Reflections of 2008

2008 in Review
It was a busy year, I didnt quite realize it until I went back and looked at all our pictures. Here are a few highlights...
January- Daddy and Rocco took in the annual car show in Washington DC where Rocco got to climb in cars and hug a bunny.

February- We watched a lunar eclipse. (this obviously wasnt an eventful month but still an eclipse is always cool)

March- We participated in the first neighborhood Easter Egg hunt and colored our own eggs.


April- Aunt Doris came for a visit. The boys loved having her here all the way from Florida. Mommy and Daddy also got to get away for a weekend since Mommy was in Cousin Davids wedding in Lancaster.


May- We made a trip out to Great Country Farms for the strawberry festival, of course by the time we got there they had already run out of strawberrys but it was still fun.

June- We went on our first camping trip as a family. We didnt get much sleep but we had tons of fun. Rocco also turned 4 this month.



July- Christy had her 15 year High School reunion conveniently in Myrtle Beach, it was a blast to be at the beach and to catch up with old friends.


August- Gramma and Grampa Davis came over from Africa to visit and got caught on camera under the table (dog house-according to Rocco)

Sept-Rocco started pre-school. We also traveled to Syracuse for Aunt Aubreys wedding.




October- We had a surprise visit from a fairy princess for halloween....

November- Thanksgiving in North Carolina with Christy's brother and family along with Mom and Dad Davis aka "yama and yampa" by Roman
December- Christmas spent at our house with "Yama and Yampa" Davis. We also celebrated Romans 2nd Birthday and we were blessed to have Yannie (Grannie Germani-Simonds) and Yamma and Yampa here for the big event.



Have a wonderful 2009! God bless.

The 2009 Germani Resolutions....sort of..

1. Since we have been so patient in waiting for "next year" to arrive for our gamecocks and it has yet to come(mostly our loyalty has been grossly abused by embarressing losses) we are going to spend our time doing something more productive instead of watching them goof off on the field and try and call it football...
2. We will find a new team to cheer for since our hearts have been broken into smitherings by the said gamecocks...teams we are looking into include (but are not limited to)Gators (my cousin went there-that counts right?), Southern Cal(only because they win a lot-we have no ties there-only a shameless desire for a team that wont embarress us), Bama (I have cousins that live in the state), Penn State (I also have some ties to PA actually)and if you have any suggestions please respond to my blog..keep in mind that Tennessee, Clemson, or Georgia WILL NEVER be on this list regardless of what you say.
3. The Germani family aspires to count our blessings this year and to remember that football, while fun (unless you are gamecock fan--then its pure torture)..is only a game and the things that truelly matter are of eternal value. Here's to putting life in perpective...and I must say, gamecock fans do it better than most..

Snapshots of Roman

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Annual Christmas Trip to DC 2008

Botanical Gardens Train expo...AKA "Pre-schooler crack"

Boyhood wonder...

Oh yeah, there were also some plants to look at too...

Cool castle from the train set up..

one of the many trains..

Trekking to the National Christmas Tree...

Family pose at the tree..minus John

Roman learned how to stay warm by putting his hands in his pockets...he is quite proud of himself here.

Reindeers hoofs...

Here is a snippet of Rocco's performance at preschool...this is the only segment that he really got into....he mostly stood there and made funny faces the whole time. FYI--He is in the middle with a red santa hat on.

So this is Christmas...

Rocco's interpretive dance number to John Lennons "So this is Christmas"

Sorry for the poor quality for some reason my camera has gone to lower quality and I didnt realize at the time of videography....

Mommy's future blackmail material....

I have no doubt that this material will re-surface again when he meets his bride to be....hahaha (evil laugh)

Just had to add this one too....he watches it now and laughs histerically...wonder if he will still do that 10 years from now..