Holy 65 Years to the coolest Grandparents!

Happy Anniversary to my awesome grandparents! 65 years and still counting-- absolutely amazing. And as luck would have it, no real great shots of them together, so you'll have to do with the three I could find....

Buppa with her great grandchildren last September


Big Papa making sure everyone knows he was in the room-- again, the attention always has to be on him. After all, if you did not know, he is a "freaking war hero."


The only shot I have of them together.... pretty bad job on my part, but it will do! You two are amazing!

Christmas festivities continue...

Christmas, Christmas, and more Christmas.... It seems we can't keep up with things these days... We had an early Christmas at the Danneggers. The whole crew was there- Smileys, Donovans, Danneggers, Nana and even Uncle OJ made a surprise visit! (and for some reason, I have no photos of OJ, but really, he was there!)

Below are some pictures of the kids at the Danneggers and some of Nana's visit to our house.

Shay eating her cookie, but she actually ended up wearing more of it. (And cousin Lily in the background deciding if playing with balloons is more fun or decorating cookies is more fun...)

Anika, the neat eater, is eating her cookie (and by the looks of it, Lily has decided that she wants to try to decorate cookies-- I know her Dad is happy now!)


Elf Annalee

Annalee and Kylie decorating--- thanks to Annalee and Abby for helping the little ones decorate and stay out of trouble.

Ryan decorating

Abby decorating



Shay playing

Ryan, Kylie and Luke watching Annalee on the Wii

Shay crashing on Julie

Anika and Nana reading together. This is about as close as Anika would let Nana get to her- no holding or anything else!

Anika playing my least favorite game.... but certainly is having fun!

Illinois to NY and back...

I am not sure where to even start on this....
Bright and early (3AM) on Thursdays, we woke the kids up, put them in the car and started our trek up north to Buffalo, NY. We managed to make it there in 12 hours, not bad seeing we took two one hour breaks for the kids to play and have a meal. Buffalo has some pretty fantastic people there too-- the Falzarenos and the visiting Buppa and Big Papa.

We had a great time up there-- besides destroying the quiet and calm house, we managed to visit the Falls, Eat some wings, Farmers Market, and some good visiting.

The following posts will have pictures from the adventure... Its hard to pick and choose, so there will be a few.... well, a lot most likely.

Thanks again to Falzarenos from letting us come and play. I hope that you guys get healthy again and enjoy the house and beds (your own) again. And Kate, I had nothing to do with the computer glitches in your room.... really.

Niagara Falls

The day trip to Niagara Falls was a good time for all. We stayed on the American side since we forgot to bring the girls birth certificates. The twins loved it- they love fountains, so this was just a REALLY huge one. Kylie wore her fairy wings with hopes of flying over it but quickly realized the Falls were too HUGE.



Heading towards the Horseshoe Falls




Kylie was amazed at the amount of trees in the water. This is just under the bridge to see the Horseshoe Falls (on the American side).



675,000 gallons a second-- pretty amazing

Post lunch exercise

Little girls stretching their legs

Bubbles

Bubbles with Buppa

Shay and Ani waiting for more bubbles

Smiles all around!

Check out Shay's smile!

Ani

And more pictures

Here are just some more random pictures from the visit-- no real order.

Kylie, BP, Amanda, Anika

Buppa and Shay

Buppa playing with Shay and Anika

Lotion time with Buppa

Buppa

Big Papa

Cooking with the girls-

Glennee, Kylie and Buppa

Glennee and Kylie

BP and Kylie

Big Papa's best side :) (And Arlene in the background- Buppa's neice)

"Buppa Juice"

Anika is now in love with Buppa's juice... Buppa juice was O'Keffe's and Anika was in LOVE with it. Enough so, she would go to Buppa and ask her for juice whether she had some or not..... gotta love the great grandparents!

Buppa starting Anika early

Anika is giggling in this photo and Shay is not quite sure why her sister keeps going back. Shay was not a fan the first try.

"Here Shay, let me hold your chin and really get some in your mouth!" ;)

Anika going back for seconds, thirds, fourths... and so on.

Anika is thinking that if she brings all the cups to Buppa, then maybe she will fill them all up for her....wishful thinking Ani!

Shay trying it again another night.

Anika trying to get Daddy to give her some, no luck.

Shay likes it...

Shay mad because Buppa made her wait for more.