MERRY CHRISTMAS

Merry Christmas to all our family and Friends! We started our celebration the week prior with the Miller side of the family. We celebrated at the rehabilitation center where Chad's Mom is at. I know Sally was exhausted by the end of the day with all of us there but it was great to see her. Keep up the hard work "Mema" and you will be home in no time! We are all so proud of you and pray for you everyday.

We started our yearly traditions with Church on Christmas Eve. After dinner the girls fed the reindeer and opened their first gift(pajamas). Both girls were up at 4am and told to go back to bed until 6am. At 6am on the dot Ashley said, "GET UP! IT IS CHRISTMAS!" The excitement in her voice was priceless.

Mike and Angie came over in the afternoon. Thanks to poor planning on my part we ate dinner a bit later than scheduled due to the Ham that was still in the freezer. OPPS!! Fortunately we had plenty of snacks and good company to pass the time. Thanks to Angie for bringing such delicious snacks!

Chad and I feel very blessed to have had yet another fun filled Christmas with our girls and family. We will cherish these memories always. I hope everyone enjoyed themselves as much as we did. Enjoy some pics below from our celebration!

Blizzard

For those of you who are in the "Sunshine" state you may or may not have heard that we had a blizzard for two days. We got about a foot of snow and the kids did not have school for two days. The kids enjoyed playing in the snow with friends and hanging out inside for the most part. We finally ventured outside of the house on Friday night and Saturday to finish up our Christmas shopping. Happy Holidays to all! As you can imagine I am crazy busy with everything that comes along with the Holidays so be patient with my postings. I will try and post next Sunday.

With Santa at Wassailing



passing the time on a snow day with Gerard playing Nintendo DS.

Long Time...News and Info

Hi Everyone.....Some of you know and some are wondering where have I been?? Our hard drive crashed on November 1st and I have been playing catch up the past two weeks since we have been up and running again.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Chad worked on Thanksgiving and in the evening we had our close friends the "Strickers" over for Dinner. We had way too much food for two families but it was delicious! Sheri and I are proud of the fact that our gravy was a hit! Thanks Mom:)

The girls have been busy with school and activities. Everyone is getting excited about Christmas! Both girls tend to get a little extra excitement in them this time of the year and it officially started this weekend. Every year our town has "Wassailing". All the business in town are open and they have treats, warm drinks for everyone,and crafts for the kids. The High School band performs and everywhere you go you can listen to people sing Christmas Carols. Ashley loved the the singing! We had our first snowfall of the season that night. The snow was falling fast and was very wet. The picture of the girls with the snow is from that night.

Below you can see some pictures that we have taken since my last post starting with Halloween. Nicole's friend Lara had the same costume. They were so excited about dressing the same. Enjoy the pics and check back soon. I plan to get back on track with posting weekly.


Nicole really enjoyed her costume



Nicole and Lara(vampire sisters)



Hmmm...Who is that Masked Man??



Ashley as "Hannah Montana"

Can you do that?

1st snow fall

Miley loves eating snow