Capizzi Christmas Party

The annual Capizzi Family Christmas Party took place today. I love getting together with the family to visit and open gifts. Everyone is so happy at Christmas. I love it!

Grandma and Grandpa Capizzi had fun gifts for all of the kids to open.

There was even something special for Ella. I can't wait to dress her up in this!

Brayden was so excited to get "Hungry, Hungry Hippos" from his grandparents that he wanted to open it right away. Erika, Emma, and Dominik were more than willing to play with him.

Thanks, Phil and Sharon! Merry Christmas! (And I need their Disney Santa hats for next year...)

My Birthday Weekend

Wow! I am turning 25-years-old today. That's a quarter of a century. I'm getting old. And the best part is, our car insurance goes down this December because of it. I love saving money!

Well, I've never been very good at celebrating birthdays in only one day. It tends to turn into a weekend affair. So, Friday we threw a party at our place. I originally wanted to have just a few friends over for cake ad ice cream and games, but it kept growing. By the time Friday evening rolled around, I had 14 people (Tori, Tyler, Deana, Charles, Jen, Andi, Calli, Dean, Chelsea, Robin, Blake, Joe, Craig, and I) crowded around two card tables in our front room laughing, eating and playing. I felt so loved. It was so much fun that I completely forgot to take pictures.

Yesterday, Craig took me to see one of my favorite plays at Hale Theatre, "My Fair Lady". Last Christmas Craig bought us season tickets and this was our last show. As always, the play was incredible. Craig had never seen it before and I loved that we have shared that now. After, Craig took me out for a romantic dinner at 7-Eleven. No really! This came from one of our favorite dates from back before we were married. Believe me, it really was great.

Today is my actual birthday. This morning, Craig and I cooked a wonderful breakfast together. Then we headed up to his dad's place for a Happy Birthday, Kelsi and Krystal/Halloween/Thanksgiving/Good-bye, McFadden Family Party.

The party started with the family meeting at a park to play some baseball. They (Craig included) were all on a baseball team together and their league just ended a week ago. Jill doesn't seem quite ready to let go yet. Craig and I are looking forward to joining her team again next April. (By the way, in the picture above, Craig is the one closest to the camera wearing a blue shirt and silver gym shorts.)

After, we headed back to Phil's house for a delicious turkey dinner and lots of socializing with family.

Before the night ended, Sharon took all the kids on a Halloween Scavenger Hunt around the house. It was so cute, but then it was time to say our good-byes. It was hard to give Megan a final hug. They are driving to Texas tomorrow morning and we probably won't see them again until the end of April. At least Megan got to feel Baby Ella kicking before she left.

Happy Birthday to me!

Capizzi Family Pictures

It isn't too often that we can get the entire family together. There are quite a few of us. Sharon took advantage of Grandma and Grandpa Woods being in town and arranged for us to take family pictures. They turned out pretty good.

The Entire Family

 

Phil and Sharon with all of their Children

Phil and Sharon with their Grandchildren

Our Own Little Family

Can't you feel the love?

Mixture of Families

Grandma and Grandpa Capizzi babysat Brayden today for the first time. Kira and her boyfriend, Travis, invited Craig and I to go see a movie at the theater where Travis works. The theater is right next to Phil and Sharon's house, so we were able to drop Brayden off while we went on our double date.

After the movie, Phil and Sharon were nice enough to have us all over for dinner.

Brayden's cousin, Zoe, even joined us. It was a wonderful way to spend a day.

Cousin Zoe's 1st Birthday

Megan had a little get together at Phil and Sharon's today to celebrate her daughter's very first birthday. Since it was so close to Halloween, Zoe was dressed up as a very cute jack-o-lantern. It was fun to see how big she has grown over the past year. Happy birthday, Zoe! 

Brayden was being a total goofball as usual.

Outside with Grandpa Capizzi

It totally looks like he was trying to punch me.

Outside with Grandma Capizzi

Chillin' on the floor with Dad

Being held by his adorable cousin Madison. What beautiful kids!

Brayden's Baby Blessing

Brayden's Grandpa Furse blessed Brayden today at their church. Grandpa and Grandma Capizzi were there and they came over afterwards for dinner and pictures.

Grandpa Capizzi holding little Brayden.

Then it was Grandma Capizzi's turn to hold the baby.

We love being surrounded by so much love and support. And we all love this little boy with all our hearts!

Happy Belated Father's Day!

Since Phil and Sharon were out of town on Father's Day, they invited us up later to celebrate. Megan's family and Karrie were the only other ones to show up, but we still had a lot of fun roasting hot dogs and playing with the new babies.

Capizzi's Visit Baby Brayden

Phil and Sharon brought Aunt Megan and Cousin Zoe to meet our little Brayden today. It was nice to have visitors in our home rather than at the hospital. It was so much more comfortable.

Zoe was fascinated by the little baby. Brayden wasn't so sure about the whole thing.

He is so adorable!

Craig is an incredible daddy. I love my boys! 

It wasn't long before he was in the arms of his Grandma Capizzi. His face was priceless.



All the excitement of the day apparently wore him out. Sweet dreams, little guy.