Sunday, February 25, 2024

February Break

 I always look forward to February break.  After the hustle and bustle of Christmas break, February break is always a welcomed relaxing break with no real holidays or commitments.

We started out the break with a quick overnighter to Youngstown to see the girls play their first home game.  The new recruits and their families were invited to the game and dinner afterwards.  It was so nice to the girls get to know each other and support each other. 
And I love spending time where Claire is going to live!
And they have adorable penguins everywhere! This isn't even the cutest one but it was the only one I got a picture of!

Then we celebrated Greg's birthday and the new arrival of Carl! Who is the absolute sweetest dog ever and we are all a little obsessed with him!
Little issue with the ice cream cake but we all enjoyed the ice cream soup.
Again, we all loved Carl!
I ordered a new vanity for my bedroom at the lake so Claire took a ride out with me and we put it together! It came out so cute! And once my valances are up, this room will be finished.  I love that Claire is always up for little projects like this with me.  
I read three books!!! I just love having the time to relax and read!
Claire took her road test.  Here she is checking to see if her results were in yet.
And she got them!  She is now a licensed  driver!
Here is Mark explaining how much likes his car and how much he would like to see it stay in one piece. 
We had fun at trivia night with friends. Even though we are all terrible at trivia!!!
Mark and Oliver had fun at the Sabres game and sat right by some good friends!
Love these clowns.
Claire and I had fun thrifting and shopping!  I got this guy for the lake!  Augh, I can't wait for summer!
Mark and I even snuck a date night in at Winfield's (which used to be Sage's 3rd base by my old house and Mark and used to walk up there to play darts and have drinks 25 years ago!) and had a great time!

It was a great and relaxing break.  We spent a lot of time relaxing and just hanging out and it was amazing.  Now tomorrow it is back to the real world of school, work, appointments, practices, and driving everyone all over the place!





Saturday, February 10, 2024

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Yesterday we all celebrated Grandpa's 70th birthday!




It was a great night with family celebrating my father in law!!!  
And they just happened to have this!  Youngstown is everywhere!
 

Winter Classic Tournament

 After snow week, Oliver had a hockey tournament and his team won!



I love these boys!
Us Moms are pretty great too!




And we had some of the cutest fans come to cheer us on!
Dominic Hasek is now a super fan too!

So proud of our boys!  They played so well and gave it their all!

Snow Week

 After a super mild winter with barely any snow we got hit hard!  It snowed like crazy and we had an ENTIRE week off of school!!!!

It was completely insane!  Poor Mark was very busy digging us and our tenants out the whole week!
I loved trying all kinds of recipes in our new air fryer and...
Relaxing in the tub with my book (I read 4 books throughout the week)...
Taking some nice snowy walks and...
reading more books!  Claire and I also watched a ton of Love Island!
The Bills still had to play and the fans actually had to come and shovel out the stadium! Claire had fun walking up to the Bills game and somehow her and Kathleen ended up here!
We all loved the week at home relaxing and enjoying the time off.  Well, everyone except Mark who had to keep shoveling!

Happy New Year

This new year was quite tame!  Pretty much everyone was sick or just getting over being sick so we all enjoyed a delicious dinner, visited, and then headed home for an early night.  Although it wasn't our usual rage, I will enjoyed the night with some of my favorite people! 







The boys did a great job making us a delicious dinner, as usual.