Family Time

What a great weekend I had spending lots of time with our family. We started off with dinner on Friday night to celebrate our older son's birthday. Never ending pasta bowls at Olive Garden followed up with ice cream and chocolate chip cookies at home while watching The Muppets Most Wanted. Saturday was the going away party for our eldest grandson who leaves today for Basic Training in the United States Army. Sunday was just a day of hanging out together. Time with our kids and grandkids is the surest way to put a smile on my face and a spring in my step. I truly do cherish the time we get to spend together. 

Here is the newest photo of all 10 of us together. 

Sammi, EJ, Nikki, Jocelyn, Nathan, Danny, Me, Kevin,
Front row: Tristan, Mason

My three men, they're all grown up now, hanging out having fun at Nate's going away party. EJ, Danny, Nathan with Sammi and Mason playing together in the foreground,

And some pics from EJ's birthday dinner. The waiter was so busy we forgot to have him take a family picture when things slowed down a little.

Danny, EJ, Nicole, Me and Samantha

My three hungry guys, Kevin, Daniel, E.J.

Waiting for food with Grampa.

Have a blessed day! 

Colleen

Family Movie Night

My daughter and I were recently talking about family movie night and today the phrase movie night keeps popping up in my life, so I thought I'd write a little post about it. We didn't have a home theater, or even a big screen tv, but we enjoyed some great and memorable family movie nights. When our older kids were younger we could take them to the drive-in for a special treat, but by the time our younger ones came along drive-ins were pretty much a thing of the past. The price of movies was so prohibitive that we started doing family movie nights.


We would gather together our popcorn, our favorite candies and drinks and bring our pillows and blankets into the family room and pop in a movie, or two, and enjoy. Then we'd all fall asleep and spend the night in the family room. Great memories! If you've never done a family movie night I highly recommend it!


Blessings!