Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Brian! Our daddy works so hard and we so appreciate everything he does. We enjoyed a great day where all the dads could relax, eat and swim.

Strawberry Picking

Another great year of strawberry picking. It was a short berry season here in PA and the fruit was smaller than normal but we still managed to pick about 12lbs. of deliciousness!

Mini Golf

End of the school year treat with the Torrisi Family

Muscle Men

Walking Path 2011

We All Live Togther

THIS makes me SMILE!!

Movin' On Up!

It's official...I have a 1st grader! Carter "moved up" this past week in a fantastic ceremony. It is hard to believe that the year passed so quickly but somehow summer break is here and kindergarten is behind him. True to himself, Carter stepped up to the plate and made great progress all while have fun and making new friends. We are so unbelievably proud of our boy.

Carter up on the top riser.

Carter and his class...they are a great bunch of kids.
Our graduate!

Carter and Joey showing off their well deserved "diplomas".

Carter and his wonderful teacher, Mrs. Buehrer!

Gone Fishin'

We went fishing with Mimi and Poppy a couple of weekends ago and the boys did really well considering it was their first real fishing experience.

Mama swan and her 4 babies that reside at the lake.

Carter's first ever fish. It is a sunny but he casted, hooked and reeled this guy in all by himself. He was quite proud!
Poppy hooked a nice trout and Elijah reels him in!
Now that's what I call teamwork!

It was a great time and the boys can't wait to go fishing again.

Shafer Carnival

Carter's end of the year carnival was a blast. He waited for weeks and was especially excited when he found out his principal would be in the dunk tank! Aside from the fun of trying out the dunk tank, there was food, bounce houses and other games to enjoy.

Carter with his principal.

Carter tries out the dunk tank.
Carter and his most wonderful teacher.

Elijah enjoys the carnival.

Trying to win some prizes at the duck pond.

Face time with the Roadrunner.

Field Day

GREAT field day at Shafer! I helped out and the kids had a great time! The weather was beautiful and the school's gym teacher put together an awesome day for all the grades. I was in charge of the potato sack races and loved watching all the classes participating and having a so much fun. Perfect Day!!

Ready, Set, GROW!

The boys had their healthy visits yesterday. All went great and both are in perfect health. Their stats are:

Carter:

48 inches tall (2 inch growth)

48 pounds (2 pounds heavier)

Elijah:

39 1/2 inches tall (3 inch growth)

35 pounds (5 pounds heavier)

No shots for Carter but 2 shots for Eli (which he handled like a champ) and both were given a clean bill of health until next year's appointment.

Memorial Day Program

Carter's school had a fantastic Memorial Day program. The students sang patriotic songs and the were many Veterans as well as men and woman currently serving our great country. What a wonderful way to give these children a better understanding of Memorial Day!

**I love this picture of Carter...it is like "Where's Waldo?', only we call it 'Where's Carter?'

Happy Belated Birthday!

OOoops...I forgot to post Happy Birthday wishes to my Dad! Happy belated Dad..May this be your best year yet! Love you!!

Happy Memorial Day

The Lansek Family wishes you a Happy Memorial Day.

We also thank all of our service men and women, both past and present, for protecting our great nation.

God Bless America!

So Very Handsome

Spring Portrait

Muffins with Moms

Last week Eli and I celebrated Mother's Day with the school's annual Muffins with Moms breakfast. This is truly one of my favorite days out of the whole year. The children make the most wonderful gifts for the moms and we sing, craft and enjoy muffins! A great morning with and even greater son!

WOW!!.....

Where did this past year go?

Somebody is moving to 1st grade next year!

Barnyard Days

Eli enjoyed his end of the year field trip to Barnyard Days put on by a local high school. Both Brian and I went and we all had a great time. There were many animals to look at and learn about. There were also baby chicks and ducklings that the kids could touch as well as newly laid turkey and chicken eggs. Eli enjoyed the tractors and the large rabbit that would play fetch. After enjoying a snack of ice cream we went out to lunch with several of Eli's friends and their parents. It was a perfect day.

Happy Happy Birthday!!

Today Mimi/my Mom turns 55! We want to wish her the happiest of birthdays! We are so lucky to have such a special lady in our lives and we love you very much! Here's to a beautiful sunshiny day and many more years filled with love ad happiness! May your day be a fabulous as you are!

**there are no pictures to attach since that portion of the day was a disaster. even without pictures we still enjoyed some delicious cake!**

Easter 2011

Easter has come and gone and we had an interesting holiday. I am not sure if it is Carter being a part of the public school system for the first time or if we just have low immune systems this year but Carter and I both came down with the flu over the holiday. (The stomach bug for Christmas and the flu for Easter...YUK!) I suppose that a bright note is both sicknesses occurred over a holiday and school was not in session and Carter didn't miss as many days as he would have....no matter we still made the best of our holiday.

Mimi and Poppy got the boys Easter ducklings and the boys enjoyed watching them grow. And grow they did! Our three weeks with them passed very quickly and they now reside at a local farm where they can enjoy all the comforts of being a duck!

We also enjoyed the other traditions of Easter....egg painting, an Easter egg hunt and some limited visiting of family. (didn't want to spread the germs)

The boys, as always, are so very lucky and received lots of baskets from the Easter bunny.

Even with the nasty flu we managed to have a very blessed Easter!

Happy Birthday Elijah!

Today our Elijah turned 4! Time it seems is flying by and I can't believe my baby is already 4 with an ever growing personality and attitude!!

The day was filled with family, friends, cake, legos, soccer balls and a bounce house of your very own. We hope that all your wishes came true sweet Eli because all of our wishes came true when you arrived and completed our family!! Love you xo