Gingerbread House!

This year the kids made a Gingerbread house for Christmas... It was a project the kiddos and Brian did this year while I was at work. There were only a few pokes & candies missing... I'm surprised it lasted all day!

My Old Dress

My mom found one of my favorite dresses from when I was about 3 years old and it fits Ethne perfectly. Maybe this is why green is my favorite color...

Ethne in my dress playing with her new ponies.

White Elephant & The Cake

Caitlyn & Erik held a White Elephant party this year and it was a BLAST! The gifts we ended up with were a set of Guinness Pint Glasses and a Nerf Basketball hoop set. Yeah baby! ;)

Erik & Caitlyn also got Brian a cake for his birthday. It said, "Happy 13th Birthday Brian"... and it was quite a smash!

The Tree

The New House

Tim & Amanda are almost finished with the hassle of buying their first home. Whoo-hoo! I am overwhelmed with joy for them. Hopefully come the first of the year, we can start moving them in!!

All the kids on the front porch!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is by far my favorite holiday. It's the start to the holiday season... amazing food, family, and all the silliness that goes along with it. A time for us all to think about what we have gone through and learned over the year, as well as what we are really thankful for... Being alive & living life to the fullest.

New Lens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love the holiday deals for online shopping! I was able to get a new lens for my Canon camera... it's a 70-300mm with a built in macro option. The thing is ginormous! My previous lens was an 18-75mm.. so I cannot wait to get it out in action and see what it can do! Hahaha!