For all of you who had enjoyed reading our blog, I am SORRY. I am going to try much harder this year (even if it's less journaling and more posting photos). You can blame it on Facebook. JK!, It's just really tough to wrangle 2 kids, manage a household, work part-time, lead Bible study at church, try to keep a clean house and still find the time before passing out at the end of the day to get on here. Can I get an AMEN!?
I'll follow up this post with "The best photos from 2009".
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Best of 2009
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Saturday, February 13, 2010
The Best of 2009 - The Pitzer's go to FLORIDA!
The Whole clan: Grandma, Colin, Addi, Mom & Bubba
Tess and I
Addi and Nick eating chocolate chip cookies in their tent
Hav'in fun at the beach !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vilano Beach - St. Augustine, FL
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Best of 2009
Addi's first (successful) lawn mower ride
Annual camping trip - The Plate River
Runners
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
The Best of 2009 - Addi's 1st Race
This kid's fun run was put on by the running club Matt run's with on the weekends. It was such a cute event. It was held at the park by our house. After the races, they served lunch and ice cream. It was such a fun afternoon!
Monday, February 08, 2010
Monday, November 09, 2009
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him...
I miss your friendship, going to the park, getting lunch at The Schnitz, talking about kids, husband's, friends, family and life. I miss your smile, hearing your voice and your laugh. I MISS U! I cannot wait till we see eachother again... I love you.Happy Birthday Tan!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Especially for Daddy...
It will be almost 2 weeks by the time Matt comes back to GR and sees the kids. They were so cute this morning - jumping in the crib together that I thought I'd put it on video to brighten Matt's day. ... a little love for ya!
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Everything's awesome in New York City! ... That's what she said!
As many of you know (last month) Matt and I went to New York - alone, for Fire Research Center's annual Christmas Party.
Even though our time was quite rushed and our stay was too short, we were able to do many cool things. To name a few: brief tour of the city, quick stop (off the tour bus) at Ground Zero, Rockefeller Center, an experience in Chinatown buying our "Coach" purses, excellent meals of dining out (gotta love a huge, diverse city), Broadway show - Mama Mia, and a really fun, amazingly well done Christmas Party (with presents for all the kid's handed out by Santa himself!).
Even though our time was quite rushed and our stay was too short, we were able to do many cool things. To name a few: brief tour of the city, quick stop (off the tour bus) at Ground Zero, Rockefeller Center, an experience in Chinatown buying our "Coach" purses, excellent meals of dining out (gotta love a huge, diverse city), Broadway show - Mama Mia, and a really fun, amazingly well done Christmas Party (with presents for all the kid's handed out by Santa himself!).
I can't believe I waited til I was 29 to go to the NYC. It was fantastic!!!!!!!
Saturday, December 06, 2008
Santa Parade
Saturday morning was the Santa Parade in downtown Rockford. It was freezing cold, windy and there was a continuous abundance of perfect, only-in-the-movies type snow. It really was pretty.
The parade was fun. Addi had a great time watching all the people, seeing the fire trucks, police cars, ambulance and hearing their sirens, watching the floats, band, mascots and other weird 8 ft. tall stuffed creatures and lastly Santa!
Colin and I watch the last half of the parade from inside the doorway of the library. What?! The "baby" was cold.
Friday, December 05, 2008
Vrolijk Kerstfeest
Last night/this morning we celebrated "Dutch Christmas". Well, part of it anyway...
The part where the children fill their wooden shoes with hay and carrots for Sinterklaas' (St. Nick) horses and place them by the door. Only to find in the morning (if they've been good girl's and boy's) that the hay and carrots were replaced with treats, gifts and chocolate gold coins.
Don't worry bad girl's and boy's get a treat too - a lump of coal from Zwarte Piet (Black - as in evil or sinister Peter).
We've decided to carry on this tradition (American-style), in hopes of teaching our children a bit of their Dutch heritage.
Remembering Tanya...
It'll be a year tomorrow that my very first, oldest and best friend was called to Heaven.
Not a day goes by that I don't look at her picture on my dresser and just wish that I could talk to her or even see her for 1 more minute - to give her one last hug (without a pregnant belly getting in the way).
A year has passed, but it hasn't gotten any easier. For any of us.
Joe and the boys are living in Rockford with his parents. The boys have transitioned well to their new school and home environment.
We had Joe and the boys over for dinner this week. It was so great to be able to spend time with them. But so different with out Tan. On the outside; Jacob & Preston are your "normal", typical, loud, active boys - something I'll have to get used to. Since they are young, so you never can tell just how they are doing inside. One can only hope that they've found a (healthy) way to deal with the loss of their Mother.
Please pray for Tanya's Parent's, Sister, Nieces, Joe and the boys (and me too) that healing would continue and that the family would be strengthened thru all of this.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Snow, snow go away...
Where's the beach? Anyone...? Multi-purpose sand toys, gotta love it.
I may complain about the cold and snow, but today I was able to enjoy one of the most precious childhood moments - SNOW! To see Addi seeing and playing in the snow for the first time and showing her how to build a snowman, it was truly special. So special that I couldn't even feel the cold, wind, or snow. It must have been special for Addi too b/c she couldn't even feel the long bugger slime running down her face!
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