The highlight of our month was flying to Nebraska to spend time with Josh's family. With the help of his Mom and Sister, we were able to make our visit a surprise for his Dad, in honor of his 70th birthday. It also worked out that we could be there for Thanksgiving too. Being back in Nebraska was great, we were able to visit a few friends and some of our old stomping grounds, including our old house. Of course, vacation time goes so quickly, and there just wasn't enough time to squeeze in all that we had wanted to do, but that just means we need to plan another visit in the near future! Most importantly, we had wonderful family time- Grandparents and Grandchildren, siblings, and cousins- some of God's greatest blessings. And, Josh's mom spoiled us rotten with her cooking, a king sized bed and a huge jet tub...if their home was on Expedia, I would rate our experience a 6 out of 5 stars!
a. Papi, Grandma & Grandkids at Henry Doorly Zoo
b. surprising Papi
c. the awesome cake Josh's sister made for the birthday party
d. William and the gorilla that he shares a birthday with
e. a rare family photo
f. back in Philly around midnight, William wearing his "monk attire" (Josh's sweatshirt) because we had a major spill on the flight
Josh won free tickets to a local Hockey game. He took Henry and Sean, and Henry caught a hockey puck, and someone gave one to Sean. The boys came home and told me their new favorite sport was hockey, and they wanted to learn to play...
Thats a....H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICK NO WAY!!
School days for the little guy
1st haircuts- to remove Sam's mullet, and Ben's comb over
JANUARY:
Basketball season. This year Henry & Sean are on the same team, and Josh is their coach. I love seeing my boys out there together. Unfortunately, getting some good photos this season is going to be nearly impossible because as EVERY person would so kindly point out: I have my hands full:)
Sean made me a lego rosary
I live with monkeys
Henry woke up on Ash Wednesday at 6:30am and came downstairs dressed in church clothes for mass- he was extremely excited to get ashes! He couldn't believe it when I told him that, yes, the babies would also receive ashes. We went to the mid day mass on base, and the distribution of ashes was at the very end, which was very difficult for Henry- I had to remind him to quit jumping up and down throughout mass! Anyway, aside from William violently refusing ashes once he stepped in front of the 6'5" priest coming at him with a black thumb, all went well.
After getting home and settled, we sat at the table to finish some school. Sean looked at me and said, "Mom, you got a big ash"
Nice! Out of the mouths of babes!
ReplyDeleteLove all these photos, especially of the babies getting their hair cut and of Papi embracing the boys at the door...tears.
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Loving these updates!! What a wonderful surprise for Josh's dad. I can't get over the pictures of the twins crawling and climbing on everything. They are so adorable, but it makes me exhausted just thinking about chasing two little ones like that around. You should "kindly" invite all those helpful people who say you have your hands full to observe their happy little smiles. You are AMAZING!!!!
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