Christmas 2011

This Christmas was wonderful. Being able to stay at home mostly and have all of our family at different times come to our home. Made it a lot less stressful with little travel. Parker getting older is starting to be able to grasp the concept of Christmas a little better and is starting to get a lot more excited about it. He really wishes it could be every day. But I tried to explain to him that if it was every day, it would make it less exciting.

TOO LONG SINCE LAST POST!!

Ok I admit it. Im slack. Ever since our departure from Facebook updates are fewer and fewer. Obviously this isnt as easy and quick to update as Facebook. But I'll try and do better. Its just been an absolute whirlwind of a couple months for us. So here they come...

Holidaze 2011

This year went by so fast!!! With so many great and not so great things that have happened. We had our first family Thanksgiving at our home this year and it was a great time. From all the delicious food to the wii hockey brawling after dinner. After turkey day we went to the mountains to get our tree from Bentley's farm like always. Parker had a blast with his cousins and it was good to see Dad and Wesus. Dad grew a beard so he looks like Santa Claus.

The Disney Dream

Ok so it's been entirely too long since our last post and for good reason. We have been EXTREMELY BUSY!!! Most of you know that we got to go on a Disney Cruise with my sisters and their families. After a very rocky... and i mean that literally... start we were treated to outstanding weather and got to soak in some of the best memories yet for our little family. Needless to say Parker had the time of his life. Any one with kids needs to figure out a way to go on a Disney Cruise. The amount of attention that your kids get is amazing. It is everyone on boards job to make sure they enjoy their time. The boat was called the Disney Dream! It was a dream come true. We set sail out of Port Canaveral, had a day at sea, woke up in Nassau, then on to Castaway Cay which was I think our favorite part of the whole cruise. We also got to catch up with some old friends on the way back in a pretty town called Blufton South Carolina. So here are some select pictures from our cruise. I will probably upload the lot of them on Shutterfly or something and link it here so you can go through them all if you want. Here is the link. share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=0AbsnDdkzbuWLj4

Stella Day 2011

Every year my Step Brother Sam and sister in law "Flea" have "Stella Day". Its a day to remember their beloved dog but its also a day when lots of friends and family can get together and eat good food and let our pets play as much as possible. This year Flea kicked it up to Epic proportions when she got a freakin pony for the kids to ride on, a bunny to play with and baby chicks to love on... Parker will be smiling for the next week. Which coincidentally is when we will go to our Disney Cruise. So Parker is going to be smiling an awful lot the next couple weeks.

What color where you today?

Parker is in Kindergarten now and he comes home every day with a color that lets us know how well he behaved. Purple is an exceptionally good day. Green is a good day. Blue is a warning. Yellow means a note home. Red is a call home to the parents. So far Parker has received every color but Purple. Lets face it.. He is his daddy's boy and he loves to talk and entertain his class. After a parent teacher conference today we found out that he is doing much better and is clearly working very hard at trying to control his body and his inside voice. This made us SOOOO relieved. So odd that we've had our first parent teacher conference. We also found out that Parker is well ahead of where the school system says he should be academically. This made us even more happy. So we are just going to keep working like we are working and let things work themselves out and not stress so much anymore. AAAAMEN!!!

I cant believe in 1 month we will be driving down to Florida to get on our Disney Cruise. CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!

THE COUNTERS ARE DONE!!!

After a relatively short wait for everything to get done the counters are IN!!! Cant wait to see Jennifer's face when she see's them.