Thomas' 3rd Birthday!

We love our new fireman hats!

the girls had so much fun exploring

We love firetrucks!!


Look at my hat!!

Best Friend Cousins

Could I be any cuter????!!!!

The eldest cousins being silly

Playing in the balloons

Nana and the adorable baby Alex

Juju is telling me that her mommy is hiding from the balloons

Nana tried really hard to get a good picture of the

grandkids...as you can see, my kids would NOT cooperate!

We had a great time celebrating Thomas' 3rd birthday this year at the fire station! The kids loved getting to explore the huge firetrucks. The firemen at the Monroe fire station were so nice and patient with all 10 kids and then we went to Thomas' house for cake and ice cream. Uncle Tommy had blown up a ton of balloons for the kids to throw and play with, and all the kids loved it!

Christmas Day!!

Bradley working with his new tool bench
Rachel and one of her new barbies

Both kids liked opening presents this year!

Mommy relaxing with two heavy

children lounging with her!

time for a little wrestling!

Are we supposed to sit or stand on these animals??

Rachel and the new special doll that Aunt Linda sent...

she loves it!

Santa's loot...he brought some great toys!!

Our Christmas was so much fun! From the moment the kids woke up, we played, ate, rested and played some more!The kids got way too much toys from Santa and even from mommy and daddy. But, both kids LOVED their stuff and immediately started playing with everything. Rachel said, "oh my gosh, it's what I've always wanted!" Then she said, "mommy, did you tell Santa to put that on my list??!!" Her enthusiasm and excitement was so precious and sweet. She makes giving gifts so much fun because she's so appreciative and grateful for them. Both kids liked each other's presents alot too. Bradley wouldn't stop playing with the Barbie castle and pushing the button that made lovely distorted music start. And, Rachel did a fair share of drilling and hammering on the new toolbench. I remember enjoying playing with my sibling's toys and really enjoying the "girl" and "boy" toys. How cool that they get the best of both worlds, like we did!!

Cookies for Santa...

After our fun, busy, day it was time to come home and set out cookies and milk for Santa. Rachel picked out which cookies were just for Santa and the kids both decided to eat just one before bed.