Happy Birthday, Max!

Max Aiden is 3 years old!!

He is a fun-loving, shy, sassy Momma's boy who loves trucks, Lightning McQueen, bologna & crackers, and "wergert" drinks. He admires everything about his brothers, his best friend is his cousin Quinn, and he is obsessed with his teacher Miss Danielle at school from his old toddler room. He pees in the potty but is terrified to poop in the potty.  He can't get enough of his blankie and sucks his thumb with a massive amount of suction.  This guy lights up our lives every day and Blake & Bryce are the best big brothers ever :)

Happy Birthday to the baby of the family!!! 

 

His present from Mom & Dad, Grandma & Grandpa, and Mimi & Pa is this battery powered truck.

All the O'Mara boys had to give it the once over ;) 

 

He was so happy to drive it!  He had a perma-grin the entire time.

 

He was, however, very shy when we sang to him . . . and he doesn't like cake so it was anti-climactic for him.  He prefers fruit snacks or ice cream.

He ended his birthday wearing his NEW "Sydney Coopy" jammies.

Thank you to our friends and family who celebrated with him!  He had a perfect day!!!

Congrats Mr. & Mrs. VanDeVusse

Allen & Rachael were married on Saturday at a beautiful ceremony followed by the best wedding reception right on the water at the Mantoloking Yacht club. 

 

Uncle Allen with 2 of his groomsmen and his ring bearer

 

Family photo before the ceremony

 

I hung out with the best man all night ;)

 

So very proud of our little groomsmen, they did so great!

 

At the church with the groom

 

The absolutely gorgeous Bride and deleriously happy groom.  Couldn't be happier for these two!!!

 

My dad & I had so much fun at the reception

 

Rachael before the wedding, showing the borrowed pin that was Grandma Dee's.  It has been worn by each VanDeVusse granddaughter at her wedding.

My brother and me :)

 

Sean & Erica were able to make it to the wedding, too!!

We had the best time and danced the night away with family and friends. I didn't get many pictures, but hope to share more when I get some from my Mom's camers.
  Great memories were made and Allen & Rachael have a lifetime of happieness to look forward to!

 Congratulations, we love you both

xoxo

Jersey Shore

We traveled 12 hours to the Jersey shore for all of the wedding festivities and had a great 5 days there. The weather was absolutely perfect and the boys were able to enjoy the beach.  It was their first time seeing the ocean and they LOVED the huge waves.  They surfed with their boogie boards, collected shells and sea glass, and jumped for joy on the sand dunes.

 

Nice hang time Blake!

 

Good work, Bryce

 

Cuddle time at the beach house

 

Just a couple of guys hanging out on the shore

 

Beautiful!!

Putt Putt golf at the boardwalk with Pa

All three boys even got a hole in one!

 

We drove our RV for the long trip and slept in a Walmart parking lot.  Classy, right?  When we woke up a big semi was parked right in front of us, which was so exciting for Bryce and Max.

The boys loved going through the tunnel directly through the mountain

 

Inside the tunnel

 

Max had his hands up the whole time in the tunnel and wanted to go again

 

Blake on the boardwalk

 

Thanks to the Rzemieniewski family for hosting an amazing dinner on Thursday.

We had so much fun leading up to the wedding, but the wedding was by far the best part of the trip!

Piano Bar

Thank you Atlas Valley for hosting a fun night out!  The club celebrated their 100 year anniversary by bringing in Dueling pianos and serving an amazing meal!  The piano players were amazing entertainers, pulled audience members for participation and it was one of my favorite nights out!  We laughed, sang, and danced the night away :)

Me and my hot hubby

 

Tracy & Fred

Fred & Jen

 

Fred got into the music . . . guess he thought he was a pirate that night

Village people made an appearance

 

Love my friend ;)

Crazy fun!

Flag Football

Blake is so excited to be in Flag Football this year! 

He is #8 on the Broncos and had a great first game performance :)

 

He did awesome as the quarterback!  Nice hand offs, great passes.

 

He also had a great run and was out in front of everyone headed for the end zone . . . but he thought he heard a whistle and stopped.  Nice try, buddy.

 

Hot stuff with his name printed on the back :)

 

I'm definitely #8s biggest fan!!!!!

I could do without the slobbery mouth guard in this picture, but he thinks its cool.