Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Christmas Eve cookies!

One day last week, the boys and I made a gingerbread train. THey had a great time and it looked really cute! It was hard trying to keep them from eating the candy, but since I bought it after last Christmas, it was a little old. On Christmas Eve Mimi and Papa came over and we made cookies to decorate and leave out for Santa.


Jake and Ben making the train







Putting some icing on



Making the cookies



Mimi and the boys





Ben and Jake loved rolling out the dough



A finished cookie and proud little guy




Sunday, December 26, 2010

Lee's graduation, Nana's birthday, and Christmas at Granny and Pa Pa's

Last week was really busy! Nana came for Lee's graduation from Georgia State. He received his MBA. We are so happy he is finally finished and does not have to attend anymore week night classes. Then we celebrated Nana's birthday with dinner and cake. We were suppose to have my preschool's Christmas program on Thursday, but with the icy conditions we got Wed. evening, school was cancelled. On Saturday, we went to Granny and Pa Pa's to celebrate Christmas. We did have the preschool program on Sunday morning before the church's service that day. It was a busy, but fun week!


Jake and Ben at Lee's graduation brunch



Standing in line to receive his gift from the Business school


The graduates in his program



Lee and his mom at the brunch



Graduation at the Dome
This was the end and there were streamers coming down. Very neat!



Me and the graduate



Not a very good picture of Lee leaving the field




Daddy and Jake





Daddy, Papa and Jake at Granny's house playing with his gift



Jake shooting his disc



Granny and Jake



Granny and Ben




Jake and Ben opening Hanukkah gifts from Nana




Nana and her Birthday cake



Blowing out the candles


Preschool Thanksgiving Feast

The preschool had a Thanksgiving Feast. There was great food, family, and the cutest little turkeys you have ever seen!


Me and my little turkey!



Oreo turkeys I made for my class



Ben and some of his classmates



Waiting to go in for the feast and blessing



Thursday, December 2, 2010

Thanksgiving in Boston

I am so behind on blogging! I started this Thanksgiving blog a while back. The site froze up, I got busy and I am now just getting back to it! We had a great Thanksgiving in Boston! It was pretty warm the first couple of days and then very cold the rest. We stayed pretty busy. The day after we arrived Nana had brunch and we got to see several relatives we haven't seen in a while. Uncle Robert and Aunt Katie, Cousin Joshua and his girlfriend Vicki, and Cousin Jason's fiance Megan all came over to visit. Another day we went to the Science Museum which was lots of fun! We also took a Duck tour, which none of us have ever done before. It was a big vehicle that drives on land and rides in the water. It was great to see some of the city I haven't seen before! We then had Thanksgiving dinner at friends of the family, The Deths. Lee also played some football with his long time friends and we all went out that night.


Jake and Nana



On the Duck Tour



A piece of the Berlin Wall in Boston we saw on the tour. Very neat!



oing into the water! Yes, our tour guide was dressed as Elvis!




Fanueil Hall




This picture cracks me up! Jake was in a bad mood and didn't want to get in the picture, but Nana got him in it anyway. Should be on that page awkward family photos



He did pose with Nana



Jake had fun with this water thing at the Children's Museum



Ben loved it too!




Jake building with the K-NEX blocks





Cousins Michael, Jason and Megan (Jason's fiance)




Jason playing with Jake and Ben





I couldn't tell who was having more fun