Christmas Vacation - Part 6 - Christmas Morning

I guess each of us were very good this year because we got what we wanted and much more!Santa brought Hannah BiscuitSanta brought Andrew a PSPSanta brought Sarah a new "text" phone and convinced us to get her unlimited text.

Christmas Vacation - Part 7 - Even the Pets were part of Christmas

Boo, our favorite!LilyCheyenne, Hannah & Foxy

Christmas Vacation - Part 8 - 4-Wheelin'

Ron and Mary have a 4 wheeler and all of us had fun with it. After Richard showed the kids, each of them were pros at it! Even Hannah!(Though twice she fell off of it. Once she ran through a pine tree with low hanging branches and was knocked off. She was pretty close to us and immediately looked at us and said "I'm OK" and then checked herself out. She was ok. The second time: She was driving with Cheyenne on the back. They went around the corner where I couldn't see them. I heard both of them scream and then saw the 4 wheeler driving down the hill with no one on it. By the time I got around the corner, both girls were up and chasing the the 4 wheeler. We caught up to it. I'm being told that Hannah tried to take a corner to sharp and they were thrown off the bike)

Andrew's Christmas Band Concert

Andrew's band has come such a long way since their first concert. Great Grandma was able to come as well.

Sarah's Christmas Choir Program

These are a few pictures of Sarah's Christmas Choir Concert.Sarah's solo.Hannah wanted her picture taken

St Augustine

Richard and I went to St Augustine with our neighbors, Scott & Jo Elsner. We went to see the Christmas Lights. While there, we found out that they have a Haunted Tours to take, but we were too late to take the tour.

Sarah's Birthday

I have to say that this year was "harder" for me with Sarah having another birthday...more so than when she turned 13. I think that it is because she has grown up and grown more beautiful this year. Sarah had a weekend of birthday. We started with picking up girlfriends on Friday...having dinner at Seminole Towne Center and then watching Twilight at 10:10pm...which meant that we didn't get home until 1am. The next day, Anita and Alicia had to go home but Megan stayed over night and they were to work on the History Fair Project that they hope will make it to the State. They did some work and a lot of sleep to catch up from the night before. Below are a few pictures that Sarah took of me and of us. I just wanted to have some pictures of us together. And then the pictures of her girlfriends.

Andrew played NFL Flag Football this year for the first time. He totally loved the sport. He had some GREAT coaches that taught repsect of the sport and of others. They taught him that when you work hard, you become good. And though his team didn't have a good season as far as the numbers go, they did have a great season from where they started and where they ended their season. As their Coaches said, next season there will not be anyone that can beat their team.Andrew coming through the cheering line after the game. We, parents, would line up and either side and make a bridge with our hands that the guys would run through.After the game on Saturday, Coah had all of us parents on the field and doing the cheer that became the motto for our guys!Andrew running out after his team has been recognizedSarah took a picure of Uncle Brent as he was running out on the field with his teamCoach Derrick and AndrewNew friend, Cody

Richard and I were given a cruise to the Bahamas. We went over the Halloween weekend. It was nice to have our cell phones and computers off since Thursday to Sunday. We enjoyed the shows and having time together...and we spent lots of time sleeping. We did get to swim with dolphins at Atlantis. The following are the only pictures that we took.

Andrew is learning to play the clarinet this year in band. He wants to play the saxaphone, but learning to play the clarinet is the foundation to playing a sax. This was the night of the Indian Trails Middle School recital. I have to say that they played pretty good...and our ears didn't hurt too bad :-) Andrew has moved form 14th chair to 4th chair in the two months. Uncle Todd was here during this time.

Ron, Mary, Cheyenne & Alexis meet us at Sea World. The kids also dressed up and went Trick or Treat down Spooktacular Lane.