Sunday, January 2, 2011

Loving family!


Our week at Gulf Shores was, as always, incredible! We began our trip to the beach via the North Pole....um...I really mean North Alabama! That's Scott in front of me in the van pulling the trailer. We left home to NO snow but traveled through a Winter Wonderland on the way!! Started the day with snow and ended it with sand...very nice!

This was my home away from home. I shared this house with all my girls and Bo:)

Scott had the next house with boys and my 4 big boys had a cabin.

This was the view from my porch every evening....



These snapshots are some of my favorites....it's hard to blog 300 pictures:) I guess I can use them the in the next few months.... SO many of these have storied behind them, so many I wish I were actually listening to (as it looks like there was some real fun going on!). I must say they are not my "best" pictures....just my favorites!


























I so very much love this tradition. I love having a quiet time out with those I miss seeing through the year! I love that my children hold this tradition in their hearts and priorities too. I am ever so thankful for Scott's parents and the gift of time and family they have been giving to us all these years!!!



This is our whole extended family who vacationed with us, minus some very much loved family who could not be with us!

One more thing......

A quick addendum to my Christmas blog......

My oldest son, more known as my traveling son, Stuart arrived late Christmas and we enjoyed watching him open his presents.

Stuart's Day of Christmas:




His Christmas gift:




LOVE hearing him play!!

Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas morning at Our House:)

Seth's Christmas, a bike and helmet and gloves and riding glasses:



Tori's Christmas, an ipod nano and itunes card:



Ryan's Christmas, a PSP:



Daniel's Christmas, a PSP:




Lita? lol! My Lita's Christmas gift was hunting clothes:



Isabella's Christmas? Music Music...an ipod and itunes card:



Michael's Gift? An ipod (the old kind that Santa nearly never found!!) and a itunes card:



Tasha's gift was a personal DVD player and case and three movies:)



Samuel's Christmas, a bike, helmet and air pump:



Rosie's Christmas, a camera and camera case:




Mercedez Christmas was a speaker for her ipod and an itunes card:



Carlton's Christmas, underarmour hoodie, long sleeve shirt and short sleeved shirt:




John's Christmas? Kinect!




Jacob's Christmas? A new phone....



Doug's gift? IPad asseccories:




Joseph's gift? Underarmour hoodie, short sleeve shirt and long sleeve shirt:



Sarah's gift, a nook and cover:



Paden's gift? Running shoes:




Stuart's gift? A guitar...but I don't have pictures yet!
Caleb's gift? HP7 audio, thermal undies and phone card...and goodies stuff
Chelsea and Bo? Gift cards for each a rocking chair for thier porch:)