Christmas 2009

For some reason I did not take a lot of pictures this year. Here are just a few from our Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas morning. Andrew was not really into opening gifts. He opened a few and then wanted to go outside. Sounds like a boy if you ask me. It was a great time together with our family and we enjoyed celebrating the birth of Jesus.

Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus

I think this was Andrew's favorite part. After he ate this whole thing he asked for another one.

The kids in their Christmas jammies. It was hard to get all three of them sitting still. This was the best one where you could actually see all of their faces.
Caroline (21 months), Andrew (19 months), Grace (22 months)

Andrew and Caroline waiting patiently to open a gift.

Grace in her adorable Christmas dress.

Andrew sitting in the truck my sister got him.

They love us already...

This is how we found our new place the day I arrived to clean and paint. The church Matt is working came over to fill our pantry. It was amazing!!! All the food and home supplies they donated was overwhelming. We feel so blessed by them and Matt just started working.

Thank you Bay Presbyterian for loving us already!

They gave us 9 jars of spaghetti sauce and pounds of pasta!

Look at it all...


Paper towels, toilet paper, laundry detergent, zip-loc bags, garbage bags, etc.


They even had a BIG box of diapers and wipes in Andrew's room. What a wonderful WELCOME HOME gift.

Cruise part 2

It was fun to take a cruise around christmas time because the ship was beautifully decorated with Christmas decorations! I love it of course.

Nassau, Bahamas- our first stop. Matt and I enjoyed the beach and snorkeling at the Atlantis resort!



Dinner our second night!

Fun towel creatures!

Our servers, Bernard and Bella

Our table of 4. We ate dinner with Anthony and Rachelle (from NYC) every night and we really enjoyed getting to know them. They were great table guests and good friends by the end of our cruise!


The only place I did not take any pictures was Key West. Matt and I enjoyed walking down the strip and eat lunch on the water. We had a very relaxing week but we were ready to see our boy. Thanks to all the grandparents who watched Andrew so we could take this special trip together!

Our cruise to the Bahamas!

Ok, so hopefully I still have blog readers left. I know it has been forever since I have posted, the move and the holidays has sort of kicked my butt and I am still catching up. Here are just a few pictures of our cruise. Matt and I took a celebratory 4 night cruise to the Bahamas once we were moved and he was done with seminary. It was very relaxing and much needed!!! I will post more pictures soon, for some reason my computer will not let me add anymore to this post! Stay tuned for many much needed posts!

Royal Carribean Cruise ship- Majesty of the Seas

Our first night out to dinner...

Coco Kay Bahamas- our favorite stop!

A classic!

Ok, I know this is not a cruise picture (those will come), but we had a great time and the cruise was SO relaxing!

We do not have Internet right now so I will catch up in the Internet world, but I had to post this picture. We took Andrew and Grace (my sister's daughter) to a walk-through of lights and to see Santa. If you ask me this picture is hilarious and a classic 'photo with Santa'.

If I do not get on the blog again before Christmas, I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We love it!

We go into check on Andrew every night. This is how he looked the other night and Matt ran and got the camera...

After I took the first picture, he rolled over and looked like this. So cute!

Thanksgiving in Indiana

We spent our Thanksgiving in Indiana with Matt's family (Aunt, Uncle, Grandma and cousins) this year. We had a great time, but I was bad- this was the only picture I took. The cool thing about the chair Andrew is sitting in though, Matt's dad used this chair when he was little. Andrew loved the chair and he was so cute in it.

We had a feast of food this year. Matt's Aunt Teri and I cooked all day (from about 10-6). It was a success because all the food was yummy and we had a ton of it. We were so glad we drove the 5 hours to spend the weekend with them. We always have fun with them and enjoy our time together. Now we are waiting for their visit to FL in March! :)