Happy Birthday Sweet Amaya

Posted by Mary Grace (MGD) on Wednesday, November 17, 2010.
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November 7th my sweet baby neice Amaya celebrated her 1st birthday! We had so much fun at the festivities and enjoyed great food and cake. She is also starting to walk and she is just so stinkin adorable! I just love her so much! Happy Birthday sweetie and we all love you!




Amaya & her proud mommy & daddy

Sweet baby Amaya in her dress & matching cake!
Lola & her gals- Amaya & Julia (all sporting PINK!)
Buddies Alex & Matthew

Congratulations Steph & Nick

Posted by Mary Grace (MGD) on Tuesday, November 16, 2010.
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My sweet friend Stephanie married her best friend Nick November 13th in Annapolis. The wedding was a traditional catholic wedding at St. Mary's Catholic Church and the reception was held at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront hotel. Stephanie was so beautiful in her dress- I swear it was made just FOR her!
The ceremony was so beautiful and of course I cried when the soloist sang Ave Maria. I had wonderful memories of my own wedding! The reception was so fun and beautiful. It was also a nice treat to be able to spend the evening with my friend Heather and her husband Corey. We had a blast dancing the night away. What a great wedding for a beautiful couple! Congratulations Stephanie & Nick-- enjoy your honeymoon in the Dominican Republic!

























My Clone Trooper & Tinkerbell

Posted by Mary Grace (MGD) on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.
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Another Halloween filled with candy, costumes and trick or treaters have all come and gone. We are left with two cute costumes that are going to sit in the closet and buckets full of candy that my kids ask for everyday. Our plan is to have Dave bring the bags of candy to work so it's not anywhere close to Matthew & Julia.

Saturday 10/30/10 we attended a family wedding so we were unable to join my family on their annual trick or treat event at the Avenue in White Marsh, MD. Each year hundreds of kids, adults and animals get dressed for the event (yes- animals) and they parade around the avenue asking nicely for candy and dog treats (dogs only!) The kids were all dressed up and excited to get their candy...


*Alex my nephew was the only one I didn't have a picture of by himself. He was a race car drvier but he is pictured below with all of his cousins*



Tinkerbell & Clone Trooper




























My sweet neice- Amaya the LadyBug






















Boys WILL ALWAYS be boys! Dylan as an Army guy & Daniel the Ninja!


















All six of Lola's grandkids sitting nicely for a picture...WOW....really....WOW
How'd they do that?




Farms, Farms and MORE Farms!

Posted by Mary Grace (MGD) on Tuesday, October 26, 2010.
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The last few weeks, we have been so busy doing fall activities and visited 3 farms! If it was up to Matthew & Julia they would like to go to another 2 or 3 farms before it gets cold. Our first farm trip this fall was at Homestead Gardens in Davidsonville, MD. We went twith Dave's mom and sister and had a nice lunch afterwards. Homestead is a cute little farm and had so many activities for little ones along with a hayride to visit some llamas!

The second farm we visited as Weber's Cider Mill Farm in Parkville, MD and they had small and large corn maize for the kids, little tractor rides, hillside slides, boo-barn and more. We enjoyed some yummy ice cream and some apple cider donuts--YUM!


The third farm we visited was with Matthew's school at Green Meadows Farm in Jessup, MD. This was a treat because he was able to ride a school bus for the very first time. Actually all of the kids on the bus were so thrilled because they had never riden on a school bus before. Green Maeadow's Farm is massive and lots of hills, lots of walking, petting zoo, barn shows. My Matthew actually touched a big fat pink pig, a horse and even a cow! I can't tell if he loved the school bus ride more or cheering on the pigs in the pig races!




Lola and ALL six grandkids! Amaya, Matthew, Julia, Daniel,
Dylan & Alex


















Mathew, Daniel, Dylan and Alex waiting for the tractor to GO!

















Matthew and his daycare friends at Green Meadow's Farm


















Matthew & Kailey- their first school bus ride!












Fall...you are finally here

Posted by Mary Grace (MGD) on Tuesday, October 19, 2010.
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I love Fall..I have to say this is my favorite season even though I just love going to the beach, wearing sund resses and flip flops. Fall brings out a spice in me...maybe its becaue my birthday is in the Fall season. I love Fall clothes such as sweaters, cute cardi's, adorable boots, scarves and jackets! Now...for those who really know me, know that I really do not like to wear jackets. However, I LOVE to buy jackets & coats. Such fun trying them on and buying different size- they make a great colorful addition to our closets! Here are my findings under $50 for this fall that you MUST get!

NY & Company Corsage Cardigan
(on sale for $34 but I also had a coupon for 30% off! Belt is sold seaparately)















A2 by Aerosoles Role Away Ankle Boots (Kohls for $48.99 and I had a 15% off coupon!) I just love these boots-so cute with jeans, tights and a dress and of course dress pants!






















Scarf at Old Navy (8.99!!)
What a steal at $8.99 for this scarf! Just because its fall add some color to your outfit by using a scarf or bold necklaces!























Ready?? Trench Coat for $19.99 at TARGET! Be prepared for all that late September & October rain with a cute rain coat. Leave your black raincoat at home and opt for a blue, purple, tan, red or green rain coat!

Miniature Golf & Birthday fun

Posted by Mary Grace (MGD) on Sunday, October 3, 2010.
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This past weekend we went to Gillian's birthday party. Gillian is in Matthew's class and they love playing together. It was also nice that Julia had some friends to play with as well- some of the kids in Matthew's class have sisters/brothers in Julia's class too so she was able to play with them at the birthday party. Here are some shots from the miniature golf fun!


My two monkeys being silly!















My sweet baby boy. Yes- he is still my baby even though he is so big!




















Matthew & his friends from school. Gillian the birthday girl is standing next to Matthew.















Yup! Here is my sweet hubby. He is teaching Julia how to play putt-putt!
I don't think the Pro-Golfers know about this move yet.....















Julia shows dad a much easier and better way to get a hole in one!






Outside all day long!

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Saturday was just a beautiful Fall day- after soccer we took Moe to Grammy's House and we spent the whole day outside! I think the only time Matthew & julia came in was to get something to eat, drink and potty breaks. I just love this time of year and we had so much fun playing kickball, picking up sticks, playing in the sandbox and running around.


The kids were in the backyard and I was on the deck taking pictures!















Peek a boo- hiding under the deck...















Ma! Look at me on the ball!















Run! Run! Kick!