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Friday, January 27, 2012

8 years

Joey and I celebrated 8 years of marriage. We had a fun day and especially enjoyed watching our wedding video and reliving that amazing day. I always love to celebrate our marriage. It reminds me how I used to dream of being married to Joey and makes me grateful for every moment I get with him.

Playing disc golf (Joey's new passion). This was really me saying "I love you" cause I'm totally lame at it and pregnant and basically hate throwing frisbees (shhh don't tell Joey)

I made our original wedding cake (well, Star's original recipe- not quite as elegant ... but nice katie and joey action figures huh?) and you can't tell, but we are ceremoniously cutting the cake. Following photos courtesy of Luke....

Happy Anniversary Joes. I love ya sa much.

Lucy Kate is TWO!!

(birthday guest photos taken by Luke...)

warning: semi-long movie documenting 2 year old. for posterity sake.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Disney World!

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

VISIT TO SANTA
So, turns out that Bass Pro Shop is the place to go during Christmas. Who would have thought? There are free crafts, target practice, electric trains, race car tracks to play with and a cool santa with a real beard and a truly jolly nature. He was so sweet with my kids and they just loved him. And they give you a free 5x7 picture too. Luke asked for "Cars with Sleds" (which the only thing that even came close was a specialized Pixar Santacar from the book Mater Saves Christmas. Luke has expensive taste.) And Lucy asked for "a doo hee". (not sure). Santa told both of them he was really proud of them and they just beamed. This was a fun night.

Steak and Shake dinner - they gave us cardboard cars for Luke and cool hats.

CHUCK E. CHEESE'S

Thanks to our visit to Chuck E. Cheese's - Lucy has learned the concept of putting coins in slots to make things go. I think she enjoys putting the coin in more than the actual ride. She now has obtained the important skill of putting her hand out to us and saying (in a very cute voice) " i wan moneeee!"

Luke was practicing for disney world on this simulated roller coaster which was 1 token for 2 kids and lasted about 6 minutes - a total bargain.

UTAH
As many of you know, I spent the last week of the year in Utah - well I spent most of December there actually. It was definitely a different New Year's Eve. We all felt so worn out we celebrated at about 9:30 pm.

Oh and my very sparkliest friend flew in all the way from North Carolina to be there for me. It meant so much to me. Trisha and her sister Kara came up for a visit and we told all our favorite Sarah stories.

me, Trisha, Jenny & Eliza, Kara, Emily and Star

and the pretty version of us... I don't think Eliza likes this version of her mom.

HOME ... FOR A DAY

I finally got to come home. I've been on so many airplanes the last few months, it's all a blur. So, I got to come home.... for one day --before we packed up and got on another plane to Florida. I didn't much feel like going anywhere, but so it goes. Anyway, the one day home was nice. And the trip ended up being a blessing too.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Christmas Eve and Morn

Caroling to neighbors

Christmas Eve Day - Mary, baby Jesus, a Shepherd with his strange giraffe, a Wise Man and a Joseph

"Oh Come Let Us Adore Him"

Christmas Eve Night - The "dancin lights"

You can't see in the video but there are cars lined up for blocks to see these lights. So on this, our third visit, we brought a portable radio to tune in and we had front row seats and the kids had room to boogie.