Virginia Beach Trip

So.... Cullen drew a picture for Madison.


Madison drew Cullen a picture. He loved it.






We celebrated Cullens 3rd Birthday while we were there. Cullen had a busy day at the doctors office so we had birthday cake and opened presents, and then Cullen was very tired. He had a babysitter and we went to dinner without him.




Chesapeake bay bridge. A bridge 17 miles long that connects Virginia to Delaware and Maryland.



Bike riding along the ocean.







A visit to the Botanical gardens



Cullen loved just playing in the water.



A ship at the Norfolk navy base.









After a 16 hour drive on Friday (we got stuck in Washington DC traffic), we enjoyed a fun day at the beach on Saturday. Cullen absolutely LOVED it!!

Cross country skiing- Fun!!

Norm and I went to Garland Resort this weekend and had a GREAT time. We did the gourmet glide, which is cross country skiing with 5 stops along the way. All the stops had wonderful food and drinks. We started with a big breakfast in the clubhouse, then we skied awhile and then stopped for appetizers and drinks. We had chocolate fondue, cheese and crackers, beer and wine, hot chocolate, etc... We had five stops total and the last one was a full pasta dinner and desert. It was wonderful!!! We skied 7.5 kilometers. I didn't know if I would enjoy cross country skiing. I found out that I did!! Norm did also.






This was one of our stops along the trail. There was a bonfire, ice fishing, and ice "golf". We also had food of course.

Matt turns 21 !!!

Matt spent the eve of his birthday with friends and his cousin Jason. They went to Buffalo Wild Wings and Matt had his first "legal" drink(s) at midnight.The picture below is just a few of the friends he celebrated with.


When Matt got home from celebrating his birthday, he was a little "under the weather". By the evening he was feeling better and we took him out to dinner. Afterward the Oglesbys joined us and we had cake, and the traditional birthday celebration.










The day ended with a snow fight outdoors.

Christmas 2009

Christmas day was fun filled. Mom and Wayne were here this year so it was nice to be able to spend the day with them. We opened presents in the morning and then we went to the oglesbys for a wonderful day spent with family. I wish the Shomos, Wooleys and Scotts could have joined us.
A special thanks to Karen for having us all over on Christmas and for making the day so enjoyable.




















Merry Christmas everyone. I hope everyone had a wonderful time like we did. Here are some pictures from Christmas eve. We all went to Kelly and Matt's church (matt played joseph in the church play), then we came back to our house for dinner.