Bowling!

Ha! The Koons Tribe finally went bowling together for the first time this past Sunday. Brian and Laura joined us for the event. Sheila hasnt been bowling since she was a wee pup because she HATES bowling shoes- EEEEWWWW gross. But she sucked it up and had a great time with everyone. Erik was clearly the pro at the alley, scoring over 130 in every game. Thomas was very well-behaved too. Here are some photos from our evening. We will definitely be going back!

Hangin' out with Mommy during the days

Just some cute photos of me!!!

Mr. Handrick's 90th Bday Party, Mother's Day, and other Mischief

We spent this past weekend in upstate NY with Erik's mom. Irene was kind enough to babysit Thomas on Friday nite and Saturday day so that we could go to Belhurst Castle in Geneva NY to use our gift certifcate from Uncle Bruce, Aune Joyce, and Andy. We had a lovely time there and although we dont have any photos of the views of the Finger Lakes, we will definitely be going back! Thomas behaved himself for Irene and actually slept longer than he has ever slept before!! It seems he just likes being away from Arlington! On Saturday, we all went to Mr. Handrick's Surprise 90th Birthday party at his great-nephew's house. Thomas got to chill out with Don and his family and he was very very good for us. By that evening, we were all pooped out and were in bed by 11pm. We celebrated Mother's Day with Irene at Becky's Diner, where we ran into Uncle Dick and Aunt Theresa and the whole Koons gang. That was great fun and again Thomas was very very good. We also met some of Irene's friends and the Watsons. On our way out of town, we stopped at Mr. Handrick's for a quick chat and we also stopped at Uncle Dick's house just in time to see them planting beautiful plants for Aunt Theresa. Then we began our long trek bk to the nations capitol. Upon our arrival 6hours later at home, our power went out and stayed out for the next 24 hours. Due to the rain and winds, a tree fell on the power lines at the end of our block and knocked off all of the electricity in the houses in our complex. Luckily we had some Mangialardos garlic pizza with us to keep us going!!!

3 Months Today!!!

I will post some more photos of our trip upstate NY in a little while but for now I wanted to post a couple of quick 3mo photos of Thomas.

Our First Anniversary

As this was our first anniversary, Erik and Sheila gave each other PAPER gifts. Erik's present was tix to Yankees at Yankee Stadium (last season there) and a JOhnny Cash framed photograph. Sheila's present was a beautiful handmade certificate to the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia and a gift cert to Elzabeth Arden's Red Door Spa. Fran and Joan were here to babysit for us on the Saturday nite before our anniv (it fell on Monday this year). We went to La Ferme for dinner that nite. Then we headed off for West Virginia on Tuesday am (Shane took the dogs as we stopped in Front Royal along our way) to stay at the resort. Here are some photos