A Day at the Beach

Family Camp - Memorial Day Weekend

Last Labor Day we ventured to MCSC's Family Camp and so enjoyed ourselves that we were back for Memorial Day!  The big hit this year - Ga-ga Ball!  

 J in action (you hit -with your hands - a volleyball-sized ball around trying to get others out - by hitting them on the knee or below) . . . he loves this game!

M on the tire swing . . .

L on the rope swing . . .

 and Baby Girl looking like such a big girl!

Around the campfire with friends.

Easter!

Day 359 - Day 1

Day 359, Sunday, December 26th

Wow!  I've survived - another crazy Christmas and almost the end of Project 365!  Today was a great day to stay home and play with some of our Christmas presents.  This is L's - all put together! 

Playing Mexican train dominoes with the family.

Day 360, Monday, December 27th

Time to put Christmas away.  We usually aren't this rushed to put it away, but because we had gotten our tree earlier, it was time to!  The decorations were just falling off!  It is nice to have my house back in order.

Day 361, Tuesday, December 28th

Some of the best presents are the boxes they come in!

Day 362, Wednesday, December 29th

I guess this is how boy's bond?

Day 363, Thursday, December 30th

We watched my sisters kids so they could go to this restaurant - we had fun with all the kiddos, but they ate better!  Wrestling . . .

and hanging with Toby!

Day 364, Friday, December 31st

Good-bye 2010!  I can't believe my days actually came out right?! 

Bringing in the New Year with some great friends!  The guys were there too, but they didn't with the game, so we got to be in the picture!

Happy New Year!  I have officially completed my Project 365!

I will not be participating again this year (Thanks for hosting Sara), but keep coming back for updates and pictures of our growing family!  Hope yours is a great year!

Day 352-358

Day 352, Sunday, December 19th

Baby Girl loves this stuffed santa from our small group white elephant exchange!  She walks up to it and just shoves him over! Ha! 

Day 353, Monday, December 20th

Hubby is home for the week on vacation and decided to go through some of his memorabilia . . he gave me his I.D. bracelet!  Did anyone else ever have one of these? 

Day 354, Tuesday, December 21st
When mom is at work . . . the boys play!

Day 355, Wednesday, December 22nd
I really wanted to finish out strong, but just had a difficult day and wasn't up for looking for something to take a picture of at the end of it all.

Day 356, Thursday, December 23rd
Another find from Daddy's "old stuff" - his YMCA soccer shirt. 

Day 357, Friday, December 24th
Christmas Eve.  Too many pictures taken . . . loved this one!

Day 358, Saturday, December 25th
Merry Christmas! 
Again, too many pictures taken, too many places to go, too much time in the van, too much materialism . . . so wanted to remind myself what it is really all about!  (This is from a tree we decorate at my parent's - the kiddos put the ornaments on, each one has a scripture verse and represents a name of Jesus).

Day 324 to 337 (Minus a few!)

I finally have my camera back!  I didn't know I would miss it so much.  I guess this Project 365 has made it become a part of me!  So I am making up for 2 weeks and filling in with some pictures taken after the actual day  - they are noted with an * - cause you know, I'm just like that.  Enjoy!

Day 324, Sunday, November 21st

I really can't believe I didn't take a picture!  My sister and her family arrived on Saturday, L made it home from his overnight camp (he had a blast and wasn't in the house 5 minutes before he asked to go back to my mom's to see his cousins!) and we had a Thanksgiving feast at small group.  Oh yeah, I didn't take a picture, because I have this video!  Sorry for the poor quality and baby squealing in the background!

Day 325, Monday, November 22nd

M lost his first tooth!  It had been loose for quite a while, apparently he is not much of a tooth wiggler.  He came home from Nana's with it in a plastic bag - he had gotten her to take it out for him!  Thanks Nana!  What a cutie!

Day 326, Tuesday, November 23rd
Again - no picture and I did have my camera!

Day 327, Wednesday, November 24th
Breakfast with my sister and then to United Art and Education!  What a wonderful time!

Day 328, Thursday, November 25th

Happy Thanksgiving!  Grandpa Gorbics showing us his antique coffee grinder.  

Day 329, Friday, November 26th*
An early Christmas present from Grandma Gorbics.  A beautiful Advent Calendar!  Thanks Debbie!  You are one talented woman and we have already enjoyed using this!

Day 330 & 331, Saturday & Sunday, November 27th & 28th*
Yes, it actually did take us 2 days to decorate our Christmas tree!  We discovered when we put it up on Saturday, that we needed more lights . . . and you can't hang any ornaments on before the lights are on . . . it was very hard for M to wait!  This is the earliest we have ever put up our Christmas tree - let's hope it survives until Christmas!

Day 332, Monday, November 29th*

I was very sad we didn't have the camera for this event - Turtle Racing at Cub Scouts!  L brought home a piece of wood with a pattern that he and Dad had to cut out.  He then got to personalize it - Super Turtle!  The whole in his head is where the string went through that was pulled to make him "walk".  He did have 2 eyeballs before the race!

Day 333, 334, 335, Tuesday - Thursday, November 30 - December 2nd

No pictures :(   Not starting the last month of Project 365 very well!

Day 336, Friday, December 3rd

I have my camera back!  Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Gorbics for dropping it by! 

Yeah - and this is all I took a picture of - J being silly!  I'm sure I'll use it to embarrass him sometime in the future!

Day 337, Saturday, December 4th

M's turn for the Advent Calendar.  One thing I like about this one is that Baby Jesus stays on the whole time - that means no one fighting over who gets to put him on this year and me not being able to recall whose turn it is!

Day 303-309

Day 303, Sunday, October 31st

We had a great day planned with some small group members.  We were going to have a chili dinner, take a hay-ride and carve pumpkins.  But, due to our yucky sickness, none of that happened!  So much for making plans. 

Day 304, Monday, November 1st

Another one down . . . J was home today with the cursed bug.  As you can see, we enjoyed him being here!

Day 305, Tuesday, November 2nd

Today we had a "muffin-tin" lunch - first seen here - and the kids loved it!  Not that you can tell by the expressions on their faces!

 

Day 306, Wednesday, November 3rd

One plus of Mom working - when she brings home ice-cream!

Day 307, Thursday, November 4th
We received our second load of wood for the season . . . hard at work getting it in before the rain/snow comes our way.

And a close-up of that little elf? in the background (Grandpa had created this hat for hunting and it's just to funny to part with).

Day 308, Friday, November 5th

Our first snow of the year!  Didn't really amount to much, but it counts!

It is harder to see the snow in this one, but do you recognize the view.  This post was just a couple of weeks ago!

Day 309, Saturday, November 6th

I would feel like I was leaving something major out if I didn't include a picture of the "silly" trend that has taken our house by storm!  These are M's new Star Wars "Silly Bands".