Swallow Falls State Park

It was much colder than we anticipated.

For such a bright, sunny day, we froze our behinds off.

Cold gives way for a lot of beauty though.

 Woodpeckers go to town on the dead trees.

It looks like they peck into infinity....

Owl pellets are a cool find too.

I really wanted to take it home to dissect it (and find tiny bones?) but I resisted the urge and stayed true to the park rules.

 WATER FALLS!!

Really strong, rushing, churning water.

It was really neat.

 See?

Kora thought so.

This was her first time seeing Muddy Creek Falls.

I think it was worth trudging out in the freezing cold (that makes your tiny baby nose bright pink).

Sweet Isabella is not fond of heights.

Not one bit.

But then, look how brave.

Hooray for icicles, rushing water, splashes and the rainbows they create, sunshine, hemlocks and all the unspoiled places in nature.

Christmas Eve

 I was inspired by my wonderful friend Melissa to give the children new jammies on Christmas Eve. 

Kora looks cute as a button and Isabella's pants couldn't be cozier if they tried.

Her shirt is a bit small.

I had the dilemma of getting a shirt to small or WAY too big.

It's still cute though ;)

Hooray for Christmas

&

Hooray for Family!

Giggle, giggle, bark, bark, giggle...

Josh was making Kora laugh with Isabella's doll.

All sorts of things make that baby laugh these days.

She really gets going after the dogs make a ruckus.

Farm Day

We went to Backbone Farm for their open farm day.

We had a lot of fun and met some very lovely people.

There was delicious food too.

Yum,

Yum,

Yum!

From the source.

Max teaching the children how to thresh oats.

The children threshing oats the old fashioned way.

It's a real good way to get out your aggressions out.

End product.

My attempt to get a picture of Isabella's tomato person as she is running to watch the draft horse demonstration.

Veggie creature creations.

Amazing creativity from the kids there!

Isabella did the three in the center.

Draft horse demonstration.

Just us..

Isabella is at Grandma and Grandpa's house tonight.

Kora and I have 100% one on one time.

Aahhhhh.......

Kora giggles.

Kora is lifting her head quite high now.

This is the sweet face that greets me in the morning.

She's always happy when she first wakes up.

You can see from the video below.

Look at the little wrinkled nose and the dimple.

She smiles and coos all the time.

A girl and her grandpas

This is one happy girl. Enjoying a cup of cocoa and sitting in a Grandpa sandwich.

A photobooth story.

I was unaware that I had photobooth on our computer until I went searching for it after reading this woman's blog. Playing around with the images is so much fun!

Here's our story:

A witchdoctor shrunk Isa and Kora's heads (I should show them Beetlejuice as a cautionary tale!). Ahhhhhhh!

So we hopped in our trusty TARDIS to go back in time to undo the tragic mistake of angering the witchdoctor. Kora's not a fan of a time travel, yikes!

During our travels we ran across the cutest little alien I've ever seen :)

Gene Simmons training.

Holy Week: Easter Day part 2

After Church we went to Mom and Dad's where they hid eggs throughout the yard. Brilliantly my Mom put clues in the eggs that Isa found outside for the gifts that she had hidden inside. This made Easter exponentially fun.

My Dad the chronicler :)

How excited is she about her basket?

Here is one of the clues my Mom made. It was like Blue's Clues.

Josh and I got a basket too. Starbucks, Godiva, a new sparkly tea towel...nice. Who is more excited me or Isabella?

We miss Daddy.

Since Mr. Gambetta works two jobs and is getting a BFA at Frostburg State, we use any excuse to see him. Tonight we went to dinner at Mt. State Brewing so we could get our "family fix" (and some darn good pizza). Isabella asked me if she could give her Daddy a big hug and kiss. As you can see they both needed time together.