What A Difference A Year Makes...or 10!

Yes, we have been incognito. I will blog about our Christmas soon. In a word - FUN!


Here we are last NYE...
Having fun playing with Aunt Julie and Aunt "Gloria" Laura.

We will be in the same place tonight, yet with a much sassier 1.5 yr old and the same crazy boys. What a difference a year makes!

Wish I had a picture from 10 years ago...remember ringin' in 2000 and thinking your money would be gone and your computer would crash?! Andy and I were in Vail, Colorado for our first (and my only) ski adventure. What a difference 10 years make!

Happy 2010 and be safe!

From Our Family To Yours

Wishing you all a Blessed Christmas, filled with family and friends. Hoping your loved ones celebrate the true meaning of Christmas - Jesus' Birthday!

After our morning together, we will head to Grandparents Goshorn for lunch and off to Yoder and the Sorg Family til' Sunday. Then back to the Goshorn Family. Whew! We will have pictures to post of our birthday party - Jesus is getting a Texas Sheet Cake this year - yum!

Merry Christmas!

Festival of Lights

We made our annual trek to The Festival of Lights at The Zoo with The Markarian Family last night. It was a cold one, to say the least, but all the kids did great. Gettin' home to a warm bath and a hot pizza hit the spot!

Tuesdays with Jack

Here is Jack with one of his favorite people, Grandma Goshorn.
Too cute not to post.
Love you, Grandma!
And Happy Anniversary to you and Grandpa!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

The boys were so excited to wake up to snow this morning. After lounging the morning away with Dad watching "Home Alone 2" they had a quick lunch and headed outside. They made 2 snowmen with Dad, had lots of snowball fights and tried to make a fort with buckets. Brooke even got in on the action for awhile. I am sure this is the first of many snow days!


Brooke is thinking "I am supposed to be seen in public dressed like this?!"


Happiness is...


...hitting Dad with a snowball...


...and still warm enough...


...to make snow angels (whether there is enough snow or not!).

A Fun Week for Jack

Jack had a big week at school.
He had his class Christmas Party on Thursday.
(I don't show pics from his classroom or classmates as I don't know how parents would feel about it.)
Before we went I took these two misfits out to McD's for a snack -


Hey Mom! Can you let me eat my cinnamon roll?

Friday was Jack's Christmas Concert. Grandparents Goshorn, Uncle Eric and Uncle Pete all came for the festivities. It was pretty cute. Sat there thinking "Is he really this old?"

Yep, he sure is.


Here are the Goshorn Kiddos post-performance. Will watched with jealous eyes, as he would have given anything to be up there performing, too.


And Brooke just wanted everyone to see her fur boots. Don't worry - faux is fun!

Must Be Doing Something Right

A few highlights of my day:

Upon receiving a Christmas gift in the mail (that he thought was really cool) Jack said:
"Mom, we will have to send them a thank you note."
My heart smiled. Go ahead - say it...MR. ETIQUETTE.

Tonight at 715pm, after a long day with only 1 nap, Brooke walked over, found her paci, walked past me and, while waving, said:
"Nigh-night."
And proceeded to go upstairs to her room and wait for me to catch up, so I could put her in bed.
YES!

We were also playing this afternoon (actually, trying to keep her ticked-off little self preoccupied, as she wanted to be outside playing in the cold with her brothers) and I started to count her toes...and she counted 2-9 all by herself. Go ahead - say it...CHILD PRODIGY.

And last, but not least, not sure if this goes in the "Something Right" category, but I started to get everyone off to bed the other night and Will had their little Leap Frog keyboard out. He turned to me and said:
"Just a second Mom. I have to finish sending my emails."
Promptly type-type-typed away, hit one big button as if to say "Send!" and proceeded to put the keyboard away and head upstairs. Go ahead - say it...THE NEXT BILL GATES.


Gotta love these 3!