Carter turned six this week!  We had a great family party with spaghetti and meatballs and a baskin robbins ice cream cake.  The spy gear and self inflating whoopie cushion were the big hits of the night.  I can't believe my little man is already six years old.  How time flies.

We had a very merry Christmas!  The kids had a wonderful couple of days opening presents and playing with new toys.  We are so blessed to have so much wonderful family around to share the holiday's with.  We even managed to catch most of my family on Skype this year.

There is nothing like not needing to get up on the 26th because your 2 year old is fast asleep and your 5 year old is happily playing downstairs with all his new toys.  I don't think we got out of bed till almost 10:00am.  I love Christmas, but I also love the calm and quiet after all the busyness.

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!

With fall comes the daunting task of raking all the leaves in the yard.  With Carter's help Nate was able to unload two truck beds full of leaves onto the street for leaf cleanup.  Of course he couldn't resist playing in the pool full of leaves just a bit too.

A little randomness...Kennedy enjoying the last of the two mile walks in the mornings before the weather turned cold.  She is obsessed with umbrellas.  And of course my two kiddos together.  This is there natural habitat, always touching each other.  Sometimes that can be a good thing, but quite often it just causes a lot of "get off of her," comments from mom.  Boy do I love my kids.  I am glad that they like each other so much (most of the time).  

Unfortunately the warm weather did not last and by the time Halloween came it was super cold.  We spent the evening in weather just above freezing and a cold slushy drizzle.  Not the best Halloween weather, but the kids were troopers, they got candy out of it afterall.

Both the kids picked out their costumes this year.  Carter was a power ranger and Kennedy was an Owl (one of her favorite animals).  Carter's mask only lasted about five minutes.  He then told us in no uncertain terms that he was getting snot all over himself  inside the mask, yuck.  Kennedy was bundled up quite nicely. I managed to get last years winter coat under her costume and it kept her ears and neck warm too.  Overall, it was a fun, short, Halloween.

This October I had the awesome opportunity to leave my family behind and join my sisters in Savannah for an extended weekend.  We had such a wonderful time.  Savannah was absolutely delightful.  All that surrounded us and all the food made for one great trip.  Highlights were the trolley tour, Paula Deans restaurant,  the Chocolate Bar, Leopold's ice cream, b&d's burger's,Tybee island, and Bonaventure cemetery.

These were my two favorite pics of the four of us.  Boy am I lucky to have such wonderful sisters.  Here's to many more trips like this one in the future!