Mini

Grandma Jeanne and Papa Mick were out at their timeshare in Palm Desert last week so I took advantage, pulled Maddie and William from school on Friday and headed out for a long weekend. Mikos joined up with us after work on Friday. We had a great time. The kids love the resort and it is a great place for families. They have an activity center with daily activities that Maddie loved checking out. She had big plans for us but we really only made the beading necklaces at 8:30 Friday morning. The rest of the weekend we spent swimming, hanging out, riding scooters to the park and taking the "bus" over to the Marriott Hotel Lobby.

Maddie's 7th Birthday!

Christmas ends and it's game on for the Ciriza household! Maddie turned 7 years old on January 13th. She decided she wanted to have a rollerskating birthday party this year. What fun it was! We had 16 kids, both sets of Grandparents, Aunt Sonja, Uncle Russel and cousin Lucas and several Mom's and Dad's-- it was a blast. Rollerskating, sweaty kids, pizza, pink lemonade and mint chip ice cream cake= successful party.
They cleared the rollerskating floor and called Maddie out to the center for a special birthday song. She insisted I go out with her and she was so cute standing there, center of attention, for the song. She is growing up to be such a big girl. I can hardly believe she is 7. Where has the time gone? So many wonderful memories... and so many more that we look forward to making with this beautiful daughter of ours! I can not put into words how much we love and adore this girl.

Minnesota Christmas- Part I

Minnesota Christmas- Part II

Great times in the Minnesota outdoors. Unfortunately we had virtually no snow... just a thin layer on the ice the first day we were out. The sun came out and took care of the faint dusting by day two but that didn't stop us from having a great time! Kids ice skated their hearts out. Did some ice fishing. 4 wheel riding and just soaked up the crisp, fresh air. Such fun.