Tis the season...

Lacrosse season, that is.

Has it really been five months since I've posted? I can't believe it's already June and indeed, the last day of the boys' school year. Hello summer! So what have we been up to? Well, simply put...LACROSSE. It has invaded and consumed my family. Not only am I coaching, Dave is too. The boys are playing on a clinic travel team (that's who Dave is coaching) and Rowan did a few instructional clinics as well. Riley tagged along for fun often finding herself on the sideline emptying ball bags or using my blackberry as a teether. All seasons have concluded (well, except for me, I actually have my first game in over a decade...TONIGHT!) and hopefully life will return to normal sometime soon. Here are some pics I snapped of the boys!

One day my kids will think this is cool....

So one of my New Year's Resolutions is to participate in one charity event a month for the entire year. While my main events will still be the JDRF Walk for the Cure and Relay for Life (American Cancer Society), I want to show support for other very meaningful causes. To kick of the year, my friend Jen Sccichitano and I will be participating in the Polar Bear Plunge. Yes, I know it will be freezing. Yes, I know that it will be colder in the water. And Yes, I know that I will freeze my tookus off. However, I also know that this is an amazing cause as the Special Olympics provides amazing resources for a very special part of our population. So please, help support me! My donor page is www.plungemd.kintera.org/kconrubia!

Twenty-Ten

So Happy New Year! Happy 2010! Here's to new beginnings, prosperity and the assurance that God will guide us and provide for us along the way! Our New Year's Eve was great! I partied with the four biggest rockstars ever - Keegan, Joe, Rowan and Riley. Since Daddy was working, we got crazy in the kitchen and baked a New Year's cake, then danced, played games on Wii, built the biggest set of train tracks ever known to the history of the Onrubia-O'Toole family, and the finished off by staying up late and having our own countdown (shhh, they'll never know it was at 9pm, not midnight!). I know, I know, its a glamourous life but someone has to live it! :P

Anyway, here is a link to a groovy little photo book that I made for our folks for the holidays...plus I've got something else in the works so stay tuned. Cheers!http://www2.snapfish.com/projectshareewelcome/l=6815629009/p=25811262367848413/g=32521894/cobrandOid=1000/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/otsc=SYE/otsi=SPBKlink/

Now Announcing...

So I'm a little late (ok, like 8 monthes late) with sending out birth announcements for RG (as her Daddy and I affectionatley call her), but if you haven't seen it yet, here she is, in all of her strategically covered glory (Yes, I am sure she will hate me for this when she gets older).

Ho Ho Hooo-nooo...

Yes, I'm a little late (just like my christmas cards) but,

Happiest of Holidays

to you and yours from me and mine. I leave you with some fabulous photos from our photo shoot with our pal Shelby. Check out her blog, we made the holiday posting (www.shelbyleigh.com/blog). Cheers,

Kat, Dave, Keegan, Joey, Rowan, Riley

"It's my birthday, now where is my cake?!"

Happiest 4th to our Rowan Kate! We celebrated Rowan's birthday at our house with lots of friends. In total, I had 17 kids running wild in my house, most of which were little girls. Our garden girl/ladybug theme was a hit! We made crowns, bug masks and colored to keep the munchkins tied up while wine kept the mommies sane. Thank you so much to guests who made the afternoon a blast! Including Erin and her troop, my neighbor Karen and her two girls, as well as Aunt Dani, Alexis and Katie. Etta and Amelia, Bents and Isabel, and Jenn and her kids who have become very welcome staples here in the OO house were also in attendance!

And the leaves go down...

On Sunday morning, I woke up to my already wide awake 3 and 6 year old singing in the living room (in their underwear no less) about fall. As far as I know it was completely made up and the only part I really understood was the chorus "And the Leaves go down" (and at that point, they jump up and fall down - ring-around-the-rosy-style). So in honor of their fall song and dance, here are some pictures updated pictures of the kids!

(Rowan at our Church's Fall Festival)

(Keegan tries to put on a scary face...a handsome one at that)

(Riley is smiley)

(The littler O'Tooles)