Wrapping up January

 We continued to have fun with Tio Miguel and Abuela before they headed back to FL. 

We had fun playing games. 

Abuela and the kids worked on puzzles.

Lucia and Abuela put together this nice blanket. 

I loved seeing them work on it together.  They are both so very crafty. 

A picture of my Abuela Elsa was sent to me.

Love her smile. 

Papi kept busy with the kids. 

Everyone using our new electronic table. 

Snuggles with Dad.

I LOVE getting Christmas cards every year and putting them up and enjoying them all year long. 

Benicio's art paper done at home in the remote school model.

Lucia came up with a watch made out of recycled items. 

Playing chess with neighbor friends.

Funny hat at our friends home.

 

More snuggles!!!

So excited that the baby kids get to go back to school, yes they have to wear masks all day but at least they get to go.  Sadly Violet continues to be "Remote" learning. 

We sure miss Abuela and Tio Miguel. 

Here is a coloring page Lucia made for Abuela. 

What a wonderful Christmas and New Years we have had.  

Happy New Year's 2021!

 We were excited to celebrate the new year. 

I thought it would be fun to have our friends the Theodosis over.

We absolutely love our Harry Potter sweaters.

It was so fun to have Tio Miguel and Abuela with us.

 

I love this picture, my Mom's smile just radiates.

We ordered out the last of our Uber Eats privilege's. 

and did our tradition of making  "New Year" hats.

I love to see Mom and Claires relationship.  They adore each other.

We pulled out the minute to win it games from Christmas Eve and had fun playing all the games.

I think the kids had a blast cheering on the parents.

We decorated cookies.

This year I checked on Amazon and found these neat party streamers. 

They were a HIT!

Watch Streamer video here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Mw7149y9aU

We wish all our family and friends a healthy, blessed year. 

Our 2020 Family Photos

I decided that I wanted an "edgy" city look for this years family photo.

Leather jackets and animal print came to mind. 

I was so happy to hear the Miguel and Mom were going to be in town during our photo shoot.

I thought this is great that we are going to get some family pictures together. 

This is one of my favorites.

The kids love their Abuela

I was so excited to have time to take pictures by the iconic bridges of Pittsburgh.

We love our Tio Miguel 

and because it was COVID time, there was hardly no one in the city. We ran to the middle of the street and snagged one of my favorite shots.

We were excited to also get a chance to get pictures with my wonderful In-laws.

Grampa Karl turned 70 in December of 2020 and I thought it would be neat for him to have a really nice picture. 

Gramma Jan and Grampa Karl 

Because of the pandemic, Chad and I got to watch Tiger King and we thought why not play on that for our Christmas card this year....."All you Cool Cats and Kittens"

And then of course Chad had to make up my age on the back of the card....

We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas with their love ones..