Merry Christmas To All......

Its Finally Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christmas is my favorite time of year. I look forward to this all year long.

• Holiday Music in all the stores
• Christmas trees and decorations in every building you go into
• All the lights displays on the homes
• Shopping for that PERFECT gift for a special person
• Christmas would not be complete with out the great christmas commercials "They do exist! He does exist" If you are a true Christmas fan, you will recognize this a the seasonal M&M's commercial.
• "Its a Wonderful Life", "Miracle on 34th Street", "The Santa Clause", "A Christmas Carol" - I could go on and on, and YES, I do have to watch them all.
• Hearing Robert say each and every time we go into Walmart, "Mommy, I want to go see Christmas!" - Translation: he wants to go see the seasonal section with the tree and yard decoration displays.
• Getting all the family together that we havent seen in a while! This is our year to go to Arizona to see our family there. We only get to see them twice a year, and only every second year for Christmas.
• Pictures with Santa!!!

There are so reasons, I could list.

On Sunday, my work is hosting our anual holiday party. This year we are inviting all our staff's families. We will have our special guest, Santa, there. I will post pictures as soon as we get back.

Happy Birthday Alastair!!!

Monday was Alastair's first birthday. We had a small gathering of family on Sunday to celebrate. Although it was Alastair's party, Robert kept referring to it as "my party". We could not convince him that it was not his party, but his brothers. Alastair demolished his little cake in true One Year Old Fashion. Alastair got a cool keyboard (which we now hear ALL the time), and Robert got a new guitar. Mommy broke his last guitar and he has been asking for a new one ever since. So both boys got what they wanted and the party was fun. I have included some pictures of this wonderful event for you.

After cake, bath, and presents- Bob cooked dinner for our clan. We then took a bunch of family pictures for two reasons. One- Yes, I do have a new camera that I am still learning. Two- I realized that we do not have any recent family pictures. We do not have any pictures at all of Ursula, Jason and Kelsie. And we do not have any pictures of mom becuase she makes like a ghost and disappears when a camera comes out. So I forced everyone to a painful evening of photos, which I hope you all enjoy.

It's Finally Fall!!

Well Fall is finally here. We got to put our clocks back and get an extra hour of sleep, although the boys did not seem to realize that. Bob was sweet enough to buy me a new camera as an early Christmas present, so as you can tell I have been taking a lot of new pictures. I bought a computer program for photo editing, so I am hoping to fancy up our pictures too.

We took the boys to the park for a picnic last weekend. Robert and Bob went for a walk in the "woods" while Robert and I ate snacks. We also spent quite a bit of time on the playard and swings.

Bob decided to try using my camera the other day (as I usally take most of our pictures), and took a bunch of pictures of the boys. I have put some of them up for you to see. We hope you enjoy.

Today, the boys and I are going downtown to do a fundraiser walk for Children's Miracle Network. It is a 2.5 mile walk downtown to raise money for our local children's hospital. We do it every year. Last year, we were scheduled to go, but I went into labor. Yes, this is my baby's 1st birthday this weekend. We are going to do a small party tomorrow. Robert keeps telling me that the party is for him, :) of course.

So this season is full of things going on and fun to be had. Soon it will be time for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Yeah!!!

Trick or Treat!!!

Happy Halloween Everyone,
I hope everyone had a great Halloween. This was a good year for us, as Robert is getting old enough now to really enjoy the season. We took the boys to a local landscaping company that was doing a Halloween Maze. Robert got to run around the maze and look at all the "cool" scary things. Of course his favorite was the skeleton leg bone that he used as a sword. This child will find a sword anywhere.

Then on Sunday night, Bob and Robert carved the two pumpkins. One for Daddy and one for Robert. I cannot believe the amount of patience that Bob has. Anyways, the pumpkins turned out amazing. Robert had a wonderful time doing the pumpkins with this dad. I am not sure how much fun Bob had. :(

We took both boys trick or treating. Alastair in the stroller as it was past bedtime. Robert really enjoyed himself this year. He got the "trick or treat" part down some of the time, and the rest of the time he just said "thank you" when someone opened the door. My favorite part was- as we would walk up the driveways to each house, Robert would be whispering "please, please, please" like a little chant. He was hoping that the homeowner would open the door. It was really cute. After about an hour, Robert got tired and told Bob that he wanted to go home. Bob carried him the rest of the way. Believe it or not, that child slept like a log.

So that is our Halloween experience this year. I have added a bunch of pictures of the Pumpkin Maze and the Pumpkin Carving and Trick or Treating. We hope you enjoy them.