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Spring Break Cruise!

It has been quite some time since I have updated the blog! It's something I keep meaning to do, but just gets pushed further and further down the list. I should do an overview of about the last year that I missed on here, but for now I will just share some pics of Bryan and I's relaxing Spring Break! I'm thinking this will give me motivation to get everything else on here :)

My hubby and I took off for our longest trip away from the kids since Kamryn was born! It was only 5 days, but that seems like forever when you are surrounded by ocean and your kids are still on the continent of North America! We survived the time apart and we even enjoyed ourselves! Now, I did check in via email every day to make sure all was ok. Our kiddos were in good hands and enjoyed their special time with family members.

Here are just a few pics of our fun time with friends (and family) from our church! I took advantage of not having to carry around diaper bags, purses and bags, so I did not snap any of these pictures! I was too lazy to even carry my camera around! I guess that's ok since I was on a cruise :) Thanks to my fellow cruise travelers for actually taking some pics!

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Strictly Ornamental Christmas

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Happy Halloween!

I wanted to take a look back at the past four Halloween's with my sweet babies. My how time flies!

Here is Kamryn and her best buddy, Haleigh in 2008. She was 9 months old and a bumble bee!

Here's Kam in 2009. 21 months old as Minnie Mouse

Here are Aunt Mary and Haleigh (the sweet Halloween princess) with my cute cowboy and cowgirl in 2010. Kamryn was about 2 and a half and Bryson was 7 months old.

And now in 2011, Kam as "Nala" from Lion King (she is in love with that movie at the moment) and Bryson as a Miami baseball player (guess who picked that costume). Kam is 3 and a half and Bryson is 19 months old.

I hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!

Saying goodbye to the mouse for a while

This time last year we decided to purchase seasonal passes to Disney. We had been a few times with Kam already and knew that both kids would love going (ok, so we love going too). We had such a great time this last year. We have gone with Bryan's parents, my parents, uncles and aunts, and with friends. Bryan and I even got away for a few weekends during the year so we could have fun at Disney by ourselves. During September we made a couple of trips so we could say goodbye for a while. I have to say a big thanks to my mother-in-law for loving Disney as much (if not more) than we do and letting us crash in her hotel room for a lot of those visits! Sherri (my mother-in-law) and I liked to say that the kids always wanted to go, but I think we liked it even more than they did. I would love to get the passes again, but we will have to see how that works out :) We might try again closer to Kam's birthday, but in the mean time we have some things to keep us busy like... a new baby cousin, Thanksgiving, Christmas, a wedding, and all the January birthdays!

Here they are a year ago!

September 29, 2010

and in January

March

and some pics from our last two visits in September...

See ya real soon Mickey and Minnie!

So Long Summer!

I cannot believe that it is September already! School is in full swing and we are somewhat on a schedule now. I am so excited and thankful that God has given me another year to be home with my babies. I taught for a bit last school year, but so far the plan this year is to be home as much as I can. This is Kam's last year home before she starts Preschool and it has been so fun watching her learn already! She has fallen in love with letters and their sounds and is even starting to sound out and try to figure out words. Through my years of teaching Kindergarten I have seen many kids learn to read, but it is something else to see your own child go from birth to the first stages of reading! Bryson is having so much fun exploring and learning as well. He usually likes to get into whatever his sis is doing. The other day I had to pull out his own magnetic letters and pan so he could work just like Kam! Our little guy is going to be 18 months this Sunday. Time is flying by so fast. I just want to hit the pause button so we can continue to enjoy these sweet times as a family. Here are a few pics of things we have been doing lately.

Bowling

Playing around the house. It's hard to believe that he actually fit in this seat at one time.


Mixing colors.

and of course some snoozing! This boy knows how to sleep. Isn't this the sweetest thing ever!?

Fun in the Sun

I cannot believe that summer is almost over! Bryan goes back to work next Wednesday, so he is in the process of preparing his classroom for the upcoming year. Both kiddos are still sleeping this morning, so I actually have a few minutes for a blog post :)

We spent a little bit of time at the beach this summer with both sides of our family. We spent a few days in July with Bryan's family just before Daniel and Audrey moved to North Carolina for Seminary. We also spent just last week with my family at Crescent Beach. We are so thankful to have the opportunity to relax and spend time with family. (I seem to only have pics of my little family - my bro-in-law has the large family shots on his camera)