Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Genealogy Research!!


Well, I've recently started doing a little family tree research. I joined the 14 day free trial from http://www.ancestry.com/ . It's amazing how easy it is to start doing a little family research and finding names you may or may not recognize! I've had more luck with certain family names than with others. I've recently come in contact with a gal who is my mother's cousin! - I guess she is my first-cousin-once-removed. (I never even knew she existed.) Anyway, she has been very helpful with me and my family tree search. I have learned that this type of research can be very interesting and tricky! It's a lot of fun, though! So, I thought I would post a few pictures that I came across....they are fun to look at!!


This is my mom and my aunt Cindy when they were teenagers!



This is my grandmother, Dorothy Lanoy. She passed away before I was born.

Here is my mom (with the dark hair) and my aunt Cindy (with the lighter hair) and their aunt Minnie. My mom was 4 in this picture.


There are several people in this picture. My grandmother, Dorothy, is in the upper right corner.


This is Dorothy and Henry Lanoy - holding my mom.






This is my mom holding my aunt Carol. My aunt Cindy is standing next to my mom with her arms up and my uncle (Frankie or Henry?) with the binoculars.


My mom is the little girl sitting on the car light. Looks like she has blonde hair!


My mom and her brothers and sisters. (Mom, Kathy, Carol, Cindy, Henry, Frankie)










Armed Forces Day Parade

Last weekend was the Armed Forces Day Parade here in Del City. This is something we've done with Matt's parents for the past three years. The girls absolutely love going. Of course, they love to get all the candy that is thrown. This year we found a new spot to sit and had a great view. Unfortunately, the weather did NOT cooperate. We were rained on for a while. The rain stopped for a little bit. Then it started again back up again so we left. We went to Cracker Barrel for an early Mother's Day lunch. I got to pick out a new Wood Wick candle for my present. (I've been wanting one for a long time!) It was a lot of fun. I'm lucky - I get to be the mommy to the three greatest kids on the planet!!! :) I just wish my momma was here to share them with me.









A Trip to Feed the Ducks!

We recently took the kids to a nearby lake to feed some local ducks. The kids love this. Of course, I brought my camera along and tried my best to capture the moment.

























































Easter 2009

Well - Easter was about a month ago and I'm just now getting around to blogging. We had a really nice Easter, full of lots of things to do. We had four Easter egg hunts. (One at church, one with our playgroup friends and one with my family and one with Matt's family.) We ended up with a TON of candy!! One really fun thing was our lunch at Eischen's. We went with my dad and Mike and his family. (Matt had a paper to write so he couldn't come.) We went last year too. After our lunch we came back to our house and died Easter eggs and ate Taco Bueno for dinner. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed watching how excited the kids got when dyeing their eggs. Here are some pictures from the weekend....