So Grown Up

3.22.09

Lucas is 7 going on 37!

Greg is an usher at church, Mac is a junior usher and I am a Eucharistic Minister. Usually we serve altogether at the same mass. That leaves Lucas out. So he started serving as a junior, junior usher, or "Mac's junior usher" as Mac likes to say. He LOVES his job and takes it very seriously! It was his idea to wear Mac former blazer!

Sweetness is ...

...your baby, loving a baby!!!

3.14.09

I babysat my friend, and former babysitter of my kids, baby girl tonight. Alexia is 7 1/2 months old and just adorable! But I barely got to hold her because Mac monopolized her! He loves babies! And boy did Alex LOVE him! She sat with him and put her head on his chest and just layed there for 45 minutes! It melted my heart! Lucas wanted in on the action too!!

St. Patrick's Day 2009

The Dublin St. Patrick's Day Parade 2009 was today, Saturday March 14th. It was a great day for it... not too cold- no wind, no rain, no snow! We went with our friends the Millers. Here are a few shots of the event.

Erin Go Bragh The Fam: Mac, Lucas, Greg and Tammy

Lucas and Seth

Mac and Noah

My boys at the parade!

After the parade we went to BW3's to watch Ohio State play the Spartans in the Big Ten Tournament.
And here is Greg ready for the green beer and the PARTY!!

An incredible display...

3.13.09

Fifth Grade Compound Machine Museum

St Brigid of Kildare School

Mac's class ended their study of simple machines with a project to design a compound machine that included at least 2 simple machines. Today they opened their museum of compound machines. I was truly amazed at the amount of creativity and ingenuity I observed. This was so much fun!

Here are some shots of Mac's catapult when he completed it at home...

Mac launched 3 marshmellows simulatneously.
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Here are some shots at school during the museum...

Other classes visited and some chose to try to catch the marshmellows in their mouths!

Here are some other inventionsby Mac's friends...

Daddy and Mac with the catapult...

Basketball PARTY!

3.7.09

The fifth grade basketball Wolfhounds ended their season 7 and 5. Definitely not as good as last year's championship team, but we are just as proud and had just as much fun! The family friends are the very best part! We love our friends!

Here are some photos from the end of the season party at the Hunters home. We had great food, great trophies and a great time!

Our sweet practice squad of little brothers!! Lucas, Will,and Evan and receive their very own trophies because they practiced with the team at every practice and came to every game.

Trophy distribution speeches.

Coach Dad, Mac, and Asst.Coach Hunter

The coaches can now celebrate the end of the season without the team too!


Go Wolfhounds! Congratulations on a great season!

E-I-E-I-OOPS!

Lucas's first grade program was held at Norwich Thursday, March 5th, 2009. The title of the program was E-I-E-I-Oops!! Each student was a barn animal. Lucas was a pink pig!
The cast...And the solo begins...
Look at the face of nerves...

Grammy came all the way from Toledo to watch!

Mommy and Lucas. Photos by Mac.

Meeting Joey

Newest cousin, Joseph Thomas McCready was just 10 days old when we got to meet him for the first time. We went to Toledo to see Uncle Tim and Aunt Beth's newest little boy. Here he is sleeping while big cousin Lucas holds him.Here big cousin Mac loves him!And here is new BIG brother BRADY - 2 yrs. JoeyBrady helping Mommy feeding Joey.

We went out to eat at Roosters...