Well, maybe!!

232 Sheffield Dr, Dallastown, PA 17313



The house that we couldn't get earlier, we have another chance to get! The house had gone on a Sheriff Sale, so now the bank officially owns it. So the bank has 24 hours to accept or not so we should find out by tomorrow if we are getting it. If we do we are going to name it something with St. Joseph in it, because he lead us to this house, and if we get it, we will most likely close on his feast day. We are thinking of St. Joseph's Oasis. What do you think?

Grandad and G's!!!!

We just got back from Connecticut today after a short visit. My dad had a retreat in Connecticut so we all went along and spent a day and a half up there! It was fun, us kids went out in the woods, (which are much different in the winter then in the summer), and found a swamp that was all frozen. We had so much fun playing on the ice! Even though we can't ice skate and even if we could, we didn't have skates, it was fun to slip and slide in our boots!

There wasn't any snow but the stream was beautiful and the hot tub was a lot of fun! Unfortunately we forgot the camera, so I don't have any pictures. But we had such a good time!

Thank you Grandad and G for putting up with our loud household! We love you guys!

Disappointment .....again......

So the third house in a row refused us. Well actually it's a lot more complicated then that and there is a very small chance we could still get it. Make that EXTREMELY small.

So we have to start the whole process all over again. Oh well. We are getting used to being squishy!

SOLD!

Well Grammy's house is sold! Ok, technically it isn't yet. They close on the house on March 6th! And Mr. Charlie's house just got two offers today! They will close on the one on Feb. 27th! Thank you God! (Now all we need is house for ourselves!)

Dora Undercover

I don't how familiar everyone is with Dora the Explorer, but Rose and Max love it so when we get movies from Blockbuster, we always end up with a Dora, (and something else for us older kids). This time my mom came back with, Dora Undercover. Dora has this alarm watch that buzzes every time Dora is near Swiper the Fox. The funny thing is Dora's alarm watch sounds exactly like our timer and so earlier this day we kept hearing this beeping sound and we started looking for the timer. It took us a long time to figure out that we were hearing Dora's little watch!

Not Fun

We have not had a very fun week since all nine of us have been hit by the stomach bug. Luckily it is a 24 hour thing so we are all slowly recovering. But for nine people to all get sick in a row in one week, is not fun. We all hope that by next Monday we can finally get back to school.
And my parents did put another offer on a house. This time we all think this is the house. Their Realitor is so sure that we are going to get it that she already took the house off the listings. The owners already signed the contract and now all we are waiting for is the bank to approve the offer. We will find out sometime in this upcoming week.

We love you all and really hope that none of you get sick!

Bye Bye Nemo!

This isn't very funny since it cost a lot to fix. But one of my younger siblings (younger then 8) accidentally sent a rubber Nemo exactly like the one in the picture, done the toilet. The plumber had to lift the whole toilet of the ground and fish Nemo out. I guess clogging the toilet with sticks and rubber fish runs in the family, because my mom clogged her toilet when she was little by dropping sticks down a pipe! After his poor adventure, Nemo was thrown away. But we still have the Nemo in the picture(There was two of them).

Cecilia's Birthday!

Cecilia is writing the words on her cookie cake

Holding Lauren

High School Musical theme and fun gifts

Max drew the picture he said it is Cecilia(Look above)

Time for cake!

We can't get enough of Lauren!

Happy Birthday 11 year old! January 7th was Cecilia's 11th birthday. We had a party with the family the night before and got more turns holding baby Lauren. She is really so sweet! Then on the seventh our good friends the McLain's came over for another party, (Can anyone guess what was her theme?) If you guessed High School Musical, you were right. She LOVES those movies! Cecilia has every song memorized of the first and second movies! I got the first movie for my birthday and Cecilia got High School Musical 2 for her birthday. Needless to say, she was thrilled! (I think she watched the first one more then me and she gave it to me!) She wanted a cookie cake so she double the recipe for Chocolate Chip cookies and bake it in a pane and ta-da! Cookie cake! (It was very tasty!)

Lauren Nicole!

On January 2nd 2009, Lauren Nicole Anthony, entered our world! She weighed 7lbs, 12oz and was about 19inch. long. My Aunt Jackie and our beautiful new cousin, Lauren, are both doing great! They came home last Sunday and for those of you who don't know this, they live on the road behind us so we see them quite often! I'm afraid I can't make the picture any bigger but from what you can see, isn't she gorgeous? We love you Lauren!!

The End Of Dec.

With most of the Christmas rush behind us, we have enjoyed the last few days immensely! I just threw in a bunch of misc. pictures of the end of our December! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!! (One night Daddy and the boys entertained us by wrestling in the living room! It was very funny to watch!)

Christmas 2008

We had an amazing Christmas! John Paul trumped us all by waking up at 4:30am but Cecilia came in a close second at 6:00am. At 8:30 we sat down in the living room and Ben opened his first present. He was so cute and so excited. We were all surprised by how well he unwrapped his gift. Rose of course wanted to open up every toy, the moment she unwrapped it, and since then, everywhere we go she brings her Cinderella cell phone and lipstick. I asked everyone what their favorite gifts were and Rose said her favorite gifts were, her play cell phone, nail polish, shiny lipstick and her plastic tea set. Max's favorite Christmas present was his stuffed polar bear named, Polar. (Santa gave him Polar). John Paul's favorite gift was the giant wooden castle that he and Max got. Cecilia's favorite Christmas gift was her porcelain doll, but she says that she LOVES everything else! My favorite Christmas gifts were my hair straightener, my bed set, and my CD player. Mom's favorite gifts were her chocolate and ipod. Daddy's favorite gift was his GPS, and Grammy's favorite gift was EVERYTHING!! (Oh and Benny really likes his teddy bear named, Checkers, his Elmo bike, and his wooden train!)

All the pictures except the last one, are of us opening gifts and thanking other family members. The last pic is of our traditional Christmas morning brunch: Eggs Benedict. Daddy makes the most delicious brunch of Eggs Benedict, (eggs and ham on English muffins with a cheese sauce poured on top!), with orange juice in wine glasses and pear halves with cherries! Ooh, it is so yummy!!!
After we opened all our presents, (which took three hours! No joke!) and ate our brunch, we went over to our Anthony grandparent's house and spent the rest of the day with them. And then on Friday we went to Aunt Eileen and Uncle Mark's house and we had so much fun! On Saturday Grammy and the "Anthony Ladies" went up to Elizabeth town for Ania's bridal shower. That was tons of fun as well!
So after all that we are relaxing and enjoying the end of the holidays and the beginning of 2009!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Christmas Eve

Max helping put our tree together!(Yes it is a fake tree)Grammy holding our nutcracker!Cecilia is excited!The HutchOur Christmas Table

Eating Chinese!All decked out for Mass

Dressed up for Mass!

The stockings and railing

Our Tree!!

Every year we decorate the house on Christmas Eve and it is always a really fun day! We end the day with Chinese and Christmas Eve Mass. And of course us kids always sing our special Christmas Eve dinner cheer:

Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah!
Tonight we eat Chinese!
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah!
Besides it's Christmas Eve!
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah!

It's so much fun,
We've just begun!
Oh Yeah! Oh Yeah!
OH YEAH!!!

So we had another successful Christmas Eve! (And a very fun one too!)