And the Fun begins...

So I got a call from preschool today that every mom dreads...

Caleb had fallen off the Little Tykes slide & was crying everytime they moved his arm.

So after many hours at doctors offices, Caleb is sporting a new look...check it out

He was such a trooper!

Emily was the 1st to sign his cast... he wasn't sure what to think.

Mommy had to show some love too!!

Somehow, I think this might be the 1st of many.... we'll see! Adventures in Motherhood!

Friends!

Emily was invited to a sleepover at a friend's house last night!

How cute are they!!

Caleb has a new place to PLAY!

As I was "trying" to load the dishwasher tonight, Caleb decided it looked like a fun place to play...

What's the problem, Mom, it's FUN!!!

Hope I don't find any melted cars later!

Emily's Family Birthday Party

We had a family birthday party for Emily & my sister Debbie at my Mom's house in Nashville... they both have Valentine's Day Birthdays!

My Sweet Valentines!

The Birthday Girls

Aunt Debbie gave Em her 1st sewing machine!

My niece made this awesome blanket for Em, she loved it!

Caleb just loved running around with the balloons...

WOW, she's 6!!! Really, how is that possible :)

Emily's Valentine's Party at School

Here's some Kindergarten fun...
Emily had a blast at her school Valentine's Party

Emily's 1st Skiing Adventure

We had an awesome day! It was 15 degrees this morning and the forecast said it would warm up throughout the day so we decided to wait until the afternoon to go skiing... so at 3:00 Emily and I had a private ski lesson with Mr. Reid. After a couple of times on the bunny slopes, Emily was ready for the mountain!! So we headed to the lift, much to Mommy's surprise, I thought it would take longer than 30 minutes for her to be ready for the lift! So we found Daddy and spend the rest of the night on the mountain. Emily and Steve were some of the last people down the mountain at 10 PM! At that point, Mommy's ankles were done and I was watching them come down with Hot Chocolate waiting for Em! I was so proud of her, she did great and she had a great time!

Check out the video below...



Check out the skier!!






We ended the night by building a fire at the condo & roasting marshmellows...

Christmas at our House

Here's my favorites from Christmas Eve and Morning at our house...

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Christmas Fun 08

I had so many Christmas photos, I could only share a few! So here's my favorites from our Gatlinburg trip, Christmas Eve with Crosbys and Christmas Day with My Family. To see more go to my albums on Facebook...

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Painting Ornaments

Aunt Debbie got the kids together at Mom's to paint ornaments for the tree... once again Emily took it very seriously and Caleb made a mess, but had lots of fun!

Decorating Granny's Tree

The kids had a ball decorating Granny's Christmas Tree...

Emily was very serious about it, and it had to be perfect. Caleb just threw the ornaments into the tree and laughed, he thought it was a fun game to watch them fall to the floor... Notice the bell attached to his overalls, that was so we could find him as he ran through the house :) Then they found the Christmas bows and it was all over!

Bad Blogger

Hey everyone, sorry I have not posted in a while... you all know life sometimes gets crazy. Some of you know that my sweet mommy has been recently diagnosed with alzheimers as well as a form of dementia. So my sisters and I have been spending lots of hours lately trying to make decisions and plans regarding her care. For those of you praying for our family, I want to say we are extremely thankful and we covet your continued prayer as we have a long hard road ahead of us! We have been trying to spend alot of time with mom lately and for now I want to share some sweet pictures of the kids with my mom over the past few weeks... I will have some fun Christmas updates soon!

Our 1st Days in New England

Just wanted to share a few pics from our 1st few days in New England...

Beautiful Leaves...




Before we left Portland, ME, we stopped at the Portland Head Lighthouse.




Our traveling buddies, Scott & Emily Butcher...



This is our home while in Jackson, NH, The Lodge in Jackson Village.



View from our patio with creek.


One of the many covered bridges, we've seen in NH.


View from Cathedral Ledge today, you could see for miles.



This is Rocky Gorge on the Kancamugus Highway.



Beautiful Silver Falls.



We took a 2 mile hike through Flume Gorge, this was amazing...



All in all, a beautiful couple of days in New Hampshire, tomorrow it's off to the Coast of Maine!