{A Great Party & A Great Visit}

Khara started selling Thirty-One bags, so she came down and did a party for us on Friday, the 9th . It went really well and we had so much fun! It was also great to get to spend some time with her, Timmy and Zoey (we missed you, Tim and Abbey)!

Playing Tinker-Toys

Such pretty, curly hair!!

Zoey loves her books!

Food made that "girl party" all worth it!

"Let me see, Timmy!"

The party went really well! Thanks so much to all who came and bought!!

Telling her daddy goodnight!

"I can hear him in there, but I can't see him in there"

Dad wasn't able to see them at all Friday night, so they came back over first thing Saturday morning.

Pappy and Timmy going to get some coal.

Kaleb brought down some puppies from were he works...Zoey was SO excited about them!

She hummed and said "aw" the whole time she was holding them!!

They sure loved Timmy!!

And loved them too!!!

Zoey wanted to go for a ride!!!

"Me?"

"Mom, I have one to match Pappy!"

:)

It was very close to Zoey's birthday, and we weren't going to be able to see her until after her birthday, so we went ahead and gave her all of her presents.

More hair stuff!

"Are you sure you know what you're doing?"

"Mmmmmmm, this is delicious!"

Khara and Zoey went to Jenna's for the afternoon (Khara was having a Thirty-One party for her too), so Timmy stayed with us for the rest of the day. He was so excited to play in the snow, but it was super warm that day and he didn't have snow clothes. So he would go out and play until he was soaking wet; then wait until we dried his clothes in the dryer and go back out and play. He did this 3 or 4 times!!!

Katrina - jumping onto her sled

"Here, Trina, let me help you"

Making the head for the snowman

"Zoey, the snowman" (Timmy named it)

Timmy thought that my warm neck would be the perfect thing to warm his hands on!

Hot Chocolate!!!

"You better watch out!"

Timmy found Lego heaven!!

Showing Nana how to use his new iPod

Eating some ice cream while watching CARS2!!!!!!

Thank you guys for coming!

We loved getting to spend lots of time with you and can't wait until our next visit!!

{The Birthday Sisters}

~Zoey Cait~

Happy 1st Birthday,

pretty little girl!!!

We love you SO much!

~Abigail Grace~

Happy 9th Birthday, Abbey!

We Love You!!!!



Don't Forget to

get out and Vote!!!

{Kelley}

Happy 20th Birthday,

Kelley!!!

{SuperStormSandy}

It started snowing at 2:30pm Monday afternoon, October 29th.

The following pictures were taken from 2:30pm Monday afternoon -  9:00am Tuesday morning.

Here's is some random pictures from around the house Tuesday morning.

Dad's pick-up was in the shop getting fixed so that he could put the plow on, so we didn't have anyway to plow the driveways. He didn't go to work on Tuesday....thankfully a neighbor plowed him out so that he could work on Wednesday.

There was a lot of limbs that came down and one of the poor apple trees that Pappy planted was completely uprooted.

We got roughly two feet of snow overall. It's snowed continually the whole time, but some has melted off and it's packed down tighter. Hopefully it all lets up soon!

THANK THE LORD, we were only out of power for about 22 hours - from 4:30pm Tuesday evening to 2:00pm Wednesday afternoon - and we hope that it stays that way!!!

Praying for the people all along the east coast that got hit SO much harder and worse than we did.

{IBA Meeting}

This year at the IBA Fall Regional meeting (held the beginning of October in Saratoga Springs, NY), Dad received a 5-star Sales Recognition Award for 2011!!!! We are all SO proud of him!!

With the President of IBA, Dan Belsito

At the Awards Ceremony - this is an IBA blazer that dad received as an award a few years ago.

There are about four other 1-day IBA meetings

held throughout the year,

and mom usually goes with Dad on these trips.

 

The Gideon Putnam Resort where the meeting was held.

Congrats, Dad!

We're really proud of all your hard work!

(It's kind of a joke around here that we always like when mom and dad go to a business meeting, because that means there's "only" 5 people in the house, so we won't need to cook dinner!!

Not that I don't like to cook, but everyone needs a break every now and then!) 

{Phi Theta Kappa}

Phi Theta Kappa is a National Honor Society for 2-year colleges.

Two-year college students who have completed at least 24 credits

and have maintained a GPA of at least 3.5 are eligible for membership.

Less than 1% of all 2-year college students in the U.S. are Phi Theta Kappans.

There are around 900 students at Garrett College and 23 were

inducted in the society this semester,

Kelley being one of the 23!!! 

The induction ceremony took place last Thursday, October 11th.

The words "phi theta kappa" are Greek letters that

 stand for wisdom, aspiration, and purity.

 

We're very proud of you, Kelley!!!

{Tim (Dad)}

Happy 52nd Birthday!!!

We Love You So much!

It was...

...snowing yesterday!!!!!!!!

It was mixed in with the rain and didn't accumalate anything,

but it WAS snowing none the less!!!

The first snowfall of the year!

(I'm whispering so no one hears me.....YAY FOR WINTER!!!!!!!)