Fassio Forum

Happy Belated and Happy Almost!

While in San Diego my Dad and his wife B came and stayed for a few days. Since we didn't get to celebrate my dads birthday with him earlier that month, we decided to celebrate together his past June birthday and my July birthday coming up.

We ate a wonderful Family Italian restaurant fully equipped with a life size gondola for the kids to eat in.

We were even serenaded by the owner and his accordion with a wonderful rendition of my favorite song "Happy Birthday". He also played our wedding song for Vin and I, "That's Amore"

I love you Dad! It was fun being able to celebrate together in person! xoxo

San Diego Zoo 2009

Lego Land 2009

Wild Animal Park 2009

Sea World 2009

Happy 4th Birthday Gavin!!!

For my nephews 4th birthday. Just the 2 of us went to Build-A-Bear. This was Gavin's first experience with Build-A-Bear which made it all the more fun.

Here he is suffin his buddy

Washin' his buddy

Dryin' his buddy

Some new Iron Man clothes to complete the look

Rining the Birthday Bell

I brought him back home to play with the boys and have a sleepover. Not that anyone got much sleep!

I love you Gavin!!!!

Happy Dad's Day!

This year we swam, barbequed, and had root beer floats in honor of DADS!

Cute Cousins!!!!

Do You YuDu?

I went on two scrapbook retreats. One was up in Eden Utah. We had a fabulous time. The other was at the cabin of my scrapbookin' buddies. Here are a few shots of our YuDuin'. The YuDu is a personal silkscreening machine from ProvoCraft. We YuDued just about eveything we could think of that weekend.

Dominic's Swim Lessons

Dominic took from SwimKids this summer which is a swimming survival skills program. It taught him to immediately float on his back after jumping into the water to catch his breath and get his bearings before swimming to the side. It was quite amazing and he did really good. Dominic has no fear of the water so these classes were a MUST!

He loved sliding down the little slide

down he went

One more time...

Kickin' it on his back

Crashes on the way home, still sportin' the goggles.

Spring T-Ball

Rocco's First Time Playing T-Ball

My nephew Owen preferred playing in the dirt

Rocco actually hit the ball from the coaches pitch!!!

The Coaches: Vinnie, my big bro Darren, and my little bro Wesley

My newphew Gavin chillin' in the dug out!

It was really fun to have both my nephews on Rocco's team and have all the dads coaching. We'll try it again next spring. For anyone who has ever beem to a t-ball game, they are quite entertaining!!!!

Wasn't Me!!!!

Seeing that we had 4 different types of flooring underneath our carpet, before they could lay the wood they had to put down some kind of cement stuff to help level out the floors. This takes 24-48 hrs. to dry and you CAN NOT WALK ON IT!!!! This particular strip was connecting the old part of the house to the addition. So you had to go up the back stairwell and through the upstairs and back down the front stairwell to get from point A to point B. Very annoying. We had a SERIOUS chat with the boys about NOT walking on the wet cement. Well we were leaving and putting our shoes on when Dominic suddenly appeared at the front door but not from coming down the right stairwell. When I asked him how he got downstairs he burst out crying, this is what I found......

If you look closely you can see that he drove his little skateboard through the entire thing. I now had little tiny feet prints from the back to the front of the house. However, he claims he doesn't know who did it or how it happened.

The Reason for Being So Behind On My Blogging!

The reason for my blogging hiatus. At the end of this spring we started a small house addition to our home. Just a little over 2200 square feet, nothing big! ha ha. Here are a few of the beginning pictures. I will post pictures of the finished project. It feels so good to be able to call it a finished project. It was quite the production but we a thrilled with the results. So I promise to reveal pictures of the new addition in a future post.

Roll out the equiptment. The boys loved watching all of the big machines

A little frame work

A look from the inside

and from the outside

a view from the existing part of the house. this is the wall that will be knocked down to combine the addition to the existing part. the hole is where the sliding glass door to the backyard used to be.

don't mind dominic

who needs TV when you can just watch the construction guys at work.

rocco, dominic, kennedi, and hailey. what you can't see is that they have snacks and everything.

some of the original hardwood floor when the house was built in the 1880's

We uncovered 4 different types of flooring when we pulled up all the carpet. Which is now all dark hardwood floors. we had lots of little surprises throughout the construction. that's what you get with a house almost 130 years old.

Carnival at Grandma's School

They played games

won prizes

had their hair painted

ate cotton candy

potato sack races

rocco was a little better than dominic

cute cousins holding hands waiting for their snow cones

ate snow cones

made some future career plans

All in all everyone had a fabulous time!!!

Rocco's 2nd Year of Swimming Lessons

Rocco started level 2 this summer

Rocco's little friend whom he referred to as "His little Coco Puff"

Favorite thing was jumping off the diving board

Rocco has turned into an excellent swimmer

After two weeks of daily swimming lessons Rocco passed level 2 and is now ready for level 3 which is the entire length of the pool! Whoooo Hoooo!

Sweets Candy Factory Tour

Hair netted and ready to go!

Some Hair Net Hotties!

All the kids waiting patiently to enter the factory

Someone's a little excited about the candy

Carlson Clan

When they said everyone had to have a hair net, they meant EVERYONE!

Little Philip, who is allergic to peanuts, even got to tour

We Raced For The Cure

Vinnie's Aunt Polly, for whom we race

Vinnie with cousins TJ and Steve

"TEAM POLLYWOOD"

Some of us raced for the cure, some of us walked for the cure, and others strolled for the cure!

NEW POSTS COMING SOON!!!!!

I am back from hiatus. I have been debating whether to try and blog our past 5 months or just start from now and work my way back. The OCD in me wants me to just pick things up where I left off and so that's what I'll be doing. So ......we'll start back at the end of May. We've been pretty busy around here so bear with me.

UP

We saw a lot of movies this summer. The best is that they are coming out in 3D. Even Dominic is loving the special effects! Here's the clan Fassio Boys and Carlson Girls!

Congrats Uncle Tony & Uncle James

The Happy Couple

They had a beautiful reception at the Salt Lake Country Club

The Fassio Clan

Both sides of the family. Notice my brother Darren and his family on the left side of the picture. You see Darren (my brother) his brother-in-law James married my brother-in-law Tony. Small world woudn't ya say!

Dominic Finally Gets His Turn

Dominic's first time golfing.

Leave It To D

The other morning Dominic told me he was going to get dresses all by himself. "ME DO IT!" is actually how he informed me. Needless to say, this is what he came up with. Spongebob wrist bands and headband was all. Aparently underwear wasn't a necessity.

A Drink Amoung Friends

Dominic and Cruz sharing an afternoon bub!

She Bangs......Funny Story.....

Those of you who know me know that I am always bored with my hair and constantly change it. Well, it's not quite long enough to donate again and it's not June so I can't go blonde yet, so.....we (well my hairdresser Jaime) cut bangs. When I got home, Rocco was the first one who saw me and this is how the conversation went:

Rocco: "What did you do?!?!?!?"

Me: "Don't you like my new bangs?"

Rocco: "You need to go upstairs and take those off!"

Needless to say, he didn't like them. Nor does Vinnie. The good news is I can pull them back. We'll see what kind of hairdo the summer will bring. Do you have an opinion?

Fieldtrip to see Johnny Appleseed at the Children's Theater

A reminder to be on our best behavior

The kids even got to be part of the play

Meeting the Actors after for a little Q and A

Alice The Camel

Army of The Lord

Rocco's Spring Program

Rocco and his BFF Asher

Feelin' the song...

Guitar Solo

Great Annunciation

Nice actions

???????

Dominic and cousin Clara watching the program

The Young Chef's Academy

Rocco went to a friends birthday party last weekend at the Young Chef's Academy in Draper. They all had a FABULOUS time. Happy Birthday Josie!

Teacher Appreciation Gifts 2009

I just got my CRICUT and had fun making this years teacher gifts!

"We Had A Ball This Year" all of Rocco's class signed their names

made using the Cricut Lyrical Letters cartridge

"So Fortunate To Have You For My Teacher"

Made with the Cricut Plantin Schoolbook cartridge

Made with the Cricut All Mixed Up cartridge

Made with the Cricut Life Is A Beach cartridge

Submarine on the outside of card

"There Is No Substitute For A Teacher Like You" with a SUBWAY giftcard

Made with the Life Is A Beach cartridge

Here's to all the wonderful teachers out there. You don't get the praise that you truly deserve!

Recongnize Anyone?!?!? Press Play & See....

Surf's Up!!!

Here are a few pictures of Dominic's nursery. Jenica, this is for you! Also, as soon as our house addition is done Dominic will be getting a new bedroom, which he has deemed a SUPERHERO theme and his nursery will become my craft room. Needless to say surfers, the ride is almost over!

Easter 2009

Rocco was diggin' the shirnk wrap eggs

Dying Easter Eggs with the cousins

Dominic and Celeste. Not only did Dominic dye the eggs he re-dyed them over and over again!

The Easter Bunny sent the boys on a scavanger hunt. This is where they finally found their baskets, on the stairs that are under construction

Rocco is a HUGE Scooby Doo fan these days

Dominic is all about Diego

Easter breakfast...OFF WITH HIS HEAD!!!

Outside for a little bubble blowing

and sidewalk chalk

Easter Egg Hunt at Grandmas

We hid about 100 plastic eggs for the boys to find. They loved it!

April Showers

Dominic just can't pass a puddle without jumpin' in

Moon boots make are great for puddle jumpin'

It's all fun and games until.....one goes down!

PEEP This

Rocco's Easter treats for his class.

I'm sure I'm not the first to come up with this saying, someone on TV referenced their "PEEPS" as in friends and an idea was born! Inside the bags were "PEEPS" themselves and a coloring page.

I got this page from http://www.coloring-book.info/ on line.

Here is a little Easter arrangement for Rocco's teacher. With the added "PEEP" on top! This is the same flower arrangement I made with the shaker bottles (from an earlier post) and in one of the holes I put a PEEP on a skewer and placed it in one of the holes.

Sinus Surgery = One Ugly Pix

WARNING!!!!

Here I am post surgery. This is a much better look for me than from Sunday when my eyes decided to swell shut. Despite the picture I'm feeling good. They said it would take about 2wks. I go back to the Dr. on Thursday to get all the packing taken out of my nose and hopefully be able to breath. Thanks for all the get well calls, flowers, and slurpees! xoXOxo W

I'm Going To Get Straightened Out!

Literally, tomorrow is my scheduled surgery to straighten my deviated septum. Wish me luck!

A Sample of Rocco's Imagination 101

For those of you who truly know Rocco, you know what kind of an imagination this kid has, and YES John, his imaginary friend, is still with us. You never know what is going to come out of his mouth. For those of you who don't know Rocco as well, let me give you a little insight.

The other night I went to dinner with some girlfriends and didn't get home until the boys had already gone to bed. The next morning when Dominic woke up I noticed a band aid on his forehead. WARNING: One of these stories is not like the others. See if you can decipher which one. Here are the three versions of what happened....

DOMINIC: RA RA (Rocco) bonk head. Owie. Daddy Batman better. Translation- Rocco and I bonked heads. It hurt so Daddy put on a Superhero's band aid and it made everything better.

VINNIE: Rocco and Dominic were playing and accidentally bumped heads. Dominic wanted a band aid so I put one on him.

ROCCO's version: Dominic and I were playing, and Dominic started running around. He ran into Daddy's chair. Daddy's chair has these big staples that hold the fabric on and when Dominic ran into the chair one of the big staples went right into his forehead. We had to have Daddy pull the staple out and put a band aid on to stop the blood. DON'T TOUCH IT, because it really hurts him.

I rest my case!

Get It...Got It...Good

YES, I was one of the many who stood in line last night to get the TWILIGHT movie which was released at 12:01. Now I will have my own TWILIGHT on demand.
Next, we will anticipate November for the release of the 2nd movie in the series, NEW MOON!

Not Just For The Dogs

This is where I found Rocco the other afternoon taking a little snooze.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

The boys woke up to find that a Leprechaun had left GREEN and gold candies in their shoes.

Dominic modeling the Leprechaun mask that Rocco made at school.

St. Patrick's Day GREEN dinner: Green broccoli cheese soup, green rice, green cucumber slices, chicken and Sprite. Rocco is baffled every year at just how sneaky Leprechauns can be!

You Know You're Special When.....

Your Pre-K teacher from school comes to see you play basketball over the weekend. You'd think she'd had enough of them all week at school. Mrs. Long is an AMAZING teacher and we love her. Here is Mrs. Long, Rocco, and his best friend Asher who is also in Mrs. Long's class as well.

Feeling A LITTLE TIPSY, well you should!

Another super fun site created by one of my super fun friends. Check it out! She's just getting started but has some really fun ideas and FREE giveaways. Way to go Michelle. I love the site and wish you all the best. Congrats on your feature on TipJunkie! Just click on her icon to the left and get in on her tips!

Baby Sleep, Diaper, Bottle & Nursing Tracker for the Web

Hey All-
A friend of mine has started her own website and if you have kids you should definately check it out.

Gaggagoo is a FREE online parenting tool that helps parents gain insight into baby's sleep schedule, sleep patterns, diaper changes, bottle feeding, breastfeeding, medicine doses, solid food intake and baby growth percentiles in order to make better parenting decisions about their baby's care. Check it out by clicking on the web address http://www.gaggagoo.com/

Also, if you click on the “Avatars” button you can create your child’s avatar ticker complete with custom skin color, hair color, eye color and costume in about 2 minutes. It’s really easy to do and there are so many cute costumes to choose from!

Way to go Alix!

Dominic = Big Boy Pants

NO MORE DIAPERS!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!! I finally feel safe enough to blog about it. For awhile now I thought if I said anything I might jinx it. It has now been officially 40 days since Dominic stopped wearing diapers. I'd love to tell you I had some great impact on this remarkable event but the truth is one afternoon I found the base to Rocco's old potty training toilet and set it out and Dominic hasn't looked back!!!! He doesn't even wear a pull up to bed. He's AMAZING. It's like he woke up one day and was potty trained. I love this kid I tell ya, and at only 26 months old.

Quick and Inexpensive Bouquet

Supplies: Flowers, Shaker, Ribbon/Card, and Scissors

Place a single stem through each hole in the lid of shaker until all the holes are filled. Tie ribbon around shaker, add a card, and voila! An inexpensive happy birthday or thank you bouquet.

One bouquet of small carnations was enough to fill two shakers.

Pnemonia is the WORST!!!!!

First of all let me start by thanking everyone for all of your calls, thoughts, and prayers for little Dominic. He is now on the road to recovery. We had a really scary incident last week that landed Dominic in the emergency room only to discover he had pnemonia. Needless to say, his fever finally broke 3 days later and he is now doing a ton better. For all you mothers who have ever had to make a trip to the ER with your baby I never truly understood just what a horrific experience that is. I hope I never have to do it again.

Daddy holding Dominic while in the hospital for pnemonia.

A Fabulous Valentine's Week!

On Valentine's Day morning, Vinnie and I left the snow behind and spent a relaxing full week in Palm Springs. Thank you to my wonderful in-laws who watched the boys. Palm Springs was soooooo nice they had.....