2010: Our Year In Review

January: Playing in the snow

February: Our big dude turns 7 years old!

March: Happy 1st Birthday Kate!

Saint Patricks Day - Trip to Look Rock

April: Picnic at Metcalf Bottoms

Happy Easter!

May: Kate takes her 1st steps!

Mother's Day

June: Father's Day Snuggles With Dad

July: Kate get's her big girl car seat!

Playing in the sprinklers

August: Springbrook Park

September: Booms Day

Birthday loving for Mommy

October: Halloween!

Panama City Beach - Loving our vacation!

November: Rachel turns 5 years old!!

December: Can you tell how much Kate loves Santa?

2010 has been good to us -- We have continued to enjoy the perks of living at 'home', surrounded by our family and enjoying the closeness that we can now share. Noah finished up the first grade and started the second. He is enjoying it very much, although is adjusting to the work load that comes with school as the grades advance. He loves to read and is reading at well into a third grade level. He played spring and fall soccer and really improved as the year advanced. He took swim lessons all summer for improvement and is now swimming like a fish! He is in the middle of his basketball season and seems to be improving and enjoying it as well. He continues to love all things Star Wars, Harry Potter and Lego. Rachel started and finished her first year of preschool and started her second year at Fairview Methodist Church. She loves her teachers, Miss Kim and Miss Christy and of course, all of her little friends as well. She continues to take gymnastics, although this fall she moved into the older tumbling class. She tries hard and is in the middle of the class as far as skill goes. The ages of the kids in this new class are 5-10 years. She has decided that she would like to try playing soccer this spring as well. Rachel learned to swim this year and is quite good at it. We hope she will want to swim on the team next year and continue to enjoy time in the water. She amazed us by tying her shoes by herself after watching me do it one time! She is an awesome big sister - so helpful to me and loving to Kate. She still adores all things girly - nail polish, lip gloss and mascara being right at the top of her list. Other loves are play-doh, her baby dolls and any kind of crafting. Miss Kate has grown so much this year and she has really begun chattering right along with her brother and sister. She says well over 50 words now and isn't afraid to tell you just what she thinks! She has done a lot of new things this year such as take her very first steps! She got new earrings and used the potty for the first time. She walked in the ocean and picked up pretty seashells. She continues to make us laugh every single day and tickle us with all her antics. She loves her car, baby dolls, phones, purses and anything with buttons. Doug and I are doing well - He wishes for more air traffic to keep him busier at work, or maybe not. ;) I am still loving being home with the kids and keeping them busy playing and learning. We both thoroughly enjoyed our vacation to the beach this year - We agree that it was our best one yet! We hope we can continue to try to steal away each summer for some well needed and deserved play time. We saw 14 years of marriage this year and that is amazing to think about. In February it will be 16 years that we have been together. It's been a wonderful adventure and I feel blessed beyond belief to have him and our children. We would like to wish each of you a very Happy New Year! May your 2011 be blessed!