Christmas

Christmas day was wonderful and full and we were so thankful for all we have. It was wonderful to have Fisher home with us this Christmas! Christmas morning is not complete without the kids singing a carol for us before they can get their stockings.

Present time!

EB was so excited to share her pottery that she made for us.  We love it!

Fisher made us an ornament in school and it was enough to melt anyone's heart. We love you Fisher and glad you are part of our family.

My Little Santa Clauses.

Pile on!

The last present was a big one with a treasure hunt at the end.  There were 4 nested boxes and they lead to Tate opening up a box with 2 cans of vegetables and a note to go to the Wii room!

Waiting outside the Wii Room to see the new XBox which we had convinced them they were not getting!  They were so surprised.

Breakfast -- tried to take some great pictures of them like all the places I got the recipes from -- it was wonderful to have a nice homemade breakfast to fill up on!

Blueberry Breakfast Cobbler.

Sausage Bread!

Cinnamon Rolls!

Grandma and Grandpa come and bring the highly desired toys!

Off to Indiana to see my family out there.  David is always so so happy to see us.  We love him so much and it was great he was able to get down and play with the boys.  

David was so excited to show off his racing shirt with his name embroidered on it by Stitches So Sweet.

No trip to Indiana is complete without sitting in the race car!

Fisher and David playing some PlayStation!

Peter and Uncle Bernie.

Alyssa and Harper.

Uncle Tom, Grandpa, Uncle Bernie and Aunt Mary Ann

And now Silly Faces!

EB DANIELS

I love how we Blessed we are with all the people in our life.  Mrs. Moore, EB's aide, wrote this for her.  How wonderful that others see the EB we see!

Happy Hanukkah!

Overheard in the craft room:

EB: You didn't celebrate Christmas in Ethiopia?
Fisher: No.
EB: Did you celebrate hanukkah?
Fisher: Huh? What's that?
EB: It's an African American holiday that they celebrate over there. I think.

We're all about cultural awareness, here.

8th Birthday Celebration for Tate and Fisher

We had a great birthday celebration for Tate's 8th birthday and Fisher's 8th birthday celebration. Since we are giving him August 28, 2003 as his birthday and decided this in October Tate wanted to share his birthday with Fisher. It was fun all weekend long. I love how great the boys got along this weekend for their birthday celebrations!

Zipline Time

Love EB's sweet narrative of her Zipline Time in Mexico. It was a fun time!

Tate's Halloween Spirit

I laughed out loud reading Tate's homework. I love his spirit and tolerance for people having their decorations up on November 1st! Wonder where he gets it from? My dream is to only have Christmas decorations up for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and to wake up on the 26th with no decorations up! Unfortunately, only Tate and I feel this way in our house!

Some twists

Fisher's hair is getting long, I mean about 5" long. We really have no idea how to do his hair or work with it. I keep trying new things and more new things. He wants it twisted so today before school I brushed it out and then finger twisted. Looks pretty cute I think? If only we had the extra hour due to the time change everyday.