Kicking Off 2016

Tim and Janet went to an amazing ice carving event, then decided we needed to warm up so we took a trip to Florida to thaw out and visit Timmy. 

The Kuhn's have been enjoying a busy winter. We have loved visiting with family. Both sets of grandparents visited along with the Kentucky Pavia's, Aunt Kathy O'Donnell and Donny's aunt and uncle. We love spending time with family.
Weekends are busy fixing up the house and visiting Disney with friends. Lots of pictures below from our winter adventures.
Some big news is that Timmy had tubes put in his ears but is healthy and healed. Plus Timmy is now walking!!! We are looking forward to a hoppy Easter season.
Love and Hugs
Donny, Michelle and Timmy

Happy Birthday Mommy! (Timmy continues the tradition of eating cake head first.)

Timmy loves his nana and grandpa

Tim and Tim

Florida Winter 

Timmy loves Jake

(Timmy crossed the finish line with mommy)

Family day at Epcot 

(Home repairs with Daddy's little helper.)
 

Nicole and Steve are patiently awaiting spring. Steve has been on some successful fishing trips lately and Nicole is excited to start gardening soon!

Joe & Corrine:  Every February we go to Paradise Village in Puerto Vallarta to escape the winter cold (cold to us).
We go with friends for 7-10 days. We play golf, have exquisite Mexican gourmet dinners and make sure the sun does not fall out of the sky. Oh yes, I almost forgot. The Mexican government hires us to sample the Margaritas to make sure they are not poison. Here are pictures of us doing exactly that. However, there are no pics of us playing golf. You don't take pics on a golf course. You golf on a golf course.

The Bohlens took a quick trip to Bend (central Oregon) in February and enjoyed some lovely views while snowshoeing.  We also waited well over an hour to have brunch at the Victorian Cafe (worth it... so worth it...), where Bobby was in awe of the "Proud Mary."  Jacque has been working more than she'd like after some layoffs caused an increase in her workload, but it also came with a promotion, so that was nice.  Bobby has found his inner craftsman, and has been continuing to take woodworking classes.  His most recent design/ creation is a small shelf with a lotus flower and dragonfly inlay (he did all the carving himself!).  Someday he will make a dining room table big enough to fit us all!  They still haven't broken ground on the house, but the plans are with the permitting office, so we're hopeful to have more tangible results soon!

Adams: Hey family! I've been doing what I can to hold do the Chimera front down here. The winter has been really really good to us this year (finally!) So I've been trying to get out to the mountains as much as possible. It's been fun! Work still has me on the road almost every week, and I decided to take advantage of that and just stay on the road. So far, so good! Hopefully more adventures to come. Miss you and love you all!!

Jane & Mario: The Pavia's in North Ridgeville have been busy working on our house, but nothing else too exciting. We bought some new furniture for the family room and back porch (can't wait to use that very soon hopefully) and are now in the process of finishing the basement (need a place for the grandkids to run around) and deciding on a deck for the backyard. We'll be ready for an indoor or outdoor get-together when all is done.

Mario got in his first round of golf for the season this week, and I'm hoping to get the bike out soon!

The Harrison's have been really busy doing nothing :) Really, as I look back at the past couple months, we have been busy but I can't remember exactly what has kept us on the go. Braden and Luke both wrapped up basketball season. BW baseball headed to Texas for Spring Break this year and ended up getting rained out quite a few times. I now have a student teacher, which has been a lot of work so far, but I'm looking forward to when she takes over my teaching duties full-time! My spring break starts on March 18, and I'm pretty sure I'm more ready for a break than any of my students.

The Kentucky Pavia's have been enjoying the end of winter / beginning of spring. We took a trip to Florida and New York by ourselves without the boys and Christie visited her sister in Bend, Oregon. We didn't really travel for three years with being pregnant and having newborn babies so it was wonderful to get away.

The boys are growing and keeping us busy as always. Mario is ready to start potty training (say a prayer for us)! He wears underwear at night for a while before bath time and he thinks it is great fun. Also, peeing on a tree is the coolest thing to a two year old! Mario is finishing up his last round of swim lessons before the summer and he can't wait to hang out at the pool. Davis (below) is starting to hold his own and actually take down his big brother. He is full of personality and always trying to keep up with Mario.

We miss everyone and would love to see you guys this summer. Are any of the out of town folks heading to Cleveland this summer? We will try to time up a visit. Love you!

The Young Pavias are starting 2016 right! Matt and I are doing the daily grind, kicking butt at work. I am now a lead toddler teacher at The Goddard School and I am loving every second of it. 

Matt turned 30 last February 11. And we want to thank yo all for the birthday cards and wishes. We watched a Cavs game as one of his birthday presents and we celebrated with the family by eating Tacos at Bomba's.
We went to see a Hockey game, a first for me and I totally enjoyed it! We were also watching it from the Hyland suite at The Q which was really nice and fancy. We purchased a new car at the beginning of this year. Matt says it's for me and I hope I can drive independently soon!

Janice & Shiggy: Two down one to go...just kidding! As you all know, the Zweigart BIG event was Jessica & Pete's wedding on February 27th. We all traveled to Baja, Mexico, specifically to Valle de Guadalupe wine country. What a BEAUTIFUL peaceful, very un-commercialized area of Mexico. The day could not have been more perfect--the weather, wine, food and company---Pete's family is lovely!!! We met his dad, two brothers and one sister and their spouses. We really enjoyed the small intimate wedding more that we expected!! If you get a chance to visit Valle de Guadalupe wineries I strongly suggest go for it...I for one hope to go back...Alisha can you say destination wedding??
HAPPY SPRING to all!!
Love, Janice & Shiggy

 Announcing Mr. & Mrs. Pete DeMaster!!!

Our wedding was even better then we had planned! Can't believe I'm a married women- it feels so good! Pete and I were only able take take off 4 days from work so it was hard to not stay in the wedding bliss stage! Taking off 4 days for your wedding and then going back to work sucks! I don't recommend it to the last two that are left. It was an unforgettable weekend and we were so happy with how everything turned out! We are currently planning a honeymoon to Italy next year and doing some random traveling this summer over long weekend holidays is our plan. Heading to Sonoma for a business trip with Pete's work next weekend- I'm going to pretend it's our extended honeymoon!

We missed all of our extended family at the wedding-- and Pete is looking forward to officially meeting everyone who comes home for Christmas this year! Click on the link below to see a slide show from our photographer, (he was amazing) and didn't speak any English!
Once we pick our proofs- we will be sending each and everyone of you a photo! :)
Ps. The wedding dress I wore was Pete's Grandma's dress from 1930. Big shout out to Aunt Janet for her ideas and helping making the dress not see-through from so far away!

http://video214.com/play/xJ20Z8mi30FH2LGctu571w/s/dark

Love- Jess and Pete DeMaster!!!!!

The Reusts: Well of course our entire post is going to be about the wedding! We had a great time in Mexico. We missed having all of you there, it felt weird to be outnumbered by Pete's family, typically it us Chimera's that outnumber! We spent the day in SD with Jan, CJ and Alisha before the wedding weekend which was great. We also did some wine tasting and a wine tour in Mexico with Jess and Pete and our families, it was a fun time. Alisha and I were also busy of course adhering to the bride's every command! Jessica and Pete did an amazing job planning everything and it was a lot of fun to celebrate with them. Other then the wedding we didn't have to much going on these past few months, just cleaning house for our upcoming move and getting rid of a lot of stuff which is always fun. Hope all is well, love and miss you all!

Alisha:  Hello family!!! Miss you all!! Not much has changed for me! I did get to see my oldest sister get married recently and it was amazing! I have never seen her so happy!!! I am still at the same job and it is going good, will probably stay for another year!! I am moving in June to kent or stow with one of my girlfriends! Im excited to have a roommate and save some money! I have been dating around since my big break up and haven't been as happy as i am now in a while!!
Heres are some pictures from the wedding trip!!