2009!!!

I can't believe that it is almost 2009! These last couple of years have flown! It seems like every year goes by faster and faster! We hope you all have a very Happy New Year, and may God bless you in all your new endeavors!

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!
Blessings!

Bowling!

I am so sad that I do not have any pictures of this (I dropped my camera off at the "doctor" yesterday). We took the boys bowling yesterday. Grandma Collins would be so proud of her little boys. I was so upset about not having pictures and DeWayne promised we would come again. Maybe we'll take Grandma too! Anyway, the boys did great! They even had Ryan's size in shoes! Too Cute!!! Ethan really enjoyed it. He would run up holding his ball and launch it down the lane. The ball thudded every time. Twice it landed on top of the gutter and got stuck. He took it very seriously. So much fun though!!! Ryan was pretty tired, but he did a great job getting the ball to the pins. It took about 5 minutes for the ball to finally reach the pins after he pushed it, but it got there. We really enjoyed our time together. Food was pricey, so next time we'll eat before we go! Thank the Lord for my beautiful family! I am blessed with such amazing company!

Update!!!

Here is an update from the last week. I am ashamed that I haven't blogged for 2 weeks! It has been busy. Last week we had our nieces over. Aunt Cici finally got to have some girl time, so we decorated a gingerbread train. Something the boys where interested in for about 2 minutes. My girls helped me out and we really enjoyed the results! We always have such a wonderful time with them.





We also took the chance to get some pictures of the kids together. It was a present for Grandma for her birthday, in August. Sorry it was so late Grandma. We decided to do it last minute, so we thought in front of Grandma and Papa's lemon tree would be perfect, since the kids always enjoy picking lemons and making lemonade with Grandma and Papa. A treasured tradition... I think the pictures turned out great! It is funny how 5 make getting pictures done interesting. A lot of bribing on my part! At least Grandma will have all five of her "little angels" on her wall together now!



And on Wednesday we got to go to the girl's Christmas Play at their church. Ali had a lead part and did awesome! Emily was also in it and was a cute little sheep! Unfortunately I do not have pictures because after the photo session at Grandma's I dropped my camera and it is now blurry!!! Perfect timing... right before Christmas. Back to my 35mm for Christmas week. There won't be many updates on my blog do to the lack of digital for a while. Bummer! Have a very Merry Christmas week! Enjoy your families and the times you have with them!

Oh Christmas Tree...

This week we have been working on getting our home ready for Christmas! We did our tree a few days ago, and I wanted to share it with you all. It really turned out good. The boys where so excited when it was finally time to decorate it. They also got to decorate a small one for their rooms.