Preschool RePoRt CaRd

Nyah has been thoroughly pleased about going to preschool, today she came home with her report card from Mrs. Mckenzie. Nyah was quite proud of herself, as were we! She is doing so well in school!

Last week she was very excited to get a  letter in the mail.  Mrs. Mckenzie sent her a letter and a picture that was taken the 1st day of school.

Your are doing so well Ny, we are so proud of you!
We Love you,
Daddy, Mommy & Anastyn

 

...Word Journal's of our girls...

Nyah's
pack pack (backpack)
Oh pickles
Snarl (snore)
Spinkler
Neskalice (necklace)

Some of Nyah's favorites at the age of 4:
loves to sing along to the radio
dance
play with cousins at Grandma Grace's
Loves to play with her babies & barbies
loves to do projects with mommy and sister
loves to have Root beer with her Pizza- " My root beer is SPICY!"
Justin was pouring her a root beer the other day with dinner, the root beer had been shaken up and he opened it.  The root beer of course overflowed onto the counter and the floor and with a startled look on her face she said " Oh S@#* dad!",  Justin explained to her that we don't talk like that and could no longer keep his composer and had to leave the room to  hide his laughter.


Anastyn's
Why?!
Party time (her birthday) When  we ask her when her Party Time is her response "deshember forf" (december 4th)  Finally she will say when her birthday is!
When we ask her what her name is... her most common response's ~
           Why?
            The other sister
             nushing. (nothing)
Periodically she will answer correctly "Anstn Aree Scnider", then she will clap for herself!
After she sings her ABC's, she ask "aren't you clap?"
The other day we were at the Fire station and we were sitting at the table eating, the girls were playing and Anastyn tooted. I asked her" Anastyn, what do you say?" her reply "oh Brad!" Then she started laughing. She thought it was so funny that she blamed someone else!

Each day they say or do something that makes us laugh or just be completely amazed at their vocabulary!

Celebrating #6

This year Justin and I will celebrate our 6th Anniversary, our actual anniversary isn't until November but because of our work schedules we celebrate sometime in the fall... after we started our family we felt the best way to celebrate is to take a small little trip somewhere for a few days... So this year I decided I would surprise Justin with an anniversary trip in September. I have kept it a secret for roughly 6 weeks, at one point I thought I was completely busted by Nyah. She asked me one evening "who come to my house when you go to football?"  My response "Uh Ny what are you talking about? Justin are you going to a football game I don't know about? 

I decided to tell Justin about our trip this past Friday...so this is what Justin found in our front yard...

1st Day of Pre-school

Our little girl is growing up faster than our liking! we are so proud of her and all she accomplishes each day. She was excited to start school, last night she picked out her outfit, shoes, underwear etc... placed them on the couch. Got her pack pack (backpack) and put her snack in it, hung it on the garage door. When we pulled up to her school she was quick to get out and head to class. I had to remind her to say bye to daddy and sister. She paused long enough for dad to snap a quick picture and she was off!

 

Once we dropped Ny off  and were driving home...Anasytn asked "where my Nyah at? I neber going to see her again?" Oh it was heart wrenching, poor girl is lost without her buddy!

But daddy kept her busy puzzling while sister was at school!

 

 

 

Houston Reunion 2012

This year we spent the day in Barclay, NV. We all met at Grandma Grace’s at 8 am sharp! Grandma Grace gave us a little bit of history in regards to our journey we were about to endeavor.  This was originally the journey that Grandma Graces father Lenzi Sullivan took as a 12 year old boy.  In the spring time each year Grandpa Lenzi and his family would pack their wagon of their belongings and head to Barclay. Grandpa Lenzi would pull the wagon while his family drove in their car. They would travel a distance and then wait for Lenzi to arrive, the first day they made it from Saint George to Diamond Valley. They stayed the night and would continue their travels; they would make it to Mountain Meadow and stay another night. The next morning they traveled to Holt’s ranch where they camped another night and continued on to Barclay the following day. Once they reached their destination they would stay for 4-6 months and Grandpa Lenzi would help his father farm.

After Grandma's brief introduction we all headed for Barclay. Upon our arrival we placed coins on the railroad tracks and waited for the next train to come by and flatten them. We played on the swing and then headed over to a small pavilion behind the old school house.   Grandma Grace then continued to tell us about the work Grandpa Lenzi did while on the farm, which wasn't something he enjoyed.  We had lunch, took a tour of the old school house and came home. It was a fun day to spend with eachother! 

..PiNe..VaLLeY..

 

Today we spent the day fishing at pine valley, it was a lot of fun! Well at least it was for me, I caught the most FISH!! We got up and took the girls to go and pick out their own fishing pole's which they were quit ecstatic about! Justin and I picked out a pole and we headed for the reservoir.
 I must say I was a little apprehensive about touching the worms, UGH... the worst is having to pull them in half! Justin caught the 1st fish and then it was down hill for them after that! I caught fish after fish I took, well tried to take the hook out of the fishes mouth but the were pretty deep in their throat that they ended up dying. So poppa brought them home, cleaned and cooked them! Dizzle and I made a bet that who ever caught the next fish also got $5.00, just to remind you Diz you owe me 5 bucks!!!! :) We had a great afternoon fishing, it was very relaxing and I was very proud of myself! Until we go fishing again...

Yay Daddy, you caught a fish!!!!



Hey Diz, the fish are in the lake!

Ranch Trip 2012

Justin and I had a few days off together so we loaded up the girls and headed to the ranch for a few days of relaxing... It is such a peaceful place, the girls play outside from sun up to sun down. Their whole persona changes the moment they get out of the car... they are free to roam and do as they please without mom and dad hovering to make sure that their okay.They stay in the yard,  play in the tree house, swing, search for horne toads etc...

6 of our 16 horned toads

 

 

 

 

30th here I come!!!

My hubby and I, Rockin' our pink bibs!

Oh what a celebration, this year I celebrated my 30th birthday! I must say it was rather memorable! I am excited to see what my 30's have instore... my 20's were pretty good. I married my wonderful husband, we had our beautiful girls, I graduated Nursing school, we bought our 1st house... oh the list goes on and on.  Justin and I headed down to Vegas on the 26th and had dinner with Di and Bill, the next morning(my actual birthday) Justin and I went and got messeges and I had a pedicure, then we were pool bound. We spent most of the day laying out at the pool, we played a game BINGO, had a restful nap. After my nap we got ready for our dinner reservations at "Michael's".

 ...Dinner @ Michael's...

 Once we arrived we were seated in a secluded room that faced a wine cellar. The table was set for 10 and had large trays of hors d'oeurvres, as we sat down the waiters placed napkins on our laps. We ordered our meals and they brought us our salads. Mine was delivered with an orchid on it. Then we were served Dom Perignon and sorbet to cleanse our pallet. Then our main entry were served it was unbelievable. Then they brought Jay and I, 2 pieces of cake and sang Happy Birthday to us. Then a desert table was presented which was amazing, offered cheese cake, banana's foster an array of cakes etc... we were served desert and coffee, then chocolate covered mango's, kiwi, strawberries that were to die for. After that they served fresh fruit baskets, which at that point we were so full we could barely stand. It was an amazing experience we all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, we laughed and cried at times because we were laughing so hard. The staff at the restaurant catered to us, like non of us had ever experienced. They cleaned each and every crumb up off the table while we were eating. Once our 4 1/2 hour dinner came to an end we received our bill, hmmm....what a surprise it was to us but worth every penny. It was an experience we all will remember for years to come...

It was honestly one of the best Birthday's, I enjoyed the company most of all!

Better start saving for my 40th!

 

The whole gang! Thanks for making my birthday so memorable!

Craig, Di, Bill, Sherri & Myself

 

Our Bill BEFORE tip

 

Paying the Bill...

Getting BIG

Today Nyah switched from a car seat to a booster seat! She is growing up so fast. She is very excited about being able to fasten her own seat belt!

Our week in Pennsylvania

After our trip to NY we went back to Pap and Grandma Judy's. We went to Pittsburgh with my mom one of the days and road the Duquesne Incline, had lunch and went down to the district to stock up on our Steeler's apparel. For the 4th of July we spent it in Monaca with my grandparents, mom and the boys (grandma Judy's grandson's).  We swam and ate, ate and ate some more!

The girls became rather attached to THEIR FRIEND (Tony), the 1st night we were there before we drove to NY gram and pap treated us to Hanks. While we were eating Tony started playing peek a boo with our girls under the table. When Tony asked Anastyn what her name was, her response was "the otter sister". So the rest of our time there he called her "the other sister" and she responded appropriately! Each day after that they would ask "where my friend at?" Tony would come each day to see them, play tag or go swimming, puzzle etc... We were so glad that we got to spend time with Tony and that our girls took to him so easily.

After the 4th of July Justin and Tony took a road trip to Ohio to go to the Football Hall of Fame. Something he has always wanted to see. So the girls and I stayed behind so that they could enjoy the Hall of Fame and not feel rushed. The girls and I helped Grandma Judy move pictures and boxes over to their new house.
Dougie, Melissa, Eli and Maddy came to visit while we were there! It had been a few years since we had seen each other and the kids got to meet each other for the first time. They got along really well! While we were there I took the opportunity to take family pictures. A picture we will cherish ! We had such a great vacation, it was sad to come home. My least favorite thing is saying goodbye, but we intend to take another trip back to PA next summer.