Santa

This was Sean's first visit with Santa. I love it that they photographed him even though he wasn't happy.

Ketchup

Do you LOVE ketchup this much?

Summer 5

Sean and Brody tolerated eachother.

We went on some adventures.

And had a great time!!

Summer 4

Caleb was blessed.

Sean an Caleb spent some "quality" time together.

Summer 3

Alex was our AWESOME chef.

Josh turned 18.

Sean learned how to sew.

Boys will be boys...

Summer 2

Jared got married

Josh graduated!!

Ahhhh Summer...

So much has happened since the last time I posted. Our summer has been wonderful. The highlight so far has been our trip to Utah. We did so much...

Sean got another haircut

and learned how to put a lens cap on.

Yay! Eric's home AND getting married!?!

The "five little boys" were together again after many years of separation.

Gardening

We have had a very fun week of gardening. It has been exciting to go to the nursery and pick out flowers and vegetables. Sean has been a lot of "help" during this process. He was covered from head to toe in dirt while we were planting the vegetables. We are excited to see if we can grow anything.

Randomness...

My mom said, "You deserve every bit of mess."

He does this all the time, it is so funny.

Beware of nakedness...

Birthday Boy

Happy Birthday to our wonderful 1 year old!

At the park:

Easter/Birthday:

Birthday Fun:

Spring has brought me such a nice surprise...

Blossoms popping right before my eyes!

These are the blossoms from the tree in our backyard.

It was so much fun when cousin Sam came over for a couple of days!

(They are enjoying the empty sandbox.)

Getting ready for bath time.

2nd Haircut

I took Sean to get his 2nd haircut and he did so well. Then he was so patient (almost bored) while I had my haircut.

Before:

After (waiting for mommy):

Walking

It has been great to be snowed in this week. (The fact that we have power doesn't hurt.) We've been able to spend a lot of time together and play a lot! :)

(The video was taken on my phone, not very good quality.)

Windy

My neighbor was out shoveling his sidewalk in this. He would shovel his snow into the air and the wind would carry it away.

Special Statement from National Weather Service....

...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS MORNING FOR THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION...THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ACROSS THE BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON REGION THIS MORNING.

AT 7:27 AM THIS MORNING...A WIND GUST WAS RECORDED TO 60 MPH AT MANASSAS VIRGINIA. NUMEROUS WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH HAVE OBSERVED AROUND THE REGION ALONG WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.

IF YOU GET STRANDED IN YOUR VEHICLE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO WALK FOR ASSISTANCE...YOU CAN QUICKLY BECOME DISORIENTED IN WIND DRIVEN SNOW AND COLD. THIS STORM WILL SUBSIDE EARLY THIS EVENING...SO WAIT IN YOUR CAR FOR EMERGENCY HELP TO ARRIVE. PERIODICALLY RUN YOUR ENGINE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES EACH HOUR FOR HEAT. ENSURE YOUR EXHAUST PIPE IS CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. CRACK YOUR WINDOWS TO AVOID CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING. TIE A COLORED CLOTH TO YOUR CARS ANTENNA TO BE VISIBLE TO RESCUERS. FROM TIME- TO-TIME...MOVE YOUR ARMS...LEGS...FINGERS...AND TOES TO KEEP BLOOD CIRCULATING.

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Grocery Store

I went to the grocery store late last night and this is what I found...Between the 30 inches of snow we just got and the 12 inches we are going to get tonight the stores can't keep up.

Let it SNOW!!!

We had at least 2 feet of snow this weekend!!

The view from our back porch.

Shoveling was kind of fun. (And we got to socialize with the neighbors.)

He seemed to enjoy the snow.

We didn't drive with him like this. We put him in the warm car while we were scraping it off.

We were lucky that we didn't lose power. It has been a fun weekend!

Like His Daddy?

I wonder...

Helping

We got a trundle bed from my aunt and uncle on Saturday. Sean was such a good helper as we were putting it together, as the video shows.

6th Anniversary

Our 6th anniversary is this weekend and I have been thinking about all the things that we have accomplished in those 6 years. On our 4th anniversary we went to St. Lucia for our Honeymoon. I wish we could be there again this weekend!

First Steps

Time moves too quickly. Yesterday Sean surprised us by taking his first steps. He was standing next to a toy and took a step to try and grab my toes (that were in the air.) We were so excited that the three of us danced together for a few minutes. Then we put him the exact same place and he took THREE more steps! I got the camera ready...no more steps. But, I did get a cute video of him kicking. He loves to kick and he does it all the time. The more excited he is the more he does it.

White Christmas

Well, it wasn't snowing on Christmas, but there was plenty on the ground.