Sheep

Last night at church we had a kids' Christmas program. Bekah & Joey were sheep. It was the first time they were part of a program, so I was very excited to see it. They did great!

Christmas Tree

A cute little slimy reindeer
That's Ryan hanging onto my leg as I take pictures... hence the reason the picture with Tim & Bekah is kind of crooked.


So we got our Christmas tree last weekend and decorated it this weekend. We bought a HUGE tree. I'm not sure how that happened. It was raining and cold... we looked at a bunch and I think when we saw how pretty this one is, we forgot about our 8 foot ceilings. Tim cut about a foot off of the top and 6 inches off of the bottom... and you can see in the picture with Joey where we scraped the ceiling putting it up. Hmm... must try to do better next year... but it is really pretty.

Happy Late Thanksgiving

It's been a while since I posted. Here's a picture from my Thanksgiving. This is all of my cousins' kids. 17 under 14. Quite impressive!

Each year we gather around my Aunt Patrice's piano and Tim plays while we all sing Christmas carols. We're not as musical as the Prianos, but it's still a good time.

My sister was trying to take a nice picture of us together. Yeah... I didn't know this was going on. Silly Tim. We did end up getting one nice one...

Tim's in the Paper!

Tim's mom saw an article in the paper a while ago about doing stories about people with interesting jobs, so she emailed them about Tim's job. They did a story on him and today it was in the paper. So cool. If you'd like to see the article, click here. Also, there's a great slideshow that goes along with the article. To see the slideshow, click on the link on the right-hand side of the article.

Happy Halloween!!

We had quite a fun night trick-or-treating tonight. We went to the grandparents', great-grandparents' and uncle's house. Bekah, who is most always very shy, was very outgoing and happy to talk to anyone willing to give her candy. Joey did okay at first, but he didn't nap today, so by the end of the night, he was a not-quite-so-bouncy Tigger. Ryan had an okay time too. That first picture pretty much sums up the feelings of the night.

We're Off!

The kids and I are leaving in about an hour for our semi-annual pilgrimage (pun intended) to see my sister. I'm sure I'll return with plenty of cousin stories to share!

Pumpkin Patch

We went to a pumpkin patch this past weekend. It's actually just a church with pumpkins in the front yard, but the kids think it's wonderful. Tim had the day off which has been a rarity lately, so we all really enjoyed our time as a family.

Long time, no post

Sorry for the hiatus. We've been keeping busy, that's for sure!

A few weeks ago my sister Andrea came to visit with her 4 kids. We took them to the Pittsburgh Zoo, which is fantastic. 2 adults, 7 kids. It was quite a day! My sister blogged about it already. If you'd like to read about it, click here.

30th Anniversary

Today is my in-law's 30th anniversary! We had a party yesterday to celebrate. What a great example they are to us & their other kids of a loving marriage.

You can do it. We can help.

Uncle Danny got these Home Depot aprons for Bekah & Joey. They wore them for hours. They LOVE Uncle Danny. He plays with them a lot and is generally just a fun guy.