NYC

For Christmas Tom planned a girl's trip to NYC for me and my two best friends. They knew about it and kept it a secret. I was so shocked on Christmas morning. We are going in late January for a weekend. Last night we went out to dinner with our husbands to plan our trip. We ate dinner at The Three Wisemen. I loved the food.
Andrea got us these cute shirts to wear in New York. We are planning lots of shopping. We also want to go ice skating in Rockefellar Center and visit the World Trade Center.

Tom got us tickets to go see Mary Poppins. I am so excited!

We are staying right in Times Square.

Look out New York, here we come!

Snoopy

On New Year's Eve we all went around the table and said our New Year's resolutions for the year. Baylor said he wanted to pass Snoopy 220. On his first day back at school he passed!
He ran off the bus to tell me and show me his new ribbon.

I told him since he completed his goal so quickly he needed to find a new one, he said he was done for the year. I thought it was so funny, it's three days in and he's done. He later said his next goal was to pass State's Club, so we'll get started.

Way to Go Baylor!!!

Chuckie Cheese with Gigi

Andrea is off work this week so we met her and Miss Gigi for lunch and then to play at the new Chuckie Cheese.
These two cuties have so much fun together. They both have big personalities. We ate lunch at McAllisters. They mostly talked and only did a little eating.

Parker wanted to sit by Miss Andrea.

Then it was off to the new Chuckie Cheese that just opened the day after Christmas. It is so nice and has so many new games.

They had a great time!

Lots of smiles all around.

The Bob the Builder ride was Parker's favorite

Coop loved that there was basketball his size.

Parker loved riding with Chuckie Cheese.

Riding partners.

Parker loved the helicopter ride.

So much fun.

We loved spending the day with our friends!

Last day

Today is Baylor's last day of Christmas break. I'm sad and so is he. As a kid I was always sad when any break was over and hated to see my time end. I think he's the same way. I love having him home and have enjoyed our lazy non rushed mornings. I love just being together. We went to Circle Centre mall today with Mimi and he had a root beer float with his lunch to celebrate a great break.
We saw Sweetie at the mall, the boys were happy to see her.

We enjoyed our last day!

A Look Back at 2011

A Look Back at 2011. It was a great year for our family and it flew by so quickly!!!

January

Parker became a walker, we started a big remodel project, and spent time playing at home.
February
We celebrated Valentine's Day, Baylor passed KinderCore Words and we went with Daddy on a business trip to Orlando.

March

We went to Florida for Spring Break and drove to Florida for the first time.

April

We celebrated Easter, started to play outside, and moved back into our downstairs!

May

Baylor played baseball, Cooper graduated from preschool, and Baylor finished kindergarten.

June

We made lots of great memories at the beach!

July

We spent lots of time boating, had a lemonade stand, and a bike parade.

August

Baylor started first grade, we soaked up the sun on the boat, and played outside.

September

We went to Dale Hollow Lake for Labor Day, Baylor played fall baseball, and Cooper started preschool.

October

Baylor turned 7, Cooper turned 4, we had an ocean birthday party, visited Disney, and celebrated Halloween.

November

We had the Harvest for the Hungry dinner, celebrated Thanksgiving, and got ready for a busy holiday season.

December

We definitely made the most of the holiday season and were busy all month long! I think we only had two free nights all month. I loved making great memories with my family.

What a great year 2011 was, we were so blessed!

I'm sure 2012 will be great too!

I've decided against resolutions this year and decided this at the very end of the month. I am thinking my word for the year is going to be FAITH.

New Year's Eve

Happy New Year!
This was our second year to spend New Year's Eve at the Indiana State Museum. It's such a fun event and perfect for our kids. We ate dinner with Mimi and Pop at TGI Friday's before and then walked to the museum. When we arrived we all got party hats and blowers. We were ready to countdown to the new year.

The blowers were a big hit!

Love the little tilt on his hat.

I love spending New Year's Eve with my family. We had such a great year and I'm sure 2012 will bring a whole new set of adventures for our family.

We had fun with Mimi and Pop.

There is so much to do at the party. All of the exhibits are open and they have crafts, face painting, games and much more.

It's a fun night!

Coop had fun with Pop.

We went on one last train ride. Parker was sad that Santa wasn't there, he kept saying "No Ho Ho"?

They have loved the train.

Then it's time for the big balloon drop at 8:00. It's a perfect time and makes it feel like you rung in the new year, but it's early!

There is a live band so there is lots of dancing and singing.

All of the balloons!

Happy New Year!!!

We all got a balloon.

Welcome 2012!