http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1 Our family's home on the web Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:53:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... I can't say I plan to update it much more either. I have found that pretty much everyone who was reading our website is now on Facebook, so I have been doing all our updates there. It is much quicker and easier to use (and time is ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2010/01/01/though-i-havent-completely-abandoned-this-place/ Going to the pumpkin patch in the fall is becoming a traditon of ours- this is our 3rd year to do it. And the Flower Mound Pumpkin Patch is our favorite. Tony and I took the day off work so we could relax and beat the crowds. ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/10/10/pumpkin-patch/ The kids birthdays were pretty low-key this year. We have something big coming up in November so we decided to keep things simple for birthdays. Not to mention the fact that both their birthdays are at the beginning of the school year- not a good time for Mom ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/09/20/birthdays/ ... if I seem like I have fallen off the face of the Earth. I just started my new teaching job and it has been very demanding. I am slowly adjusting to the workload my new school requires, as well as the dynamics of being a working mom ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/09/04/my-apologies-to-everyone/ On Tuesday, Alexandra started preschool for the first time. I can't believe how much our baby girl has grown up! Dressed and ready to go (enough with the pictures, Mom) We got there early and had to wait for them to open Putting her things in her cubbie Mom trying to get a ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/08/19/alexandras-1st-day-of-preschool/ On the spur of the moment we decided to take advantage of some nice weather and go visit the Fort Worth Zoo. Here are a few pictures from our day: http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/07/19/day-at-the-zoo/ Next to Christmas, Independence Day is our favorite holiday. This year we started off by going to the KaboomTown fireworks in Addison on the 3rd. The next day we woke up and went to the Plano parade (which was just down the street from us) and that afternoon ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/07/06/4th-of-july-weekend/ For the past 2-3 weeks John has been taking a few steps here and there. In the last few days, he has switched to primarily walking. We officially have a toddler on our hands :D Here's the self-made "walker" he used to get himself started. It's a stool ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/07/03/im-walkin-yes-indeed-im-walkin/ I couldn't very well get rid of 8 year of updates (man, I can't believe I've been doing this that long!). So, I am slowly moving the older posts and pictures over to this site. It's easier than I thought it would be, I should have everything converted ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/06/28/so-wheres-the-old-stuff/ So, I’m trying out the new blog format. I don’t really want to give up the control that I had by formating my own webpage and doing my own coding. But, I really want the ease of using an editor and not having to type so much code every time ... http://tonyandgiovanna.com/blog1/2009/06/28/testing/