Happy New Year

We were invited to Jessica and Matthew's house to have dinner and celebrate New Years Eve. Good thing too, since our power went out for most of the evening! It was a really fun night with all of our kids running around. We even had a "countdown" for the kids at 9:00.

Christmas Play Date

We went to a Christmas play date hosted by my Garden Circle this morning. The boys had so much fun and are getting more and more excited about Santa coming in a few days!

An Early Christmas

Aunt Leigh and Uncle Frank decided to come all the way from Alaska to celebrate Christmas early with us. Sarah, Heidi and Bodie joined in on the fun. We had such a good time with everyone here and the boys especially loved playing with cousin Bodie. We didn't do such a great job of taking photos while they were here, we were too busy having fun! We hope you all come back really soon to visit!

Paper Boat Regatta 2010

You might remember that last year we joined Noah and Jude's friends Kirby and Roe to sail paper boats. We decided to continue the tradition and sail our paper boats again- it looks like we may have started a tradition. The boys have so much fun setting the boats in the creek and watching them float away. Roe was big enough this year to join in on the fun!

Beach Day!

We have been having a blast this week hanging out with Aunt Sarah, Aunt Heidi and Cousin Bodie. Monday we spent the morning at the beach and the pool. The boys had so much fun (the adults did too)!

Family Camp 2010

We spent 4 days at Camp Greenville's family camp earlier this week. It was such a wonderful experience for all of us! Uncle Shawn, Aunt Regina, Jack and Emma met us there and we had so much fun. This was the camp where Dad spent his summers as a child and he was so excited that we all wanted to visit it with him. We got to swim in the lake, canoe, shoot rifles and bow & arrows, play horseshoes, hike, go tubing, roast marshmallows and go to a square dance. We also got to watch the sun rise one morning at the camp's chapel, Pretty Place- and it was amazing! We opted to just do the half week option this year- since Mom had never been to camp before and Jude is only 2- but we are ready for the full week next summer!

Thanksgiving 2009

We drove up to Virginia last Wednesday to spend the Thanksgiving with Mom's family. Aunt Shelley and Uncle Mike hosted their first Thanksgiving dinner and they did an excellent job. Aunt Shelley decorated her house beautifully and even had a special kids table with crafts, place cards and pilgrim hats!







After dinner, all of the kids jumped on the trampoline and the adults played corn hole. It was a great afternoon and we enjoyed catching up with our family.





We have so much to be thankful for!

Triple Trouble!

Cousin Bodie came to visit for the weekend and the three boys had a blast! Noah and Jude wasted no time in showing Bodie all of the fun in our backyard.



We headed down to grandma's house on Saturday and played all day!

Genie drove us around for a little while...


We fished for a little while...


And we swung in the hammocks!


Sunday we had a great lunch outside by the river...


It was such a fun weekend and Noah and Jude were happy to teach Bodie all of their tricks!


We can't wait to see Bodie for New Years!

While Mom & Dad were away...

Grandma let the boys play!



Thanks to Grandma and Papa (and Chester the dog), we got to get away for the weekend. Congratulations to Jennifer and Chuck- it was a beautiful wedding and we were happy to be there to celebrate with you!

Jude's first crush...

Jude's girlfriend Margaret came over to play this morning and I caught a few pictures of them together...

Weekend of Fun!

The fun started early on Saturday when Daddy and Noah decided to plant their vegetable garden. They managed to get the zucchini planted before we headed out to our friend Jackson's 3rd birthday party.

All of the kids loved the firetruck!



Everyone went for a ride around the block and then they got to test out the fire hose!



Then we finished off with pizza and cupcakes... all that by 1:00!



After the party, we drove down to Grandma and PaPa's house to visit with them and celebrate mother's day (a little late) and Papa's birthday. The kids had a blast running around outside and Noah learned how to fish! It was a great Saturday!