Penguin Hockey!

We are very much appreciative that Grandma Bonnie found Daddy 4 tickets (2 given by Aunt Janet) to a Penguins game at the *new* Consol Energy Center during Thanksgiving break! This was Sam's first live game ever (and she was really into it - jumping up to cheer and clap), and Emma's first game since she was a baby! We all had a great time cheering the Pens to a 2-1 victory over the Ottawa Senators.

I was able to connect to this cool app in the arena and create this picture (they were not really on the jumbotron, lol)




They received a really nice bag as part of a giveaway, too!

Thanksgiving

Babies' first Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving at Grandma Joanne's!

  

Great-grandma with Isabella

House Guests!

We had a houseful for a weekend in November...

Grandma Bonnie, Dziadzia, Choochie Jill, Gavin, Annalie, Aunt Marcie & Benji... and us, of course!

Then Choocie Jill, Gavin and Annalie stayed for the rest of the week!

Taking girls to the bus stop in the rainTrip to Boyds Bear CountrySchool lunch with SamPlayground time with SamWatching Cats & Dogs with Punky

Fall soccer

Emma now plays on an all-girl U10 team.

Sam plays at the U8 level.

Halloween 2010

Sam's First Gymnastics Competition

Sam did such a great job at her first competition! She was not nervous at all, and told me "I didn't know I should be nervous in the first place!" Apparently being nervous was my job :)

Sam had the highest score of the day on the floor - a 9.0! She did well on the vault and struggled on the bars (needs to hit the weights, I guess) and surprised us by falling off of the balance beam (she never does in practice!)... but got right back up and finished her routine with confidence. She had tons of fun, which is the most important part!

Look on the videos page to see 3 videos of Sam's competition!

Many faces of Christmas!

My favorite part of Christmas photos is the kids' faces! They are priceless...