Elma's Birthday

Last Friday, I went very early to Willow Grove for the grand opening of the now closest Federal Donuts.  Yes, I'm crazy but it's Federal Donuts.  

There was a line.

It moved fast though.  I got a chicken sandwich for breakfast.  

Then I brought donuts to work.  

Lanie came to sit that night.  

Amy and I went into Philly.  The buildings were all green for the Eagles.  

We went to the Mummers Museum.  

Now this was an interesting place.  For those of you not from around here, the Mummers are groups that meet all year and make elaborate costumes for a New Years Parade.  

Who knew they had such a cute room for parties.  

It was Elma's 40th!

These are our Margate/South Philly friends.  

Elma is Puerto Rican so it was a fun mix of Puerto Rican and Italian food.  

Elma has such a nice family and group of friends.  

There's big Steve

We had such a fun time.  We don't get to go out in the City that much anymore.  Have a great weekend!

 

Quick Post

So today was a big day for our young man.  Aden got his drivers license!

A quick post from last Thursday.  Dana sent us this pic from Dylan and Zach's b'nai mitzvah.  Such a nice pic!

All the kids are pretty creative.

That night we watched the Penn State playoff game.  They sadly lost on the last play.  

Ariel is always talking to friends and having fun.  

 

Disaster in LA

Last Tuesday, Ariel looked too happy doing her homework.  Probably because she was facetiming with Harper at the time.  

Eli is getting really good at playing along with random songs.  

Last Wednesday, Noah was reading on the steps.  

Amy is determined to teach Aden and I how to play Mah jong.  SHe had Noah help her set up.  

We made it through lesson 1.  Now we need lesson 2.  

So that was also the day of the fires in Los Angeles.  We watched tv all day and we heard from friends and family out there.  The wild fires are still burning now, a week later.  So horrible.  Luckily, so far, no one we know is displaced but they all know people who are.  We pray for everyone out there.  

 

First Snow Day

Last Monday was a snow day!  It was a Southern storm.  South of us got much more snow.  We got like 3 or 4 inches but it was hardest early in the morning so they cancelled school.  I got up early to get a crock pot roast going.  

It looked pretty!

Eli did some arts and crafts.  

So cool!

I went out with the twins to play.  

We went to the drainage ditch behind the neighborhood.  

And picked up Victoria on the way.  

We tried out the new inflated sled.  

It got cold so we headed home.  

The kids helped me shovel.  

I picked up Ariel at Tessa's.  She walked in her Uggs.  

Many neighborhood kids were playing on their yard.  

The meat was done and it smelled good!

Vicky made a million jelly frogs.  

We started digging into the meat.  

It was yummy.  

Honey came to eat too.  

We then dug into my apple tort.  It was good too I have to say.  

The kids went wild in the basement.  

Mark joined them.  

Ariel drew the Grinch.

So cute!

And a minion.  

The jelly critters from the day.  

Eli played some violin late.