Back in Vegas!

Wow, what a trip! We spent a week over Christmas in Austin, TX with my family and then another week in Johnstown, PA with Andy's family. We all had so much fun and the kids were incredible for all the flights (6 of them total) and while visiting with everyone. Other than a few minor cold/coughs, everything went smoothly for this vacation. We didn't even have to pay for our luggage with Continental (a ridiculous policy in my book) because we had military leave orders. Our parents did have to ship a few boxes full of gifts home for us, but that just makes Christmas for the kids all over again when they get to open them.

Cousins having lunch around kitchen table at Nina & Grandpa J's.

It's Steelers mania in my house now with this past weekend's win against the Chargers. Joshua is wearing out all his Steeler jerseys (yes he got 3 of them for Christmas, including the Polamalu one from Santa) and new football helmet. The days have been filled with him singing the "Here We Go Steelers" song while throwing a football all over the house and backyard. If I have to yell, "Don't tackle your sister!!!" one more time, I'm going to lose it. We (and I do mean we) are very excited about the upcoming game against the Ravens, since a win would put them in the Super Bowl. I even decided to give our family blog Steelers colors to cheer them on :)

Joshua...I mean..."Big Ben" getting ready for the game.

(Pictures taken by his very talented cousin, Emma Stremmel)