Oh how we miss you, dear Punta Cana!!!!

It has been a month since we were on vacation and I still find myself daydreaming about the lazy days at the pool and cold drinks on the beach!!! aaaahhhhhh, we miss it!! All 4 of us had a fabulous time in Punta Cana and would definitely recommend it to everyone else. Our resort was awesome - perfect for families and couples too! Instead of going on & on about how amazing it was...why don't I just post some pictures & show you! :)

Dinner at the beach

The kids loved going sailing

aaahhhh, the beach!!!

Tubby time on our patio

Kids pool - can you say awesome?

Our little backyard oasis...all ours! :)

Anyone order a kiddy cocktail?

Dinner time!

Yes, it IS this beautiful!

Time to go home - so sad!

We are BACK...

Sorry it's been awhile since our last post. We had our amazing vacation to the Dominican and I feel like life has been a little crazy since getting home. We were hit with the stomach bug which knocked us out for over a week. ugh! But now we are back on track...and loving some of the warm days that have come our way. A few weeks ago, Jack had a day off. It just so happened to be on a Friday (woohoo) so Reagan didn't have school either. The kids and I took the train into Boston and had a GREAT afternoon/evening in the city. We went to the Aquarium and then met friends at this beautiful playground with water views. The weather was warm & sunny...and in March, we'll take it! After saying good-bye to our friends, we met up with Matt and his co-workers for happy hour. FUN FUN! Here are some pictures of our fun trip into the city...

Swing time on the monkey bars

Showing us how strong he is!

Jack's teaching Reagan about currents (ha!)

touch tank!

Looking for the nurse shark

10 more days...

until THIS...Dominican Republic here we come!!!

Got Snow?

We do...and we are getting MORE!!! What??!!?? sigh...

Thought I would post some pictures of the snow that we are receiving...the kids love it!

the snow...

in front of our house

Welcome to a New England winter

the driveway and Reagan...

Reagan loves the snow! (thank goodness!!!)

Our driveway

Where's our rink? Oh yea, it's under all the snow!!!!

Book #1 down...11 more to go!

Just finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford - a really good read in my opinion!!!! Anyone else reading good books these days???

Reading Goal...almost!!!

**see bottom of blog for book list**

For those of you who follow my sister's blog too, you probably saw that she is close to finishing her 12th book this year! Good for her! :) And if you KNOW my sister, that's not really a shocker because she's totally driven and motivated and when a goal is set, it is MET! Don't you agree??? (can we say over-achiever??? ha! love ya, sis!)

Well...to everyone's surprise, I'm actually not that far behind her. I'm on my 12th book - at the beginning of "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford. So far so good but let's face it, I'm NOT going to finish by Friday at midnight. ha! While I officially did not meet my goal, I was close and had a blast reading all 11 books this year. About a month ago, I posted a request for good books on FB and received awesome feedback. So according to the comments left from all my friends, I'm totally covered for 2011 too!

A big thanks to my Kindle-obsessed Mom for surprising both Sara and I with Kindles of our own for Christmas. It's almost a guarantee that during a phone call with my Mom she either mentions the Kindle, how much she loves the Kindle, the awesome cover she purchased WITH the attached light, what books she just purchased for her Kindle, have I purchased my cover yet, etc. (love ya, Mom!)

Anyways, just a little rambling but thought I would share - happy reading to all and Cheers to 2011!

Ski Bums

We were lucky to have Matt's sister in town visiting us over Christmas. She arrived the Tuesday before Christmas and on Wednesday we packed up the car and headed to Stowe, VT for a fun little ski getaway. It was a BLAST - the kids had a great time skiing with Aunt Jill. They were so excited to show off their "skills". If you have never been, Stowe is a beautiful New England ski town with lots of quaint shops & restaurants. I wish I would have taken more pics of the town, etc but oh well, it gives us an excuse to go back again soon. :)

A side note: HGTV's Dream Home 2011 is in Stowe and I will be entering our names into the contest to win each & every day starting January 1st!!! Wish us luck! :)

Here are some pictures of our trip...and I think we have successfully turned Auntie Jill into a ski bum! :) Jack continues to amaze us with his fearless skiing - he even went down a run that Mommy would NEVER even attempt. ha! Thank goodness for Matt - pretty soon, the kids will be skiing with Daddy and leaving Mommy on the greens. ha! After a 2 hour lesson, Reagan was riding the chair lift and skiing down all by herself. Go girl!

Sibling Skiing

view of beautiful Mt. Mansfield

enjoying a beautiful day on the slopes

Aunt Jill & Reagan enjoying a ride on the Gondola

of course we HAD to hit the Ben & Jerry's factory tour! yum!

Daddy & the kids

taking a break for a quick picture!

daddy & Jack

Aunt Jill and Jack