Little MISS personality

I love all the Little Miss and Little Mr. books. My kids often do things or act certain ways reminding me of the characters in the books. Lily usually earns the title:
Little Miss PERSONALITY - It's not hard to see why when you look at these pictures. She is a mess!

My little Daisy Scout

Lily is now a Daisy Girl Scout. She is loving it! She could not have joined at a more perfect time either - COOKIES.... I took her out in our neighborhood one day last week and she did fabulous. I bribed her into letting me put ponytails in her hair somehow thinking it would help her sell more cookies. I guess it worked though since she sold to every single door we knocked on. (hee hee) I figure, It was either the ponytails or those huge irresistible blue eyes.


Lily with her very first customer. This one was easy though - Mr Bill, our favorite person on the street. We adore him!

Lily showing off her "tuna" as she calls it (tunic)

Sean gets another haircut

I LOVE this boy. His hair grows out so fast. Everyone loves his curls. I think I do most of all. I have to admit though, I love this new haircut on him. He is such a big boy!

The BIG 60

My amazing husband has turned 60! Yes, S-I-X-T-Y....his age is just a number to us. He is a wonderful daddy and the kids adore him. If I searched the whole world I don't think I could find a more honest, loving, gentle, protective or hard working man. He is my LIFE. The past eight years have been a dream. We have traveled to far away countries, enjoyed some great theatre together, endured the heartache of miscarriage, experienced the miracle of having two precious human beings born to us, explored every square inch of Disney World with the kids, walked sandy beaches, explored Boston twice, driven around Ireland (and lived to tell about it) and this is just a short list. HA! It feels like we have shoved 20 years into just eight. I thank God for my time with him so far and pray for many more birthdays to come.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

For Nell

Thanks for the outfits - we love you!

Happy New Year

2009 is over. It was a great year with a few challenges. We are very blessed and I am grateful. December was extremely busy and I have finally posted Christmas and all of our holiday activities. We got a kitten last week and are smitten with him. We named him "Mickey" of course! As in Mickey Mouse! Buddy and I are planning a trip to New York for our Anniversary in March which I am thrilled to my very core about. We are trying to be strong and not do Disney this year since we did two trips in 2009 as well as a Boston trip and 2 beach trips. 2009 was a busy year for travels and an important year with great strides in my health. I have now been seizure free for about 6 months and have avoided any significant lung infections for most of the year. Sean Broke his leg and lost three teeth this year- the third one being just a few hours before 2010. Buddy has been great with just some minor illnesses that come with age I guess. And Lily, well she is just perfect. I still keep up with each of your blogs and so enjoy all the pictures and stories.

Hope your 2010 is off to a great start

After Christmas trip to Starbucks and fun photoshoot

Lily and her Starbucks usual - Lemon Pound

The kids actually being sweet to each other for a change

Sean drinking his new favorite - Mocha Frap

Christmas morning

The kids were so excited about Christmas this year. Sean was thrilled he finally got a Wii - of course it has been fun for the entire family over the last week. Lily is so much fun to buy for. Any little pink thing or doll excites her. I did not take very many pictures this year (SHOCK) so, I don't have much to share. We had a great Christmas though. Later in the day we had my mom, step dad, Aunt and uncle over for Christmas lunch.

Sean with the ONE main thing he wanted

Stocking time

Lily with her Polly Pockets

Christmas Eve 2009

Each year on Christmas Eve we get together to celebrate with Buddy's family. We have dinner and then end the evening with a huge gift exchange. This year we wanted to evening to reflect something a little deeper than just food and gifts. So, we all met at church first for a beautiful candlelight and communion service. What a beautiful and holy night. I wish I had taken pictures of the service. Sean took communion with his daddy. Lily participated for the first time. After Holy Communion, the entire congregation held candles as they were lit one by one. I hope this will become a tradition for us for years to come.

The kids standing in the middle of all the gifts

Nell with all the kids

Sean and Drew

We were truly blessed in many ways this year

Meeting Angelica

My brother and his wife welcomed their third daughter just before Christmas - We took a day trip around the holidays to meet her and to spend some time with all of them. The kids were completely taken with her. They had never seen one so tiny. It was sweet to watch them cuddle and love on her.

Lily and Abby

Arianna

Sean loving on his new cousin

Me with my sweet neices - these are my baby brother's girls

Lily with Abby and Angelica

"Mickey Murphy"

This is our new Kitten "Mickey". We got him a few days before Christmas as a surprise to the kids. He is so sweet!

Lily's Christmas coat

Lily is such a little fashion bug. After borrowing a friend's red coat a few weeks before Christmas, she had her heart set on having one too. We finally found one at Storkland for her. It was more then we wanted to pay, but, was the last one left. Disappointed, we left the store without it. After giving her daddy that sweet big blue eyed "please daddy" he said she could have it. When I went back - it was on sale at 1/2 off - That is almost as sweet as seeing her in it.

Lily with her cousin Drew

Santa comes to Towne Lake on a Corvette

Drew waiting with Sean and Lily

Santa with one of his Elves

The kids waiting for Santa

Lots of goodies from the big man - I'll take the red Corvette :-)