Ian

Amanda on February 16th, 2013

Christmas cookie decorating:   Christmas Eve: We held Christmas Eve at our house for the first time and moved the furniture around to open the living room up a bit more.  We also wanted to try to get a big family shot. Some people like to make silly faces while I set up my tripod […]

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Amanda on February 3rd, 2013

Since the boys are absolutely in love with all things Lego, I bought tickets for us to attend KidsFest in Pittsburgh.  We booked a hotel room for two nights and made a mini-vacation out it! We didn’t tell the boys what we were doing in Pittsburgh so they were BEYOND excited when we walked into […]

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Amanda on January 8th, 2013

The boys with their pumpkins.  Ian designed his own and I helped Matthew sketch his pumpkin’s face before carving. Our family of pumpkins.  Mine is the cute one. 😉 Mario and Luigi – their costumes were a hit!  

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Amanda on January 7th, 2013

A few weeks after I got back from Ireland, we had a rare day of pretty nice weather and nothing planned.  We went to Forest Lawn Cemetery and I asked my mom to use my camera to take some pictures.  Here are some of the pictures she and I took that day. Official photography assistant […]

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Amanda on January 6th, 2013

(Yes, that is A Christmas Story reference. LOL) Ian took part in a summer reading challenge sponsored by NYS Assemblyman Ray Walters.  Unfortunately, I can’t remember what the requirements were.  15 minutes a day?  A book a day?  Maybe Ian set a goal and we just had to meet it daily?  I don’t know – […]

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