Happy Valentines!

We have been busy this February getting ready for Owen's birthday party and Valentine's Day. We have been making decorations, cookies, valentine's day cards, crafts, heart shape pizzas and eating way to much sugar!!

Since Owen's birthday is on Valentine's Day we celebrate Valentines on the day the kids have their school parties which was three days early. We made cookies for each of their classes, flowers for teachers, cards for most everyone. While the kids were at school I went to Mike's work and drew hearts and words all over the van windows. Then took him a cookie bouquet with balloons. I thought I'd just embarrass him in front of the other guys at work but he was giving a tour to a group of people from a bank so worked out even better. Then we made heart shape pizzas for dinner.

The following night we went to grandma Reva's and celebrated all the February birthdays. Owen shares his birthday month with Grandma Reva, cousin Delaney and Grandpa Al. Now we are getting ready for Owen's Monster Birthday Bash.



Kids with our decorated cookies.




Kids with all our Valentine stuff for their school parties.




Stacy making heart shape pizzas.




Stacy making cookie bouquets.

February birthday party.

Owen with his Walmart dinosaur cake.

It's 2010 already?

(Stacy's New Years Hair Do)

2010 has arrived and I am counting down until May when I can be done with my year of interferon injections. 2009 was a major roller coaster for us but I am happy with how well it turned out even through all the ups and downs.

January was kind of a blur. We went sledding at Stream Boat Gulch with Mike's family which was a lot of fun! Then my sister Molly, brother Cody and I threw our parents a 30th Anniversary party and took them out dancing which was a blast. Ashley turned 7 years old and we had a littlest pet shop party with animal masks, little cardboard houses, lots of games and a castle cake. We ended January by going rollerskating at the Rollerdrome, I forgot how much fun that is. We are looking forward to February's activities!



(Alysha after sledding)



(The sledding party)



(The Hardy's sledding, missing Alysha & Steven)



(My parents at their 30th Anniversary party)




(My parents with their 30th Anniversary balloons)




(Ashley with her castle birthday cake)

(Our littlest Pet Shop Bean Bag Toss)

(Our Littlest Pet Shop Dog House)

(Our large cardboard house - this was the favorite one)

(The Party Animals at Ashley's party)

(The kids at the Rollerdrome)

Let it Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Winter is a very busy season! Lots of preparing for the holidays, crafts, parades, writing to Santa, school parties and programs. We had a great Christmas and New Years with lots of family and tons of presents.



(Kids decorating our Real tree)

It was the first year we have had a real tree since before Alysha was born. I figured the kids were big enough to leave it alone but didn't think about my puppy Bella. I put presents under it then she left it alone.



Ashley picked out a pretty ballerina ornament and Owen picked out a little nutcracker then they put them on the tree. Ashley took a field trip to see the Nutcracker Ballet with her class.



Alysha had her holiday orchestra concert which was really good. We got her flowers and a little violin ornament for the tree.



Owen had his preschool Christmas program which was cute and they did a great job singing songs. Owen was the first kid to speak on the microphone to welcome everyone to the program. He was so funny during the program! He looked like he had ants in his pants, wiggling all over the place. Then he started eating his sleeve of his sweater and doing lip exercises. Most of the other kids were doing weird things be the end of the program, very entertaining!! We gave him a bigger nutcracker to crack real nuts with.




(The girls)


A week before Christmas my parents and Molly and her family all came over for dinner and we celebrated Christmas together. Molly brought this cute little mustaches so we had to take a few photos.



(The boys)

(Stacy and Mike)

(Molly, Alysha & Stacy)

Grandpa Rick and uncle Cory came for dinner a few nights before Christmas.

(Grandma Reva and Mike)

We went to Grandma Reva's house to celebrate Christmas Eve. Shelley and Sarah flew in for the holidays which added to the fun. My photos didn't turn out so no photos of Christmas eve.

Christmas morning the kids were so excited. We started by opening stocking then tried to slowly open presents. Then we cleaned up all the paper and started putting things together.

Alysha with some of her presents. Nintendo DSi and lots of games to keep her busy!

Ashley with her presents. She got her Playmobil princess castle and games.

Owen with his presents. He was so excited and said "Thanks, mom! It's just want I wanted" every time he opened a present. He got his three headed sea serpent he had been talking about for months, plus a small knights castle, a big wheel and games.

The Grinch - putting Ashley's castle together. It only took two hours. I figured I did all the planning, shopping and wrapping so this is his job. The next day he put Owen's pirate ship together but it wasn't as hard.

We went to the park to test out Owen's rocket he got from Grandma & Grandpa Wassard. He thought it was so AWESOME.

Over the break Kristey, Shelley and I took the kids sledding in Parma. There wasn't much snow but we had a great time.

All the kids (cousins) on a bridge.

New Years Eve we went to Grandma Reva's for karaoke, finger food, new hair dos, games and puzzles.

(The party girls)

Sarah, Alysha and Amanda on New Years Eve. I talked Mariah into bleaching my hair blonde so the girls used some of the bleach to put blonde streaks in their hair so they all match.

Owen tried to stay up until midnight but ended up falling a sleep on the couch.

Ashley eating cheese whiz out of the can.

Happy New years!

The Blog that Time Forgot!

Major Chemo brain is to blame for the last few months I haven't posted anything to our blog. So I will try to go down memory lane and post what we have been doing.


Fall is my favorite season and when things around here start to get REALLY busy, as if life isn't always busy.




Kids playing in the leaves in our front yard.





Mike and I kept busy cleaning up the yard, making some grape jelly, we went to my parents house and make apple cider with the kids and motorcycle ride here and there.





Halloween 2009 - Owen as the dragon, Ashley as the Asian Princess, Alysha the Vampire and Amanda as the mummy.


In between all the fun Alysha had the H1N1 flu then Mike got it, Ashley had a strep throat and Owen and I managed to not catch it.




We went to Chuck E Cheese for Alysha's birthday.





Wow, I can't believe Alysha is already twelve seems like yesterday when she was just a little tiny baby only 5 lbs. So much has changed in twelve years. One fun thing is I can now borrow her shirts and shoes once in awhile.


After Alysha's birthday my camera had problems so I don't have photos but we took on remodeling the house. We painted the living room and hallway then the ceiling. We ripped out the really old gross carpet and had new carpet installed. Then we repainted the kitchen and cleaned out a bunch of junk. So our house is looking nice except do not look in my room or the office they are a mess which I hope to get to.




Once the house was back in order I made a trip to see my Grandfather for his 80th birthday. We had a great time. His neighbor lady made him 80 homemade egg rolls that were to die for.

Thanksgiving at grandma Reva's house with a surprise visit from Ruby and family.

Cousins and pies on Thanksgiving, a happy time with lots of family.

My birthday party/Alysha's new glasses.

I had a great birthday and am very spoiled. Thank you for all the birthday wishes, cards & gifts.

Alysha with her new glasses.