Thanksgiving 2010

To say it's been crazy around here would be an understatement. So far we've had 3 bouts of the flu, the chicken pox and a sprained wrist. Three of those events in the same day. Yup, we're just now coming up for air! Such is the life of a family of 5 in the winter, I suppose.

Thanksgiving was awesome. We spent it with Andy's mom side of the family in Nags Head, NC. It was so much fun to spend time with Andy's cousins that we hardly ever get to see. Wished we all lived closer together.

The view of the beach from the house.

Meet Captain Cook. Andy got his eye scratched with a pillow during a fight and it evolved into this:
Samuel drawing during a family game of pictionary.













The boys love their cousin, Rob. He is a really awesome guy!

Elf ear twins

Perfect kite flying weather



Annabelle's first trip to the beach

And here's our precious Joseph, the chicken pox kid with the sprained wrist.

Flowers for mommy!
After we got home Sunday night from the beach we drove up to Maryland Monday to see my best friend from high school that I haven't seen in about 6 years. Since then, she's gotten married and we've had 5 kids between the two of us. It was a great reunion and her kids are adorable!

We're all well and hopefully for a restful Christmas season! Let the preparations for the birth of our KING commence.

Collecting More Blankets *EDITED*

Due to our shortened deadline last month, I know some of you were not able to send me your blankets in time. I've already recieved a few, but I know there are still some of you out there that wanted to bless some children with blankets.

We have a friend traveling to Uganda between Christmas and New Years and will be loving on some orphans while she's there. We want to send some blankets with her. Mail them to me as soon as you can and she will be able to pass them out to comfort lots of Ugandan babies at the end of this month.

I need the blankets by December 13th!

Thanks so much!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are a few more pictures to hold you over for the next week or so while we're off to the beach celebrating our blessings!

Look at these precious little treasures. They cannot get enough of her! She is 5 months old today and are still telling me on a daily basis how excited they are that she is out of my belly. Praying their love for her never grows old.

Samuel had his first birthday party that he went to just by himself. He was so excited. He wanted to make his friend a cape. So, we worked away. He was so proud when it was all finished. And better yet, his friend loved it!

One happy little boy

I sent all the males outside to rake some leaves. I pass the back window to find this:

Apparently, rake fights are more fun than raking.

Don't forget to look for the blessings, they are all around!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Catch All Photo Post

The 'A' Team (Andy, Amy and Annabelle) went to a wedding and it was past Annabelle's bedtime, so we brought the trusty *Woombie to put her to sleep. Here she is with one of her favorite people on earth, Miss Kate!



Fall artwork with Samuel K.

Mommy and Annabelle reuniting after our first evening away from each other. Annabelle would not stop grabbing my face and kissing me all over. It was precious. Not sure who missed each other more, though.

The whole clan went together to vote. Training them young!

Art time gets a little out of control in this house!


Samuel's first trip to the dentist. He did fantastic. Perfect teeth they said.





If you are interested, in my opinion, this Woombie is the single best item for babies. She sleeps like a charm in it! I wish I knew about it with the boys.

Hearing Back From the Boys - Pt 4

I dropped the ball for awhile posting on their responses back from you all, but here are a few more.