Friday, October 18, 2013

It's Been A While...

I noticed a sweet, yet not so subtle, post on my Facebook page the other day from an audacious sister-in-law who told me that I should start blogging again. At first I was totally offended. But then I got to thinking about all the cool stuff that we have been doing and how everyone I know would love to hear about it! It was genius really...yes, I am a genius.

Well, over a year has flown by and everything has changed. We live in New York, the kids attend school, Spencer is in the Baker Program earning a masters in real estate at Cornell, and even the leaves on the trees are all different colors. It's getting cold outside, (and in), and everyone around us speaks English!

So, without further ado...the picture posting shall BEGIN!! (Hopefully I can keep it up right??)

Lexi wants a horse. This is downtown by the library and she loves it. 
I thought it was kinda freaky..

 This is driving. I could explain where it is, but let's just say it's beauuuutiful!
(On the very right side you can see a little water through the trees,
that is Cayuga lake of the finger lakes. )
 It is all such beautiful rolling hills, covered in forest.

The kids have quite taken to doing chores! 
We have a sticker chart and when its full the earn a dollar.

Stocking up on poofy, warm stuff for the cold!

There are sooo many parks around. This ones name is Stewart Park. 
It is down at the bottom of Cayuga Lake I mentioned in the driving picture.
Its in the background, here, let me walk over to it.....
 And here is Cayuga Lake. The driving picture was taken from the highway you can just
make out coming down the hill above the white buildings in
the background. (hmmm..can u see it?)

So peaceful here...like we're the only people in the world...
(Blaser family movie line..he he..)

It's been fun having a backyard!! We do miss the 3 pools, playground, soccer field,
and amenities, but there is just something SOOOOOooo fun
about walking out the door into your own backyard. 
This was in August when it was still warm....

First day of school outfits!!

Just being silly...

And the actual end of the first day at school. They are really loving it!

Lexi talks about Panama all the time. When she is sad she will sometimes ask for Doris.
So we took this picture and posted it on Doris's Facebook page.
She was very excited to send her a "hug."

Having fun and hanging out with some new friends.
We met them in the ward and became instant pals.

The weather is changing and the cold is setting in! 
But we still love the backyard, even when it's raining!

Preston takes his job as a big brother very seriously. Enough said..

The backyard and target practice. 

The girls got their ears pierced!
Lexi was super excited...

And 20 minutes of crying later, she is enjoying her lolly pop.

Sydney did great!

Yay!

Well, that was fun. I should post again soon, eh? Maybe I will.....

BUAHAHAHAHAHAhAhahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa!!!!




Saturday, May 19, 2012

More from the past...

Still working on the catch up. I really hope in another year from now I wont have to do this again. Hopefully I will keep up a bit better from now on. At least monthly right? =)

No comment needed here..His look says it all!

We found a rad, but ghetto, water park here. Totally fun.
 And then the result of the water park. He was the only
one who got burnt. They all had the same sunscreen...

 Santa brought bikes for Christmas! They both learned how to 
ride without training wheels the first try. It's been really fun.
Thanks Santa!
 Preston learned how to stop the fast way...
 Zoooooom!

Dad found something really fun for Christmas too. 
A sweet train set!

 We are all about crafts to keep us busy and entertained.
This was a fun marble tube thingy we made for 
marbles to roll through.

Sweet....
 Cute girl riding hard at the Clayton Park.

Another one of our awesome crafts. This served as our
table center piece for a long time.

 Chillin with dad wearing moms sunglasses.

Fun masks we found.

And then they sleep...

Almost there...this is hard catching up! =)

A glimpse of the past..

If I say, "It's been a while," that would be an understatement. It has been a looooong time since I posted. So here is a wrap up of the the last year...or so...


Touching starfish at the Aquarium.

We have caught moths this size about 4 times now, in our house.

Arggg..The Pirate Family for Halloween.
Arg, the pirate loot!

I'm so cool...

Lexi has been very easy to watch on the beach.
She doesn't like the sand, it's "yuck", so she
sits on the cooler the whole time! =)

We have a tradition of making ornaments for Christmas.
Usually we make the salt dough kind that you bake and it gets
really hard. Well, the humidity makes the dough swell and get really
heavy and soft. So we came up with bead ornaments. 
They were sparkly and beautiful with the lights!

We made Ginger bread houses out of cardboard-
it attracts less ants that way. And made our own fireplace for Santa.
Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!

We got a bathtub!
(Sorry I cant figure out how to rotate this-but it's so stinking cute.)

Lexi got this vanity and accessories from Santa.

More to come-really...this time I mean it...I'll load some right now even. Do you believe me now? =)

The Classic song...

Even though you have heard this song before-
you may be missing Preston's squeaky, high voice
and Sydney's sweet sound, here is a video to satisfy your craving...








UPDATE: I started this post a while a ago as you can tell by how much younger the kids are. I don't remember what the song was they were singing, so I am posting it to find out. I cant get it to play for me in the editing stage. I know it will be something good though =)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

They are just nino's getting out thier wiggles...

Ok, here we go again!
I have to play catch-up mode now ya know.
I can't start with pictures of now till I get the older one's out of the way.
It's got to be in order or I would go crazy. Sigh..... =)

Love the outfits?
They dress themselves....
A really cool fort.
Told you it was rad!

Time to get out some energy and WRESTLE!
Like our mat? They lay out all the couch cushions into a square.
It's really nice...

Oh ya! Big Muscles- Just call him
NACHOOOOOOOOOoooooooooo!

Lucha Libre at it's best!
They are just nino's trying to get out their wiggles...