I'm back!

Okay, too much time has passed since I last posted.  Spring came and went.  The boys finished school and now summer is over and the boys are back at school.  Here are some highlights -

Jacob fractured his arm during a track meet - buckle fracture!

We had lot's of poolside fun!

George customized his motorcycle!  I even went for a ride.

We got new furniture.  Our former furniture was 13 years old!

All of our college friends visited for July 4th and to welcome Pete home from his tour in Afghanistan!

We took an amazing family vacation to Chicago.
This is the view from the condo we rented!

And had to try deep dish pizza!  Benny did not like it! 

We made it through Hurricane Irene.
The worst thing we had to deal with was this odd and venomous caterpillar Benny found.

And the boys went back to school.
Hard to believe they are in 3rd and 7th grade!

February is a short month...

For the first time in several years, I did not post on the blog for an entire month.  A sign of the times I guess.

February was a busy month and a few things kept us busy:

The Super Bowl was a disappointment for our household.  The boys looked good for the game though:

Two of my college friends, Julie and Laura, turned 40.  (Well, one birthday was actually at the end of January.)  We got together to celebrate.

Benny turned 8 at the end of January and had a small "kid party" at the house.

The boys' ski lessons finished up last month too.  Benny is a terror coming down the mountain and Jacob was given the all-clear to snowboard using the chair lift.  

Basketball was also in full swing.  Jacob had a great year and found his stride - especially on defense.  My sweet boy becomes aggressive on the court!  Jacob will work on his offense during the off-season as he plans to try out for the school team next year.

George coached Benny's 1st and 2nd grade team.  And believe it or not - I was the assistant coach.  The kids learned the basics under George's instruction and should be in good shape for next year.  

George and I got away for a night and met the Shipman's in Boston to watch UNH hockey play Northeastern.  My sister-in-law Stacy joined us too!  We stayed at the 90 Hotel and enjoyed every minute.  Started with drinks and appetizers at the Beantown Pub, moved onto dinner at the Boston Beerworks and then has post-game drinks at the hotel's fancy bar!  The city got a few inches of snow while we were there and the view from our hotel was beautiful.

Jackie tries her best!

And here is my jump.  Delicate flower?  Ladylike?  No!

Jacob Gets Big Air!

And here is Jacob on the jump at the sledding hill:

Snow Day 2 - Benny Gets Air

The kids and George had another snow day!  UNH made us go in but sent us home at 1:00 pm.

Benny wanted to go sledding so we headed to our favorite spot in Epping (just down the road from our house).  There was a jump on the hill and the boys and I took turns at hitting the jump.  We took some videos of the action.

There goes Benny!

Snow Day!

We had our first snow day of the season.  Even UNH closed today!  George made pancakes for us - chocolate chip for the kids and blueberry/strawberry ones for me.

After lunch we headed out to go sledding.  The storm had died down a bit by then, but the snow was still falling and it was pretty windy.  We took out our new toboggan and hit the hills at a local farm in Epping.

I am not so good at riding in a toboggan.  I finally figured out how to balance my weight and sit right to avoid George's scolding.

Here are some pictures:

My personal chef.

It snowed, it snowed...

Here we go!

Down they go.

Down, down, down.

Jacob, the mighty sledder!

Up.

Up, up...

Up they go.

Down.

Down.

Down they went.

Sledding is hard!

Welcome 2011!

The Snow family welcomed the New Year in style.  Well, as much "style" as we could handle!

Our NJ relatives came to visit and we had fun with Aunt Joanie, Uncle Tony and Danny.  We spent New Year's Eve with our friends, the LeClerc's, and had our traditional Chinese take-out meal!  It only took 2 1/2 hours to get our Chinese food.  The take out order was supposed to be ready in 90 minutes.  When George and Mike went at the allotted time to pick up our order they had to wait another hour!  The food and the company was great and worth the wait.  Here are some pictures:

The NJ Gang and my folks.

George said something unpleasant to me in this shot!

The 2.5 hour Chinese take-out order.

George went for a ride on New Year's Day!

There he goes...

Ben celebrated in style too!

The Gingerbread Houses come down on New Years too.

Jacob won our New Year's Day Poker tournament.  He was the bracelet winner!