Although we were missing my brother and his family, my sister was determined to get a family picture taken, which has not been done in years.
The Pavone crew on Christmas Day!
My dad and two of his brothers enjoying the company.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
A Message from Santa
Today Audrey received a message from Santa. At first she did not want to listen to what he had to say but soon he captured her attention and was very interested in what he had to say to her.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Let it Snow!
It has been snowing here in Syracuse for five days straight. I took this picture today because I can no longer open up our kitchen door out to the deck because of all the snow. It just keeps piling and piling up. I don't know if I am quite ready for winter yet.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
It's Beginning to feel a lot like Christmas
Audrey and I decorated the Christmas tree today. A loved tradition that I had done with my mom. Now that I have a daughter, daughters, I hope to carry that tradition on with them. We put on Christmas music. Avery hung the lights as he would call it, "the contractor supervised" (thats me of course) and we began to place all the ornaments on the tree. Audrey carefully placed the less fragile items on the lower section as I tacked the top half of the tree. As one ornament came out after the other Audrey would say, "Oh this one is even more beautiful!"
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Oh where, oh where could my Christmas tree be?
Today we were off to the tree farm to cut our Christmas tree. Audrey was so excited. We dressed her in her warm winter attire and headed off. She loved the tracker ride from the car to the farm. She kept saying, "those tires are really, really big". Once off the tractor, Audrey was thrilled to get her boots in the snow. She walked in the snow for a while until mom was taking too long to find just the right tree, so she then asked daddy for a piggy-back. As I went on my quest, Audrey and Avery stayed behind. When I finally called them to come look at a tree I was bombarded with snowballs. How was I to know they were devising a snowball ambush on mom.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Photo Finish
Audrey has been celebrating that she has mastered the working of my camera. She goes around the house taking pictures of everything; the cabinets, the carpet, her feet, my nose. Today, she took a vivid picture of Francesca. What a pro!
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Ribbon Mania
Audrey was insistant on going through all my loose ribbon today. We chose a couple to put in their hair to play a little dress up.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Happy Scary Halloween
This is the first year that Audrey chose what she wanted to be for Halloween. She wanted to be the "mean" witch from the Wizard of Oz ( the movie of the month ), so my mom made the witch's dress and I bought a hat and painted her face.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Happy Birthday Nana!
We celebrated my mom's birthday a few days later since they were out of town. Here Audrey and my mom blow out the candles together.
Happy Birthday Mom, we love you!!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Fall is in the air
Audrey and I enjoyed this crisp fall day. We had one last walk in the fields, slide down the slide and swing. See you next spring.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
God Bless Francesca Ann
A few pictures were taken with the priest and Francesca's Godparents, Cathy and Jeff.
A few of the children are waiting patiently to go to the after Christening party!
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Loving Sister
Audrey is always wanting to hold her little sister. This is just one of many shots of the two together.
