Wow...Hope I remember how to write a blog post

So tonight, Matt pulled up our blog and we started going through the old posts and remembering all these wonderful memories. Needless to say, I was in tears... and decided the blog is a great way to remember more details than just posting pictures on facebook or instagram.....so lets give this thing another try! While I can't update the whole past year and half...here is our past month. :)

We love Christmas time!

We go to the festival of lights every year with our friends the Penders and Millers!

We try and make new ornaments every year for their own little tree in their room.

Gingerbread men! They love to read the fairy tale.. "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man." is their favorite line!

Santa!

Sophie- "I want a baby bottle"

Spencer- "A pet fish"

Shep- "A remote control tractor."

We flew to Texas. Flying with thre kiddos is getting a lot easier!

 

All the kids recited memory verses or sang a song for MeeMee. She loved it! Spencer is saying one of the memory verses he knows.

Ready for the North Pole

Our Christmas Eve tradition of looking for Santa

 

Sophie loved her presents

 Kids loved searching for Peter Pan the elf this year

Here the boys' army men had taped him outside the door.  

Peter Pan had made them look like Rudolph during the night by painting their noses red!

 

They loved decorating little trees for the huge Lincoln log house at Nana and Papa's

Spencer so proud of the house!

 

The 3 musketeers!

Sweet cousins

Love my boys!

Our sweet family!

Merry Christmas!

 

 

 

In other BIG news for 2014...We are expecting another boy in March 2015. We are very excited about this new addition to our family. Just one more sweet face to love!

Sophie was very excited until..she found out it was a boy! HA!

 

 

 

Spencer is so excited about our little boy. He talks to him and rubs on my belly ALL the time. Spencer truly has the sweetest heart!

Loving on him

Waiting for any movement

Talking to him

I will be 28 weeks on Monday. He moves all the time. This pregnancy has been a lot harder than my other ones.. but I think it is just because I am chasing after 3 little ones.

 

Other News for 2014...

Daddy is teaching Shepherd how to play chess. Shep loves all games and is picking up quickly. He always asks to play me...its because he knows I am the weaker link... little turkey...

While Spencer and Sophie were home sick, Shepherd and I had a date after church to eat.

Matt and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this year. We spent 9 days in Maine. It was a fabulous trip! I am so blessed with this man!

The boys played soccer again this fall and loved it.

Sophie played soccer for the first time, and did NOT love it...

Other Firsts in 2014...

Sophie had her first stitches...this was a horrible experience. They had to sedate her to do it, while I held her. It is something that I try to forget.

Spencer also had surgery on his adenoids. He was so brave through the entire thing.

 

The boys loved watching their Daddy work!

Matt added on a deck to the back of our house. It was my mother's day and bday present. He did an amazing job and we love spending time out there!

 

We still went on lots of road trips this year. Doesn't this picture scream silliness?!?

 

Can't wait to go back to our favorite place to be...the beach...

 

Our days are full of playing, laughter, and having fun!(and some screaming and crying but why post about those??) 😉