Kara, Lindsay, Emily and I were all highly amused by this during a 2007 trip to the Vermont House.

Remembering when the weather was nice enough for these outfits… and looking forward to a potential new visit to Florida to visit Harry Potter World this August!

It snowed here again yesterday and is still going strong, on and off, today.  Right now it’s actually sunny, cloudy and snowing all at the same time.  It’s very bizarre.  I’ll have to try and get some pictures of it.  We have been blessed with another snow day, which has been productive in that I have shoveled the entire front walk and gotten in some extra exercise.

This is the view from the kitchen windows today:

Jack, Christmas 2009.

It’s been nice cold and snowy here for quite some time, and it got me remembering our summer fun!  I’m also headed with a bunch of friends to Medieval Times tomorrow, which brought the Disney World road trip back into the front of my mind!

I know we’ve had posts about this when it was happening, but just for fun, reminiscing purposes, here are some of my favorites from the Disney World road trip!

We’re all very excited around here because the new Harry Potter World will soon be opening up at Universal Studios!  That might just mean another summer road trip this August!  We shall see…

Picture of the week us back and it is commemorating our recent snow day!  Here’s Jack, sitting on what later became Bernard the Snowman (who now has no head as Jack karate kicked it off shortly after Bernard was created).

Today is the day to celebrate love of all kinds!  We’ll be celebrating here with a repeat of Katherine’s birthday celebration from a few weekends ago.  Sadly, Katherine got very sick the day of the party so she couldn’t enjoy the fabulous food and company that were provided!  We’re trying again today with a Valentine’s Day Feast - everything needs to be pink!  Penne alla vodka, salad with beets, and red velvet cake with pink cream cheese icing!  I’m off to get started on the cake (heart-shaped, of course!).

We didn’t take any pictures last time, but hopefully we’ll get some today and post them later!

I also hope to reinstate the pictures of the week today - just have to find a good one first!

For the second time in a year, school has been cancelled today, which means no work for me, and no school for Jack.  Willa told me last night that he declared he is coming to my house - he thinks of this as his new snow day ritual.  So I’m looking forward to having lunch and hot cocoa with Jack and Willa later, probably after we have shoveled our respective front walks.  The snow is still coming down, however, so I’m trying to delay a bit so the job doesn’t need to be done twice!

I realize that I should also probably address the lack of posts except for the recent one for Katherine’s birthday.  Life has taken a busy turn around here, with a lot of Sundays busy apartment hunting or spending time at shows or with friends.  It has left little time to post a new picture of the week, and the weekdays have proved to be even busier than the weekends.  I hope to resume pictures of the week as soon as possible, but it may have to wait until after the school play.  Costuming is in full swing, and the show is in just five weeks!  Rest assured that I will post enough photos of the week to make up for the missing weeks!

Stay tuned - there will likely be some pictures coming later of our fun-filled snow day!

Celebrate with Katherine today as she turns 19!

I promised a second “Why We’re Awesome” post featuring the other side of the family and the fabulous cousins there.  As Lindsay and I were already mentioned, you can check the last “Why We’re Awesome” post.

Joe has his Bachelor’s degree from the Eastman School of Music and is currently preparing to apply to graduate schools.  He is an accomplished pianist who is currently playing accompaniment in China.

Katherine just finished high school this past June and is now attending Mannes.  This year she won a competition and debuted at Carnegie Hall, playing a violin solo.

Thomas turned fourteen this year and started high school.

Robert turned twelve this year and is now in seventh grade.

Daniel and Nicholas turned nine this year and are in the fourth grade.