This wonderful year is coming to an end. I wish I could wrap up 2009 and replay it over and over. 2009 was magical from start to finish. I know I am blessed and remember it every day. My resolution for 2010 is to cherish every day and live life to the fullest.
PIII was home for Christmas and we got to spend several days with him which we thoroughly enjoyed. He is getting ready to move into a new apartment in Brooklyn and is looking forward to that. It is much closer to work and he really doesn't like Manhattan. I think it would be fun but he likes the friendly neighborhood and lack of tourists in Brooklyn. I guess I can't blame him. New York City probably gets old after a while.
Jon and Hannah stayed in Denver this Christmas. They were very missed. This is the first year that Jon hasn't been with us on Christmas Eve. I hope this isn't a regular thing. They both work at the hospital and could not get off to come home.
Charlie is now officially employed at Vesuvius. This is the company his father worked for so he is very proud to be working for them. He is moving up to Mom's this weekend and will probably move into Nana and Pupa's house now that Kathy is moving up north permanently. Big changes are in store for his 2010.
Clint and Amanda are back in Kalamazoo and will be there for another year until Amanda finishes school at Western. Clint is going to work and will go back to finish his last year at Eastern when they move back here. Western won't take his Specs Howard credits and he was taking classes he had already taken. It was a waste of money so he decided to just work for a year. He is working at Best Buy. They just moved into a new apartment and are both working their butts off these days. I got Clint a day shadowing Rebecca Regnier ( a local reporter) and he is excited about that.
Cheri is home for a couple more weeks and then it will be back to Adrian to finish up her freshman year. She is looking to move into a house next year with a couple of friends. She had a good first semester and now will be starting some marketing classes, which will be more interesting that the required classes she took this semester. She is still cheering and is working at the hockey rink at the college.
We love you all and hope this 2010 bring love, peace, health, and happiness for all of you!
Enjoy the pics from Christmas 2009!!!
Love,
Cindy
THE RAMIREZ, ANDERSON, AND DEFALCO FAMILY - WE LOVE FAMILY, FRIENDS, FOOD, FUN, AND FUR!!!
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Christmas is finally starting in our house!
Today Cheri and her friends, Courtney and Katie, got together to make Christmas cookies at my house. I think they used every bowl and utensil in the house. I got neon food coloring and the cookies looked more like Easter cookies than Christmas cookies. It didn't matter because they tasted great. They looked pretty good too. The girls also had a ball making them.
Courtney got a puppy yesterday and I am now the grandmother to the dog (hey, I'll take what I can get for now). Libby has been over to visit twice. Cheri babysat her last night and Libby came over with Courtney to make cookies. She is a sweet puppy and never had an accident in my house! Cheyenne isn't sure of her yet but she is coming around. Vader, the cat, hates the puppy but she still hates Cheyenne and we have had her for over three years.
Charlie has moved back home and I am loving have him around. Charlie took Kerri's son, Thomas, to a Toledo Walleye hockey game last night and spent the night at the ice rink. The kids got to meet the players and shoot the hockey puck on the ice. This morning Thomas came home with Charlie and spent the day with us. The girls were making cookies and I made Chicken and Dumplings so it was a busy household (my favorite kind). We intended to get the tree up, but got sidetracked with the puppy and kids so that will have to happen tomorrow. Tonight I have to get my cards addressed so I can send them out tomorrow.
Kerri came to pick up Thomas and brought Miss Natalie over for a visit. Thomas is seven and Natalie is seven months old. Kerri has been wonderful enough to share her beautiful kids with us and I spoil them like grandkids, since I don't have any yet. It is extremely fun and they are great kids. I love having little kids around again. I just wasn't happy to hear Natalie has to have heart surgery again next month. She has a narrow valve and it is closing up again. If it doesn't work this time they will have to put a stint in and that has to be replaced as she grows. She is just too little to deal with heart problems. There should be a law that children cannot get sick.
Next weekend Clint and Amanda are moving into their new apartment. The one they live in now has too many "rowdy" people living there (they crack me up). We are going up to Kalamazoo to help them move. I hope the weather cooperates. Western Michigan was closed down this week because of the snow. K-zoo is right off Lake Michigan and gets a ton of lake effect snow.
PIII is coming home for Christmas, but I don't think Jonathan is. He is working at the hospital and can't get off. It will be strange to not have him here this year. I guess we won't get a picture of the five of them this Christmas. I hope Jon sends pictures of his holiday in Denver. Will will really miss him.
Hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas!
Courtney got a puppy yesterday and I am now the grandmother to the dog (hey, I'll take what I can get for now). Libby has been over to visit twice. Cheri babysat her last night and Libby came over with Courtney to make cookies. She is a sweet puppy and never had an accident in my house! Cheyenne isn't sure of her yet but she is coming around. Vader, the cat, hates the puppy but she still hates Cheyenne and we have had her for over three years.
Charlie has moved back home and I am loving have him around. Charlie took Kerri's son, Thomas, to a Toledo Walleye hockey game last night and spent the night at the ice rink. The kids got to meet the players and shoot the hockey puck on the ice. This morning Thomas came home with Charlie and spent the day with us. The girls were making cookies and I made Chicken and Dumplings so it was a busy household (my favorite kind). We intended to get the tree up, but got sidetracked with the puppy and kids so that will have to happen tomorrow. Tonight I have to get my cards addressed so I can send them out tomorrow.
Kerri came to pick up Thomas and brought Miss Natalie over for a visit. Thomas is seven and Natalie is seven months old. Kerri has been wonderful enough to share her beautiful kids with us and I spoil them like grandkids, since I don't have any yet. It is extremely fun and they are great kids. I love having little kids around again. I just wasn't happy to hear Natalie has to have heart surgery again next month. She has a narrow valve and it is closing up again. If it doesn't work this time they will have to put a stint in and that has to be replaced as she grows. She is just too little to deal with heart problems. There should be a law that children cannot get sick.
Next weekend Clint and Amanda are moving into their new apartment. The one they live in now has too many "rowdy" people living there (they crack me up). We are going up to Kalamazoo to help them move. I hope the weather cooperates. Western Michigan was closed down this week because of the snow. K-zoo is right off Lake Michigan and gets a ton of lake effect snow.
PIII is coming home for Christmas, but I don't think Jonathan is. He is working at the hospital and can't get off. It will be strange to not have him here this year. I guess we won't get a picture of the five of them this Christmas. I hope Jon sends pictures of his holiday in Denver. Will will really miss him.
Hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas!
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About Me
- Cindy
- I am a mother and a grandmother (how did that happen?)I am a teacher. I teach English, Yearbook, Speech and Theater, and Zumba. I have taught many other things over the years. I love teaching.