We Will Miss You, Uncle JP

My uncle died unexpectedly yesterday. He had a massive heart attack. He had always treated me like I was part of his family. He took me on his family vacations, attended and video taped all my sporting events and was there when I graduated high school and college. Please keep my aunt and cousins in your prayers. He leaves behind four boys: David, 23; Eric, 21; Kyle, 16; and Lance 9. They are fantastic kids, (Lance is my Godson and Eric is Patrick's Godfather) and I am so proud of them for pulling together and staying strong at such a hard time. We will miss you, Uncle JP.

Christmas at Mimi and Papa's

The spoiling continued at Mimi's and Papa's on Christmas evening. The kids were up to their elbows in presents! Do our kids have the best grandparents in the world or what?

Christmas Eve/Christmas Morning

Our Christmas festivities really began on Wed the 23rd. My mom spent 5 days in the hospital having her gall bladder removed and being treated for an infection. She finally made it home on Tuesday and had us over the next day for dinner and presents. She is a machine, I tell ya! I was so excited on Christmas Eve because up until that night, Finn wanted nothing to do with Santa. And after Christmas morning, I am pretty sure Santa is Finn and Patrick's new favorite person. Yep, they are spoiled rotten. We had so much fun this year seeing Finn get so excited about all his toys. It was worth every penny spent at Toys R Us!

Introducing the newest member of the family...Squidward the fish!

Auntie Shannon's

Wow, it has been way too long since I have blogged. I guess the job, the kids and the Christmas season has been keeping me pretty busy! We started of the Christmas festivities a few weeks ago with a trip downtown to visit Auntie Shannon. The kids rode the train in the lobby of her office and then we all went back to her place for some Aurileos....mmmm!