Merry Christmas

Our family hopes yours has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Love,

Curt, Julie, Jordan, Zach, Riley, Gavin

Cool Dude!

Here is a layout of Gavin's first time in a pool. The journaling reads: Wow! Your first time in a pool. These pitures were taken at the YMCA in Aberdeen, SD on Easter weekend 2007. At first you were quite afraid, but the fear eventually went away and you made the most of your pool time. What fun!

Blue and You

Here is a layout of Gavin's favorite toy, or at least it was his favorite toy. The journaling reads: You loved this Blue's Clue toy so much we could barely pry it from your hands. Too bad you dunked it in the toilet one day and broke it. We sure will miss that toy.

Best Buddies

OK, I know I said no more Riley layouts for now, but this is going in Gavin's book so technically it is his layout, Riley just happens to be in the pictures. Gavin looks up to his sister so much, so I wanted to do a layout representing that. I wish I had better pictures of the two together, but I think you get the point with these.

Christmas Concerts

It has been two weeks since Zach's concert the one week since Jordan's and I'm not sure why I haven't posted any pictures of their concerts yet. Zach's concert was fun, but I wish they would do more Christmas songs that we all know and love. That is the same for Jordan's too. Oh well, I'm not the teacher and I'm sure it would be hard doing all Christmas songs year in and year out. Zach's was cool though because they did sign language with all the songs and he did really good with that. He was soooo into the singing and had a fun time at his concert. Jordan had a solo this year and did great. Not to be biased, but I think he did the best of everyone. :) His class did such a good job on their songs compared to the rest of the Jr. High. Maybe they are not just as embarrassed yet with singing in front of everyone. I just hope Jordan continues with singing because he has a really good voice, very proud, a boy after my own heart.

Gavin's Party

Fun, Fun, Fun!!! Gavin sure enjoyed himself at his party yesterday. He was loving all of his gifts and had tons of help opening them. He didn't necessarily need the help, but he wasn't complaining about it. As you can tell it was a Thomas themed party. There is nothing more he likes right now besides Thomas the Tank Engine. I think all my kids went through the Thomas stage. Thanks everyone for a Happy Birthday for Gavin.

What Makes You Happy Layout

Yet another Riley layout. This is also of her first day of school. I just wanted to convey her total happiness in going to school. She was all smiles that day. I will finally move on to other layouts of the other kids so you know that I actually scrap for them as well. Sometimes it is just easier for me to do one kid at a time if I have a lot of pictures to scrap. Gavin is next, so hopefully I can get some layouts of him posted soon.

Happy Birthday, Gavin!!

Happy Birthday, Bubba! You are two years old today. Too bad you have to wait until your birthday party on Sunday to open your presents. Oh well, what you don't realize won't hurt ya. We love you very much and are blessed to have you in our lives.

Making Christmas Cookies

We finally started making some Christmas cookies yesterday and it was a batch that I let all the kids make themselves. I actually had the mix done up already but they did the rest. They had so much fun frosting the cookies and putting decorations on them. Riley would go a little overboard with the frosting and sugar, but I guess it was their batch to do anything they want with them. Needless to say, they ate about as many cookies as they decorated. It looks like we are going to have to bake some more.

New Pictures of Noah

How cute are these pictures. What a handsome little boy Noah is turning into. He looks a little bigger now than he did in the hospital. I haven't even got to hold him yet but hopefully soon. I have been battling a sore throat and cold so I am just patiently waiting for that to be gone so I can go and see him. These pictures are from my brother's camera. My favorite picture is the third one, he just looks so innocent in that one.

Preschool Layout

Here is a layout of Riley's first day of preschool. She was so excited and you can just see that in her face. I just completed the layout but the pictures were taken at the end of August.

What nice boys I have!!!

Curt is gone this morning working overtime and Jordan and Zach thought they would help out a little and go outside and scoop. I thought that was so sweet of them but also a good excuse to go outside. Jordan did the scooping for the most part and Zach cleaned all the snow off the trampoline so it doesn't weigh it down. Unfortunately we haven't gotten around to taking it down yet, so Zach was nice to help out there. This is our first winter storm of the season. It started out snowing and now it is changing over to ice and then I think slush later, then rain possibly. On top of all of that, the wind is making everything worse. The kids sure do love it though, and I do too. It is a good reason to sit around and scrapbook or read.

Scrapbook Layout

I figured since a lot of you don't get to see my numerous scrapbooks, I thought I would start posting some of my layouts on this blog. I, of course, won't post them all but I will post some of each kid every so often. This is a layout of Riley and the picture was taken back in May. I just love this picture of her for some reason and I caught her just right in mid twirl. And I love the blank space in the picture for my journaling. I hope you like.