Thank you to my family and all my friends that made my birthday special!

 Thank you Kim and Lexi

Thank you Bill

Thank you daddy

My kids surprised me with a bag of beauty products, bathrobe (I needed a new one so bad) and a light up mirror.  

Kim and Lexi got me a cake and a pretty tropical plant.

My dad got me the beautiful necklace pictured above.

All in all, it was a nice birthday/

Hershey Bears v. Wilkes-Barre

Sunday, October 9th was hockey night!  Me, Kim and her daughter (Lexi) and hubby (Steve) went to see a Bears game at the Giant Center (Hershey, PA).  Bears looked like crap and lost the game 3-1. Below are a few pics of the gals taking pics. 

 Lexi, Kim and Me

Fall at the Clappers

Gracie and I started to decorate for the fall.  This is just some of the decorating we did, still some more pics to take.  Hoping to get pumpkins carved this week.

She's so silly.....

The things you can do today with phones and apps,

Gracie Girl

QUOTE UPDATED!

THIS SAYING DOES NOT APPLY IF YOU ARE DEALING WITH SOMEONE WHO IS AN ABSOLUTE SOCIOPATH!  IF THAT'S THE CASE RUN...RUN REAL FAST AND NEVER LOOK BACK!

Tree of Life

Tim McGraw - Humble And Kind (Official Video)

Me and My Pretty Girl (August 2016)

Me & Gracie Girl

First Day of School

Jake (10th Grade) - Gracie (7th Grade)

1st day of school - August 22, 2016

It's time for BRACES!

What a process this has been, inserts, an expander and today Gracie finally got her top braces (bottom braces come later on). We were supposed to get them next week but since school starts on Monday we scheduled it for today so she has a few days to get used to them.  Apparently you can pick what colors you would like your braces to be so Gracie decided to go with pink/blue. Below are before/after pics.

New beginnings for Georgie

Georgie has officially moved home from Ohio. He transferred from the Ohio Sam's Club store to the Mechanicsburg, PA store.  Last weekend  he was home for a few days and we got to meet his girlfriend, Nicole.  Very nice girl and it looks like they both 

have something very special....makes me happy! 

Georgie & Nicole



A Night at the Coliseum

With the miserable heat this weekend I figured it would be best to do some indoor activities but we ventured out to the Lisburn Fair first and that did not go over too well with the kids. We walked around for about 15 minutes and they were ready to go. It wasn't quite what they though it was going to be - I can't say I blame them either.  So...we decided on The Coliseum Megaplex (can't go wrong with arcade games with my kids).  The kids had a great time and I had a great time watching them and I even managed to play a few games, too. Both kids hit jackpots (1000 tickets each).  I think when all was said and done they had approximately 2800 tickets so they decided to save them to get a big prize once they accumulate a lot more tickets. Below are some pics I took.

 Jake

 Grace

A Hot July Day - 2016

Adams Ricci Park

 Gracie & Mommy

My Baby Boy Turned 15 Today

 Four years old and a hellion (you have NO idea!)

Now my baby is 15 and is over 6 feet tall
and is always running at the mouth!


Happy Birthday Jacob
~ I Love You ~
Mom

Gracie....still my little girl...

Yes, she just turned 12, yes, she's growing up fast, yes, she has gone through a lot of changes this past year, yes, she still plays with her dolls, yes, she's still my little girl!

Sun Going Down

Altoona, PA - up in the mountains (Buckhorn) all is quiet and the sun is going down so I had to get pics - they didn't come out anything the way the sky looked - it was breathtaking at the moment though...so I wanted to capture it.  This was over 4th of July weekend - it was a nice weekend away from home.

My favorite REO Speedwagon Song - I BELIEVE IT'S TIME FOR ME TO FLY.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALL TIME SONGS!

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It's Time For me To Fly (Reo Speedwagon)

Kids Celebrating Their Dad's Birthday - July 10, 2016

George's birthday (47 years old) was Jun 29th and Gracie was in Altoona visiting with her grandparents so we waited till she got home to celebrate his birthday.  Gracie made her dad lasagna and a birthday cake and all I did was supervise.  The kids got him Dunkin Donut k-cups for his new coffee maker, Dunkin Donuts creamer and a Steelers Travel Mug.

 

1. Jacob & Grace with their dad

Saturday, July 9, 2016 - Trip to Plymouth, PA

After going to the zoo with the kids me and Gracie took a road trip to Plymouth, PA (about 1.5 hours) to visit my best friend Stacy-Ann.  She's from Long Island but was in PA for her son's lacrosse tournament.  We only stayed a few short hours, but it was well worth the trip to see Stacy...it's been a few years since I've seen her and I miss her terribly.  Below are a few pics of me and Gracie clowning around in the hotel room. Wish I got some pics of us with Stacy :(