Pasta Pasta!

Wednesday night Tara and Ben made home made pasta! For those of you who are not aware, our sitter Tara (of almost 2 years) who has made our lives so much easier and allows me to work 3 days / week is moving in with us in May. In addition to Tara moving in - she is bringing with her a pasta maker!

So - this week Tara and Ben made pasta (twice!)! I love to cook but have never attempted fresh homemeade Pasta. Not only did she make it look easy and fun - but it tasted great! Ben had a great time!


PS - she brought a waffle maker too! Banana Walnut Waffles anyone?!?!



Cousin's Weekend 2008


Each year a group of my cousins get together with their boys and their boys (kids). This year we hosted! We had 12 people spend the night! We had a blast! Can't wait for next year...
The happy hosts!
Jackson!!!

Chris, Becky, Gary, and Rich!
Hello? Is anyone there?
The gang!

Jack and Ben chowing down!
Rich and Karen
Jack and Ben!


Jenn and Chris
Bathtime for the boys!

Dharma, Karma, and the Dali Lama

Since Ben was young, he has had an intense attraction to all things buddha. If he sees a statue of a buddha - he gets very sentimental and will talk to it and many times hug it! We have a number of books on buddhism in the house. Specifically a book called Meditation in Action. On a number of occassions, Ben has brought this book to me and has asked me to read it to him. Note, there are no pictures - just lots o' words! This Saturday morning was no exception....






Lastly - Part II

Visiting with Aunt Julia and Rebecca...



Paging Doctor Ben!



Part II: snow day!

Playing with our Neighbors: Chad, Alex, and Sumay during an awesome snow storm 2-3 weeks ago! So much fun!!!!






Tara and Benny playing hard - while I was working from home!

Catching Up....here is what we've been up to! Part I

Weekend Project
Adding some "artwork" to our family room...




YYup - the art work is Ben's! Whenever a friend comes over if they do a project - we've been adding it to the wall. The frames are actually cabinets that hold up to 50 pieces of art...from Lil Da Vince Frames. Super cool concept!


Imagine That!
Florham Park, NJ



Pics from Disney!


We're Back!


We're back! Back from a blogging break...and....back from Disney! That's right - 2008 kicked off with a BANG for the Uhrig's. We had an awesome opportunity that we could not pass up. Stacey's Uncle Stuart had a time share he couldn't use and offered it out. Its a beautiful place 5 miles from the Gates of Disney. We invited Matt's brother Rob and his family (Tara and their 3 kids, Jack, Payton, and Caroline) to join us! It was a blast. More pics and video to follow - but just wanted to say THANKS to Uncle Stuart and WE ARE BACK to everyone else!


The North Pole Express!

Sunday - North Pole Express - New Hope, PA
A Great Time!!

O Christmas Tree!

The tree is up! (OK, I admit I actually put it up the day before Thanksgiving because we were having a big dinner party that night and there was snow on the ground). We have broken down and put up an artifical tree. In our old home, we always kept the tree outside because we didn't have room in our house for it. It was always nice, on the deck with lights. The other benefit was that our cats didn't eat the needles and get sick. Now that we have room for one, we decided to go artifical. We actually received this one from one of our new neighbors. Can you believe that?!? That's christmas spirit!