Diana's 1st Cheer Competition

East Celebrity Elite Cheer Competed at

Advanced Spirit 

Held at Westfield State University

Despite suffering from a major stomach bug, Diana fought through and did so well yesterday!

I was choked up most of the day...it was an amazing experience and Rob and I had a ball in the middle of it all!

Enjoy these pics :)

and The Tinys (Jet Black Team) Take First Place!  WOOHOO!  (of course no other teams were competing at their level but Diana was none the wiser and just SO EXCITED to get a medal)

Insta Friday (March 8, 2013)

       
       
           
           
       

Lame week for pics...sorry folks...just so busy with work right now...need to balance again....I am a work in progress...

Mama has "juice" because of....

A toddler like this...

A healing salad of beets and goat cheese

Princesses

Diana thinks Charlotte and Henry are her twins ;)

 

A girl and her ice cream

Daddy's girls

My baby

 

 Kayla!!!!

Hopefully this is the last of the white stuff.....

Entertaining never gets old for me....had the "fiances" over for a cas night of catching up :)

Hope you all had a great week!  Linking up here with Jeannett at  Life Rearranged

Weekly Gratitude

Weekly Gratitude

I am thankful that we were able to get to this place...move forward with our lives...live the American dream...

I am thankful for clarity

I am thankful for answered prayers

I am thankful for the balance

Insta Friday (March 1, 2013)

       
       
           
           
       

A Week from my iPhone's point of view.....(notice the phone never captures pics in my office where I spend ALOT of my time) ;)

 Fighting for a new middle school to solve our over-crowding problem here in town- we are over capacity by 730 students!  UGH! 

The Seniors of the WHS Basketball Team

A King and his Castle

love pink

Saturday Night Friends- Jason and Diana

Knob Creek= Enough Said (here is the evidence)

Joanne :)

This is the snow storm we drove through Sunday morning- to get to cheer leading for a FOUR YEAR old (sick)...and only to find out practice was cancelled- UGH

 

Critiquing the gowns on the Red Carpet...such fun

 Before....

After...Notice anything different?

Controlling Lisa's phone at Zach's game

Keeping the home fires burning...love that we can see our dinner cooking now :)

Hope you all had a terrific week....praying for Spring here in New England...so many wonderful things to look forward to including spending time OUTSIDE!

Linking up with Jeannett at Life Rearranged

Dear Diana (at 4 and 1/2)

Dear Diana,

It is so true what some have told me...I will never forget it...especially when I felt this way when you were an infant..."The days can go by so slowly but the years will go by so fast"

You are 4 and 1/2 and have been counting down the days to your next birthday and birthday party since you turned 4.  You CANNOT WAIT to chew gum and we told you a long time ago that you could not have gum until you turned 5.  You remind us daily of this promise ;)

You continue to love dance and now dance at The Carlene Nazarian Dance Center.  They are WONDERFUL.  The teachers are great with you too and very flexible because you need to miss some dance glasses for your cheer competitions...yes that's right...4 years old and will be competing throughout New England starting next week...I still can't believe we did this BUT all I know is that it makes you happier than anything else!

Your pure sass is priceless and many people who meet you say "she is just too much"...sometimes it is embarrassing but most of the time we just laugh and shake our heads...

You have a social life to kill for...our entire Winter has consisted of having families over with friends for you every Saturday night..or us going to their houses for the same reasons..you have helped us to make more friends too in the process :)

 

You had your first "blowout" by our hair magician Claribel and you are starting to pay attention to fashion...in fact you even helped mama critique the Oscar red carpet dresses...we had a ball :)

 

You have just started to feel comfortable in  our new home...you have stopped asking to go back to the old house and when we ask you now if you want to go back....you giggle and say Noooooo...precious

You miss Ally because she is in college and when Zach goes in the fall, it is going to be difficult...we will do our best to keep you occupied and showered with love and support to minimize the sadness :(

You never cease to amaze me....the things that come out of your mouth sometimes are dumbfounding...we look at each other and ask "where does she get these things?"

You put together the craziest outfits...you love to play teacher and mama and coach to all of your babies (and there are many of them) and you are most proud of your family, your cartwheels and your twinkle toes sneakers.

I love you my baby bird!

Love, Mama

Weekly Gratitude

We are all thankful that CJay is responding very well to his chemo treatments- the picture above is CJay's mom Alice with Diana...we love Alice!!

We are thankful for a senior basketball ceremony for Zach with quality family time

We are thankful for the promise of Spring

We are thankful for good friends and a great town to share special times with those friends

Flashback Friday

Circa 1994

Night out...going to Boston to celebrate a friend's 21st bday....will never forget it...

Sometimes I miss this hair...and being this tanned...and being thinner....some day it will all come back ;)