May 132012

frannie’s graduation

A week ago last Friday I traveled up to Jacksonville to celebrate my sister-in-law; she has worked incredibly hard the last few years and earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy!! Yay, Frannie!! I made the trip without Jamie or the boys, which was nice and kind of odd all at the same time. It was nice to have a little time to myself but also a little odd to not have my little companions with me. I missed them while I was gone but received a wonderful welcome back when I returned home- Jay greeted me with an “it’s Mommy, it’s Mommy!” song and dance that is usually reserved for Daddy returning home from work and Charlie practically jumped out of Jamie’s arms to get to me when I walked in… it was nice. It was also nice to be able to celebrate with Frannie. I am very proud of her and all that she has accomplished and am excited for them as they tackle their next adventure in Pittsburgh. Frannie was accepted into a residency program that specializes in neurological physical therapy, so they will be moving in July after she writes her board exam. I don’t know much about this field, however, I do know that they only accept one person for this program each year and Frannie was the one that got it, which can tell you just how special my sister-in-law is. Way to go, girl we will miss you but wish you all the love and luck in the world!!!

    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