Valentines Day

Valentines weekend happened to be a three day weekend for all the school kids (mike included) and so my dad was able to take a little trip out. For Valentines Day Dad took the girls out for din din at the exquisite Golden Corral. Afterwords, Mike joined us for a couple of games of Laser Tag. We are all really good at the sport, but NOONE is ever able to beat Mike! Mike was beaten ONCE. It was the first time he had ever played and his pregnant sister, Liz, kicked his butt. He hasn't been beaten since. But on Feb 14, 2009 after one warm up game, Amanda did it! She got first place! The framed evidence is hanging on her wall in her room, just in case anyone needs proof. It was a really fun night. Not to mention the surprise 2 dozen roses dad had sent that day! They graced our home for many weeks-we miss them.

Mommy Day Valentine's Party

We decorated bags for valentines, dancing around to Hannah Montana-Porter likes to pick his nose while he dances (this will come in handy when he is a teenager), and we decorated sugar cookies.


My friend Heidi is AWESOME at holidays so we started celebrating pretty much every single one of them by having parties for the kids (And it's fun for the moms too! :). Today we had a Valentine Party and since I'm trying to stay on top of my blog, I'm posting every little thing we do. (BEAT THAT, MIKE!)

THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Yep! A new baby is on the way to the Cranney home! After exactly ONE YEAR of trying, we are excited to finally have a positive test result. We are 12 weeks in and feeling AMAZING!

Mike's Blog

Boyfriend's got a blog of his own. He thinks he can handle the incredible stress and responsibility of a blog of his own..."music" included. Check him out at :

mjpcranney2.blogspot.com

Christmas Day

Always a great day! We were so lucky to have TONS of presents, with TWO seperate Santa Clause Visits--THANK YOU whoever you are! We were pleasantly surprised with lots of fun gifts from anonymous friends and it made our day wonderful! We will never forget these kind things and can't wait to pay it forward! Thank you for your Loving example to us! We love you!

Christmas Week

This Christmas we had a FULL HOUSE. If you've ever been to our house you'll know that it's pretty tiny. It's a wonderful house-- we love it. But to express how tiny...Mike and I have our bedroom in the frontroom/living room. So when Mom, Clayton, my sister Monica and the already five other residents were here to celebrate Christmas....there was no doubt we were cozy. We had a lot of fun. We played a lot of lazer tag, went sledding, FRIENDS-Scene It was the game to win and lots of holiday movies and Steven's Irish Cream and Amarretto Hot Chocolate. Of course there is a classic picture of me in my "eww, everything around me is disgusting" stage...since i was about 7 weeks prego, the couch now has a perma dent in it. Thanks couch! :)

Summer of Fun

Mike made an arrangement of our summer 2008. Can you spot the one picture of Jenn from summer 2003 before i even met mike? On my way to Vegas to party my pants off....not literally. gross.