Fun with Hair - The time has come for a change...

One last family photo with Jayson's long hair... Look who we found in his hair! A little sad, a little scared, but mostly excited to see his neck again.
First we went for the "Flock of Seagulls" look. More pictures to come...

 

Silly Pictures of Friends

Last weekend Jayson, Negley, and I got the chance to spend some time with our good friends out in Penn Hills. We don't get to see them very often because they're always cutting grass... but they pulled themselves away from the lawn mowers long enough to go out to dinner with us. I took some pictures so that we don't forget what they look like because who knows when the next time we'll see them. (No pictures of Alta this time, she wasn't quite photogetic that evening)

Jerry, Joe, and Jayson... sounds like relatives of Jayson.

Barrett and Carrie... and the soon to be baby (hiding). Don't know exactly what Barrett was doing in this picture, but I do know it involved ice. Love the neck hair!

My favorite picture of the night... Grandpa Jerry and Negley Anne. Yeah!

 

"Little Kids"

Last Saturday I was able to spend the afternoon with my good friend Laurel who was watching the son of some other friends of ours Beth and Alex. Laurel, Jack, Negley, and I headed to the Center for Creative Play to get some play on. Much fun was had by everyone...


Negley had a good time, but give her a few months until she's walking, and she'll own the place. The rocking horse was pretty awesome!


Laurel, enjoying the spirit of the whole place, acted like a little kid too.


This is Jack, Beth and Alex's son...Negley Anne and I will spend the afternoon playing with him anytime!


Last but certainly not least, here is Negley Anne and Jamie. Jamie is the son of one of my closest friends, Erin. They are only something like 4 days apart from each other, but boy are they different. He is definetly a boy, and quite a bit bigger. We had the chance to spend an evening together, where once again... they got their play on.

Just wanted to send out a congrats to my sister-in-law Lib for her new job at The Pittsburgh Project. She started this past Monday and we are all so excited for her! I (Katy) will also be working there this coming summer running their brand new swimming pool... so if you know any lifeguards that need a good summer job - let me know. (In this picture she's playing football with Charlie Joe... the tea cozy is supposed to be a helmet) Yeah Lib!
And of course... what would be a posting without a picture of Negley Anne. Here's another cute one from our time at the beach.

miss florida already...

a fun weekend was had by the samuels family in florida. while we were there, we were able to catch up with the rest of the rosemeyer clan. we don't see them often enough, but it sure was a lot of fun to spend a little time with them on this trip.


it wasn't exactly her first time on the beach - i mean we did live at surf city for almost a month last summer, but mobility on negley anne's part certainly did change things. most importantly, she loves sand. sand everywhere. elliotts... watch out, we're coming your way soon!


one other highlight of the trip was meeting the newest rosemeyer, tobie. we had a great evening when everyone could get together and hang. negley, not like herself, cried the entire night - but other than that it was a blast. i hope we can do it again soon... kennywood opens soon - come on up to the 'burgh!

 

Uncle Justin Finally Comes to Visit

After giving Justin a hard time about not seeing Negley Anne until she was ten months old, he finally got his butt out to Pittsburgh. He and his girlfriend (yes we like her a lot...) came in for a long weekend and got to know Negley - it's about time. At first Negley wasn't quite sure what she thought of her uncle...
She eventually warmed up to him, and all was good. If you've met Negley, you know that I'm just kidding. She has yet to meet a person (or dog for that matter) that she doesn't like. I think we just caught her at a bad moment in this picture.
On Sunday before Justin and Maria left the 'burgh we stoped to get some wings... Negley tried hard to look like her dad in this picture. She did a good job. A great time was had by all!

Learning How To Crawl...

This first picture is of Negley's first trip crawling. I came home from work and Courtney and I watched as she scooted across the floor (with socks in hand). She was so excited!
This is in honor of Grandma Zeiders... a woman who put curlers in my hair all growing up so that I would have curls. The tradition is passed down to Negley Anne...
After looking at Saywards' Blog (on the right - The Elliotts) and realizing how cute her picture was with her and Spencer, I tried the same idea. Even though she had cute curly hair, she wasn't down with it. Oh well... another day.

Super Steelers

What a weekend. Can't quite put into words how wonderful last night was. A lot of fun was had by all watching the superbowl. Negley was awesome, and almost made it through the entire game. Of course, she woke up everytime something amazing happened from Betsy Belgie screaming....
Hope that everyone can go to the parade tomorrow. I will be with the three students who's parents make them go to school tomorrow. So sad.
Have a great week everyone!

Food!

Sorry that I haven't updated the blog in a couple of weeks. I like to put on something new every weekend, but it just didn't happen this time. Here are some fun pictures of Negley eating some big kid food for the first time... (and Tillie enjoying it as well). Go Steelers!

Super Doula, Dogs, and Grandpa Jerry

As hard as I tried... I couldn't get these pictures up yesterday. Here they are for you all to enjoy - have a great week!

What a wonderful weekend

Even though Jayson had to work everyday over the three-day weekend (not such a surprise in the world of youth ministry), we really did have a wondeful time. Courtney and Mark spent much of the weekend with us and it made me very thankful to have such good friends so close. It was very hard going back to work today (as it is every week), but it makes coming home that much better. Here are some fun pictures from the weekend...

Super Doula, Dogs, and Grandpa Jerry - it doesn't get better than that!

Hola

We're back on east-coast time thankfully, but still not thrilled about being back at work. We both really like our jobs, but there is something wonderful about having a week where all you have to do is spend time with family. Even though most of my family lives in Pittsburgh, we don't get to spend as much time together as we'd all like - life just gets in the way. Holidays are wonderful though... can't wait for the next one!
Here are some fun pictures of the trip out west. One note about the nails... my christmas gift from my neice Megan was to get my nails done, but we ran out of time while in Washington. The last night that we were there she set up all of her polishes and gave both her mom and I manicures.... I still have mine on!

Happy New Year

The Samuels clan is back at home, all together and slowly recovering from a great vacation to the Northwest. We had a great time spending the holiday with my family all under one roof, but are very glad to be home. Pittsburgh is wonderful as ever (I can say that because the Steelers won today) and we are thankful to to have family here as well.
I will write more when I have totally changed to east coast time. Have a great new year...

Saying Goodbye

This morning at Student Worship, our good friend Christina Shaffer announced that she is leaving St. Stephens and going to work for the PYN full-time. She will start in January doing all of the "event coordinating" but continue to volunteer at the church and stay with her small group. We are thrilled for her, because as many of you know, this is a perfect job for her. She will love it and really be able to use all the gifts God has given her while doing it. Selfishly, it will be really hard to see her go and not be a part of our day-to-day lives anymore but we wish her good luck.
And what would a post be without a picture of Negley Anne (she wants to grow up to be like Christina in this picture...)

Merry Christmas!

Hello everyone, sorry for the big gap between posts... the fall caught up with both Jayson and I. Things have been going okay here in Pittsburgh - but to be honest we're both already a little tired of the grey weather. We do have some fun news to share. The Samuels' house has a new addition. Charles Linwood III has come to stay here part of the time, and at Courtney's part of the time. He found Mark about a month ago and we have been blessed with his presence ever since. As far as we know he's a brown dog that makes strange noises and likes to bite on Tillie's neck. We love him... and glad that he found his way to our home.
Here are some fun pictures from November. Jayson's brother Jared and his girlfriend Vicky came to the east coast to vist for a long weekend and they were able to see Negley for the first time. We had thanksgiving up in Northeast PA this winter and it was a blast. We were pretty close to being snowed in on the lake, and there was no where else we wanted to be.
For the first time in some 14 years, the Rosemeyer clan will be together in Washington state and we are all looking forward to that. Negley's a little more independant now than she was in July, so the long plane ride should be interesting. At least there will be two other adults there to share in the joy of holding her for a four hour flight.
In case we don't get to post again before the holiday - Merry Christmas!

Can't Wait for Thanksgiving!

Negley's sad in this picture because she's not going to get to meet Spencer Elliott for quite a while...
Sorry it's been a while since I've written. Not a whole lot new going on in the Samuels family. We did get a new car, and are mourning the loss of the Explorer. It was a sad day to get a minivan, but it's really nice and much easier to get Negley Anne in and out of. I know you will all be lined up to see it... and to borrow it whenever you want. Especially if you have a convertable to trade us with. Anyway, hope you all have nice Thanksgivings and get to see some family. Congrats to Matt and Sayward on their little girl... go see their blog for pictures!