Merry Christmas

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas this year! We had a great time spending time with family and watching the kids enjoy their presents. Here are some hightlights....

Christmas Eve...opening new jammies

opening the big one...a wooden barnthe cousins in their jammies :)

Big Boy Trevon

Trevon started preschool and soccer the same week. So hard to believe...he's such a big boy.

and one of bay on the sidelines...

better late than never...

busy summer=fewer posts...not that anyone is probably reading this. :)

The kids are growing so much. Trevon is riding his bike without training wheels, Deagan FINALLY decided he wanted to be a big boy and is potty training...very well! And Baylor is little miss priss/tom boy all in one; trying to keep up with her big brothers.

a few random shots...

Our Soggy Vacation...

Sorry it's taken so long to post these pictures...but as you can see, you haven't missed much. ;)

The kids' first Krispy Kreme donuts...we can't drive to florida w/out stopping. :)

trying to find things to do on our first rainy day

Happy 8th Anniversary!!!

as we pulled in to the beach...

the rain stopped for about 2 hours and we enjoyed some beach time. (well, nick and trevon enjoyed it...deagan didn't really care for it, baylor hated it which meant I held her the whole time) ;)

baylor had 5 bathing suits for the trip so i had to at least get one picture ;)

where's daddy?

our short boat ride before it rained on us...go figure ;)

we spent about 2 hours at Animal Kingdom...saw some characters and did the safari...

...and as we headed over to Magic Kingdom...it poured!!

this is the result of nick refusing to buy ponchos... ;)

we only did 3 indoor rides because everything was shut down due to lightening....needless to say, we were glad it was free. :)

despite the rain, we had a good time. the kids only broke 2 things at gma & gpa's (which is amazing since we were cooped up the whole week) and they all 3 did FANTASTIC in the car ride both ways.

Birthday Girl...

Happy 1st Birthday, Baylor!!

We love you!!

fun on the farm

On Sunday, we had a great time hanging out at the farm with my cousins' kids (and Great Uncle Ray & Great Aunt Judy). The boys are still talking about all the fun they had. Here is a glimpse at their adventures...

our means of transportation...

(as we got on, I said to Deagan..."we get to ride on the tractor." Alden (age 3) looks at me with disdain and says, "It's a Gator!!"...sorry Alden, we're city folk) :-)

first stop: to see Trevon's name & handprint (we think it was done when he was 10 months old)

next stop: to see the baby chicks & ducklings (and possibly other baby birds??)

...taking notes from Braylon & Alden

...now getting in on the action"There's the chicken house, boys" (says Braylon)
taking turns gathering eggs (oldest to youngest)

Trevon, Braylon, Alden, Deagan then Baylor

(Briggs & Hallie were napping)

showing off their eggs

Bay & mommy waiting on the boys to load up

a farm adventure wouldn't be complete without sitting in a BIG tractor...

Thanks again for a wonderful time!!

Baylor 'gets around'...

Two of our friends/neighbors have these little baby cars...Baylor really enjoys stealing them...

playing with Sophie & her car...

Nevermind the fact that Hayden WAS THERE FIRST!!

(she just hiked her leg over and sat right on him!)
that's better...move that boy out of my way. ;)