Birthday Party 2010

We headed to Pennsylvania earlier this month for Luke, Owen & Rory's big birthday bash. Here's the awesome hockey birthday cake made by the boys' cousin-in-law, Kim. Great job, Kim!


Rory had no trouble blowing out the candles on her cake. She found the cake before the party and she sampled it (as you can see by the missing corner of the cake.


The boys loved the Transformer helmets they got from their Aunt Di and Uncle Tom.


Of course, the boys loved the Penn State gear as well!


They were also psyched about getting a $2 bill.


Rory had a blast opening up all her gifts.


Rory enjoyed hanging with all her cousins. Here she is playing with her cousin Ryley.


No party at the cottage is complete without a big fire around the pit. Owen kept busy stoking the fire and drinking huggies!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Rory!

We just celebrated Rory's 2nd birthday last week. She had no problem opening her presents.


As has become tradition, Amy made a great ice cream cake. Rory was practicing blowing out imaginary candles all week...


and she did a very good job when the moment arrived. It only took her two attempts -- and she did to not spit on her cake!

Street Hockey in the Rain!

The boys recently wanted to play some street hockey. It just so happened to be raining, but that did not stop them. No jerseys were needed, just raincoats.


Faceoff...


Owen has a pretty good wrist shot, but Luke denies him the goal.


Owen keep hustling and eventually he gets a breakaway!

4th of July 2010

We all had a great time celebrating the 4th of July. As usual, we went to the annual penny carnival and parade. Here the boys pose with their favorite mascot Swoop, and Swoop's buddies Mr. Redlegs and Gapper.


Owen introduced his friends Jada and Joelle to Swoop.


They boys ran into one of their buddies Matt - one of their favorite camp counselors.


All the kids got a kick going down the big slide.


There were plenty of games to play...


and even Rory won her share of penny candy.


The trip to the carnival was not complete, until everyone rode the Freedom Express.


Then it was off to see the fireworks. The boys chilled for a while on top of our car.


Rory and I spent some quality time together, waiting for the great fireworks spectacular.


Owen has been practicing his photo taking skills. He did a nice job taking this pic.


Rory had a good old time, especially after she ate her way through a bag of Cheese Doodles.

Mother's Day / Father's Day 2010

O.K., so we are a bit late with this posting...


Luke, Owen & Rory surprised their mother with breakfast in bed and some homemade arts and crafts.


Amy & the kids made sure I had a memorable Father's Day. The gang even authored a book for the occasion!


This spring, the boys finished up their first "season" of playing hockey. Can you tell Luke really loves being on the ice?


Here's Owen lining up for a slapshot!


Next fall they begin playing in the house league. They can't wait!


The Jr. RedHawks.