OldFaced

Found a phone app called OldFaced. We had a good time with it. Schmidty even got in on the mix! :)

Bangs!

I decided it was time for a new look. So back to bangs it is!

Ta Da!

Dog Park

Our new favorite thing to do these days is go to the Battle Creek dog park. We absolutely love it and there! The park is 35 acres with hills, trails and ponds. Schmidty plays so well with the other dogs, especially his buddy Max, and it is so much fun to watch! It's funny how happy it makes me to see him happy. I can only imagine the satisfaction parent's feel when they see their children happy and playing with others. The weather has been absolutely beautiful the past week, too bad I took the pictures when there was still snow on the ground. :p Oh well!

The dog begging from Kristin in the photo on the top right is named Gus. He cracks us up. He can smell those treats from a mile away and he does not leave your side, He could care less about playing with the other dogs. 

March Birthday's

March is a busy time of year in our family. There are a lot of birthday's to celebrate.

First is Bobby's birthday which is on March 4th. I have to mention what Kristin did for him because it was really cool. She does not have a lot of money right now because she has been doing her internship for school for the past 8 months. She was trying to think of something that she could get him that would be meaningful and special without having to spend a lot of money. She decided to write 31 (this is how old he turned) reasons as to why she loves him so much and to put them in little boxes so that he could open them throughout the day and be reminded of how much she loves and cares for him. Too cute!

The next March birthday is Nico's. His birthday is on March 6th. This little guy is such a cutie, I mean seriously look at him!!! I'm not going to lie, I am always a bit saddened on my nephew's birthday's because I don't get to spend it with them but I am so unbelievably proud of the growing young boys that they are becoming. I just found out that Nico is going to be representing his school in a citywide swim contest. That is sooo awesome!! Go Nico and good luck buddy! 

The next March birthday is Tom's. His birthday is on March 19th. Tom has had an incredibly rough year. His cancer came back so he began chemotherapy again, which caused a variety of issues. He became very weak and got to the point where he could barely move at all and was basically paralyzed. He has been working very hard to get his strength back and has made a lot of progress in the past few months. Hopefully he will continue to make great strides and possibly even be able to walk again soon. Rooting for you Tom!

The next March birthday is Amy's. Her birthday is on March 21st. We all got together the following Sunday to celebrate at her new house, which is so beautiful!! I also got to go out for dinner with her and her family at PF Chang's on her actual birthday. I had been there once before but forgot how good it was! Yummo! After dinner I offered to take the girl's back to my house for a slumber party so Amy and Brian could get some alone time together (totally spur of the moment thing but worked out great). The next afternoon we met up with Amy and Jennie and went to Snuffy's, which was also extremely delicious. All in all it was a pretty awesome weekend, full of fun, great food and family! Amy claims I am trying to take over her role in the family as the planner and organizer of family events. Honestly, it would be near IMPOSSIBLE to measure up to the role she plays in this family so I would be crazy to even try :) 

 

The final birthday in March is Joe's, which is March 31st. He turned the big 30 this year! He of course did not want to do anything special to celebrate, as usual (total opposite of me). We spent the weekend laying pretty low. We went out to eat with Kristin and Bobby Saturday night and spent both days at the dog park, which has turned into our favorite thing to do lately. His birthday fell on a Monday so we obviously worked all day and I made him grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner, his favorite :). He is a pretty easy guy to please and I love this SO much about him. Love you babe!!!

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