Catch Up

Wow, it's been a while! I blame the lack of blogging on the winter. We really haven't been doing anything exciting to blog about it. But to keep us from going insane from boredom we've.....
painted toe nails, played toys, had a visit from Papa, played dress up princesses, cleaned in our underwear and high heels, and took A LOT of trips to Costco and Target. I swear I can just walk around those stores for hours. Oh yeah we were all sick for like 2 weeks straight too! Both kids had double ear infections, coughs, sore throat, the whole works. But we're all healthy now! Hopefully for a while... We've also been enjoying the nice weather we've had lately, and have spent many hours at the park, and riding our new bikes! Yep, we finally got bikes and a trailer for the kiddos to sit in behind us. Mark and I have wanting bikes for a very long time, so it's been really fun to get out of the house and ride around with the fresh air. Well, thats about all for now. Rocco and Grace are getting so big! Crazy how time flies...

Dinosaur Museum And Christmas! (Picture Overload)

Before We left for Wisconsin we went to the dinosaur museum with some friends. Grace loved it! Well, she loved digging in the sand at the end for dinosaur bones. What she didn't love...the SHARK! You can't tell very well in the picture but she freaked out when Mark brought her close to it. Pretty funny. But Rocco bud on the other hand liked it. You can see his big smile right in front of the sharks mouth.
We have a bad reputation in our house of giving gifts before the actual holiday. Actually Mark and I have been married almost 5 years and I don't think we've ever given each other a present on the actual date it's supposed to be given. I thought I was bad at surprises and then I married a person who is even worse than I am! We both just get so excited when we buy the gift that we can't wait to give it to each other. So we don't wait! I know we're really bad! So unfortunately this means we also gave Grace and Rocco their presents before we even left for Wisconsin. Grace got a new table thats just her size. Isn't it cute? It even matches our kitchen perfectly.
We had a blast in Wisconsin. Besides the fact that I was FREEZING! It was a lot of fun. We went sledding, Ice skating, made sugar cookies (I think Grace ate more than she made), looked at lights, went to lots of museums, and just hung out. Grace loved playing with her cousins, Jack and Will. And we got see our newest nephew, Ben who was just 3 weeks old, so cute! It was a good time had by all! Grace loves to do the cheesiest smile in almost all of her pics. She tilts her head and squints her eyes. She doesn't normally smile like that but eveytime she see's a camera thats her "cheese" smile.
On a side note...I've started potty training Grace this week. And it's not going so well. So if you have suggestions, tips, or advice please send them my way!

Cute Family Pics

While we were in San Ramon my brother's girlfriend, Megan took a bunch of cute pictures of the whole family. They turned out so CUTE! She did an awesome job! My brother, Dom was dancing and acting crazy in the background to try and get Grace to smile. Well, it definitely worked. She was cracking up, along with the rest of us. You'll notice in a lot of our faces that we're trying to stop ourselves from busting up. =)