Christmas

This year we spent Christmas at my sisters new house. We opened the gifts Christmas morning and later that day my brothers family came over with a new toy. We had a great time just being with family and celebrating Christ birthday. All the gifts for 5 kids!!!

Zackery pointing out the Christmas tree. He loved the lights and got excited everytime we passed something with Christmas lights!!!
This picture was supposed to come before the other one.......Oh well!!! Zackery was a little tired and wasn't sure what was going on. It didn't take him very long to wake up and figure out what to do.
One of Abigails favorite games. Mommy likes to play on it too.

Watch out everyone!!!

Abigail loved riding and could hardly wait till her next turn.

There the go!!!!

I believe that Zackery is going to be my little adventure taker.

He's always on the goooooooooo!

This picture was also supposed to be in a different spot. Anyway, Zackerys favorite Christmas present was his train table. Choo Choo!!!!!!

Here are the latest pictures of the house. It has been so much fun to watch our house come to life. I feel like a little kid every time we go to visit. There is always something new to see. Abigail ask me every time we are in the car "Are we going to see the house today?". This week alone they have finished the roof, put the HVAC stuff in, put in the plumbing, and given us stairs. I am sure that more has gone on, but thats all I can think of. The next step is a little more wireing and then dry walling. The new front view

The new rear view

From this view I am standing in the Living Room looking at the stairs. You can also see the playroom on the other side of the stairs.

Zackery showing off where his room will be.

Abigail in her "soon to be Pink" room

The kids bathroom

The master bath. This was a hard picture to take. I couldn't get a good shot.

A view of the master bedroom from the top of the stairs.

House Update

We have a first floor and basement! Whew Hew!!!! Here are a few picks that I took last week. We are hoping this next week we will have the second floor and roof. Front view
Looking into the family room from kitchen

Looking at the dining room through the kitchen.

Looking out the front door.

rear view

Early Christimas

The kids got to celebrate Christmas a little early with Nana and Gramps. Abigail is always excited to open a present, but Zackery is just starting to figure out what it is all about. It was funny to watch as he tore each little piece off.

Yeah!!! I did it!

Lets see how do I do this?

Can somebody get this out of the box so I can play with it!!!!!!!

Precious moments!

Thanksgiving 2008

This year for Thanksgiving we decided to stay home. Billys parents came down and had Thanksgiving feast with us. Being in the apt we kept kinda small, but we still had plenty of food left over. We really enjoyed being all together!!! Thanks Nana and Gramps for making the trip!!!!

Billy carving the turkey.
Making the sweet potatos.

Hi Gramps!

Can anyone say "YUM"

Updates on the house

Well, praise the Lord there is something to show. We are starting to see the beginnings of our basement. We are so excited, because now we feel that there is something really happening and something to show besides just the land. This picture was taken at night so it is a little hard to see. But this is the beginning of the basement.

This is the view from the driveway.

This is looking from the back corner.

The future garage

A day at the park

Here is another park adventure. We enjoyed the beauty that God created. It was such a beautiful day.

It's funny to me how we are always in pants and jackets and Billy is in shorts and short sleeves. Crazy!!!

This picture was taken right before he got a splinter in his finger. He didn't cry, just showed me his pointer finger with a concerned look on his face. BOYS!!!!!!

When I took this picture he kept turning around to make sure that I was following close behind.

Zackery's Birthday

I can't believe it, but Zackery is growing out of his baby stage. He is becoming a little man. We celebrated his second birthday. He wasn't sure about opening his presents. He knows that normally he is not supposed to rip things and couldn't figure out why we were wanting him to rip the paper. When he saw what was inside he got very excited. His sister kept begging to help, but he eventually got it on his own.

He was so funny trying to blow out his candles. He tried, but he didn't blow hard enough. Abigail jumped in and helped him out.

Here he is playing with one of his new toys. It is the LeapFrog frig magnet. It has a boat,train, car, fire engine, and airplane. It makes a lot of noise, but he enjoys playing with it.

The other toy that he got was a choo choo. He loves his choo choos.

For some reason the pictures got out of order when I downloaded them. Here is Zackery opening up the presents that he got. From Mommy, Daddy and big sis.