Spilled Milk and Brewery Dinner - 171/365

Today, Reagan and I had a lazy day around the house. I tried to get caught up on some blogging and we played. It was a nice afternoon, until, I went to do something in the kitchen. Reagan was standing backwards on the love seat, facing me in the kitchen and I had just given her a cup of chocolate milk. It did have a lid, and she was holding the spout in her mouth, waving it back and forth with her teeth. Before I could tell her to sit down and hold it with her hands, there was a giant waterfall of chocolate milk down my tan microfiber love seat. Ack! I rushed to get some rags and soaked up as much as I could. I got our Little Green Machine and ran it over it for a couple minutes. The water started coming back clear, so hopefully I got it all! Oh well. Knock on wood, it was Reagan's first major spill.... Not bad for three.

This evening, Mike and Jamie invited us over to have dinner with them in Slippery Rock. There is a really cool brewery there, that they've been wanting us to check out for a LONG time. We just hadn't got there. By miracle, we were both free tonight! 

It was called North Country Brewery and it was SO COOL! It was an old morgue, so they believe it's haunted! It even received a certificate of haunting from the Butler Paranormal Society. 

It had all these neat little quirks and cool signs and statues. The sink in the bathroom was a little watering can hanging from a wooden pipe. It was so neat!

It was such a nice night that we were able to have dinner out on the back patio. The food was excellent and the beers were yummy, too! We had a really fun time! The kids were great, too! They colored and did all the activities on their placemats, you didn't even know they were there!

We had such a nice night and hope to visit the brewery again, soon!

The first picture is Reagan, Camryn and Leighton at dinner.

The cool sink in the bathroom

Finally, our Reagan's milk spill. It did come out and the couch looks good as new. 

Color Run and a Picnic - 165/365

Today was the long awaited Color Run. We have been so excited to do this, we couldn't wait! Everyone met at our house and we were off to the Covelli Center! We got there to find an amazing amount of people. There was supposedly 6000 people that participated.
We started in our all white gear, we were sparkling clean. We didn't know what to expect when we got to the color stations, but we were excited.
The first color was blue. They were just throwing this powdery, chalky stuff at you and shooting it out of picnic style ketchup bottles, it was a hoot! The air, streets, absolutely everything was BLUE! Too funny!
We walked all through downtown, while passing through the color stations. We got braver and went for more color in each station! Too funny! We were a full blown rainbow by the end.
Reagan really liked the whole thing, too. We brought a stroller, but she pretty much walked the whole time! She was loving it!
At the end, they had the huge colorful arcs in every color that you walked under and they had tons and tons and tons of colored confetti that you could play in, too! We had so much fun taking pictures in the confetti!
After it was over, we were afraid that some of the color wouldn't come off our skin or clothes. When we got home, we got cleaned up and everything came right off, Reagan's bath water turned green though, it was too funny!
Our clothes were as white as when we put them on, after just one trip through the washer. Awesome!
The whole experience was a blast and we can't wait to do it again.
This afternoon, we were headed up to a picnic at Matt and Nikki's house. They were having the whole Cvetkovic family up for an afternoon of family fun.
It was so great to see everyone! We all had a nice time catching up and getting to spend some time together.
Matt and Nikki had quite the spread of food. They did chicken and Nikki's famous ribs. YUM! Everyone else contributed a side or dessert to help out.
The kids had a blast in their bouncy house. They practically spent every minute in there.
Adrienne brought a pinata for them, they all really loved taking a swing at that!
Nikki, also had a special cake for Jim, since he takes over as Boardman Rotary President in two weeks. It was so sweet of her to go out of her way to acknowledge such a special time for Jim.
What a great day!
The first picture is the "Bright Britts!"

Next, Jim's President cake.

Finally, the kids smacking the pinata.

Rotary Training and Camyrn's Birthday - 74/365

Jim was continuing his training in Columbus today. 

It was going to be a long day for him, they had training from eight to eight. They had lectures on sustainable international projects, designing and funding effective service projects, and how to attract and engage members. 

Jim said it was a long day, but that he did learn a lot. He finally rolled into home just before midnight. 

 While he was doing that, Reagan and I were hanging out at home for the morning watching TV, so I could rest my ankle. Nana was nice enough to go get us a few groceries, since Jim was gone. It was SO NICE!

This afternoon, Reagan and I were going to attempt to make it over to Mercer, for Camryn's 7th birthday party. Luckily I hurt my left ankle, so I was still able to drive fairly easily, although getting myself and Reagan in the car was not easy! LOL! 

We still can't believe Camryn is SEVEN. It feels like she was just born! Time goes too fast. 

The party was in their community building of their private lake community. It was a great little place. 

Camryn had a cat theme going on for the party. Jamie made little headbands with cat ears for all the kids. They were so adorable! She even had a dessert made in a cat litter box with a cat litter scoop to dish it out. It was so real looking, but SO GOOD! 

Another big hit was the chocolate fountain. All the kids loved dunking the rice krispy treats, marshmallows, pretzles and other stuff in the chocolate. Reagan was all about the rice krispy treats. 

Jamie also had some very special guests stop by for Camryn. Ariel and Elsa made an appearance! The kids all squealed with excitement when they walked in! They both told the kids a story and both sang their most famous songs. It was so adorable watching all the kids sing every word to those two songs. Precious!

It was a really fun afternoon! I was happy I was able to hobble my way over to the party! 

Happy Birthday, Camryn!

 The photo of the day is Reagan, Camryn, Elsa and Ariel.

Next, Jim being sworn in during the Commissioning Ceremony.

 

Sip and Paint - 38/365

Tonight was girls and guys night! 

Stacey, Jamie, Kim, Nicole and I were heading out to dinner. Then, taking in a sip and paint class at Wonderstruck in Cornersburg. 

We started with dinner at Davidsons. We had a great time chit chatting and catching up. 

After dinner, we went across to our class. We were all a little worried about how our paintings were actually going to turn out. The place itself was great! They even supplied the wine glasses and bottle openers! 

We got settled in and took our first brush strokes. Once we got rolling we were having a great time trying to follow the directions. We just laughed the whole time. We would get up and check out each others work and just giggle. We all ended up with really nice paintings. We did a really great job, despite all the wine! It was a super fun night and we hope to do another some day soon! 

While we were off doing that, the guys hung out at Stacey and Ken's with the kids. The kids had a ball playing and eating popsicles. 

 The guys came to pick us up around eight. We were mad because we kinda felt like going back to Davidson's for a nightcap, but the kiddos were pooped. 

When I got in the car, Reagan said, "Mama, I played with the kids and I was the cleaner!" Apparently her favorite toys of Kinley's, were her play cleaning supplies. Hope she offers to help me clean some day! It was a great night out for everyone! Good times! 

The photo of the day the girls and our art!

Next, all the kids hanging out! 

  

WE DID IT & New Year's Eve -365/365

Well, WE DID IT! 365 pictures in 365 days!
MANY days we actually had MANY pictures! It was such a rewarding thing to do and we are all glad we took on this project. Even looking back at the early months of 2013, there is so much we would have forgotten, if it wasn't for this blog. We tried to capture small moments, as well as the big ones. There were days we struggled to find a picture. Jim loved the days when it would be 10 or 11 at night and I didn't have a picture. He would just laugh and then come up with a great idea! He was supportive of all the time it took to sit down and write every night, too! 

We had an absolutely amazing 2013. Of course we had our private bumps in the road with sadness and tears, as every family has, but I think we are ending 2013 stronger and happier than ever! We have amazing families and friends...we are truly blessed. 

 Now, on to the question, "will we continue in 2014?" YES! This has become such a habit and has made me become such a memory hoarder, that I can't imagine not doing it! Although, I am really going to try to keep it shorter and sweeter. I got so into writing, that some nights, I would take such a long time to get it all down. I'm going to really try! We'll see! 

Thank you SO MUCH to all of you who would visit the blog daily and leave us comments. They made us smile and kept us motivated on this journey to take 365 pictures in 365 days. It made us feel so loved that you actually cared enough to take time to read and look at our pictures. We love you all! 

I will post the link to our finished photo book, that we will have bound and printed, as soon as I get it done. The end product will be such a keepsake for our family. 

Onto, what actually happened today! It was New Year's Eve! Nana came over to get Reagan this morning for a little bit, while I got a few things done. 

This evening, we were celebrating New Years Eve with Jim's family at the D&E Camp Challenge building. We did that last year and it worked out great. The kids all ran around and and had a blast together. They all climbed in this huge toy box together, played "pictionary", chased each other and bounced on huge bouncy balls. The had a great time! All the adults enjoyed our time together to catch up. As the kids get older, sometimes some of us, don't see each other as much as we'd like. It was nice to have a couple hours to spend together. 

 Our party broke up early and we were home and in our pajamas by 9:30. Jim and I plunked down on the couch, had a drink and watched the coverage. We actually stayed up, without having to force ourselves! We did pass out by 12:30 though. We had a really nice, quiet new years eve. 

 Here is a picture of all the kids at New Years Eve! Project 365 was nothing compared to trying to get eight kids to sit still and look at the camera. LOL! Love all these kiddos!