Saturday, December 31, 2011

2011 Year In Review!!


Time again for our annual Year In Review post!  



In January

We made funny faces


Had back yard barbecues


And a visit from an owl!


In February


We visited a plantation house




Kept busy with homework 



And waited for the new baby to arrive. 


In March

We stocked the freezer


Said goodbye to some good friends 


Said hello to Grandma and Grandpa Smith



And met our new baby brother!


In April




We were on serious baby duty




And Peter turned two!


In May 


We went to the zoo in New Orleans


Discovered a magnolia in our yard


And James graduated from high school!

In June 


We had vehicle damage x2 - and we weren't even in either vehicle when it happened.  



We had our house on the market and were shopping for a new house.


Brian took the kids to a 3D movie at the theater and they had a great time.



 And celebrated three birthdays. 


In July


The kids went to camp


We gave up on selling the house and bought the materials to build James a new room


And Grampa met Matthew.

In August 

There was shopping with Grampa


Bass Pro Shop


A visit from Jacob Marley


The garage turned into a bedroom and storage room


Jon turned six


And we took Grampa to New Orleans.



In September 


We moved out of a storage garage (and into a different one)


Ate at Sonic


And James continued to go to college.


In October


We had picnics


Satsumas from the trees in the yard


And Mancakes.


In November


We finally met Mike the Tiger


Dressed up like cowboys


And made pumpkin pies.

In December


We did a lot of shopping


Celebrated more birthdays


Made Christmas treats



And had a great Christmas!

Thanks for hanging with us this year.  We hope you've enjoyed the blog as much as we have and we're looking forward to all of the fun stuff we can share with you in 2012!  

Happy New Year!








Thursday, December 29, 2011

Back the Truck Up!


I transferred a lot of photos from the cameras to the computer today and found a few that I wanted to share from before Christmas.  





People down here have a bit of difficulty spelling simple words!  Ha!  I thought this sign was funny.


Matthew decided to do some organizing in our file cabinet.





I was picking up some baby snacks last week to put in Matthew's stocking.  He can't have chocolate kisses yet!  He seemed to know that they were for him as he grabbed them and held him for the duration of the shopping trip!


My friend hosts a 'Mom's Game Night' at her house once a month.  It's a time for us moms to get together and play games - or not.  We used to actually play games.  Now we just get together to have snacks and talk.  Everything was fine until our host pulled out this bag from the pantry.  I had to try them.  They actually are not bad and they really do taste like shrimp!