April 2009 Easter (a little more catch up!)

Austin waiting to hunt for eggs.

Austin in his Easter outfit. He really wanted to have a suit and we found a great deal! He was so excited.

Owen being so cute!

Emily and her outfit. She loved this little dress. It seemed to fit her personality!

Aaron! This is the first time he had cake. I think he liked it!

MARCH 2009 (a little catch up!)

Owen and Aaron sporting their cougar shirts sent by grandma and grandpa!

The Fruit pizza Emily and Austin made for my birthday! Thanks! They also threw a surprise party for me! It was a delight.

Aaron and a classic dinner face!

Our family in the Great Smokey Mountains! This was during our spring break.

Pictures from February 2009!

February brought snow and lots of days out of school! This is a snowman that Austin built- Emily helped a little. He used Whoppers for the buttons and nose, jolly ranchers for the eyes, and twizzlers for the mouth. The kids loved the snow.

This is a picture of Austin taking me out on a date! He entered an essay contest of, "Why my mom deserves a night out" and won! He won dinner for two from Chic-fil-A, two movie passes and a little gift bag. We had a lot of fun together and the essay is priceless.

This is Owen. He decided to decorate himself with stickers. It was really funny, he had them all over his body. This was my favorite picture because of his smile.


Here is Aaron. He is constantly taking his socks off and eating them. It's almost a daily thing! On Sunday I was in the kitchen cooking dinner and realized I had not seen him in a while so I went to investigate... Casey found him halfway up the stairs! I can hardly believe it. He is only 9 months old. He's going to be a mover and a shaker.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OWEN!

Owen turned three on February 27th. I can't believe it! He is such a great little boy. He always says the funniest things and he always puts a smile on my face... well, most of the time.

This year he is really into Kung Fu Panda so he got a bunch of toys from the movie. He loves them. He sleeps with them and takes them where ever he goes. He carries them around in his, "little box". He loves to act out the movie and be characters. He'll come to me and say, "Mom, you my Tigress and I your monkey." I love it!

This is from grandma and grandpa. Mostly I am putting it on to encourage them to get online and look at these pictures.
Anyway, he is a sweet little boy and I love him so much. I am glad he is a part of our family!

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve was so much fun. Two family's came up from Georgia to stay with us. We celebrated with the kids early at about 9:30 then put them to bed. Then the adults stayed up and played games. We celebrated with confetti but all of the husbands stayed out of that. We had so much fun and are looking to make this a new year's tradition.
All of the girls with confetti... good thing the kids were in bed!

Christmas Fun!!

Christmas was so fun this year! We love staying home and enjoying our traditions. We love seeing the glow on our children's faces when they realize that Santa has brought them some treasures. This first pictures is Christmas Eve. Some of our friends- the Allred's invited us over for appetizers and the nativity. This picture is all the kids waiting in anticipation to open their Christmas Eve Gift (pre- matching pajama's).

Here is Emily. She got a Beauty and the Beast snowglobe to add to her collection. She
also got lots of clothes... which she loved!

Here is Austin. He hit it big this year. He got a new, much needed, bike. Santa also brought him all of the things to take care of a hamster. He went to the Pet Store the day after Christmas and picked out the hamster he wanted. He named it Rocket but Rocket figured out how to get out of his cage, so we traded him in for a less adventurous hamster whose name is Punk.

Austin loves Punk. He is his new best friend.

Here is Owen. He got a tricycle for Christmas. It was unwrapped and he went right to

it and rode it around the house all morning. We actually had to bribe him to

open his other presents. He loves is tricycle.

Here is Sweet Aaron. He was content and happy all day! This is him in the stroller. It

was a beautiful day so after all of the presents were opened we took the kids outside to

try out their new bikes and we went for a walk. We had a great Christmas, it was

wonderful to spend time as a family.

Emily's Baptism

Emily was baptized November 29th. We are so proud of her. The baptism was very small and personal. It was very special. She even invited her teacher from school... and she came. We had such a special weekend.