Debbie Downer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGVL-b_6vFE

HAHA this video makes me think of Kathryn!!! Our own little Debbie Downer.

I am new at this stuff. So, I saw through an email Matt mentioning things from our past. Not sure where that is on the page or how to ad to it. So, I shall do it this way. I remember the blue wagon...Martha, dad and I were delivering papers in a neighborhood, all the sudden, we see the wagon rolling by....then here comes dad!! I have never seen him run so fast!! Or, dinner, when he was finished he would turn to the side and cross his legs...then we hear "when I was young". Oh man, we would all run!

I remember trick-o-treating...I would come home and get brown lunch paper bags. I was a nerd, so I would put all my snickers in a bag, all my milky ways in a bag and so on. All divided up by the certain candy. Or, the halloween where Martha ate all hers in one night and then puked it up. Or there is the halloween that Jessica was checking out her candy, dad came in the room and she said "I have nothing you like". Smart girl!!!

I totally remember the house we ALWAYS had to run by. Swear I saw a man in the window with a gun one day. Or that house on Forest. We always said was haunted cause it was always up for sale?!?!

The church on Forest. I remember doing snow ball fights up there and building forts in the snow. The playground, running back and forth on that cement train thing in there. I dream sometimes about that place. Martha and I go there in my dreams:)

I remember going to Michigan and getting robbed on Easter morning. They stole our dirty clothes and my New kids on the block tape!! Jerks. Or at Baldwin road, raking the leaves to the fence and jumping in them. Was fun till someone talked about bugs in it!!

Oh, rockeroni! It was good Martha, you tried. How about when I was choking on basgetti and I was making funny noises cause I was choking and Matt yelled at me. Remember that Matt?? Probably not:)

Good old days!!! So much more I could say!

Toyota Prius

Well...I was a finalist in the mix 103.7 chance to win a Prius. They had 5 stations. 20 contestants each. Narrowed down from 7000!!! So I was lucky to be part of that 100ppl! Anway, each station, at the dealership, narrowed down to one person per station. Ugh, I was one of the last 2 ppl for 103.7, then they called my name. I was so bummed!!!!! I was so close! I do need to feel good though, from 7,000...to 100...to 7ppl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ugh! Mom would of had an awesome car!!!!

Ed through the years

Ed 1950

Ed 1956

Ed 1960

Ed 1970

Ed 1974

Ed 1980

Ed 1990

Ed 1994

And my personal favorite, Ed 1998

Oh man! This was too funny not to share

This was pretty funny. My friend had this website on her blog, so I played around with the only two pictures that would download. Ben and Joanna

Ben in 1964

Ben in 1980

Ben in 1990

Joanna in 1994

Joanna in 2000

Dad's Early Birthday Present

For Dad's birthday this year we decided to get him a bike (thanks to all those who contributed). Since Joanna's selfish she wanted him to see the bike before she left so on August 9th, when we should have been celebrating Theo's birthday with him, we were pretending it was September 16th. (Theo decided to hang out with Granny rather than his people, but we Donbrosky's can't let a cake sit too long).
We took Dad outside to check out his new wheels.

Look at the surprise on his face!

See his face? That's when mom pointed out that we bought a wider seat for him.

Dad enjoying his new bike. Him and Jake went on a nice long ride the next day.

Sans Helmet...Dr. Barr would be so disappointed.

Then we went inside, lit some candles and sang happy birthday to a mix a people on a cake that said, "Happy Birthday Felix." Pictures of that to follow when I am home near those photos.

Ha Ha Haaaaaaaa!!!

Ed sent this me, and probably to you.

http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/VAm0PYLWGuFqoIpn#/view/gz6rUcEw2pc329a0

We had a good time!

Kathryn, Jessica and I were goofing off today when we should have been working. Here are the fruits of our labors:

If Ed and Heather ever decide to have another one, here is what their little boy would look like. Cute, right?

Matt and Heather wanting to even out the numbers would have a little girl who looks like this!
Kathryn requested a picture of her and Mike's Monkey baby! Looks like a duck to me.

Joanna and Ben will have a cute little girl!

Now on to the FUN!

Kathryn & Jimmy Fallon. She calls him her Elf baby!
Jessica and Christian Bale. I don't know how we got a black baby.
So, we did it again with Julian McMahon. Another black baby.
She wanted a redo with another picture of herself. Again, a black baby.

And finally, Jeff called in the midst of this fun and I couldn't talk because I was laughing. He requested a pic of what our kids would look like. If they are ugly, he said, we can break up now...um...kind of ugly.

Favorite Stories Growing Up

I think we’ve already discovered that happy childhood memories are not my forte, I know I had them, I just can’t remember them. It’s the pessimist in me. So I’m trying really hard to remember a good childhood memory. But until then I think I'll just post some random photos.

First up we have a beautiful display of Joanna's love for her baby sister.

It's an ask and ye shall receive kind of thing. I mentioned I wanted a Batman cake and Joanna made it! Here it is next to the movie cover so you can see how incredible this is.

We all know Theo, and we know that Kathryn would love to get him back for all the little "charming" things he does...well, she had her chance with a pair of clippers.

Thomas was showing off one night his gymnastic skills. I think in a few short years he'll be ready to compete.

I want to start a discussion

So, what are your favorite stories about growing up?

Furberry

Lauryn's is purple (yes, she got one) and it smells like grape. She didn't get the Mop and Glow she asked for, so sad, really.

Happy Birthday, Boots!!

Happy Birthday, Lauryn! You are the big 4!

She asked me this morning is she was getting a Furberry pet. I said I didn't know, but I didn't get her one. She then informed me that she doesn't want one, anyway. (I think she was preparing herself for disappointment).

Happy Birthday, silly girl!

Some fun pictures

I have these fun pictures. I just wanted to share.

Our handsome dad.

Dad with Grandpa and Grandma

Our beautiful mother

Uncle Tommy

I love this picture of Grandpa and Grandma Fadool

I love these facial expressions. Grandpa looks like he is up to something.

Mom's family.

I love these. Does anyone have a picture of Mom in her wedding dress? Just wondering.

My turn!

Just making sure that I can post here and everything, and I'm pretty sure it's going to let me post :)

Christmas 2008

CHRISTMAS 2008

EDWARD………………JOANNA
HEATHER L. ………….JESSICA
MATTHEW…………….HEATHER L.
HEATHER M. …………MICHAEL
MARTHA………………EDWARD
KATHRYN……………..MATTHEW
MICHAEL………………BENJAMIN
JOANNA………………..MARTHA
BENJAMIN……………..KATHRYN
JESSICA………………...HEATHER M.

DEVIN………………….JACOB
EMILY………………….DEVIN
JACOB………………….LAURYN
LAURYN……………….SAMANTHA
AMANDA………………THOMAS
THOMAS……………….EMILY
BRENAN……………….THEO
SAMANTHA……………AMANDA
THEO……………………BRENAN

HOPE THIS IS ALL GOOD:) LOVE YOU GUYS!

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Happy Birthday, Joanna!!

New Blog

I started this blog today, because I thought it would be a great idea to share what's going on in our hectic lives. I think I set it up so everyone can contribute. If you have trouble, just let me know and I can try and figure it out. I will set it to private when everyone can log in and out without trouble.

So, blog on family. Add pictures, stories, news...anything you want, really.