Update in pictures

Evie's giant snowflake was featured in the display case at school

We got to spend a weekend with friends in NC

We've had lots and lots of cookies at our house in March!

Phil and the kids ran the Run for the Schools 5k

Happy Valentine's Day

Andrew won 1st place in design for his Titanic boat at RAs

We ran walked the first mile of the Kids Marathon at the zoo in the snow and ice

Spring soccer season has begun!

Andrew started playing baseball this month

Took a ball to the eye, but still loving the game

Snow much fun!

 Ready to play

 It was pouring snow

Just enough snow to start sledding

 Our poor snowman was upright on Thursday night and was defying gravity on Friday morning

 Beautiful snow

 Super excited to get out the sleds

 Ice car that the kids built a few weeks ago

 It works!

12 Days of Christmas

November & December

 It's time to play catch up for the past couple of months.  We're still here, just busier than ever!

Sickness was pretty much the theme around our house in November

Evie joined Girl Scouts! 

We had a great time at Fantasy of Trees

Three of us finished our first 5k...Evie accomplished that goal in May

 Cindy Lou Who and Max the dog ready to run in the Jingle Bell

 Our big 3rd grader did a great job in her school holiday performance

Merry Christmas!

Think he was excited to get a DS?

Christmas morning with our favorite little cousin

Merry Christmas

She was thrilled to get her very own set of Harry Potter books

Our attempt at Grinchy Claus fruit

Happy Halloween

May the Force be with you

Happy Birthday, Andrew (and Kathryn)!

 Party day!

We headed out of town the day before Andrew's birthday to meet this sweet little girl

 Birthday morning at Mamaw's house...it felt a lot like Christmas!

Andrew's birthday request from Papaw Rick was to take a plane ride over Smokies stadium

 Getting ready for takeoff

 Smokies baseball stadium from above

Meeting his new cousin on his birthday

We are so thrilled to be Uncle Phil and Aunt Janet

Evie and Kathryn

Chicago: Wrigley Field

All four of us were so excited to go see a Cubs game while in Chicago!  The kids have really enjoyed Smokies games this summer, and all those games prepared them for their first major league game.  The Cubs didn't get a W, but we had so much fun anyway.  On a side note, it struck me as odd to see protesters at Chick fil A one day and thousands of people in the same city standing respectfully for the singing of "God Bless America" the next.

Harry Carey, made famous in our house by the Zooperstar's Harry Canary

Waiting for the gates to open

Build a bears and run the bases wristbands in hand

First pitch from Brooks Raley in his Wrigley Field debut!  We cheered him on earlier in the summer when he played for the Smokies.

Running the bases after the game