Look Who Lost His First Tooth!

Last week Nicholas lost his first tooth while I was at Volleyball! So in the morning he comes running down and said that he got $5! I asked him what he got that for and he told me. I had to take a picture right away since Daddy told me he didn't take any the night before. Mike said he was pretty tough and pulled it out himself! Good job Nick!

Maria's 8th Birthday Party

Maria celebrated her Birthday on January 2nd! I can't believe she is already 8! They grow up WAY too fast! She had her party at Chuck E Cheese in WSP at 10am! It was PERFECT! Not too busy! That is the way to go if you want it at Chuck E Cheese! Here are some pics from the party!


Renzo and Marisa liked to climb up the slide!


Jon and Nick on a roller coaster ride.


Jon at Skee Ball...Wonder if he got a big score?


Nick on the Helicopter ride.


This was the only "ride" that Marisa would sit in. It is the one that takes your picture and prints it out...


Blowing out the candles!


She was scared of the Chuck E Cheese character on stage and in real person! She hung onto Daddy tight!


Group pic of the Birthday Girl and the kids along with Chuck E.

Happy 8th Birthday Maria!

New Years Eve 2009

Once again we celebrated New Year's in Woodbury. All my siblings and their families came over for some dinner and after that we headed out to the Bielenberg Sports Complex for the Family New Year's Celebration! This would be our 3rd year attending! It is a great way to celebrate with the kids and for them to run around and burn off some of their energy! After the fun at Bielenberg we headed back to our house and the kids played while the adults watched some movies! Matt brought a projection player so we watched a couple movies on our wall. It was a fun night and even the kids were all up at midnight to wish in the New Year! Shortly after that everyone headed home...We were all TIRED! Here's to a WONDERFUL 2010! Enjoy the pics!


Can you see the picture on the wall? It was great watching movies like this!


At Bielenberg: The girls making some jewelry!


The boys playing some football!


The younger ones discussing their strategy....They were playing against the Dads!


Nick doing a little golf....He didn't want to play football.


Nick doing a DUNK!


Jon's turn at mini golf!


Me and my big sister Marie!


Noah, Missy, TJ (Look! He is taller than me now!) and myself. It was COLD in there!


Me and Mike


The Three Musketeers! Anthony, Jon and Maria! Jon actually did REALLY well this year on skates!


CHEESE!


Thanks to Auntie Tesa, she went ice skating with Nick. He did OK after he got the hang of it!


Much better!

Don't forget to take a look at the video of Jon and Maria doing the Cha Cha Dance! The link is below!

Grandma's Birthday And Some More Christmas Presents!

Grandma and Papa came over to our house for Grandma's birthday. Mom and Dad, Grandma and Papa and Auntie Christine and Uncle Doug were all going to Mystic Lake to play BINGO for her birthday and have lunch. So before they went to play they came over and we opened up our Christmas presents from them. We didn't make it to Buffalo on Christmas day because of the weather. It was like X-mas all over again! We got some really cool skateboards and Marisa got a doll house. We all loved our gifts! Thanks Grandma and Papa! After opening up gifts we served Grandma her cake! It was delicious! Daddy made it and we got to help him! Below are some pics! Enjoy!


Jon and his new skateboard!



Nick and his skateboard! Good thing they have different designs on them!


Marisa was pretty excited about her Doll House!





Waiting patiently for someone to open it for her!


Picture with the Birthday Girl and the Grand kids!


Getting ready to blow out the candle!


They all helped!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

New Year's Eve

Here is a sneak peek about what we did for New Year's! Stay tuned for pics later!



Jon and Maria doing the Cha Cha Dance!

Ramos Christmas Eve Party 2009

Once again Christmas Eve was spent at our house with family. It was another fun night of singing for the kids, playing Lola & Lolo's games and opening presents! We even finished playing all the games and opening up presents by 8pm! That has to be a new record! Of course there was tons of food and the good thing was that everyone pretty much took home their food when it was time to go so we were not stuck with a bunch of leftovers! After dinner, the kids got to do their talent for the night! Nicholas sang a song he learned in Preschool, Jon sang & danced to Jingle Bells (he got extra money for singing AND dancing!), and Marisa had to point out animals in a picture! After the kids were done with that we started Lola and Lolo's game. The main game of the evening was Family Feud. It was a little chaotic at first but it ended up being a fun game and Mike and I were part of the team that won big! We ended up winning $90! After that the kids opened their presents and than the adults got to play Mean Santa! It was fun year of Mean Santa and we ended up with what we bought which was the Big Top Cupcake Maker (As Seen on TV!) and a Hot Chocolate thingy! We plan on making Grandma a B-day cake for her with our present! After that Lola had extra money so we played the dice game. Another fun game, but once again chaotic! Here are some pictures from the night. Stay tuned for video of the kids singing from the party and opening presents from Santa!


Our Pretty girl Marisa all dressed up for Christmas!


The three kids!


Lola took this picture of us....It was funny I had to crop us out because she didn't get it very centered. At least we all made the frame!


I bought this dress while we were in OK over Thanksgiving and it came with a matching dress for her baby! She loved it!


Our attempt in getting a picture of all the kids! Yup, that would be Tesa's head! It was the best picture that I had of the kids and her head had to be in it! LOL!


The Dehne Family: Noah(8), Matt, Missy, Gen(6)


The Koch Family: Jon, Mena(2), Eddie(5), Melina, Evie(6)


The Wagner Family: Aiden(5), Andy, Owen(7) & Olivia


The Cardenas': TJ(13), Tom, Marie, Anthony(6)


The Ramos: Maria(8), Paul, Lorenzo(1) Tesa, Bella(5)


Front Row: Marisa, Lolo, Lola, Sylvia, Mena-Li
Back Row: Lyonel, Narding, Mong, & Jas


Our annual picture of all the cousins! Renzo wasn't too happy....


The Ramos Family

Koehn/Ortloff Christmas 2009

This year we celebrated the Koehn/Ortloff Christmas Party at the McGarvey Home in Plymouth. It was a fun afternoon of eating, watching the kids run around and play with Uncle Paul, and playing Mean Santa! It was a great game of Mean Santa this year. A lot of great gifts to choose from! We can home with a mini donut maker and a collapsible cooler! Here are some pics from the party.


Every year Grandma asks me to take a picture of them and the grand kids for their X-mas card. Here is the best pic of them!


Cousins Ashley and Marisa! Every time we ask Marisa to say Papa and Grandma she includes Ashley name right after because she knows that Ashley is with them a lot!


Uncle Paul playing with the Elizabeth, Tommy and Nick.


Uncle Charlie and Andie.


I kept on telling Nick to take it easy on Paul but Paul didn't mind. Apparently the next day he had bruises up and down his arms!


Daddy and Marisa!


Marisa had so much fun playing with Ashley!


Marisa got a Princess Tea Set from Papa and Grandma! She LOVES this Teas set! She plays with it EVERY day!

I wanted to get Family pictures like I did a few years ago, but I forgot. Hopefully I will remember next year!