Ryan's 5th Birthday

Ryan's fifth birthday was a blast with a car race and lots of pizza. There were 5 families totaling 24 kids! After decorating their boxes - cars - with paint, the kids raced against each other. Noel won the older girls race and Olivia the younger girls. I'm not sure who won the boy's race - they just wanted to play football. All in all, it was alot of fun.

Meet Cooper

We have found a new family member - very cute and loves to chew. He is about 2 1/2 mths old and destined for greatness with his huge paws. Hopefully not TOO big! He just a shepherd mix from the pound, but I'm not one to shell out hundred$ for dogs so...

A Time to Weep

Today we lost our sweet Macy after 11 faithful years. She was the best dog you could ever find - so calm and loving. She just loved the kids no matter what they did. Richard slept with her near the fireplace on her last night with us. After a few weeks of losing weight and slowing activity, she stopped eating altogether Wednesday, couldn't stay hydrated, and was too weak get around, so we had to put her to sleep. She appears to have liver and kidney failure. Either way, it was a horrible day, and we'll miss her terribly.

Christmas Program.

December 9th Daniel and I were able to organize a children's Christmas program. The kids worked so hard and everything went very well. Robert and Elliott (Geer) are in the top picture - after the show. The bottom picture is all the shepherds and some of the other kids. Ryan is in the light blue shepherd costume. Since we were involved we didn't get many pictures. FYI - trying to get a childrens choir into the loft in the dark is not a good idea.

Florida Aquarium

One of our favorite places to go is the Aquarium - this day only Robert, Ryan, and Richard were with me. (Rush and Rachel were on a trip with Daddy.) They love the sharks, otters, snakes, turtles, and wood ducks. It's really a nice place to visit - esp. the pirate ship outside.

First kill of the season

I have to announce that my big strong hubby has finally returned home with Bambi for dinner. There are no pictures, because it was dark, but he was oh so happy! My apologies to the others - not so lucky - who went along. Better luck next year and happy hunting to all. (And for those of you who love Bambi - Georgia has so many deer that they're starving, so don't feel bad for them)

Rush's Birthday

We celebrated Rush's birthday quietly at home due to the busy-ness of the season.. He had a great time with spiderman cake and a few presents. It is hard to believe he is growing up so quickly (don't tell him, he loves to be the baby). We measured him and he's grown almost 5 inches this year - he even got to ride Rhino Rally last week.