Easter 2010

This past Easter wasn't the best Easter we've had. We couldn't go to church on Easter Sunday because Mary had a virus and was throwing up the night before. You'll see some of the pictures where she's just laying down on the couch. She didn't even care about the stuff that the Easter bunny had left her. On Monday, we did get our girls together with their cousin, Riley, and they had a small egg hunt at Mom and Dad's. Needless to say, that wore Mary out. We're hoping for a better Easter next year.

Mary Rocks Out on her 5th Birthday

After changing her mind many times, Mary finally decided she wanted a Hannah Montana birthday party. We held it at our house and we rented an inflatable slide for the kids (I mean adults) to enjoy. Word of caution, if you're 5'8" like myself, when you slide down an inflatable slide, make sure you lift your head at the bottom or else you lips will wrap around your body. I'm not sure who enjoyed themselves the most on the slide, the adults or the kids. One of the highlights of the party was my cousin Darren showing up. He was stationed in Belgium and surprised us and a nice surprise it was. Thanks little Cousin for protecting our country and thank you to everyone who came out to Mary's birthday party and helped make it a special day for her. Click on the picture to view other party photos. On Mary's actual birthday, her friend, Bay, spent the night and we took them to the park in St. Augustine (which are the pictures at the beginning).

Rayghen Celebrates Her 3rd Birthday

We celebrated Rayghen's 3rd birthday with a Nemo themed birthday party in our church gymnasium. The party was supposed to be at our house but we had a lot of rain the night before. We even moved the Nemo inflatable bounce house inside our gymnasium. Mom and I made and decorated Rayghen's birthday cake. It was 3 round tiers with Finding Nemo figurines accenting all around. It was the best job I've ever done decorating. My Mom made the icing and covered the layers. I was in charge of all the fine details. No, I'm not for hire. That is the most time-consuming thing and it would surprise you to know that we spent all afternoon on it. My daughters are the only lucky ones who I spend that much time on decorating cakes for.
Click on my Nemo masterpiece for more pictures of Rayghen's party.

Christmas 2009

We started out the Christmas season with a trip to Disney World (of course). We stayed home the rest of the Christmas break. Santa Claus brought Mary and Rayghen a new bicycle for Christmas (click on the picture of them to see all of our pictures from Christmas). There's a lot of pictures from Christmas. The pictures are in descending order so you'll see the girls opening presents first, then you'll see them on stage at Middleburg High School for their Christmas play and the Disney Christmas pictures are at the end. Hope you enjoy.