bring on the snow!

it's about time...after my favorite season fall, comes a close second winter, so i am more than ready for a major storm. i just hope this one doesn't fizzle out to nothing too quickly like the other's this winter have so far. tony is gearing up for some fun on his "snow bike" (what he calls his sled) and mama is hoping for the day off to spend with him...both of us are sad and miss daddy (who is away hunting until Sunday)! i hope everyone stays warm and drives safely!

total eclipse of the...moon

wow, showing my age with that title aren't i? i just love 80's/90's music! many thanks to sue d. for the reminder phone call this evening about the lunar eclipse...otherwise my butt would have stayed glued to the couch watching american idol and i would have missed yet another lunar eclipse in my lifetime...tonight's was the first i've actually ever seen in my 30 years on this earth. sorry for the picture quality...our camera is good, but it's seen better days.

who knew...

...that a stomach bug/viral infection could lead to such a keen sense of style and fashion?!

december pics

here are some pictures taken in december of the three of us watching rudolph the red-nose reindeer, tony in his new car seat, cody (in his final days with the d'angelo family) & tony goofing around with a musical santa tie, playing dress-ups with daddy's "panties" - don't worry, they're clean...and opening up his christmas eve disney movies (this year's selection...cars, which has been playing non-stop ever since).

november pics

here are some pictures from tony's actual birthday and opening presents...the birthday party with john's side of the family and the rocket cake aunt sue made...bundled up at the reading christmas parade, and just messing around and being silly.

ugly mudder 2008

Here is a picture from the Ugly Mudder Trail Run on 2.17.2008

mike, sam, ben, katie & john

for more pictures, from the day, click here

back in business!!

contrary to popular belief...the d'angelo family is alive and doing well! what a busy rest of 2007 we had and so far 1.5 months into 2008 has been just as bad if not worse! granted, we are happily enjoying doing things we love, however life is going by us faster than a speeding bullet! first off, i'd like to say that i hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season and that your new year is off to a fantastic start! we were able to see many of you over the holidays and since and it's been nice to reconnect with those that we hadn't seen in a while...and for those that we haven't caught up with yet...it's long overdue!

much of the delay in posting too came from the fact that our beloved pc was on the slow road to nowhere and we were in denial until more recently when it decided to go to sleep one day never to wake up again. we are thankful to know many "i-t savvy" friends and hopefully someone will be able to save our pictures (yes john, i know, i should have backed them up when you told me to) before we send it off to pc heaven!! but in the meantime our new laptop is up and running and making life (and blogging) easier already (in the first 3 hours it's been in the home).

i will be posting some pictures from the holidays and from more recent days and promise to keep you all much more updated on a semi-daily basis in the days, weeks and months to come.

here is the long (john) and short (christy and tony) of what's been going on.

john: has been doing extremely well with his weight loss and running. he's well over 50 pounds + lost now and just completed his first trail run yesterday. as you all know, john ran his first 5k (3 or so miles) in october and has been training ever since for this past sunday's 7.25 mile trail race. he finished in good time considering the conditions (ie: running through mud in the woods trying not to slip on ice and snow). his time was 1:40:47 (unofficial) and he ran with a few friends which made it all the more fun. tony d, aunt sue, and the lutz clan was there through the cold conditions cheering them on at the finish. work keeps john extremely busy and he started his 8th year with Berks Homes in January! we continue to feel blessed that he works for such a great stable company during these times when the housing market is just so unsure.

christy: not too much with boring old me. busy at work, which i still love!! i couldn't have created a more perfect job for me in my field. tony more so than anything and house stuff keeps me busy too. i'm not complaining...i love it all!

tony: crazy, crazy kid...all i need to say. talking, talking and more talking is all the he does. he has quite the imagination and is really into cars right now. give the tone-meister all the pillows from the sofa, he'll clean out his toy bin and "drive" everything around in his pillow-made car on the living room floor for hours. his newest thing is putting on his sunglasses (which we just recovered from under the car seat) and pretending he's invisible when he has them on. every day is a funny day with him!

hope you enjoy the picture i've posted from john's race and that you'll check back soon for the others that i have to download and post yet!