Samantha's Spring Fling Concert

Kitty Face!

How cute is Erin with her little whiskers?

New Do

Samantha was especially proud of this hair style she created.

Fishing with Baba

More Easter Pics

Ugh...Growing Pains...

My kids are getting too big!!! Look at the legs on my 4 year old! I'm gonna have to get a bigger couch!

When You Give the Kids the Camera

You never know what you're going to get....

Photobomb

I was trying to take a picture of the beautiful vintage dress I bought from Etsy. It's from the 60's and I absolutely love it! Sammie, however, had other plans for the picture.

Shopping

Shopping for yarn for the girls' afghans I'm making. They got to pick their pattern and colors and I get to do all the work!

Easter Morning

Easter morning is always a rush for us. Very little sleep, Easter baskets and egg hunt (all indoors this year thanks to the rain), Agape church service with visit from the Easter bunny (who terrified Erin), lunch with nana, papa, grandma great and aunt Angie and then to Cleveland. We were exhausted by the end of the day, but loved the time we got to celebrate this joyous holiday with our family! Thanks to everyone who got the girls something for Easter! They have really appreciated everything and now have enough candy to get them through until Halloween ;)

Ressurection Service

This is a tough service for the kids, but an important one. Sammie did great! She stayed awake through the entire service and held her own candle. Erin's a different story. She was only awake long enough to take communion. Father always gets a kick out of seeing her sleep on the floor. After the service we headed home to break fast with a fabulous meal courtesy of yiayia Rena. We even broke out the china crystal, good silverware and cloth napkins for the occasion!

Holy Friday

Sammie was asked again this year to be a myrrh bearer for the Friday service. She and all the other girls did a fabulous job and we are so proud of her. Erin enjoyed the service as well, including holding her candle and fanning herself from the heat ;)

Holy Thursday

Curiosity Cut the Cat

We woke up one Saturday morning to bloody paw prints all through the house and then discovered that Charlie had cut his paw. After following the trail as I was cleaning, I discovered that he cut his paw on a mirror he had somehow broken in the basement (and we thought we had it tucked away in a spot they couldn't get to). I called the vet and they said to keep it clean and bandaged for 3 days. We kept it clean, but Charlie refused to keep it bandaged! He's all healed now, but I'm still finding blood trails in the basement...

Palm Sunday

George tried to get some pictures of the kids as the walked around with their palms, but they were all moving to quickly!!

Cousins

Erin wanted to feed Giovanni and he didn't seem to mind.

Applesauce!

Band Concert #2

Sammie's second band concert was a smaller concert that took place at her school. George and I kept trying to get her picture, but the director kept standing in front of her. The kids did great and it was nice to hear just her class vs. the all city concert.

Introducing Mia Rose!

Mia was born on April 12th. Everyone was excited to meet her, especially big brother Giovanni. I was so blessed to get to be there when he met his new sister for the first time! What a special moment to be a part of. George has been showing off pictures to anyone who will look. He is such a proud Uncle and we are all so happy for Con, Lindsey, Giovanni and Mia!

Lindsey has tons of pictures of her blog too. Be sure to check them out!