Merry Christmas

The kids Christmas morning

Noah's First Christmas

Christmas Day

New Years day in Texas

We had a great Christmas. We spent Christmas eve with the Merchants which was fun as always. Christmas morning the kids opened their gifts and then we went to my brothers house and enjoyed Christmas with the family. The day after Christmas we left for Texas. We spent 10 days visiting Austin, Corpus Christi and College Station. We really enjoyed our time with family and it was nice to celebrate the New Year in Texas!

Holiday Fun!!!

We have been having a lot of fun this holiday season. The kids are getting excited for Christmas and for our trip to Texas for the New Year!

Ethan loving his Thanksgiving feast!

Andy and I enjoying the Budget Christmas party and The Beverly Hills Hotel!!!!

My Sweet Kara

Three Beautiful Blessings!!!

Ethan with his friends at his school Christmas program.

Noah's Baptisim

The two grandmothers

Noah Richard Paul 7 months old

Uncle Phil and Aunt Christy the chosen God Parents to Noah!

Anointed with oil

Cake made with love by Auntie Christy

On November 14,2010 we decided to have our son Noah Richard Paul baptized. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed celebrating this occasion.

Noah's First Halloween!

Ethan ( Iron Man) Kara (Tinker bell)

My little lion!

Daddy and Noah

Our fancy double stroller!

This was Noah's first Halloween. As tradition we went to my brother Phillip's house and had dinner and trick or treating in the neighborhood. The kids had a great time and Ethan was very happy to be with his cousin Amy!

Pumpkins

Our very own Pumpkin!!!! Last year after carving our pumpkins we planted the seeds in the backyard. Little did I know that pumpkins need to be planted in the spring/summer for full sun and heat to grow.......my bad. Well winter came and nothing happened. I actually forgot about the seeds that were planted. When summer rolled around weeds started to grow, well I thought they were weeds, but they were not weeds they were PUMPKINS. With excitement I ran to tell the kids we were growing pumpkins. As fall came only one pumpkin actually developed probably due to the location of the seeds as well as them being planted during the wrong season.

This is our one beautiful Pumpkin that grew!

Family Photos at the Patch

Homemade with Love

Ethan 6 1/2 years

Kara 2 1/2 years

Noah 6months

Blankets made with Love!!!!

This was so much fun. Thanks to my MOMS group at Sea Coast Grace Church I learned to make these adorable blankets. We made baby blankets as a service project to give to a local shelter that takes in pregnant moms, and helps them get on their feet. The blankets were so cute I wanted to make some for my kiddos. That day I took the kids to the store to each pick out their own fabric. Ethan and Kara really enjoyed picking out what they wanted, and Ethan got to pick the fabric for Noah so he was really happy! Each blanket took about one hour to make and Ethan helped with all of them.

First Foods

Noah got his first solid food on Oct. 19th. I think he really enjoyed it. He also just loves sitting up in the high chair......just like a big boy. ; )