Cruise Night

As many of you know, we have a Ford 1966 Galaxie that Jason's father or Poppi as he is now known as, passed onto Jay when he turned 21 years old. It has been a work in progress, but slowly and surely, it still runs and we get to enjoy it once the warm weather arrives. This year is extra special because we managed to fit two car seats in the back and take both Caden and Addie for a cruise night. We went to dinner and then ventured over to a local antique car show and had some ice cream. As you can see, Caden and Addie were thrilled to be riding with the top down. Addie held her mouth open the whole time catching the air. Caden yelled "This is ridiculous!" and "Go faster, daddy!" as we drove along. We hope to enjoy many more moments like this in the Galaxie as the kids grow. Maybe we can even drive them to prom or their weddings in it someday.

Happy Birthday Addie!!!

Adelaide turned one on May 15th. We cannot believe it has been a year since her birth. I found myself thinking back to the joy I was feeling the day she was born a lot on her birthday. What an amazing blessing from God to have not one, but two healthy and happy children. They bring happiness into our lives like we have never known. So all that pain delivering them without any drugs was worth it!

We had a celebration with some of our family and friends on her birthday. Jay and I continued with our tradition of baking and decorating a birthday cake...a butterfly for our little princess this time. I hope we don't run out of ideas by the time they are both 16! As you can see above, the cake was a hit with Addie. We even had to give her a bath when she was all done. Thank you to everyone who celebrated with us. We had a great time and look forward to sharing many more birthdays with everyone.

Alexa's First Communion

In early May we celebrated my niece's First Holy Communion. It was a beautiful day for such a celebration. We have been lucky to spend more time than usual with our families lately, between this event and Addie's birthday. Life gets so busy sometimes, that we lose touch of what is really important in life and family certainly is important to us.

After the church service, we had a BBQ back at Ger's house. As you can see from above, Addie dove into the veggie stick bowl and Grandpa Hubert didn't stop her :-) Caden loved jumping on the trampoline, which he was previously scared to do (those pics didn't come out so good or there would be one here!). And Jay enjoyed a basketball game with Ger and his friends...which tired him out and made him realize that he is getting old :-) but we still love him anyway!

The most touching moment of the day is when I picked up the bulletin at church for the First Communion. Each of the children were asked to write a prayer and Alexa's prayer was: "For my cousin's dog, Xena, who passed away from cancer." Well of course, that made Aunt Ree cry! I can't believe how grown up Zac and Alexa are now...it seems like Michelle was pregnant just yesterday. No matter how much they grow or how long the time is between our visits, I hope that they both know, along with Ger and Michelle, that we love them very much and are blessed to have them in our lives. Thanks for having us their to share in this special day. May God bless you always.

Family Fun

Just wanted to share some pics from the past month or two. Caden, Jay and Grampy Mark went to a fishing derby in New Canaan in early April. It was a bit chilly that day, but Caden couldn't wait. One of his favorite things to do with Grampy Mark is to go fishing. He even caught a fish last weekend! We will be going on vacation soon to the Poconos where we are renting a house near a lake and I am sure there will be many hours of fishing while we are there!

Caden has also been learning to ride a two wheel bike...we still have the training wheels on but we are getting there. He also loves his new rollerskates. Can you tell he falls alot from all the padding strapped to his body? We will have to give that padding to Addie soon as she attempts to walk on her own - watch out world!