{March}

1- March 1st was Cooper's birthday. Aubrey and I brought him McDonald's for lunch and brownies for his class. 2- Dr. Seuss day at school. All my little Cats in their Hats. 3- Aubrey and her baby. 4- Dinner and bowling for Amber's birthday. 5- Baseball practice started. All the boys are on the Angels! 6- PJ day at school. 7- My lunch date. 8- G.N.O.- dinner and Pink Box Donuts! YUM!! 9- Cute girls! Lunch at Cafe Rio. 10- Sophia and Doc. We watched Natalie for a couple days while Lauren was out of town for her sister's wedding. 11- The boys got their outfits for the wedding. Kind of last minute:/ 12-Cooper and his friend that is a girl, Danica. They were boyfriend and girlfriend. I love watching them together, totally innocent, so cute! 13- Road trip. Chloe had a dance competition in CA. My mom, dad, Chloe, Aubrey, Hailey, and myself went while Chris stayed home with the boys for baseball. 14- Chloe and Ms. Britney. A lot of Chloe's love for dance comes from her love for her teacher! 15- Way to go Troopers! They recieved a Top 1st place award for their jazz number and 4th place overall. 16- Grandma bought the girls matching shirts while we were in CA. 17- cRAZY kids! on our way to the wedding rehearsal. 18- Congrats Mr. & Mrs. Paratore!! 19-St. Patty's Day! 20- Amber made some cute cookies! 21- The PE teacher sent me this pic of my boys on picture day. 22- Lady Antebellum Concert with Chris. Thanks for the birthday present!! 23- Coach Dad! Chris is managing the little boys team and helping coach on Nick's team. Makes for some busy, baseball Saturdays. 24- Chris took the week off to stay home. We went on a bike ride the first day. It was nice having him home! 25- We ended the month in CA together for a work conference for Chris. We stayed at the Disneyland Hotel and enjoyed an Angels game. Lots of fun!! 

[Fun Run]

03.20.14

The kids did a Fun Run for school to raise money.

They had sponsors and ran laps.

All 3 boys did the max 36 laps.

Still kind of sick, I was a proud, emotional mom and cried watching my kids run.

Aubrey ran her 15 laps with me.

Spring Pics

Nicholas- 5th grade

Chloe- 4th grade

Alex- 2nd grade

Cooper- 1st grade

Aubrey- Preschool

Jenny got married!!!

 03.14.14 

All smiles when we got to the hotel. Everyone was happy!

 Friday before the wedding was the rehearsal and dinner . 

I picked the kids up from school early to go check in to the hotel, where all the girls were going to be staying, to help Jenny get her dress and stuff upstairs. 

I kind of had a melt down on the way to the hotel. So many emotions. I am so thankful for my sweet kids who deal with a crazy mother and so easily forgive me. 

I pulled over to say a prayer. Chloe started crying for Katie. It was super sweet!

I too am sad that Katie had to miss Jenny's wedding.

It was crazy though. We brought all of our stuff up to the hotel room and go to leave, with the bride to the rehearsal and my car won't start! Great timing. And in a parking garage none the less, where a tow truck can't come get it! Luckily Amber was there and we all shoved into her car. It was actually pretty fun/funny!! Clown car!

 The rehearsal was short and sweet. Pretty simple. And then we all, the wedding party and all of Jenny and Joey's family, went to my mom's for dinner. Joey's parents put it all together. Delicious!! and SO much food!

 All week we had been getting ready for the wedding. Nails, pedicures, spray tans, and then hair and make up on that day. Everyone needed to look their BEST!!

 All the girls in the wedding party stayed in a suite at the Red Rock. Jenny, Amber, and I in the king bed. Amber and Makenzie on a roll away bed. Tiaira and Alex on air mattresses next to us. Chloe and Hailey on the couch in the living room. And then the four little girls, Aubrey, Kaylin, Lucy and Jordy on a king air mattress in the living room. 

All day was spent getting our hair and make up done. 

 It seemed like forever before it was time to go to the ceremony, but after we got there everything flew by.

It was beautiful!

 And so much fun! And I am so happy for Jenny and Joey!!

CONGRATULATIONS! WE LOVE YOU GUYS!!

Just a little note to remember: Cooper was the sweetest guy all night. When I first saw him he kept asking me to bend down so I could tell him a secret and then he would kiss my cheek. It was pretty sweet! He brought me flowers a couple times and was a dancing fool all night. 

On a separate note, Chloe and Aubrey, especially Aubrey, had a hard time letting Jenny get married. 

All night she cried for her Jenny. Hard for the kids to understand that she is married now!

Cooper turns SEVEN

 03.01.14

Saturday, which was Cooper's actual birthday was a little crazy because Chloe had a dance competition, but we still managed to squeeze in some fun.  

We had lunch at In 'n' Out and went and played some laser tag.

 On Sunday night we had all of our family over for a pancake dinner and oreo cake per the birthday boy's request. 

We kind of forgot about it until almost everyone was gone, but Cooper also wanted a photo booth. 

Which is always fun!

Cooper is the sweetest kid I know! I am so glad this special boy is part of our family.

Happy birthday Coop!!

Jenny's bachelorette party

02.28.14

Jenny's bachelorette party. 

We went to Sugar Factory in our PJs which was quite fun!

Then back to our suite at the M for desserts and games.

Such a fun night!!

{February}

1- first day of the month and we had 2 separate baptisms to attend. 2- chloe and i were matching. 3- the craziness that was our house for a good 2 weeks while painting the kitchen and all the cabinets! 4- trader joe stickers! 5- park time while nick is at baseball practice. alex and cooper are little monkeys. 6- cooper had to do a family tree for school. 7- and that family project prompted me to get on anestry.com and do some work, which then prompted me to pull out my doll and read the letters to find our more about the people i was named after. 8- alex is exactly like his dad! he even eats a burrito like his dad!! 9- rascals garage sale and bake sale to raise money for cooperstown, ny. 10- daddy-daughter dance at school. grandpa came too! 11- my girl is getting so big. i thought she was looking so old all ready for church with her hair down and straight. 12- sibling game night at jeremy and mical's house. 13- 02.13.14-wearing pink and red, ready for their valentine parties. 14- valentine's day breakfast with my little loves. 15- dinner with my one and only at maggiano's for v-day. 16-the view from my bedroom saturday morning. getting ready for jenny's bridal shower. 17- hot pilates. our first time. it was hot!! 18- collecting props for the photo booth at the blue & gold. 19- dress rehearsal. it is officially competition season. 20- friends! 21- mismatched socks and shoes day at school. 22- aubrey playing memory. how is she so big?!! 23- chloe and hailey at family dinner. 24- aubrey, kaylin, and mav at a baseball game. 25- jenny's bachelorette party (don't worry, her drink was non alcohol!!)

Red Sox Baby Shower

02.22.14

My friend, Laura just had her third baby boy and in February we threw her a Boston Red Sox baby shower. Baseball is my life right now and I LOVE red, white, and blue so I had lots of fun planning this shower.

Congrats Bliss' on baby Jay!