Keeping Busy to Start 2022

Now that the holidays are passed, it's time for regular life to get back to business. Our weather here in western NY has been pretty tame so far this winter, so when we got a little snow that stuck around finally I grabbed Brad and we.met a hiking buddy at Mendon Park for a hike! It was nice to get some fresh air and exercise. We did about 5 miles.

Hubby decided to sell his '51 Chevy so we bid it farewell to it's new home in Pennsylvania.

He "bought" my Hyundai from me, so I got to find myself a new car. I really wanted another manual, so I finally found a worthy car that ticked all the boxes! A 2015 Mazda3 Sport. She is so fun to drive!

The boys both had dentist appointments and Jacob got a clean bill of health. Bradley however has a cavity on one of his molars...I thought Jacob's x-ray was really interesting with all the adult teeth lurking in the gums.

Bradley finally got to have his surgery. It was a correction of a minor birth defect. It was at a surgery center in Rochester and the staff was great. Bradley was excited to be getting all the attention. He didn't even mind the IV!

He woke up nice and happy and we went home to rest afterwards. By the time his school break was over, he was doing much better.

I've been doing a lot of reading. I love the Outlander series and I own all the books (except the latest one!). I have 8, and the 9th just came out before Thanksgiving. I started rereading the series to get ready for the new one, and I just finished #5. Each book is 900-1000 pages!

We saw this funny sight at our Walmart one afternoon....

Nick has been getting back into synthesizers and of course Jacob has to help him test the new arrivals.

I've stayed busy with orders from my crafts store Kandy's Krafts! I get the occasional Etsy order, but I also have a wholesale partner in Brockport, NY who just placed another order. Go check out my Etsy or my Facebook if you haven't yet! I'm adding a few new items soon.

That's about it for now, the boys are back in school and Nick and I have an anniversary coming up on the 17th. Brad starts 2 college classes on the 18th, so wish him luck!

Christmas 2021

We started out our Christmas season with some festivities at the school! They held a craft night with lots of fun things for the kids to do, as well as hot cocoa and cookies to snack on.

As soon as we could after Thanksgiving, Nick got the holiday decorations down and me and the boys decorated the trees. We have one downstairs and upstairs! Nick put the lights up outside, and everything looked so nice from the street!

Next we went to a pancake breakfast in a neighboring town hosted by the Boy Scouts where the kids got to see Santa finally!

Nick and I went to a fancy Christmas party! It was held at a mansion here in town as a charity gala for the local food bank. We got to dress up nice, tour the mansion, listen to music, drink champagne, and eat desserts. Always nice to sneak in a night out!

I had to do Christmas nails, of course! I love Lily and Fox nail wraps!

Throughout the month we received many special gifts from family and friends! Each one is special. We also received many lovely Christmas cards during the month.

On Christmas Eve our annual tradition is to eat our {homemade} Arby's roast beef and cheddar sandwiches! Nick grew up doing this with his grandparents, so after they passed we continued the tradition in our house. Now that we don't live by an Arby's we get our roast beef from the Amish market and make our own. And of course some homemade fudge for dessert!

Christmas morning was full of excitement! We had a tiny bit of snow leftover on the ground from previously, so I'm counting that as a white Christmas. After we divided up the presents, the boys ripped open their gifts and stockings.

After presents is the Lazzaro family tradition of biscuits and sausage gravy for breakfast! So good.

Then we carried on our new tradition of a Mexican feast for dinner! This year I made (all from scratch!) guacamole, salsa, tamales, chicken fajitas, Spanish rice, refried beans, and cherry and apple pies for dessert! (Full disclosure: the pie crusts are NOT homemade).

Bradley had requested a bedroom makeover for his Christmas present. Evidently robots were getting too "immature" for his old age. So I let him choose the colors and designs, and he got a new bedding set, new posters, new blanket, and a new floor lamp. He loves his new preteen room!

It's been a busy month so far with us and we are happy to start winding down finally after the holiday rush. Hopefully 2022 brings amazing things with it, and lots of great new memories!