First day of hockey class

Today was Dylan's first day of hockey class -- marking the first time he skated with a stick on the ice as well.  He did great and loved every minute of it!  At the end they had a five minute scrimmage, I'll try to get some video next time.

Great Grandpa's 100th



Cousins with respective outlaws... and a nice Dylan photobomb.

All the great grand-kids.

Here's a bunch of pictures from the 100th birthday celebration -- which happened to be at the same place as our wedding reception.  What a great time, it was nice to see everyone again.  The kids really seem to bond well, they truly enjoy it when we all get together.

Unbe-leave-able

Filled up about 80 bags of leaves over the past two weeks.

I inquired about a Fall cleanup service, but the guy wanted $250!!  I offered him half, he didn't budge -- so I decided to invest in leaf blower.  Looking back, it's pretty silly to even think of paying someone to do the cleanup:  1)  The kids loved playing outside while I was bagging the leaves, 2) not the best example to set for my kids, 3) the leaf blower is fun!  

Cousins

Plenty of pics to sort through from our MA visit, here's a few of the cousin photos.

The Exciting Day

This is me and my brother at my great grandpa's 100th birthday.  My great grandpa fought in wars, he was a pilot.  He lived in Poland.  He lived in Africa.  He lived in England.  My great Nana was his nurse in the war. My great grandpa has 4 daughters.

At the bowling alley

This is Madison's first blog post!!   Nice use of apostrophes.

This is me and  my cuzinz.  We are at the bowling alley. My cuzin steyl got a strik. My other cuzin is namd seana.  My buruthr's name is dylan and my name is Madison. Befor we went to the bowling alley we went to pupu gino's. We were the ownly wuns thear we hade lane 1 and 2.

I wrote it out below so Maddie could see the spelling:

This is me and my cousins.  We are at the bowling alley.  My cousin Steele got a strike.  My other cousin is named Sienna.  My brother's name is Dylan and my name is Madison.  Before we went to the bowling alley we went to Papa Gino's.  We were the only ones there we had lane 1 and 2.

Halloween in MA

We spent last weekend in MA, everyone traveled into town for Great Grandpa's 100th birthday.  In advance of the party, we met up with some friends that lived near us in Brazil -- then hit the streets for candy.  It was nice catching up with them.