Chronicles of Rose

Sunday, February 1, 2026

January 2026

Here goes 2026!!

We started the year by welcoming three cute friends to their furever home :)

This is the first time we have adopted siblings and love that they are always hanging out together :)

Rose introduced them to snow....they were curious

But mostly they like to take naps

And be cuddled :)

Rose and Justin took a trip to IKEA

This furniture makes my child look like a giant...but really, she is now like a solid 2 inches past me :(

We took a trip out to Pittsburg for our first roadtrip of 2026

We started the day with some yummy food at a brewery

Visited the Natural History Museum

found another Parthenon ;)

And dinosaurs!

Bugs...

And a Monet :)

We also made a quick trip back to Fiesta because I love that place

And finished the trip off with another brewery

We followed that trip up with a visit to Virginia to see the cousins :)

On the way we had some fun stops:

Including our first Rural King

Playing some Pinball

And lots of yummy food :)

We made the trip to help finish up a bathroom, so while the guys worked...

The girls had some fun :)

Rose loves seeing her cousins...and I can't believe how they've all grown up :)

Another stop at Bucc-ee's :)

And then our favorite brewery before heading home to snow.

Since I've started a new schedule at work, Rose has been helping out more with meals. AND she's great at it :)

January had lots of fun, more snow than we needed, and we're off to a year full of memories!!

Here's our must do list for 2026:

Adopt kittens
Disney World
4 National Parks
House siding
6 amusement parks
Beach
Fly somewhere
Go to a concert
Plant a tree
New Camper Cabinets
Take a class
New State Park

Thursday, January 1, 2026

December 2025

Happy 12th Month of the Year!!

We started off the month with a visit from some of our favorite friends!! We enjoyed a Christmas Train, local shopping, breweries, Chriskindlemarket,

and a sleepover :)

All month we had visits from our Elf, Elizabeth, and agreed that this was our favorite!

Also these cuties have continued to grow and, if possible, become even cuter :) They have all hit the magic two pounds and will be getting surgery and finding their forever homes in January...stay tuned for our failures ;)

We love them all, but there is definately a favorite ;)

Justin and Rose played some bird videos and the kittens were very interested.

Nana surprised Rose with a early Christmas gift for the kittens

It's been a hit with the kittens

I sent Justin and Rose to the movies so I could enjoy some quiet present wrapping time. Rose got to see Wicked for Good, Justin ate popcorn, and I had most of the presents wrapped before Christmas!! It was a win for everyone ;)

Due to winter weather Rose got to have a work day with her dad...she finds cats wherever she goes.

We also enjoyed Rose's winter concert where she got to play with the Jazz band for the first time. She has had this goal for years and started playing the trombone 3 years ago solely for this moment and it was awesome :)

Rose also continues to play clarinet with band and violin with orchestra and chamber orchestra.

We usually get the grandparents gift cards for places to eat...the up side for us, is we usually go out to eat to get the gift cards :)

Rose and I got to make some cookies for Christmas and they were just as delicious as they looked ;)

We had Christmas Eve with extended family

I love watching how excited little kids get for presents...big kids too :)

And enjoyed a relaxing Christmas morning at home

Before heading out for another round of extended family Christmas with our fun shirts :)

We also kept the tradition of an annual Rose ornament...you can see some others in the background, they are filling up the tree!

We took off on the final Saturday of the year for one last extreme day trip!! We probably should not have...but Justin was deteremined and after New Jersey the roads got better. Rose picked the New England Aquarium, so up to Boston we went!!