More Christmas

Happy 2012!  We celebrated with a visit from Papa and Nana!  The boys had a new year's parade with Papa and Nana at home while John and I got to go for dinner and a movie!  It was great!  Today we celebrated Christmas with Baggie, Bopbop, and even Scott and Jessica who are in town for a few days from Charlotte, NC.

 The boys were beyond thrilled to relive Christmas by opening a whole stash of presents from under the tree...again!

 They each came away with some really cool additions to our wooden train sets...sure to be a hit at our house!

 And these soft hockey sticks that Baggie found can help save our walls in the hallway at home...

 if its not already too late for those walls!

 Of course, we had to try those sticks out in the hall at B & Bs...they work great!  Nothing like a little hockey before we jump back in the car!

Thanks for the great little visit and for all the great gifts for our family (including baby girl)!

2011: A great year ahead

We think we have a great year ahead and we've had a great time ringing it in this week so far!

Wearing those new year's hats one more time.  Cute, right?

Logan loves the camera.  Bennett loves his food.  Simple.

Sometimes the kids wear underwear on their heads.  Its entertaining!

Don't you love how Bennett looks up to Logan with such admiration...even with undies on his head?!?!?!?  Precious (maybe only actually "precious" to their own mother).

 Our espresso machine broke down on Dec 31, 2010...and still isn't working.  My life is a little more drab without my lattes in the morning.  Call me dramatic.  Luckily, I have a super handy husband who values espresso almost as much as I do and is therefore working toward a speedy solution on our trusty machine.  Let's hope 2011 brings lots more lattes to this house (with kids wearing undies on their heads, you know I need it bad!).  Hope the new year is treating you all well!

Happy New Year!

Can you believe 2011 is here?  Each year passes in a blur, yet with so many memories to be thankful for!  We welcome 2011 with many goals and wishes for our family, our boys, each other, and ourselves.  We pray that this year will be blessed for each of you!

We ended 2010 with our second year in a row going out to a movie while my parents came over to watch the boys.  It was lovely to have a little date to end the year.  Thanks, Papa and Nana!  I made these hats for the boys and we only got Bennett to wear his for a couple quick seconds.  

Logan liked his hat and we even got a little parade going before bedtime.

This morning, to welcome the new year, we had three friends over for a yummy brunch!  The kids didn't disappoint, entertaining us all after brunch.  Here is Logan "taking a call" from Nana.

Logan sang some songs about Baby Jesus (that's Baby Jesus: the blue and white puppy?!).

Then we had to give everyone a show with our family parade.  Mommy and Logan on sticks and bells (and yes, that's "Baby Jesus" I am holding, of course) and Daddy and Benny bringing up the rear with scarves and cymbals.  Ha!  We had all our kids-less friends this morning think twice about adding crazy children to their family any time soon! (Thanks to Mollie, Aubrey, and Nic for putting up with our crazy house and celebrating the new year with us!)

We had to get a quick family picture - our ONLY family photo during the whole of the holidays.

We wish you a SWEET year!