Happy Birthday Evan

Is it possible that my baby is 8 today? Where has the time gone? My life has never been the same since I saw this sweet boy's face at 4:43 on March 9, 2004! I'm so thankful for this boy who made me a mommy!

Super Reader

Today, my sweet boy made it to the 200 point club in Accelerated Reader. He's one special little guy, if I do say so myself!!

Little Slugger

Elliott had to get in on the action as Shaun and Evan were trying out their baseball gear. :)

My sweet babies

Before church Sunday.

Happy Valentines Day

Evan and Shaun worked hard on his UK box. I'm not sure who was proudest. :)

Also had to include a pic of my littlest Valentine.

Halloween 2011

Well, it's me again...the blogging slacker! Sorry I've been missing in action lately. Sigh.  Oh well, here we go again.  Halloween 2011 was a great one.  Evan decided he wanted to be a Cincinnati Reds baseball player (since he eats, drinks, breathes, and sleeps sports these days). Elliott was Woody from Toy Story.  I guess I'm partial but I'm pretty sure they were the two cutest spooks around! Enjoy the pictures. 

Evan at his Halloween party with his pumpkin that we carved together!

Noah, Evan, and Jarrett

Evan and Macy

Aunt Stacy really made Evan's costume by adding his name and number to the jersey!

Elliott "Woody"

(This would be one of the only pictures I got of Elliott wearing a hat and not screaming. He was less-than-willing to wear his costume. :)

My sweet babies

(What? You didn't know Woody had a paci? :)

Mommy and her boys

Mamaw with the Stice boys...LOVE IT!

Mamaw and Papaw Stice with the boys

One of the perks of Halloween...driving from Grammy's to Granna's.

All the Stice "grands"

  

Woody and Jessie...SWEET!

When I see these two I always go back to the many times Lesley and I dreamed about these babies!

Okay, I know I say this a lot, but I'm going to try and do better. I have summer vacation and fall cruise pictures to post soon!

Easter 2011

Look at me...two posts in two days...I'm on a roll! :-)

Easter 2011 was a wonderful weekend for us!  On Saturday, we celebrated with the Stices at David and Sandy's. (I forgot my camera.)  We had a yummy supper and then the kids had an egg hunt!  On Easter morning, the Easter Bunny came to see the boys.  We were up bright and early and attended Sunrise Service at Pleasant Union.  That service has always been so special to me and I always want it to be a special part of our family's Easter traditions.  After sunrise, we came home and caught a quick nap before we had church. Finally, we ended the day at Mom and Dad's. Jen, Doug, and Harper came up and we had a wonderful lunch.  It was a great weekend!!!! Enjoy the pictures!

**Side Note: Even though I had to drag my husband kicking and screaming, I managed to clothe us in matching outfits! I think on Easter, one darn day a year, that we should all coordinate.  Though I almost had to strangle a certain 32 year old man (I'll leave him nameless to protect his identity), I think in the end we looked pretty good! :-)

Evan and Elliott must have been good boys this year!

Elliott coloring in his Mickey coloring book from the Easter Bunny!

Me and my sweet babies

Have I mentioned how much I love these two? 

A special thanks to Stacy for the sweet Easter baskets!

I love how Elliott is trying to be as big as Evan.

The Stices after Sunrise Service

Grammy, Papaw, and the boys

My sweet family

The Stices

Me, Steph, and Lesley

Brandie and Me

The boys made fun of the girls for taking pictures, so they thought they deserved a group shot!

My little family

And, though it didn't occur until a week after Easter due to the weather, we did get to have an Easter Egg hunt at Sunday School.  Elliott found the prize egg, but don't worry, Evan managed to talk him into sharing his chocolate rabbit! :-)

The best picture we could get with LOTS of kids excited about an egg hunt! :-)

Elliott was on a mission!

Evan counting his eggs.