It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas

I love Christmas! Seriously, I am worse than the kids and Thanksgiving really gets me in the mood. So, I had to bust out the x-mas jammies the other night. Wooohoooo! I can't wait!

The Colonial Cup

Going to the Colonial Cup has become somewhat of a family tradition. It is such a nice time and a much more family-friendly event than it's sister race, the Carolina Cup. This year they even added a carousel. As with everything we have done this year, it is so cool to watch the change in Liam over the last year. He has gone from a baby to a little boy, keeping up with his big sister every step of the way. We all enjoyed watching the races and (as a bonus) my old riding friend Jodi won the Colonial Cup race!

Some southern tailgating

Jodi, #2

LEABES!

Yes, Leabes! That is not a typo...Annah (bless-her-little-heart) cannot pronounce the letter "v" for anything in the world. One of her favorite days of the year is the day when Will rakes all of the leaves into a big pile just for jumping into! That day finally arrived! Last year, Liam was not a fan of the leaf-jumping. My how a year changes things! They both had a blast. When the pile would get too spread out, they would just rake it back up and start all over again. Can't wait for next year!

Liam thought it was Annah's turn to rake

I don't know what started it, but Liam is suddenly very anti-picture-with-Annah

A Time to Love

A lot that has been going on lately (which I will not go into here) has made me realize just how lucky I truly am...I have the two best kids I could ever ask for, a wonderful husband, and the best family ever! These are just some pictures that captures my sweet kiddos, well, just being themselves. The ones of Annah were taken after her ballet class last Friday. Liam has recently formed an obsession with getting his belly button ("be bo") extremely clean, so I had to take a few pictures. Hope you all are well and loving your lives as much as I am loving mine right now.

All Treats, No Tricks!

This was the first Halloween that both Liam and Annah knew what was going on. Last year, Liam was just along for the ride (I don't think he even had a candy bucket last year, even though he did go trick or treating). My what a difference a year makes! Liam was WAY into the idea of knocking on doors and getting candy. He was surprised at every single house that it worked! I am still trying to convince him to stop knocking on every door he sees! Annah (true to form) was a bit more reserved. Her only complaint was that she got too much chocolate (I am not complaining however, because while she refuses to eat chocolate, I love the stuff).

This may be the cutest Madeline and doctor in the whole world...of course, that's just my opinion!

It is really rare that we get a picture of all four of us together. Even more rare that we are all looking at the camera...victory!!!!