Christmas 2010!

Addie's Christmas tea party!

Sam with Kellen on Christmas!

Christmas!

Our family Christmas picture!

My grandma (the kids GG) with Kellen on Christmas!

Hugging Nana!

Christmas morning!

Addie with her favorite gift from Santa. This is what she asked for. She was quite upset when the first gift she opened wasn't her puppy. She loves it.

Here is Addie showing Kellen how to use his gift from her. So precious!

Christmas Eve with my our family and my parents. We make our tradition of manicotti, have wine and then open our family presents. Here our the kids in front of the tree.

Visiting Santa! A two hour wait, the day before Christmas Eve....the things we do for our kids.

Baking cookies for Santa!

My favorite time of year. I love the hussle and bussle of it all. I love how cheery everyone is, the decorating, the magic of it all and especially the family get togethers. I am always so sad when it is over. Here are some pictures of our very special Christmas of 2010.

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Halloween 2010

What a fun Halloween we had. Addie had a Halloween party at gymnastics and at school. We carved pumpkins and made pumpkin cookies. Then she got to go trick or treating for the first time with her buddy Drew. She ran from house to house with him, having so much fun. Unfortunetely there isn't much candy she can have, so we put her bowl out for the "good witch" to come and take it. In return the "good witch" left her a small gift. The candy really didn't matter to her, she just loved getting dressed up and trick or treating.

Addie's 3rd Birthday and First Friend Party

When I asked Addie about a month ago what she wanted for her birthday she said she wanted a birthday party. Now, she has never been to a birthday party or really had one other than with family, so where she got that I don't know, but over and over again a party was what she wanted. So, I decided to have 2 of her good friends from school over for a little b-day party. Boy, did they have fun. There were princesses...... we bedazzled pumpkins, played with ballons, played outside and played in the play area downstairs. Now of course we had lunch, cake and presents too. Take a look at the pictures. She really had a blast. She just loved having them over to play. It made me so happy to see her so happy. She went to bed no problem tonight and I too was exhausted.

Apple Orchard 2010

We took our annual trip to Apple Jack's Apple Orchard again this year. It was a beautiful day and full of fun. Addie climbed the big haystack, rode a horse, went on the cow train and we took a tractor ride. Of course we also got some yummy apples. That night we went home and made some apple crisp. I love this time of the year. Take a look at some of the photos from our day.

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Kellen

Here is my precious baby boy. Isn't he the cutest! So, so sweet.

Daddy's helper

Addie loves helping "fix" things. She has her Handy Manny tool kit and a little work bench. Here she is helping Kirk put together a little play table we got for the kids. It is so cute to watch her 'help'. Kirk and I just laugh because she is so serious about it.