Greek Festival

This blog post is dedicated to Nana and Grandpa. Once again, we had to attend the annual St. Katherine Greek Festival without you. Nine years ago, while you were visiting, we all decided to attend this local festival on a whim. The food was so good and the entertainment was much fun that we have gone back very year since. FYI, next year will be our 10th annual visit, your attendance is requested :)

An Old-Fashioned Church Picnic

Mason and I attended our parish picnic this afternoon. There is nothing better than January temperatures in the low 80's and a cool breeze. We enjoyed burgers on the grill, popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, bounce houses, sack races, tag football and best of all, a cake walk!

by Mom

What a birthday!

We woke up to record low temperatures in Southwest Florida, lows in the 30's. We feasted on peanut butter and chocolate pancakes for breakfast. We headed to the local movie theater to see Avatar, an awesome movie! We ate dinner at DaRuMa Japanese Steakhouse and ended our day with a slumber party. Overall, a great 12th birthday for Mackenzie.

Happy 12th Birthday, Mackenzie!

Happy 12th birthday to my 3 week early 6 lb 4 oz toe-headed bundle of joy! You are my only girl, sandwiched between two boys. You prefer spending time with friends and family over gifts and presents. You make our family slow down and enjoy nature even in this fast paced world. Twelve years ago today at 2:56 pm I would have never dreamed that the years would go by this quickly. Although I miss my baby girl, I am truly enjoy my new middle school-er, and especially the fact that we can now share shoes.

Love, Mom