My poor lonely blog...

My poor lonely blog. I have let life get the best of me lately and have been neglecting it a bit. January is such a busy month for us. We have "The Week of Perpetual Cake". This would be the third week in January, where we celebrate my birthday, Paul. Jr's birthday, AmberMae's birthday and mom's birthday. And last year I added Alex's birthday right into the middle of the week.

Yes, that is right, this past Wednesday my amazing little man turned 1! I sit here and ask myself "Where did the year go?". It seems like only yesterday that Evelyn and I were crying together as we admired my precious little man. Having a son has been so much different than having a daughter. Aeryn at this age was calm and cute and sweet. Alex is like a firecracker. As soon as you light that fuse he is off and booming from the moment he wakes up until the moment he falls asleep. I certainly am one blessed mommy to have both of these wonderful children.

 I am also blessed to have these two, though they are no longer children. Beautiful, spirited AmberMae has just turned 12 and Handsome, precocious Paul is now 14. It seems like just yesterday that Evelyn was bringing THEM into the world. I am not sure what I would do without them in my life. They make the world  very interesting.

This past weekend we enjoyed a Manchester Monarchs hockey game. It was a lot of fun. Paul, as a birthday party, got to take five of his friends. Mom, Aeryn, and I tagged along as my birthday gift from Evelyn and Paul. And what an amazing gift it was. I can just say that driving a car from Walpole to Manchester with Aeryn, Amber and Grace in the back seat is VERY eventful. Especially since AmberMae made me think that the boys who were in the van got to have a whole bunch of candy and the girls did not get any. Silly Auntie Chelle stopped at the store and got some, only to find out later that Amber may have "embelished" the ammount of  candy that the boys actually had.

 Aeryn and Grace have not really been represented yet so I figured I would as these shots that they took on our way to the hockey game. The two of them together is usually a comical event. They seem to bounce of each others personality and compliment the other. That is of course when they are not going for each other's throats. The latter is usually a rarity however and I love the times we all get to spend together.