Happy New Year!!!!!!!

Here's wishing all my family and friends a very Happy New Year! We hope 2010 treats everyone well! Love ya'll. XOXO

Merry Christmas

The kids are at the perfect age to enjoy Christmas and their enthusiasm has been contagious. We've enjoyed lots of Holiday activities with family and friends including a Christmas train ride and breakfast with Santa at the local YMCA. At ages 5 and 3, this is the first year the kids would dare to sit on Santa's lap!

Thanksgiving

Each year at the kids' school they invite the families in for a "Family Feast". The kids sing songs and prepare a meal for their parents. This year Sophia's class made fruit salad and blueberry muffins and Lucas' class made "Stone Soup". There's nothing better to make you realize what you're thankful for.

We were also very happy to be able to host a small Thanksgiving at our house this year for the first time in many years. When you come from such a large family it seems a little weird to have such a small celebration but we were very happy that my brother, Owen, and his wife Liz were able to join us as well as my neice Aubrey and her husband and kids, Brent, Ty and Jocelyn.

Lucas 5th Birthday

For the second year in a row, Lucas chose to celebrate his birthday at the bowling alley. As always it was tons of fun with friends from school and the neighborhood.

I can't believe he's now five! Where did the time go?

Fall T-Ball - NC Tarh Heels

In our area, they have two t-ball seasons each year, Spring and Fall. In the spring he was a Phillie and in the fall he was on the NC Tarh Heels. Daddy keeps hoping this is good preparation for the Major League!

I have to thank my good friend Kristine for these pictures as well as many others you've seen and probably will see in the future. Thanks for sharing, Kristine!

Halloween 2009

Sophia and her classmates stop to pose during their annual field trip to the pumpkin patch at their school.

Lucas and Mama at the pumpkin patch. One of the favorite field trips of the year!

Trick or Treat!