memorial day 2009

we spent the long memorial day weekend at oak creek campground with my sister, dave and harry b. we had our own site across from corinne and dave's permanent site and had a great time. camping is easy with tony and harry...as long as they're together and entertaining each other. it's a non-stop laughing party when these boys get together. it's monkey-see-monkey-do and oh so funny!

tony showing his usa pride

this picture has us both looking a little sad, but for some reason i really like it

i love seeing my sister and harry smiling!

look at that face...and the "b" slobber under his lips/on his chin!

here is an adorable video of the boys waving their flags to "proud to be an american"...

tony and harry - proud to be american's from Christy D'Angelo on Vimeo.

i love the faces tony makes during this short video...he's so trying not to laugh at corinne and i...that would be because my sister and i were dancing around to our "choreographed" routine we've always danced and sang anytime we've heard that song play...it's very dramatic. it's either that or he's already thinking, "mom, i can't believe you're making me do this".

and an album of pictures from the rest of our awesome weekend!! hope your holiday was just as nice!

cake anyone?

here is the latest diaper cake (small size) i did at the request of a friend who wanted a centerpiece for a shower she attending/hosting. the mom-to-be doesn't know the sex of the baby and had done the nursery in a jungle theme.

i found the adorable gund giraffe at bru and prayed i'd find a ribbon just as cute...i think it turned out pretty good and i was excited to create a "gender neutral" cake that wasn't the traditional "green"...i loved the brightness of the yellow and orange!

a surprise for the tone-ster

realizing on our way to the deloretta cabin that we had to drive past knoebel's, john and i thought it would be a fun idea to surprise tony on the way home with a visit to enjoy some of the rides and yummy park food (ok, that part might have been for the pure benefit of john and i). we told him to take a nap in the car on the way home and that we would wake him up for his surprise when we got there.

we woke him up right as we were heading into the parking lot of the park...he woke up and knew exactly where we were and couldn't wait to get out of the truck. the first question he asked was "are jack and sammy going to be meet us here". this was so cute because he's only ever been at knoebel's with the boys (my cousins, now 10 and 13) during out august camping trip.

to say he had a good time would be a complete understatement. we had no lines to wait in and the weather (despite being a little cold) was perfect as typically we are sweating bullets during our trip there.

you can view more pictures of our trip by clicking on the album link in the post below - i combined them with the pictures from the cabin weekend.

the great outdoors

back in the middle of may we joined the deloretta's at their camp, "god's little acre", for some r&r in the great outdoors for the 1st annual deloretta/d'angelo camp weekend! when i say, great outdoors i mean it...no indoor plumbing - that provided for a funny look from anthony when he said he had to go potty...luckily tamara is a seasoned camp packer and packed the portable "potty-training" potty...thank you tam - tony thanks you too!

we enjoyed a weekend full of fishing (for tony and paige), turkey hunting (for john and danny), hiking (all of us), and sleeping (me...big surprise there, i know). i forgot my "good" camera, so i was stuck using john's work camera and therefore have few pictures. i stole a few off of tamara's blog too to add to the album, but here are a few of my favorites.

we had a wonderful time...good food, good friends, good times...can't wait for the 2nd annual trip!

not me! monday

i did not leave for another weekend away, with yet another pile of dishes in my sink for the third weekend in a row...

there is no way that my dirty laundry pile is now bigger than my clean laundry pile and that it's only because i finally just folded, ironed and put away said clean clothes after days...err, weeks...ok, months of dressing from the piles...

i did not consume an entire bottle of wine...by myself...sitting around a campfire on friday night and not offer some to those around me...not me...i'm not that rude, am i?

ok, now i challenge you to go to mckmama's blog and sign-up to join in on not me! mondays - go on...you know you want to!

tagged

i was tagged by jenni...here goes.

8 things i am looking forward to:
1. being happy soon
2. camping trips (oak creek/knoebels)
3. deep creek lake in august
4. going to the beach with my sister
5. working on our house
6. early summer service at church
7. expanding my wedding/baby invite and gift business
8. relaxing

8 things i did yesterday:
1. worked
2. cried
3. ate
4. packed
5. got my haircut/colored
6. read blogs
7. took the dogs out
8. slept

8 things i wish i could do:
1. go back a few weeks
2. be happy
3. be debt free
4. lose weight
5. focus
6. travel
7. completely redecorate my home
8. catch up on laundry

8 shows i watch:
1. dancing with the stars
2. american idol
3. the office
4. fringe
5. hell's kitchen
6. the real housewives (all series except atlanta)
7. top chef
8. project runway

8 favorite fruits:
1. grapes
2. pineapple
3. raspberries
4. plums
5. clementines
6. strawberries
7. peaches
8. pears

8 places i'd like to travel:
1. disney world (for literally the 28th time)
2. riviera maya
3. california
4. british columbia
5. martha's vineyard (10-year anniversary trip!!)
6. hawaii
7. montana
8. texas

8 places i've lived:
1. st. lawrence, pa
2. indiana, pa
3. lake buena vista/orlando, fl
4. wernersville, pa
5. pennside, pa
6.
7.
8.

people i've tagged
1. the high family
2. the schaeffer family
3. the matesic family
4. the deloretta family

have fun!!!

i have a lot to catch up on from the deloretta/d'angelo cabin weekend -
the d'angelo/brumbaugh camping weekend and some other stuff that's
been going on. i promise to post after this weekend settles down some!

not me! monday

so after reading mckmama's blog for over a year now, i felt it was time for me to join in the not me! monday fun!! so here is my first attempt...

i certainly did not leave a sink full of dirty dishes in my kitchen when we went away for the weekend only to come home to a stack of clean dishes thanks to my awesome sister-in-law...not me...my mother would've killed me if she knew that!

this weekend, when packing for a long weekend...hours from any store...i did not forget to pack tony's toothbrush and toothpaste and he certainly did not go 3 bedtimes and 3 mornings with out brushing his teeth...nope, not this mama!

again, on this same long weekend, while staying in a cabin...with an outhouse and no "real" shower...i certainly did not go those same 3 bedtimes and 3 mornings without taking a shower...nope, not this lady!

ok, so i'm no mckmama, but a girl's gotta start somewhere, right?