HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We hope that everyone had a Happy Halloween yesterday. We had a great time. Here are the pictures of the kids in costume. Griffin the UPS guy, Camden the Jedi and Isabel as Jessie from Toy Story.

Here are some other pictures from the last couple of weeks:

GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY

(What could this be? The package is bigger than I am!)

(Still don't know)



(Oh Yeah! My fist bike!!!)

(Uncle Theo and Kika are the best)

(Pretty soon I'll be cruising the neighborhood on my John Deere bike!)

(The cousins at Oma and Opa's house wearing gifts from Tante Gerdy and Oom Gerrit)

(Happy 4th birthday Isabel!!!)



(Barbie watch from Grandma and Grandpa)

(Fun weekend getaway to Chapel Hill a couple of weeks ago)

(This one was too cute not to include. Camden and Isabel locked Griffin in Hudson's crate to get a little break from the pain in the neck little brother)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRIFFIN & JOHN

Griffin is two!!! He is not a baby anymore. The past two years have flown by. It seems like only yesterday that we came home from the hospital.

We had a little family party for Griffin on Saturday. I am waiting on the party pictures from my sister (the semi-pro photographer) but here are the ones that I took. I'll post the others when I get them.

If anyone would like a scary Mickey Mouse cake, give me a call :)

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Isabel and Griffin are off to school!!!

Yippeee! Isabel and Griffin started school today! These pictures were taken this morning before we left for school. Both kids were very excited to go. Drop off went smoothly, no tears, just smiles.

(Isabel's goofy smile)

(Griffin is getting to be such a big kid)

(How sweet. I miss having Camden in the picture this year)

Camden's first day and Braves Baseball Game

The summer is officially over for Camden. He started kindergarten today. We drove him to school this morning and he rode the bus home. He had a great day and is looking forward to tomorrow.

(I think Griffin was upset that Camden was starting school and he wasn't.)

(Yes, that is the school bus in the background. He'll be on it tomorrow morning.)

(Camden's seat. His teacher Mrs. Redfern is in the background)

(Waiting for Camden to come home!)

(Yippee!! Camden made it home!!!)

To celebrate the last day of the summer we took the kids to a Braves baseball game. The Braves lost but that didn't matter. We had tons of fun! The kids even got to run the bases after the game!

(Thing One running the base)

(Thing Two running the base)

(Thing Three running the base)

(Thing Two running the actual bases at Turner Field)

(Thing One and Three walking the actual bases at Turner Field. Thing One was in charge of Thing Three so he couldn't run fast. What a sweet big brother :)

Wow, it has been a long time...

It has been a long time since my last post. Sorry, don't know where the time went.

Anyway, here is a family picture from Destin, a picture of the three kids on the beach and Camden and Isabel from today at soccer camp. It was crazy hair day. Enjoy!!!

Camden all dressed up!

Here is Camden in his outfit for his Pre-K graduation next Thursday. He'll be wearing a cap and gown at the actual graduation so you won't see these handsome clothes. He is very proud to have his very first tie like Daddy!

Griffin's new seat

Griffin has been sitting in this spot for a couple of days now. It doesn't look very comfortable but he seems to like it. This morning, he sat down, saw me and said cheese. I think he was telling me to take a picture of him so I did. It turned out cute and made it onto the blog!

On the slopes!

John and I got to ski together for the first time in Whistler, Canada. We had great snow, great weather and great company! Here is the one and only picture we got together.

Zoo Day!

Today was Zoo Day in Camden's class. I tried to take some pictures of him this morning before school but he did not cooperate. He said it was too cold and could not smile. I got two shots of the back/side of the zebra costume. I was planning on taking some more pictures of him when he got home from school this afternoon but his costume didn't look too great anymore. The white stripes had almost completely come off of his fake crocs and his tail was smashed. So unfortunately, these pictues are it.

Look at his grumpy face. He was not a happy zebra.

Zoo Day

Thursday is Zoo Day in Camden's class. The classroom will be a zoo with all of the kids dressed up as zoo animals. Believe it or not, I created a zebra costume for Camden. All by myself as Isabel likes to say! Below is a preview of the costume (just the hat). The paint on the shirt and shoes isn't dry yet. Keep your fingers crossed that it is dry on Thursday. The tail is complete(and very cute) but you'll have to tune in on Thursday to see it.

Disney!!

Here are some random pictures from our trip to Orlando at the end of February. We went with our neighbors the Wilsons and the Pirtles. The kids (and adults) had a great time!

Character Lunch at Magic Kingdom

Hayden, Isabel, Braylen, Griffin & Camden riding in Barney's boat.

Griffin got a nasty bump on his head at Universal Studios but still smiled for the picture.

Griffin, Isabel and Braylen playing at the resort.

Isabel, Keely and Braylen getting ready for a fun day at Animal Kingdom

Justin, Camden, Hayden, Keely and Isabel at Animal Kingdom.

Camden wasn't very happy to be Isabel's pillow at the end of a long day but he did it anyway. What a great big brother!