P R E C I O U S!

I have to say my heart dropped when I walked into the room and say Addi with my niece and nephew sleeping soundly together. How sweet is this picture. Made me miss my family even more and to think of all the slumber parties we could have if we were all close. They were on each others heels the whole time we were there, literally!

El Porton

We were all excited to eat at El Porton, one of our favorite's. They have the best chips and salsa, among other things :). We had so much fun visiting with our favorite people and was able to do it all at once. This will definitely have to be a tradition every year we go back to the South. Thanks El Porton, you made us proud!

Huey's and Pottery Barn Outlet

This was day two in Memphis, we ate at John's favorite restaurant(Huey's) and was able to visit my favorite store (Pottery Barn). Addi had to wear my nephew's boots and Ethan had a rough day! I have to say Huey's made me smile because they added a new item to their menu; Fried Dill Pickles, yum yum!

Trip to the South

Our trip to the South was highlighted by our favorite places to eat! The day we arrived, John was gracious enough to let me eat at McAllisters. They have the best sweet tea and their California Veggie wrap and Titanic Spuds are GREAT! Here are a few pictures from that night, including Addi and Jules feeling the need to dress as Princesses!

Laundry Mat Shoot

I was going through some of my photo folders and remembered that I had not posted any of the Laundry Mat photos. My kiddos were ready for this day... I think :) They are so much fun lately, I don't want time to go by too fast.

Annual Boy's Christmas Party

Blaise had his annual Christmas Party with all of his friends this year and again, it was so much fun. Addi even had a friend over this year. It is so neat to watch all of these boys grow, I can remember like yesterday when this group was in Kindergarten!

Final Thanksgiving Post 09

I guess I should conclude my Thanksgiving post so I can wrap up 2009 and start on 2010. Here is a family picture from our vacation at Mt. Rainier. I can't wait to see if we decide to return to the same spot or if we decide to try a new adventure! I guess we will wait and see.

Thanksgiving at Mt. Rainier Part 1

We decided to spend Thanksgiving doing something fun this year. We decided to go to Alta Vista Resort at Mt. Rainier, which turned out to be a fun place. My favorite part was the wood burning fireplace, I loved hearing the crackle of the fire while I slept.

They had a pool that was heated, which the kiddos loved! Hopefully next year it will be surrounded by snow.

Blaise and Addi's room was in the upstairs loft, they thought it was cool to have their own space.

John tending to the fire, such a man's job :)

This is where Ethan spent most of his time; up and down, down and up the stairs. Hopefully next year he will not find them so fascinating.

Halloween 09 II

I have one more post after this one and I will be done posting about our 09 Halloween. This year was a lot of fun; Blaise was into being a SWAT guy, Addi wanted to be a Pirate and Ethan had the chosen hand-me-down pumpkin. The picture below may be one of my favorites of Blaise, it shows his true personality....tons of fun!

Halloween 09

This was our annual Halloween trip to our local Pumpkin Patch. The kiddos get so excited because they get to go up and down the pumpkin patch and pick out their own pumpkin. It's always the same story; Blaise wants the biggest pumpkin, Addi wants the most unique pumpkin and Ethan grabs the pumpkin closest to him. John and I try to get a couple of pumpkins that will be flat on the front so that it will be easy for us to carve.

This is the monster truck ride that always frightens everyone until they actually ride and then they want to go again. You are guaranteed to get muddy.

Poor Neglected Blog

I have to say once my computer crashed and I had to scramble to save all of my pictures, I began to neglect my family blog. I need to get back on track and do a better job. One of my New Year's Resolutions will be to do a better job of posting. With this being said, I guess I will start somewhere and post a picture I snapped not too long ago of my three kiddos. For some reason they all lined up against the wall and I remember Ethan saying, "cheese." I couldn't believe it. I ran to grab my camera just before he took off running again. Now if I can get Blaise to stop looking like he is scared to death in pictures, we will be on the right track.