Jan 162012

auntie frannie

Auntie Frannie sure got to log a bunch of snuggle time with Charlie over the holidays.  Wish they lived closer so we could see her more but we are looking forward to her being in Orlando for her internship soon :)

cuddling at Mom's on our baking day

at Mom's on boxing day

    Jan 102012

    christmas 2011 recap

    The holidays this year were filled with many different things…  Time to relax and enjoy playing with the boys, time to start “new” traditions and to introduce the boys to old ones. Time to cherish with family that we don’t get to see very often and time to hang out with friends that live far away.  Honestly we got to spend a whole bunch of time appreciating what is really important and spending time surrounded by people that we love; to say that we are blessed would be an understatement.

    goofing around with mom

    jamie relaxing

    festive playtime with duplo- and no I did not make him wear the Christmas tree headband. he would frequently put them on and wear them around the house :)

    Jay Bird at the sing a long playing frosty the snowman with Mary Beth

    decorating cookies for the neighbors

    quality control

    christmas eve photo

    "santa" setting up Jay's duplo table

    the boys' stockings after santa came :)

    holiday jammies

    bed head and new toys

    helping charlie with his books

    jeepie!

    jay getting michael to draw for him

    mary beth and charlie

    crashed!

    mom, ed and the boys

    group shot of my family

    snuggling with auntie frannie

    frosty!

      Sep 292011

      more Canada- picnic in the mountains

      The day after my Mom, brother and sister-in-law flew in everyone headed to the mountains (well not really the mountains but the foothills rather) for a picnic and wiener roast.  It was a beautiful day outside- perfect for jeans and t-shirts :-)  We were able to grab a great spot next to the river with a beautiful view.  Jay loved tossing rocks into the river, something he doesn’t have much of a chance to do in Florida, so we spent lots of time down by the river.  We were also able to take a short hike, roast marshmallows and we stopped for ice cream on the way home.   This has always been one of my favorite things to do whenever we visit, I just wish that we were closer and could do it more often…

      Bradey taking a turn tossing rocks

      even Grandma tossed a few rocks in too

      my cousin Riley enjoying the river water, he basically swam a little later in the afternoon while we were hiking

      family photo- that is one happy boy!

      Jake- one happy puppy... wish Piper could have joined us, she would have had a ball

      wiener and marshmallow roasting

      marshmallows!!

      Amy, Auntie Deb and Auntie Trish at the beginning of our short hike

      Auntie Trish and Jay

      Frannie :)

      sweet boy

      some scenery

      more rock tossing (can you see the splash?)

      love these next two

      LOVE this one!

      the whole group

      Jay and Bradey riding on a horse at our post picnic ice cream stop. The ride wasn't actually working but Jay loved it just the same.

      racing some of the ice cream energy off

      a dancing Bradey

        Feb 212011

        party mugs

        LOVE is what I have for these photo booth pictures!  I am so happy we ended up doing the photo booth and after taking a look at these I am sure you can probably see why, they are so much fun :-)

        By the way, this would be a great post to use the new “slideshow-ish” feature if you wanted- there is a crazy amount of pictures since I couldn’t narrow them down at all.  Just click on the first image below and take a look!



          Jan 112011

          christmas catch up…

          We took so many pictures over the holidays and I have been steadily trying to play catch up.  I have finally sorted through all of our holiday ones so here they are…

          Sit back, relax and stay awhile :-)

          Jay and Mommy playing ball with Piper

          Daddy and Jay playing four square (they made a good team) at the Holly/Holly Birthday party

          YAHA playing four square- one of my two favorites from the game pics

          a Mimi victory dance- my other favorite

          Mary Playing a solo at the annual Sing-a-long

          I can't remember what song this was- maybe Josh would?

          Aunt Nancy getting the Sing-a-long quilt, it was beautiful

          Christmas Eve- the bows were so much fun!

          beautiful tree- spoiled family

          Santa came- Jay must have been good this year!

          proof that Santa was here- reindeer tracks in our family room!

          Christmas morning

          playing with his new pull toy

          Perreault Family picture- 2010

          Jay's first Christmas walk around

          the parade...

          dancing to holiday tunes with YAHA and Mary Beth

          Scott and Frannie

          Daddy with a sleepy boy after his nap

          Grandmom and Jay opening presents

          unwrapping time!

          annual holiday picture

          annual goofy picture of Scott and Frannie (or at least annual for Scott)

          Grandmom and Jay by the tree

          trying to get a group shot

          a little better this time

            Oct 112010

            happy canadian thanksgiving!

            Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. So this past Saturday (since we don’t get today off) we all drove out to Mom’s place and celebrated by filling our bellies, taking family pictures and singing Happy Birthday to the two October babies (the outlaws- Jamie and Frannie). It was great to see Scott and Frannie and nice to celebrate as a family; that and we get two turkey dinners a year- what could be better?

            Enjoy the pictures, wish we were closer and able to celebrate with everyone up North…

            group shot- taken with a timer and therefore no one to get Jay's attention

            Mom, Ed and Jay

            Uncle Scott, Auntie Frannie and Jay

            this one cracks me up- I can't remember what they are laughing at but that combined with Jay's face makes me laugh

            brother, sister, mom and grandson shot

            most recent family shot of us- love Jay's smile, he is laughing with Auntie Frannie I think

            Daddy trying really hard to keep everything on the table

            a distracting spoon= a break for Daddy

            birthday people with what looks like a bored Scott

              Aug 052010

              people we miss…

              Jamie, Jay and I are blessed to have so many family members living close by.  We are frequently able to celebrate occasions, show off Jay’s new tricks and just spend good quality time with the people that we love.  However, for as many people that live close by there are that many and more that don’t live near us.  We are so grateful for all of the time that we do get to spend with them but hope they know that it’s not as much as we would like to.

              Here are just a few pictures from some of our recent (this is a relative term) visitors.  We miss you all, those pictured and those not, terribly and wish we could see you more often!!  Love you all…

              Jamie’s Cousins Mary Beth and Sean

              Uncle Scott and Auntie Frannie- Sorry Scott, I don’t have a recent picture of you and Jay :-( We will have to rectify that when we see you all later this month!

              Aunt Nicole