Monday, April 26, 2010

Annual Girls Trip


I rarely blog about things that aren't kid related but decided this deserved a post! I'm getting super excited about my upcoming vacation with my girlfriends from high school. The five of us were inseparable in high school and the friendship has continued. We promised each other when we graduated from high school that we would take an annual trip together...well one thing or another and it's ten years later and we've yet to take one trip. BUT in three weeks we will all be meeting up (flying in from all over the country) for the first of our Annual Girls Trips!! I cannot tell you where we are going yet because the location is a surprise to the other four and they won't find out until this coming weekend. We decided to take turns planning/booking the trip and keeping the location and details secret from everyone else until a couple weeks before!! I got picked to be the first "planner" and I hope the girls like what I've planned!!! We leave in less than three weeks so hopefully I'll have some really fun pictures to post soon!!

Sunday, April 25, 2010

New sand box & some more soccer

Emma's team had individual and team pictures taken before their game on Saturday...even though we ordered a team picture from the photographer Patrick managed to snap a cute one of the team!!


We bought a big bag of sand toys a couple weeks ago and the kids were digging up the flower beds so we decided it was time to look at building a new sandbox. Patrick put this one together in a matter of minutes! We decided to fill it with something other than sand (as we recently discovered that most play sand has crystalline silica- the same stuff in those packets that come in shoe boxes!!) After a visit to the local feed store we decided upon the pellets that are put in horse stales...it does turn to a grainy powder when it gets wet but Patrick was smart and built a nice top for the box too!! The kids loved how it felt and Patrick and I loved that it didn't find its way into the house like sand!!!



(Umbrella not part of the box but we moved it from the table when our kids refused to put hats on while the sun was out!)

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Long time no blog....

Realized the other day that it's been almost a month since I've posted to our blog...have had lots to blog about, guess that's maybe why I haven't had that time!! Here are some recent pics, Easter celebrations, Emma's soccer games, and a random one of Bryan! (Promise to get better about keeping my postings more up to date!)

Easter Egg Hunt at the park with our friends (Brigg's, Crissey's and Daley's)!


The Easter Bunny came to the Shortall's!


Getting ready for mass on Easter Sunday






Opening Easter basket's from Grandma and Grandpa before brunch at Nana and Boompas


Easter dinner at the Saba's

Hunting Eggs with the cousins

Emma's soccer




Bryan's new favorite activity and Mommy's new least favorite activity to clean up- playing with water and cups at the sink!!