Oct,, Nov, Dec

Hard to believe summer is over and fall foliage is here. It's one of the prettiest seasons, the cleanup part is not so nice with all the leaves coming down on the property. Lots of work!! Oct was fun filled with costume shopping and pumpking picking. The kids had a great time over at Roseberry's Farm in Glastonbury. The Russells came along. This Thanksgiving we opted to stay home...wanted to do some black Friday shopping. I must admit we did get some great sales. Angel, Sam and I headed out to Toys R Us, Target, Old Navy and Walmart.. we headed out at 11:00pm. We didnt return back home till 7:30 am.. oh boy were we exhausted...slept for only 3 hours then it was time to head out to the airport and get my twin sister Nilsa...she spent a few days here...we drove into NYC to see mom and the family. It's always nice seeing family..We also stopped in to see Tonita, (my dear mother in law). It was sad for Angel to see how she's slowly deteriorating. While Nilsa was here we went out shopping with Marisol. Nilsa was able to do some scrapbooking...not as much as we would have liked. Dec cane in and it was time to start the shopping. Got out quite a few times with Sam and Sabrina. Angel and I did most of our shopping online. nothing like shopping for your children and seeing those smiling faces on Christmas morning. Christmas morning was quite exciting!! Although the kids are mostly grown, they always sit down for the traditional pic!! Santa as usual was generous...this year a bit more. It was fun watching Tristan open his Christmas presemts, he was such a big boy opening his gifts one by one and not stopping to play with just one. He's certainly enjoying his Thomas the Train table and train sets. His mommy has learned from her parents to spoil her little guy. Andrew was excited as he got his Kinect, Ipod touch and laptop along with all the other goodies from his siblings. The older kids thrilled with their electronic gadgets.