Summer Fun and Family Barbeques…

Wow, did we have spring this year? It feels like we have gone from a very cold winter to a hot summer overnight. Although with summer upon us is the best time for family get-togethers and my favorite outside barbeques! We have been having a great time so far this season and enjoyed many friends and family. The kids have enjoyed playing with cousins and cry when it is time to leave asking when they get to play again. What a blessing to have family so close available and those from out of town visiting. The countdown to fireworks began a few weeks ago but has been a great distraction and closer target than our upcoming family vacation.

The kids have enjoyed our backyard for the first time now that it is fully fenced in and they can run to their hearts content. Favorite activity out back is the trampoline and only gets better when you add the sprinkler underneath or fill up water balloons playing hot potato and trying not to pop them. They now understand that going outside is being covered up with sunscreen and now accept it and don’t put up a fight. I keep telling them that someday they will thank us for it.

As for Brian and I we are still busy working as usual and also counting down the weeks and days for our family vacation. It is going to be a great escape from our normal routines and to share it with the kids. This will of course also give me another subject to write on in our family blog and of course more pictures.

Hope everyone is enjoying his or her summer break, get-togethers, weather, and vacations!

How time flies when you are having fun. It seems like it was just Christmas and it is already Easter and the ending of March.

This year has been productive thus far and we are looking forward to spending a lot of time outside this year. We have finished putting up the fence in our back yard and the kids are having a wonderful time running around without hearing mom telling them to stay in the yard or running after them. Ok – your right I think I like the fence a lot more than they do. Along with the fence we purchased a trampoline for the kids to play on.

Easter was wonderful in our home with the kids spoiled by grandma and grandpa in an Easter egg hunt on Saturday and then rides with Grandpa on his motorcycle. Along with the visit from the Easter bunny they have enough candy to last a lifetime.

We are all looking forward to this coming year and all the new beginnings that will be ahead of us.

Welcome to the Hollinger Blog! This is something that is very new for me and so please bear with me in trying to figure it all out and make it more interesting for those of you who are actually interested in reading about our family.

For beginners our family consists of Brian, Shana, and our two children Katelyn, and Shawn. We also have a family pet which is a guinea pig whom we have named Peppy Le Pig. Katelyn seems to be the fondest of Peppy and treats him as her little baby doll. Peppy who has got to be the laziest animal I have ever seen allows her to carry him around, hold him like a baby, and hand feed him. Shawn on the other hand when he gets a hold of Peppy will let him run which in turn ends in Brian or I trying to get Peppy out from under the entertainment system with the broom and Katelyn crying thinking Peppy will bite one of the cords and we have a “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” of the cat that bites the Christmas tree lights.

Brian works as a designer and drafter for an architectural firm and a few things on the side for custom homes. He enjoys playing Star Wars with Shawn, video games, and collecting sports cards. Most of all he LOVES the Boston Red Sox. This past September we were able to visit Boston and attend a game at Fenway Park where the Red Sox played against the Yankees and won.

I work for a marketing company as an administrative assistant when I am not working as a full time mom. Between the two I have a pretty full plate and it keeps me going in many directions at once. Things that I enjoy are playing with the kids, outdoor activities, crafts, and quite time.

We hope that by doing a blog it will help us keep in touch with everyone other than just a Christmas card at the end of the year.