Bridgey gets a haircut!

My girls :)

She is the cutest!

Posing after the cut

Monica talking to Nana

Before the cut, eating the Kill the Cardinals cake we made.





Can you believe this is her first "real" haircut and she will be 4 in March! She had been fighting me every time I had to comb it out and it was getting to be a little to "fly-away". So, I made an appointment for us to go together and it came out great! She looks so much older to me now. I also got about 4 inches off and a few layer as well. I needed it badly!! Here are some photos of the day!

Movin on Up!

The week is already over? Wow. We had so much happen in the past few days it is hard to wrap my brain around it all. Ryan and I have been looking for a house in Chambersburg for quite some time now. Well, really I have been looking and Ryan has been putting up with me. LOL. I am proud to announce that my hard work has finally paid off. We literally stumbled across a house in the neighborhood across the street from us that has the makings of being perfect for our family! After a lot of budgeting, thinking, dreaming and negotiating, we were informed on Friday that our offer was accepted! We are soon to be the proud owners of a beautiful 2976 sq foot bi-level HOME! I know what you are thinking, 'how in the heck are you going to clean that think Alison?'. Well, I just will! :) We still have to go through inspection, closing and all that fun mumbo jumbo. I am just SO excited about this huge step that I had to share. The kids are thrilled. Bridget wants to know if there will be any snacks in the new house and wants us to make sure t bring the hot chocolate. Ryan is probably going to be patiently waiting for us to let him get a dog. And hopefully Monica just goes with the flow like she does with most everything else.

As soon as we have keys in hand I will post the pictures. I have been mentally placing everything we own in the new place and starting to think about what it will be like to be so spread out and to finally have a yard for the kids to run in! I cant express how wonderful it feels to know we are going to have such a beautiful place to call home. We rock.

Well I guess she told me.

So, here is the conversation that just took place between my 3 year old Bridget and myself.

B: Look what I just made Mom!

( I look down on the ground to see had made a shape with two tent poles that bend in the middle.)

ME: Oh, very nice! You made a square. Or, is it a diamond??

B: No Mom! It is a PARALLELOGRAM!!

me: Ummmmm. OK. I guess it is.


LMAO! What the heck is up with that? I asked her how she knew that and she said that is what she learned on her Diego game for her Leapster. Wow. Another amazing gift from Santa.

Pittsburgh Steeler Time!!!

GOOO Steelers! We had an amazing evening at the Finkle home tonight. Craig is a co-worker of Ryans. He has an amazing wife Jill and two beautiful daughters ( Peyton and Adyson) all of whom were more than hospitable with our "clan" of Kemerers. The game turned out great for us and the kids all got along great and managed to keep things fairly low key ( minus the Avril concert during commercial breaks, LOL) I am hoping to see more of them! We were also joined by Ben Frantz and his beauty of a fiance Shanna. Both of whom are the kindest souls one could ever meet. Rounding out the party was Mike Lewis who is expecting twin girls in March and I am sure was cursing himself all the way home after seeing what chaos mega girl power can produce! It was a really fun night. The kids are now out for the night and I am hoping to get some relaxing in with the Hubby before he has to leave for work!

Bridget on the Scooter

This is Bridget on her new scooter from Santa. Dosent Santa always seem to bring outside toys in the dead of winter??? What is up with that Big Man??

The Begining of the Blog Era

This is the beginning of an exciting time for our family. We have made the decision not to put in for a transfer back the western part of the state. So far, Chambersburg has been very good to us. Ryan can quickly advance in seniority at work if he stays and the kids seem to have found a groove here as well. With that being said, we now need to find some sort of more permanent residence. We have been renting our townhouse for the past two years and would love to find a home. That in itself is a huge undertaking. Thankfully the rates are low and it is a buyers market so we will hopefully fall into just the right place anytime now. Onto today...

It is a lazy Sunday here. Not too much to report. The Steelers will be playing at 430 so everyone is dressed in gameday gear. Big R worked til 10 am so he will be sleeping until just before gametime. We may venture out to te home of a co-worker of Big Ryan's to watch the game, but the guys made the plans so not really sure if they will hold up. :) I am really excited for them to be in the playoffs I am thinking we may actually make it to the Super Bowl this year as well. **Keeping fingers crossed**
Monica is napping and lil Ryan is at the boys house down the street, his favorite place to be in Sunday afternoons. B is curled up on the couch relaxing and having some down time. I am about to go find some socks for my frigid toes. Hopefully we will see 32* this week but Im not holding my breath.
Tomorrow is basketball night, R and r get to do their thing there. I may not even go, with as annoying as it is to have to either keep Monica busy in her stroller or run after her the whole time.
Bridget will be signing up for soccer for the first time this spring. She is so so exicted to finally get to do a sport like Ryan does. I have this really strong feeling she is going to be pretty amazing at it too.
I am going to make a serious attempt to keep the blog update at the very least, weekly. I may do it every other day, I may do it once a month! Either way, stay tuned and thanks for checking it out.