You must wonder...

What in the world have the Waldners been doing ALL winter???? For my family, they already know! ha! It's a HOCKEY world here at the Waldners! 3 out of 4 family members play...which means that is all we do all winter long. Phew!

We were able to sneak in 1 trip up north to go skiing over Christmas. woohoo! Here are some pictures from our trip to Stowe, VT over Christmas. Luckily, it snowed up there so the kids could experience a white Christmas. We had a blast...

We don't have many pictures of our hockey season...but believe me, we've spent each Saturday and Sunday at the rink since the end of September. The kids love it - so I can't complain! :)

A couple weekends ago, Miss Hadley made her first trip to see us in Boston. (oh and Aunt Sara and Uncle David came too!) We had such a good time with them...a mix of relaxation, hockey, and walks around town. We miss them already...here are some pictures from their visit!

Tis' the Season!!

We are SO excited it's Christmas...Fred has arrived (our own personal elf), the trees are up (not decorated - ugh!) and we just had our town's Christmas in the Square. Santa came in on a firetruck and the entire town shows up to see him. It's CRAZY but so fun. Since we live right in town, we decided to have a party this year. Let's just say 25 kids and 18 adults makes for a WILD party in our little old house. Thank goodness for "warmer" weather for this time of year, because a bounce house and street hockey saved the night! I'm STILL cleaning up but it was totally worth it. Such a fun way to kick off the holiday season. Wish I had pictures...




Since our last post, we've done some traveling and having fun. So I DO have pictures from our trip to Indiana for Halloween. Here they are:

J & R at the zoo

Chilling with Hadley (we LUV her!!!!!)

It's Fall...

Hello blog readers, I feel like I've been letting you all down lately. Blogging has not been on my to-do list lately and as I checked our blog this morning, I realized that August 7th was my last blog post. oops!!!! So much has happened since we "visited" our little Sammie. Now she's here and it's PUPPY time! For those of you who've had dogs, have a puppy now, etc. - can you remember back to the puppy stage??? Hmmmmm, it's F.U.N.!!! ha! The kids are so psyched that Sammie's favorite activities are jumping on them, chewing their toys, chewing THEM and just being a total pest. It's a stage and we will get through it but jeesh, it's not fun!
We are in full force with school as well...Jack is in first grade and Reagan is my big Kindergartener. They both are loving it - I'm not so sure that I am. Sammie and I spend lots of quality time together each day...ha! The house is so quiet with them at school all day...but Sammie keeps me busy with walks, etc. so thank goodness for our little pup.


Jack's hockey season has started...he's loving it and loves his team. Go Red! Reagan is in soccer and also has started hockey (yes, I know - you are probably wondering why Reags wants to do hockey??), she loves both sports. It's going to be a fun winter in the rink!


Hope everyone has a wonderful fall! It's my favorite time of the year...cheers!

Saying "goodbye" to summer

Just wanting to remember the summer "blonde" hair! sigh...



Can you see the excitement in his face? Ready for first grade!

A rainy first day of school

Sammie's first bath

Our little kicker

close-up of our little Sammie girl

destroying Matt's landscaping! ugh!

preparing for hockey season!

YES! We got her to wear her uniform with NO arguments!

Meeting our puppy!!!

This past weekend, we were able to visit with the puppy litter. Although we haven't officially been told "which" puppy is ours, we had a blast visiting all of them. There was one in particular that took a liking to us and wanted us to hold her the entire time. Melt your heart!!!! We put a deposit on a yellow female so we'll cross our fingers...but honestly, they were all so stinkin' cute that it doesn't really matter!

Check out the pictures... sorry for the blurry ones, Reagan was the photographer! :)

Coming soon...

Our new addition to the family...a new PUPPY!!!! Some may know and some may not know but this spring, we lost our beloved Ellie. They believe she had a stroke...it was pretty tragic and we were soooo devastated. And in honor of her 11 years of life, we are bringing another pup into our family! We will be bringing her home Labor Day weekend. Here are the most recent pics we have...soooooo cute & cuddly!

Going on tour...

So the Waldner fam has been on quite a golf kick lately...Jack & Matt recently got some new clubs and Reagan got her new "pink" set for her birthday in May so we've been having fun trying them out! Now I feel a little left out...I'm the only member of the family without clubs. Maybe someday...Jack's been taking golf lessons this summer and L.O.V.E.S it...he asks Matt to go out & play every weekend. This past weekend, they played 9 holes on Saturday AND then we all went to the driving range on Sunday to practice our drives and putting. ha! Well, here are some pictures of our weekend golf...and p.s. I really like the Hipstamatic app on my iphone! A huge thanks to those that recommended it - awesome!!!!! It takes super cool pics...check 'em out!

If you look closely in the picture below, you will see a blur of buildings in the horizon. That's the Boston skyline. We had the most amazing view of the city while hitting balls on the driving range. It was a gorgeous day...so fun!

Here's Reags showing off her putting skills...the putting green kept the kids occupied for almost an hour (not kidding!!!). You can really see the city skyline behind her in this pic.

My 3 golfers...having a great day! Check out all of their Red Sox hats...Jack insisted we ALL wear our "B" hats to the course. Cheesy...YES but his enthusiasm was really cute!

Matt's giving pointers in this picture to both Jack & Reagan...so funny!

Hello. Goodbye. Hello again!

So I realized it's been since APRIL since I posted on our family blog - yes, APRIL! Wow, I've been totally slacking. Life got sooo crazy at the end of the school year and I just couldn't bring myself to sit and update the blog. But now that life has slowed down (okay, not really!), I'm going to try & update all of you guys on what we've been up to!

So hmmmmm, let's see - Jack graduated from Kindergarten and will be a big bad First Grader. That's totally crazy in my opinion - how can my little baby be a First Grader????? He is not allowed to get any older, lose any teeth or learn to read...that just makes him too big for me! After a long winter of hockey, he decided to play baseball this spring. He loved it...and also finished up his soccer season. He has decided he does NOT like soccer (a secret woohoo from Matt & I). ha! This summer, he will be busy playing hockey (yes, I will be spending time in the cold ice rink this summer!!!), golf and doing a few camps. Fun and Busy...that's the way we like it!

Reagan is a preschool graduate and excited to start Kindergarten. See feelings above...she can't be this old!!!! I get a little teary-eyed when I think about it. So enough of that crazy talk...just going to enjoy our summer and not think about school yet! :) Our little Miss Reagan is playing hockey this summer - and I have to add, she rocked her first time on the ice with full pads and a stick. Go girl! This spring, she was involved in gymnastics and really liked it! She is quite strong (takes after her mama, jk!) and can do pull-ups on the uneven bars. What?!? I can't even do a pull-up...now granted, I have a few more lbs. to pull up! ha! Tennis is also a new activity for us this summer...loving that too.

We took a post-school, pre-summer trip to Aruba as a family and it was amazing. Our first time to the island and we told ourselves we would go back and hopefully soon. I will post pics of that trip in a separate blog posting but it was awesome.

Hope all my blogger friends are doing well and I vow to be a better "poster"...

Happy 4th of July, E & gang

Jack and his buddy on the last day of Kindergarten

YES! Reagan graduated preschool!



Reagan and her buddy at graduation

This May, Reags turned 5!!!!

um, how cool is this?? School's Out Party!!

just eating an apple, waiting for the fireworks

Reags sandwiched between Nana & Mommy