family pictures

I LOOOOVE taking pictures as you know.  I HATE being in any of them.  I am not photogenic.  I always do not like how I look.  

BUT!  Due to some recent events I realized that 1) we have never taken a family picture - not even with Libby.  and 2) Life is SHORT!  I don't want my kids to have all of these pictures of them growing up and having their daddy in there but mommy is never in there with them either.

So, we had a wonderful photographer, Lisa, take some family pictures of us in April (yes, I am waaaay behind).  They were wonderful and everything I could have hoped for.  Here are some of my favorites for you to enjoy with the rest on our flickr site.

Disney!

We surprised the kiddos with a trip to Walt Disney World in April.  It was AMAZING!  They got to spend the night in a hotel on the way down...Libby was baffled that we would not only get a bed to sleep in but our own bathroom too.  I think we need to get her out more often!


We did the traditional (for my family) stop at the Florida state border for some fresh OJ and fun.  Yes - we drove.  No - we are not crazy.  I was surprised how awesome the kids were.  The trip down was a little hard on the first day due to traffic but the 2nd was AMAZING and fast.
When we finally arrived, we were pumped and had such a fun, fast 5 days there.


Everything was just awesome and I took sooooooooooo many photos and videos all located here.  It was really an unfortunately trip!

Story Time

We love books in my house.  LOVE them.  The kids will ask us to read them all of the time.  I hope they never grow out of that.

Buddies

So my kids are become friends.  I don't know how it happened but over the past week I noticed that TJ was following Libby around like a puppy and Libby was including him in almost everything.  TJ in return would ask Libby to do things with him.  It melted my heart to see them help each other and hold hands VOLUNTARILY!!!  I won't say they do this all of the time of course - they are kids and siblings.  But, I will say the first thing TJ does when he wakes up (after giving me a hug and a kiss) is ask where Libby is.  I am just truly blessed and am happy for however long this phase lasts!

Dance Party

We do a LOT of dance parties in our house.  I decided it was time to bring out the camera to capture these two yahoos dancing around.  We know how to party!

Christmas Lights

We decided to put Christmas Lights up on the house this year. We have sworn to do each year but this year we finally pulled the trigger. I wasn't home during the reaction of the kids seeing it but luckily, thanks to text I got to experience what happened:

 

Christmas Time

Christmas time is here!  We are in full swing in the Ski Household and loving every minute of it.  We've decorated the tree and even have lights up on the house!  Oh yes, Christmas time is definitely here!

Family Photo

10.24.10 TJ's Baptism (5)
Originally uploaded by Holly Mroczkowski.

This is the first family photo of the four of us. Sad it took this long but it means the world to me.