Family Movie Night

Years ago, when we lived in Virginia, we started "family movie night" with the girls.  We started making our own pizza and watching a movie every Friday night.  Over the years, we have continued the tradition and very rarely did we miss a Friday night family movie night.  As little R has gotten older, it has become more of a challenge to watch a movie together as a family (he's not the quietest little guy during a movie), so R and I haven't been as motivated to continue the tradition, and we have done it less frequently in the last year.  I decided since we moved into a new house, it was time for a fresh start, and we need to start making it a priority to do our family night again.  We did it on Saturday last week (we had a Sunday School social on Friday) and when I told the girls they were excited, but little did I know HOW excited.  R and I went to buy groceries, and when we came home the girls had it all set up to make pizza...it was too cute!  So we all made pizza, ate it together, and watched a movie...good FAMILY time!!  I am a huge fan of traditions, and I believe it is very important that we have family traditions (especially as much as our lives change from year to year with all our moves), and this is one that we are definitley going to keep!

 This is T's sign that she made...very cute, I thought!

 They had 3 "pizza stations" set up for making pizzas...again, too cute!

 All 3 of them working hard to create a pizza masterpiece!

 A's finished pizza

T's finished pizza

Welcome Anja!!!

 The first day...she was a little overwhelmed!

 Giving sweet kisses to little R

 Such a sweet face!

Chasing her tail is one of her favorite games!!

After almost four months with no dog in our house, we decided it was time to find another furry member for our family.  We knew that no dog could ever replace Sable in our hearts, but we wanted another furry friend for our kids to grow up with.  While we have such a soft spot in our hearts for labs, we decided it would be too hard to look into labbie eyes that weren't Sable's, so we went with a totally different type of dog this time...a mini schnauzer.  Her name is Anja (ON-YA)...we wanted a German sounding name, and it was one of the only one's that little R could pronounce...so Anja it is!  She is 12 weeks old, and cute as can be.  We are going through the process of training, which is a lot of work...but she is already proving herself to be quite smart AND funny!  She has provided many laughs already!!

Leaves!!!

T and R had a BLAST playing in the leaves in our new back yard the other afternoon.  It was little R's first experience raking up, jumping in and throwing leaves...and he LOVED it!  It seems everywhere we go, we somehow end up in a house with NO trees, but not this time.  One of the things we loved about the house we just moved into was all the trees in the front and back yards.  A was inside sick this day, so she didn't get to be a part of the festivities...