Christmas Snow!

Sometime early in the morning Christmas night it snowed!! We woke up to a beautiful winter wonder land. Eli and Jesse had a blast that morning...then again I think we all did!

Granddaddy took us out on a gator ride in the snow! So much fun! It was gorgeous!

Chanda and Jesse hanging out in the gator!

What an awesome picture! The trees were gorgeous!

We drove all around the lake near their house and I thought this picture was so pretty!

Grandma pulling the boys around the yard.

I just love his smile! I could eat him to pieces!

Love this picture of G-ma and G-daddy!

Here is the whole crew!

Eli and the snowman!

Jesse looks like he is having a moment with the snowman.

Fun in the snow with Jake and Sam!

Jake and Sam built a huge tunnel...here is Jake coming through it!

Now here's Sam!

Making their snowman. Great shot of Aunnie!

Here is the awesome snowman!

Christmas 2010

It was a merry merry Christmas this year!

Eli and Jesse are just the right age to really get into things.

What a silly face Eli is making! I just don't know where he gets his animation from? ha ha

Grandma had everything planned out. Eli was carrying the carrot and Jesse the key. The carrot was left for the reindeer and the key for Santa to be able to get in.

Reading The Night Before Christmas.

Christmas morning! Cars and trains everywhere! So fun!

Opening his stocking...filled with trains and cars!

Wow did Santa know exactly what he loves!

Jesse checking out Julian opening his stocking.

...is this an elf...no just my little angel! So cute!

What a cool picture! All fuzzy and focused in on him laughing! I love it!

Big brother hanging out! Checking out Eli's car garage.

Family picture! Wow! That is a lot of handsome boys! Where are all the girls?

my boys

awe! cuddles!

Sam, Jake, and Eli playing with Eli's new race track.

Sam on his new dirt bike

Jake on his dirt bike.

Goodbye to Great Friends!

Our dear friends Katie and Wilson McGraw(Paige and Booth too) have moved to Yuma, Arizona. We were so sad to see them leave. We met 4 years ago in our church small group and have shared the births of our kids, 2 deployments for Wilson, grown greatly in our faith, and much much more!! Although they are far away in miles we won't loose touch!

Here we all are outside church including our other dear friend Amy Blessing. For 3 years we all have sat together for church and then go to lunch. We called ourselves the lunch bunch! This was our last day for lunch bunch for maybe a while. (i refuse to say forever!!)

Met the McGraws for dinner (actually I think we ate or got together like 4 times that last week. Trying not to have that final goodbye)...here are our 3 cuties!

Can you tell who is in charge of this group?

I just love these two! Eli is not a huge hugger. It was almost like he knew he only had a few more hugs before his best buddy Paige is gone. We were saying goodbye and he just ran and squeezed her tight!

All hanging out in Eli's Tonka fort that Jonathan got him!

Such good buddies!

Oh how they love their Nini! She was soaking up cuddles with the kiddos!

Kissin' on Eli! Wilson better watch out...he may have his hands full real soon!

...yes Katie is on the sit-n-spin!

Okay...so this was their last day! Eli and I went to see them off. So stinking sad!

No goodbye....just see you soon!

We miss you guys!!!!