Wednesday, December 27, 2006
What a wonderful Christmas!
Christmas was absolutely wonderful. We had my family over on Saturday the 23rd, and we did a "Yankee Swap" exchange. That was lots of fun. Of course the kids still got presents from everyone, but that is as it should be. I think the big hit of the day was the TMX Elmo doll that Auntie Vivian and Uncle Bruce gave to the girls ... Kenzie acts out all his moves, and it's hysterical! I took a short video clip and will be posting it as soon as I can get it uploaded. The girls also love the TJ Bearytales that Paul, Kristy, Eva, Holly, & Dave gave them ... they've listened to his stories several times.
We had a relaxing Christmas Eve ... gave the boys their birthday gifts and just enjoyed being together as a family. We went to Christmas Eve service at First Baptist in Wollaston, where Katie decided that she needed to have a full-blown case of bronchitis :( Seems every year one child has to be sick for Christmas. On Christmas morning we all opened our gifts ... Shawn surprised me with a gorgeous diamond bracelet, I had no clue! He also got me a Sony e-book reader, which I LOVE LOVE LOVE. I've already downloaded a bunch of books and have been reading it at every spare moment. The boys seemed to like all their gifts, and the girls were overwhelmed as usual. Later on Christmas Day we had Shawn's family with us. Our poor little living room has had more company over the past week than I think it's seen in the 3 1/2 years we've been there, LOL! It was great to have everyone together, though :)
Next up will be Mackenzie's birthday party on January 6th ... she'll be turning TWO on the 4th, can you imagine?? I have no idea what to get her for a gift ... she got more presents than any 2-year old could use for Christmas! Ah, well, I'm sure we'll manage to find something for her.
Tuesday, December 05, 2006
A Tribute to My Family
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Holly and Dave's Wedding (11/18/06)
Holly was a radiant and beautiful bride (as we all knew she would be), Dave was very dashing in his tux (and even sent his bride flowers that morning, awwwww), and Katie made a very cute flower girl. There are tons of pictures in my photobucket account (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/0803/JoColes/Holly%20Wedding/)!
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Katie's Halloween obsession ...
Katie has been asking me to print off Halloween pages for her to color for the past two weeks. She simply can't get enough. Briefly this week she was into Tiger pages instead, but we've returned to Halloween. She loves to color them in and loves even more to hang them up around my office :)
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Canada 2006
Here's a film loop of some of our pictures ...
Trip to North Carolina was awesome!
Rather than post a bunch of pictures, here is a film loop of our vacation ...
Thursday, June 01, 2006
The Living Room (Pictures)
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Mackenzie's First Catch
We were at a cookout over the Memorial Day weekend & a friend of ours was throwing a toy football to Mackenzie. It would hit her chest, bounce onto the ground, and she'd laugh like it was the funniest thing she'd ever seen! I attempted to capture this on video using my digital camera (sorry, no sound) and ended up getting her first catch on video!
Just click on the picture & it will take you to my photobucket site where you can click and view the video :)
Here are some more pictures from that cookout ...
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Welcome to the world, Jackson Wayne!
Isn't he the cutest little thing???
Here is my niece Heather with her new Red Sox fan (see the hat? LOL) ...
And here is my brother, the proud new Grampa Wayne holding his namesake ...
Jackson is my third grand-nephew/niece (Cameron & Delaney are #1 and #2) ... and #4 is due in August, and #5 is due in October!! We just love babies in this family :)
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Off to the prom ...
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Easter Photos
Here are some Easter pictures ... first is of Mackenzie at the Easter Egg hunt after church service ...
Next is Katie hunting for eggs again at my brother's house ...
Here are both girls checking out their booty ...
Here is a picture of Katelyn pretending to be the Easter Bunny ...
Here are Mackenzie and my niece Holly (Kenzie has on a cute tiara that Holly bought for her) ...
Finally, my Mom's dog, Biscuit, dressed up like the Easter Bunny ...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Baby Explosion!!!
McDaris Family Blog
Griffin Family Blog: Introducing Brenna Anne Griffin!!!
Then, to add to the excitment ... my niece Heather is due with her first baby in June, my nephew Michael is having his third child in August, and my nephew Paul is having his first baby in October!!!
Makes me feel much better about not having any more babies ... I can borrow so many now!!!!!