The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Our ENTIRE family went on vacation recently and we had the BEST TIME EVER!!  My sister who is an amazing blogger and an even more amazing photographer, along with my aunt, took all of the following shots from our vaca!  In fact all of the vacation posts are directly from her blog because somehow with 5 kids she can manage her time a lot better than I can (and she said I could copy)!!
So Enjoy...  


Of course I love Christmas, but my most favorite time of the year is in April, when my family all gets together for a week at my mom's beach house in Florida.  It's beach week!

Before heading to the coast, we stopped for lunch at my brother's new house in town.  So great to see family again, including my sister and her sweet family (and Nana, Papa, Aunt Kerry and Uncle Jim and Aunt Juju joined us for beach week this year, too!), my brother and his family, including his precious twin toddlers, my parents, and some family friends.  The kids had a blast playing with their cousins, reading books, and hiding from Uncle Jim the hairy-scary monster...
















(He'll never find us here!)




















BeachPea was in baby heaven!











Now on to Paradise!...

The Relatives Visit for Easter & Spring Break

My brother, sister-in-law, nephew and niece came to visit from 

South Carolina for their spring break.  

We got to spend Easter together!

Look what the Easter bunny left!

From the Nana and Papa Easter Bunny!

My Little Ponies!!!!

Dude Stuff!!

Easter Cake!

I think Brook thought it was the Easter bunny's birthday!

Fun presents from Aunt Cheryl and the gang!

Hot tub time!

Baby lovin'!

Brook had so much fun with her cousins!

We ended our trip with a visit to The Cake Boss Bakery in Hoboken, NJ.  

We celebrated Rachel's birthday (who's a huge fan of the show and quite an impressive baker herself) with a cake from the bakery.  

We had to wait about an hour to get in.  It was a little chilly!

We got pix with the boss...sort of!

Then off to lunch overlooking the New York City skyline.

Rachel chose The Oreo Cake.

And, Oh My was it delicious!

Thank you everyone for making the trip. 

We all had so much fun!  

We miss you!

The Easter Bunny

I know Easter was forever ago, but I'm still catching up!

We visited a local Community Center with friends for lunch with the Easter Bunny!

Logan seemed a little freaked out by the giant bunny!

Waiting in line!

Brook's Pre-School Open House

I can't believe it, but our little girl is going to pre-school 

(not until September).

We had a great time at the Open House where we made our decision to go ahead and register.

 Brook sat right down and made herself at home at the snack table!

She gave the playground area two thumbs up!

She LOVES her future school and is so excited to go to school like a big kid!