Our Christmas Lights 2010

Mark decorated the outside of our house before

our vacation in November this year.  We had lights

up BEFORE Thanksgiving!  It was so much fun.  We really

love having the lights up.  It really gets us excited about

Christmas and all the love and joy it brings.  Merry Christmas!!!  

Jumps, Giggles & Laughs

He looks like he's praising God!  

I think he's checking out the neat clouds

Jumping for Joy - Caught him in mid-jump!!

My monkey loves his swing set - 

also known as his jungle gym.

 The Tire Park

We met our friends at the tire park.

We love to play here!

Hope you have a day full of giggles and laughs!

Halloween Night with Friends

Halloween night was great fun!  We went over to our

friends' house for pizza and then trick or treating.

We all had a great time!

Our two Buzz Lightyears (also known as Jonas and Jack)

could have kept going all night!

More October Fun

Fall in Aiken

We met Piper and Eli at the Fall Fest

 Super Silly Slide

Jonas had a ghost painted on his face

Watching the costume and animal parade

Steed's Dairy Farm

Another evening we met Piper and Eli at this local farm in Augusta, GA

Over the bridge to the animal barn

Practicing milking the cow - I think Jonas tasted it - yuck!

(It's not real milk...)

There were lots of fun things to play on at the farm

like this cool swing!

Time for the "Bouncing Pillow"

Jumping Fun!!

Sunset Hayride

Time for more jumping fun!!

It was a great day at the farm.

Trick or Treating at Harbor Chase

I took Jonas trick or treating with some

friends in the Mom's club.  We've done this for a few

years now and the kids and residents love it!

Brendan, Emma and Jonas

Halloween Games at USC Aiken

Jonas getting a fun tatoo

pumpkin bowling - he's going to be a great bowler!

Buzz Lightyear in college

We had a super fun time!  

To infinity and BEYOND!!!

Drawings & Videos

Picture Time

It's so exciting to see how Jonas' skills are developing!  

He's having fun drawing people now.  

He has also been really excited about making videos lately.  

Here's the one from today.

A Look Back at our October Fun

The month of October was filled with lots of fun for us, as a family... 

I didn't take the time to blog about it... so now we're "looking back".  :)

Jonas' friend Anna turned 3!

happy a-swingin'

happy birthday, Anna!

It was a great day for a party outside

Mark and Jonas playing badminton in our backyard!

Check out the little video...  

They had so much fun they played until they couldn't see each other!

These floors are finished!  

We put one more coat of poly on the kitchen & living room.

We had to raise up the front of our stove & "sink" to get it done!

This is the last bit of work we're doing on 

the house until sometime after Christmas. 

We're going on a WORM HUNT!

It was a day filled with gray skies & lots of clouds.  

We decided to go on a worm hunt.  

Jonas filled a container with some dirt...

and went to look for some worms!

Lots of digging - but no worms.  

Maybe on another day with a little bit of rain.

It was a fun hunt!!

   

Another New Blog

I have a new blog that I've just started.  Check it out!

http://belovedcrafts.blogspot.com/

Have a wonderful day,
Amy

Pictures on the Drive

Jonas and I decided to draw some pictures.  

We've been having fun playing with the chalk lately.  

Jonas is exploring new ways to draw people.

He also really loves to start every picture with a very large circle!

  

Jonas' drawing of Mommy.  (Like my long legs??)

It's so much fun watching him progress!!  

Kitchen Floor Update

We finished our kitchen floor last weekend and here's what it looks like!!

Taking the appliances out - reusing old flooring

New flooring - solid red oak floor

finished laying it out & nailing it in

Complete with Jonas' approval!  :)

Monster Truck Fun!

Jonas asked if he could have a Monster Truck birthday party this year.

He also asked his Daddy if he would make a cake with Monster trucks on it.

We said sure!  This is how it went:

Mark made a chocolate cake with raspberry filling (Jonas' request)

2nd layer..

icing

3rd layer..

icing

after sitting in the fridge to cool, it got a road made

of crushed Nilla wafers and some cars that will

soon be "crushed" by Monster Trucks!

adding the monster trucks

and fun-fetti cupcakes!

A little grass in the middle and the sides and we have

The finished Monster Truck Birthday Cake!

Now... on to the party!

After the kids arrived, they all ran over to the fence 

to greet the neighbors' dog, Forest

They all had a great time playing on the new swing set,

in the sand box, in the yard as well as in the house!

After a make-it-yourself taco lunch, it was time to sing. 

Happy Birthday to you!  Jonas loved having his friends over.

After everyone left, we sat and played with toys for a while, cleaned up

and had some fun watching his new DVD with the monster trucks on it. 

Then we decided to get them all together.

Here's "The line up"

I could not believe how many monster trucks he was given!  He loved it...

and no two trucks were the same.  He received wonderful gifts, great cards as well as some fun

drawings from his friends.  Most of all, he is blessed to have a great bunch friends.  

It was a really fun day for all of us.

Happy 4th Birthday, Jonas!!