In February’s first big event, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, so it looks like we have six more week of winter to look forward to year.  

The second big event this month was the Super Bowl.  The Pittsburgh Steelers defeated the Arizona Cardinals to win their sixth Super Bowl…that’s more than anyone else!

The last, but certainly not least, really, really BIG event for this month is Owen’s Ninth Birthday on the 25th.  We’ll have some pictures of the Birthday Boy in action next month.

Last month marked our 11th consecutive year online, so in keeping with tradition, a retrospective of “Ross & Owen Over the Years” is our theme for this month.

This month marks the beginning of the 11th year for Ross and Owen’s Pictures of the Month.  We wish all a happy and prosperous 2009 and are looking forward to once again sharing our monthly news and pictures with you.

Yesterday was quite a big day here in the DC area.  It was Inauguration Day. We got an extra day off of school this month because of this special day that only happens once every four years!

One other notable happening this month was that the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship game.  As a result the Steelers will be going to the Super Bowl to play the Arizona Cardinals for the NFL Championship.  We are big Steeler fans, so we hope they win.  If they do, they will be the only team to have won six Super Bowls.

Unfortunately, we have some bad news to report this month.  Our Nana Rose passed away.  We will miss her a lot.  And we also want to extend our condolences to Aunt Rosemary and Uncle Brian, as Aunt Rosemary’s Uncle Lou left us this month too.

And, if you haven’t visited Pop-Pop’s genealogy site for a while, you might want to take a look there.  Pop-Pop recently updated the site and there are some new family tree entries and pictures.