When you have some extra lemonade....

Lemonade, Lemonade look at all the cash we made. Anne and her friend had a lemonade stand today. In 3 hours they made $18.....not bad for throwing it together in like 10 minutes. Here is a picture of the sign they made...

A couple of my favorite things

To start off Anne was invited as the first Kindergartener to read to JD's class. She was so excited!!! She read "I will teach my Dog 100 words". She didn't want JD to know so we secretly dropped him off at school and went in the front door and down to his class. He loved it!!! Great thing for siblings to share, hope it keeps up through the years.

Anne reading to the class!



A couple of other things, our new camper, it is soo soo nice. I love having a "second" home!!! The kids ride bikes, swim, catch frogs, fish (well go to the fishing pond), take the dog for a walk, make crafts, make smores, get dirty, etc! It is such great family/friend time! The kids learned to play ladder golf and we got to hang with Auntie Debi, Uncle Paul, Uncle Jody, Auntie Debbie and of course Emilee! Emilee even smiled in a picture for me so I could buy her a prize....I added a picture of Cayman, our boxer cuz his eyes were so freaky looking!

Other news, JD and Anne both earned their red stripes in TaeKwonDo...Anne is working for her yellow cameo belt and JD is working for orange Cameo...Yeah!!!! So that is it, we are looking forward to many more camping trips in our camper and enjoying summer if it ever hits Boston officially!!!

Oh yeah, Go Celtics!!!

Anne waiting to hear if she received the Red stripe for her belt!



Cousins!! Anne and Emilee!








Cayman's camping eyes!



Uncle Jody and JD playing ladder golf



Cousins at the Camping pool!



Me at the campsite after kids went to bed!



JD sleeping at the table, watching Transformers!

A Major leaguer....

Here are some photos from JD's Tball game...he loves it. I can't get the video to attach...but man did they work him. He was in the position of shortstop and pretty much got every ball coming his way!!! He ran hard, hit hard and well just did very well. Enjoy!

Family Trip to NH

This time we brought the kids! We rented my Uncle Stephen's friends cabin in NH. It was right on a river and the kids loved looking out the window, while playing DSi's, looking for wildlife! It was fun to have cousin Emilee with us for a couple of days too. The kids love having her around! We got to bring our dog Cayman the laid back Boxer...ha ha. I should have taken pics of him sleeping on all the furniture....

Anne was going to try skiing but was a little intimidated by the chair lift and at Cranmore Mountain they don't have the magic carpet to bring her to the top. So, we all went tubing! I love tubing, JD not so much. He did go down once and say he had "super fun" but didn't want to do it again.

On Sunday for Valentine's Day, Doug and I rented a double sled (snowmobile) and went for a 32 mile guided tour with 4 other sleds. At first it was very intimidating to drive even 15 miles an hour but by the end of the trip we got up to 45 miles and it was so much fun! I can't wait to go again, though this time I will drive my own sled instead of being a passenger!!!

Our New Home

The weekend I got back we bought a trailer for our camping adventures! the kids are beyond excited and I have to admit, I am really excited too. I love camping, the fires, good company, the food and relaxation! Here are some photos of our new place!!! We pick it up at the end of March beginning of April.

Girls Weekend Away

The weekend of January 16th, 5 girls went away for the entire weekend to North Conway, New Hampshire. We had lots of fun....dinner, shopping, tubing, and drinks!!! We hope to make it an annual trip. The husbands/boyfriends survived without us, so we know we can do it!!! Thanks to Sister Debi, Pretend sisters Jen and Heather and Sister in Law Debbie for a great weekend. Can't wait til next year!

We will call this post, all over the board..

I haven't blogged in so long....sorry friends.

Lots of things to chat about. We did all the Brain shunt things and JD is not in need of a shunt, so to speak, right now. Both Doctors agree that his head is big and that they don't understand why he is not having symptoms, but they also agree that putting a shunt in today could open another whole can of worms. We will go back in 6 months to review everything unless he is having symptoms.

I talked to his Neurosurgeon the other day in a pretty lengthy conversation about what we have to look for, do, etc. Oh, and while I had him on the phone I discussed the "enormous egg" on his right temple. JD fell, tripped, on the way into school, the first trip he has had to the nurse's office. It was truly the largest egg I have ever see on a child. ick. He was fine, and once he got home it was like he never even got hurt.

A couple of new things, you might have saw on Facebook, Anne joined Daisy Girl Scouts and of course, I am the leader!

JD joined Karate, Tae Kwon Do, and he now loves it. The first class was a little rough and it has been hard finding someone to tailor his pants...no go yet. Now, JD loves it and his friend Charlie joined so it is great to see him Karate chop!!!

So, we have been well and keeping really busy. I hope I can get back to posting more...Have a Merry Christmas everyone!