Adam Turns 5!

Hard to believe Adam is already 5 years old! He was so excited to "be a whole hand". The day of his birthday we went out to dinner with Jer, and opened a couple of presents and Adam picked out a yummy dessert that he shared with all of us.
For his birthday party we went bowling, and then had a pizza/cake/ice cream party back at our house. We didn't play too many games, the kids had more fun playing in the playroom, and running around, but we did have a Thomas the Train pinata. It was hilarious to watch the kids hit it. Alyssa finally cracked it open and the kids realized that there were treats and toys inside, and had a blast picking them out!
We had a lot of our good friends over, and everyone seemed to have a good time. :)
Thanks to everyone who came, and helped make this a very special day for Adam!

Happy Birthday Buddy!! We love you!

Love, Love, Love.....

I love Matt. Why? Because he brings me flowers for absolutely no reason. Just because. He is the sweetest man I have ever know, and he treats me like a princess. He is my best friend and we can laugh and joke and have so much fun together no matter what we are doing. He understands my pathetic attempts at anything athletic, but he still plays with me, or indulges in my brilliant ideas that involve breaking a sweat. (Mostly because I think he gets a kick out of watching me while doing attempting these things, especially racquetball, as I tend to have terrible reflexes and the ball hits me in the face/head/body 50% of the time).
I better stop gushing about him now, or he will get a big head :)

Red, Yellow, Green and Blue!

We like to make messes and finger painting is about the best way to do so! The kids love it, and Crayola has gotten a lot smarter over the years and made it washable!

Let's Bounce!

One of our favorite places to go is to play in the bounce houses. There is a GREAT place near our house, and the kids pretty much have the place to themselves when we go there. ALL the video games are free, and they even have the old school versions we had when we were kids (Ms. Pacman, Hamburger Stand, Donkey Kong etc).
Hallie is trying so hard to get up the ladders in the bigger bounce houses to go down the big slides, and it is hilarious to watch Adam push her up the ladder. She stands on his head and he pushes her but and then they both fall over and laugh. Adults aren't allowed in the bounce houses, but I have snuck in a a few times to help Hallie up so she can go down the big slides.

Baby Noah is Here!

Noah was born on January 11th! He is my brother Josh and his wife Kristin's 4th (and last) baby. He is just adorable, and looks exactly like my brother and Dad. (Those Bagley genes are strong).

Happy New Year!

We had a pretty uneventful start of the new year. My brother, his girlfriend Addie and his daughter Savanna were in town. The kids went to a kid party at my nieces home for a couple of hours while us adults went to dinner, after which we picked up the kids so they could have a slumber party at our house. They wanted to stay up til midnight, but lasted until about 9:00 before they crashed. We played board games, mostly "The Logo Game" which is so much fun, except they will need to make a part two soon with how much we play it!
Happy New Year!

So This is Christmas!

And what a weekend it was! We spent Christmas Even with my family, which is always fun. This year, Derek and Sierra were with us so it was fun to have little kids around, they make everything so much fun! Love to watch them get so excited about their gifts. My Mom always makes "Hot Dego's" Which is an amazing italian sandwhich with sauce and marinara. She also makes italian sausage and meatballs. YUM-MY! There is always an assortment of food laying around, though the kids for some reason all gravitate toward the cookie table :)

Side note: My Mom is an amazing baker, as my Grandparents/parents owned a bakery and she worked in it for years when she was growing up. She makes and decorates the best cookies. I somehow missed that gene, and have perfected the art of burning and forgetting ingredients in my baking masterpieces. Fun fact - my parents use to also own a Winchell's back in the 80's. Anyway, I digress.

Christmas Day - Christmas Day was a WHIRLWIND of excitement. First we opened presents from Santa and each other at our house, then went to Rose and Jer's (Matt's parents) for MORE presents and a very yummy Christmas lunch. (Turkey with crab stuffing? YUM)

We spent time with some of Matt's family who came to lunch and had a good time visiting with everyone. We were spoiled by Matt's parents and received some very nice gifts!

Later in the afternoon, we went back to my parents and opened even more gifts there! Phew! We finally made it home after a very fun and long day, and started tackling the organizing and putting away all of our fun new gifts!

I have never seen so many toys in one place. Matt tackled upstairs and I tackled the playroom. Not sure how that worked out. An hour and a half, 3 full garbage bags of packaging, boxes and twist ties, we got all of our new toys organized, played with and put away.

Matt, who was a pretty good boy this year, got a PS3 from me, so he has been playing that tonight and having a lot of fun.
The highlights of the kids presents were:
Kitchen set - fake food - shopping cart and a really cute blender with pretend ice that "blends" for Hallie, along with dolls, Minnie Mouse toys and some new cars (she loves cars right now)
Adam received more train sets, which he loves, along with a really cool remote control car and helicopter, games, books, and track expansions so we can make the biggest railroad track ever!