A week with Pape!

This post is dedicated to Gene (aka - Pape). Thanks for a great week and we sure hope you had fun in Ohio. We had a blast!

Pape helping Isaac open some of his birthday presents! Isaac and Pape

Jordan and Pape

Sydney and Pape

We don't know who enjoyed the new play table more, Sydney or Pape!

Thanks for an excellent week and we look forward to your next visit. Thanks for everything and we hope you know how much we love you.

Love Ya and God Bless, Patrick, Tara, Jordan, Isaac and Sydney.

A week with Nana

This post is dedicated to Julia (aka - Nana). So, all of these pictures consist of Nana and the kids. We sure hope you had a great trip to Ohio and we look forward to the next one!

In this first one Sydney is enjoying some relaxing time with Nana!

Jordan and Nana

Nana with Isaac and his squiggly bouncy ball. We are lucky in this picture that the bouncy ball isn't in front of his head more than it already is.

Jordan and Nana just sitting on the couch.

Nana and Pape with all the kids!

It is always so nice to have company and we just want you to know how much we love you Nana! Thanks for putting up with us for the last week.

Here's to you Nana. Thanks for all the love you give us.

Love ya and God Bless, Patrick, Tara, Jordan, Isaac and Sydney

A Day in Pittsburgh!

Well, today we ventured out of Ohio and made our way to Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that is. We all loaded up in the suburban and headed to the children's museum to start our trip. There was a two-story vertical maze that immediately got the kids attention. And yes, it looks like chicken-wire that is keeping them in but is actually a little more sturdy than chicken-wire. Even Sydney got in on all of the action.

Here is a picture of her enjoying a nice stroller ride in the craziness of the museum.

To start off our adventure in the museum we made our way to the "Water-Works" section. I obviously wasn't thinking when we headed to the WATER section first. The kids were pumped about ALL of the water. I thought they looked cute in the rain coats.

We have also really enjoyed having Gene and Julia in town. Here is a picture I caught earlier this week of the kids with their grandparents. They are definitely enjoying the extra attention. (Like any good grandchildren do!)

Well, with Easter coming we will definitely have more pictures to post. We will post more soon. Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.

Celebrate

We have decided that Isaac has had a birthday WEEK as apposed to a birthDAY. We have been celebrating for the last week and he has enjoyed every minute of it. Gene and Julia came into town last weekend and we have really been enjoying the family time together. Last night we had dinner with Isaac's Godparents and Sydney's Godparents and had yet another celebration. At least this one was for both of their birthday's. It was a great time. The following was a picture of Sydney that I caught of her playing with the musical toy her Godparents got her. She was excited to play with it. And she stands up to it! YIKES!!! And we caught this picture of Gene and Julia after we picked them up from the airport. We will have many more pictures to come of their trip here to Ohio. I hate to say it, but I have been slacking of the picture taking since they have been here. And last but not least here is a picture of Isaac with his birthday hat on from school. Yesterday he took Oreo cookies to school for his birthday snack and his teachers made him this very festive birthday hat. He was very proud to wear it. (Like I said earlier, he has been celebrating ALL week long!)

O' what fun it is to have a birthday as a child.

Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.

Happy 3rd Birthday Isaac!!!

Isaac turns 3 on April 6th (Monday) so we celebrated it in true Gallegos style - Pin the tail on the donkey (gone dinosaur style), Hot Dogs, Cake and a fun shaped Pinata. He wanted a dinosaur party so I was up for making a dino-cake. "How hard can it really be?" I asked myself. Well, it actually was kind of difficult but it turned out really cute. And Isaac liked it so I was excited about that. So, the following is a picture of the dinosaur cake I made him. And this is a picture of Jordan, who is blind-folded, playing "pin the tail on the donkey" gone dinosaur style. I think she may have been able to see out of the corner of the blind-fold. She got it exactly right.
And Isaac with all of his friends as he is about to blow out his candles!

And of course no party is complete at our house without a cardboard cut-out filled with non-nutritious candies getting beat by everyone present. Yes, a good old fashioned T-Rex shaped pinata. He was very excited as you can see.

So, Happy Birthday Isaac. We love you and look forward to many more dino-extravaganzas! Love Ya and God Bless, Tara, Patrick, Jordan and Sydney

Happy Birthday Grandma!!!!

Well, my mom celebrated her birthday on April 2nd and she is another year older (or wiser, which ever you want to go with.) Sorry, it took me a few days to get these songs posted for you mom. So, we are sharing another one of our infamous "Happy Birthday" songs along with a few kisses from Sydney. We hope you had a great birthday.

There is nothing like a birthday song that is sung with a mouth full of LUNCH. (I thought you would like it.) I also did not tell Jordan to say any certain age, she just came up with it on her own. Don't feel bad mom, she doesn't think 70 is really that old. HAHA !!! We love you and hope it was a great day for you.

Love ya and God Bless, Tara G.

Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Rub-A-Dub-Dub, three kids in the tub!

Well, I finally did it. I was brave enough to put all three kids in the bath tub at the SAME time. I was most worried about Sydney but she did fine. I think she really enjoyed taking a bath with her brother and sister. They all obviously love taking baths. This post is composed of pictures with all three kids. This weekend was pretty nice and we had the opportunity to get outside. Swinging is another one of our pass times. Jordan has officially learned how to swing herself and she also enjoys swinging Isaac. We'll see how long that lasts. Sydney also enjoys a nice ride in the airplane swing.
Well, spring break is over and it is back to the regular routine, but that isn't too bad. We hope everyone had a great spring break also. Love Ya and God Bless, Tara G.