Christmas Highlights 2012

 Here are some of the highlights of Christmas 2012..

Outside the National Gaylord Hotel

 Inside the Gaylord Hotel

ICE! at the Gaylord was ok.. Really long wait and they didn't allow strollers, add to the fact it was really late we were all ready to go.

Quick take a picture, I can move..

Dressing the tree

Broken ornaments... 

Christmas Morning

Sam's Racetrack 

"Cheese"

Hot Stuff

Dylan loves the tunnel

So does Phil! 

Both boys having fun,

2013 - New Year Goals

Happy (Belated) New Year!  Can you believe it's 2013? 

The purpose of this blog is to chronicle my journey of my family and I plan to do much more of that this year..  It's simply what I'm doing.  The good, the bad and the oh so messy.  You're welcome follow along.  I hope you find inspiration here.  

I love New Year's Day because it give me the chance to start over.  A clean slate.  So with that in mind here are my renewed goals for the year:

• Deepen my faith and strengthen my relationship with God.  (Action Plan:Start by Reading Victory of Surrender) 
• Strengthen my relationships with my family. ( At least one Date Night each month and one fun family outing/ road trip)
• Develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle. ( Keep make a list of foods I should be eating and make it visible, food journal on fridge, go to gym twice a week ) 
• Get and keep my home clean and organized. ( Follow Flylady and print out cleaning schedules leave them visible) 
• Stretch my weekly budget using coupons.  (Spend one hour on Saturdays clipping and organizing)
• Develop a plan and prepare for emergencies.  ( Talk to Phil about Fire Escape plan for upstairs) 
• Post an update at least once a week. ( Make a summary of events and keep my camera card clears to Main computer) 
• Take the following classes : Photography, Grant Writing, Sewing, 

Snow Tubing Sam & Phil

 

Calvert Hip Mamas 4th Birthday!!

We had a little celebration for the Calvert Hip Mamas' 4th Birthday!!

I failed to announce that we were going to celebrate, we'll just call it a surprise party!!! It was on Breezy Point Beach, our new favorite hang out!!

One of my three favorite boys!!

Blanket Babies 2012!!

One of my other three boys, while the other one is in Japan.. This is what we did!!

Huntingtown Fire Department June 13, 2012

I took the boys to one of our Hip Mama group meet ups and they had a blast!!!

This is only half of the people that came to this event!! We were able to see the trucks the watch the firemen wear their gear and hang out and run around!!

Dylan rolling over @ 4 months..

These boys are so awesome I love them more everyday.. March 7, 2012 Dylan started rolling from back to tummy all by himself.

The many expressions of Dylan

Other things Dylan has been doing is playing in exersaucer and blowing raspberries.. 

Sam loves his little brother.. I'm sure he'll be happy once he and Dylan can play together..

Sam is planning his future of tormenting mommy!!


This is the greatest thing to see them starting to play and laugh together. I LOVE it!!

 Sam loves the Zumba 2 Fitness on Wii, every day he will bring me the green belt and ask to dance. Today I decided he should dance too.. He loves it..

And then he crashes.. He will sleep anywhere..

Brownie's Beach Play date 05-22-2012

 Sam and Emmy - holding hands.. They love to hang out together, he wakes up and asks to hang out with Emmy and John.

 Sam loves the beach, he says he likes the sand and water.. This was a great morning.. We even spoke with the Chesapeake Beach Town Administrator, Jim Parent. He only told me his job three times. He told us the story of the "glass" beads and the theories of why they are there, 1) 100 years ago the Chesapeake Beach had a pier with boardwalk games, at the end of the evening the owners would throw the left over beads in the water, 2) Early 1800s treasure ships sunken ship treasure. 3. Piscataway Indians use to bury their dead with Wampum beads that have been washed off the cliffs and into the bay.. Beware of washed up bones... It happens.. 

 We had the entire beach to ourselves and the kids chose to play in the run off area.. I'm sure it was okay this time of year. However, this pool looked like it could easily be a cess pool, for some "unnameable"  funk and disease..  They were having a great time though.

 Dylan has his little crunchy bunch.. Eli and Dylan chilled out in the shade. Eli is 1.5 months older than Dylan, look at the size difference.