disney, anyone??

i don't know who all reads this, but i'm hoping some recent disney world visitors do :) i've been asking for advice from friends that have gone there recently as to what we must see, do, where to stay, etc. we're hoping to go there next fall, but have to try to get disney and the beach in in only 4-5 days while staying within a decent budget. any info would be great! thanks ;)

LOS

we finally made it to a colts game this season. of course it was a game that didn't mean anything, but we still had a great time just the 2 of us.


and we got to see 2 new records set...

christmas #3

at maw maw & paw paw keith's house...

the perfect shirt for mommy's baby boy :)

not sure why santa even came to our house!!


i'm pretty sure abram didn't let go of his baby george for more than a few minutes all day.

we're being taken over by LEGOS!!

daddy has become quite the guitar hero!

christmas morning

at home...

twas the night before christmas

making snowman cookies for santa...(our christmas is coming a day late due to hospital duties!)

merry christmas 2008

pretzel bouquets

i made these for my coworkers and thought they turned out so cute! of course, the pictures are not so great, but i couldn't seem to capture any "good" angle to show off their cuteness.

christmas #2

great maw maw etta and family came over to our house to celebrate together...she was loaded down with lots of goodies :)
playdoh...
playdoh...
and more playdoh!
5 kids playing playdoh...need i say more?!!

christmas #1

maw maw & paw paw jay's house...

paw paw jay reading the christmas story (check out ben and abram reading together!)

oliver's 1st christmas

he loves it
geotrax!!

legos!!
he finished the WHOLE thing while we were there!

giving

the first stop on the school party list today was at preschool. caleb's teachers had the great idea of giving books to sheltering wings instead of doing the traditional book exchange. so caleb got to give the ceo of the shelter, who happens to be his maw maw, his book!
i got to open a gift he's been working on all year, a calendar 'made with love' by mr. caleb matthew :)
seriously, could he be any cuter?!!!
next stop, was the big 1st grade party that daddy got to help with. eli gave his teacher the bookmark he made her and a new game for the class. he played some fun games and ate lots of yummy treats! he loves school, but is very excited about being off now for christmas break!

the big stage

caleb got to perform a christmas song with his fellow preschoolers at church all weekend in big church on "the big stage". since he was one of the younger ones, he was sitting down in the front and took his performance very seriously. he concentrated so hard on the motions, that i don't think he ever really sang at all. it was adorable though, as you can imagine, and caused lots of happy tears throughout the sanctuary. unfortunately, i didn't get very good pictures because of the lighting.

trophy time

the highlight of ymca basketball is definitely the trophy...

eli survived his daddy coaching for the first time and even managed to score 6 goals!