book tells the story of her cells that have been used in numerous scientific studies.  I thought it was fascinating and I couldn't put it down.  

What did you do on your birthday and how old were you?

I had a bowling party with two of my friends that also had January birthdays.  It was fun!  I turned 38.

I am looking forward to 2015!  So many good things to look forward to including Ava turning 13 and Brock graduating high school and starting college.  

Hello 2015

Sadly I've neglected my blog for about 7 months...yikes!  One of my resolutions in 2015 is to update more.  

Yesterday Brock and I spent the day shopping with my friend Sabrina and her son Ethan.  It was a great way to start the new year!

Brock got some sweatpants to lounge around in at home.  His Papa Bob loves his sweatpants so I took this pic and set it it him.

New Years Eve night Graig and I had dinner with some friends.  My friend Michelle invited us over it was low key and relaxing.  We had a great time!!

After dinner we went to visit some of our friends who got rooms with their kids at a hotel in town.  It was SO fun but not def. not low key or relaxing like the first party we went to.

To catch you up here are some things we've been up to

December-Brock got accepted to his #1 college choice...SUNY Brockport!  

November-Brock and Ava started their basketball season

Senior basketball boys

October-Halloween fun

September-back to school

August-family vaca to Cape Cod

July-2 fun concerts-Bruno Mars with Ava and Lynard Skynyrd with friends

June-baseball, baseball,baseball and Brock's junior prom

May-Ava and I went to see President Obama in Cooperstown! 

April-our Nephew Gabe visited from Colorado

March-Ava turned 12 and won a basketball tourney the sane day!

February-Brock finished up his junior hear of badketball.

January-Ava and I went to Disney with my sister and her family for a week of fun!

We have some fun things planned for this month and are looking forward to 2015!  Happy New Year!!

Eliza's recital

Friday night Ava and I went and watched Eliza's recital.  She did a great job!  It was fun to watch her dance.
Here is a sweet picture of Ava and little Eliza after her recital.   She performed in a jazz number and did a great job.

My friend Stephanie also went so here we all are with Eliza.

I didn't take many pictures this weekend Graig and I were busy working on our house.  He is painting outside and I planted flowers and have been de-cluttering.  It's amazing how much stuff we have accumulated.   My goal this summer is to get rid of all of it-here's hoping I can do it!
Happy Monday!

Weekend fun!

This weekend we had a nice balance between work and fun which is always nice.  Graig and I got a ton of stuff done around the house and we also got to celebrate this weekend with friends which is always great.

Yesterday our friends Dave and Amy hosted a party at their property by a lake.  It was a beautiful day and a great day to be outside.  The party started in the afternoon and went til late.  

Here is the beautiful lake it was so nice being on the water.  

Me friend Heidi and I went in a  canoe with her daughter Mickaela.  Thankfully we didn't tip over.  I'm sitting on my life jacket :-). 

Ava and her BFF Avery.  They tried taking this picture about 50 times before it came out. 

I love these ladies so much I'm thankful for each and every one of them.  I love little Lachlan too he is so sweet.  Sara got him ready for bed right before we took this picture.  

Me and the hostess with the mostest Amy.  

Pilar and Eliza love little Lach they are little mommies to him.  

Me and Heidi we were posing like our daughters always do with their hands on their hips. 

Today Brock had a flying lesson and he flew to Binghamton which is about an hour from our house. This is the first picture I have of him in the cockpit.  

I told him to text me a picture so I could see what he sees when he's up in the air.  This is the picture he took.

Hope you had a great weekend!

Catch Up!

I am the world's worst blogger!  It's been two whole months since I've updated and lots has happened so I will catch you up with this post.  These are in reverse order starting with our most recent pics and going back to March-yikes!  I need to do a better job staying on top of this blog!

Anywhoo yesterday was very exciting because the President came for a visit!  He spoke at the baseball hall of fame about tourism in upstate NY.   I took off work and Ava and I went to Cooperstown hoping to see President Obama.  The Hall of Fame event was an invitation only event so we stood on the street hoping to get a glimpse of him.  We were thrilled when we saw his motorcade!  It was a fun day and I am so glad that we went.  It was a once in a lifetime event and I am glad that were were there.

Wednesday night Ava and I took Noah and Lachlan out for dinner.  We have so much fun with these cutie pies.  

Since it's the end of the year we have had a lot of senior events for our graduating students.  Here is a picture of me and my friend Danielle at one of our events.  

I went with my friends the Heidi's (I call them because they are both named Heidi) to a fundraising event for the College that they work at.

I also attended the annual garden club luncehon with my friends Rachael and Michelle.  

Earlier this month I visited my sister and her family and my Dad and Vicki for a few days.  It was great catching up with them.  Ainsley is getting SO big it was great to see her again.

 Before I left I had a girl's night out with some friends.

In May I also said goodbye to my two spring semester interns.  I will miss Megan and Lauren so much. Megan is off to law school in the fall and Megan is going to graduate school for higher education.

Graig's brother Garth and his family visited us in April.  It was great to see them and our sweet nephew Gabe.  He is precious.  Here are Brock and Ava with Grandma Jan and Gabe.

Brock's high school baseball season ended yesterday.  We have spent our days this spring at his baseball games.  Here he is tagging out someone at first base.  He is playing on two baseball teams this summer so there is a lot more games in our future.

That's it for us!  Sorry this post formatted weird.    My goal for the summer is to update more often.  This weekend we have a couple of Memorial Day parties to attend and Brock is in a basketball tournament in Albany.  It will be a fun weekend for us!  Happy Friday.