Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Swimming

The boys are finally old enough to go to swim lessons without Mommy & Grandma joining them in the pool. P could care less that Mom is not in the pool, he just wants to swim. D wants Mommy to come swimming too, but after the first 5 minutes of class has a huge smile on his face and Mommy & Grandma are ecstatic they no longer have to put on a bathing suit once a week.


That certainly looks like double trouble to me!

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Happy New Year

Well, if you are checking out our blog for the first time via our New Year's cards then welcome and if you are a repeat customer then we're glad your back, there's lots of new pictures to see! To all of you who were expecting the usual Little family update in our Christmas card well, this year I just ran out of steam (and time) so here's our blog for you to enjoy. Trying to be Super Mom this holiday season just didn't work out according to plan (you know the plan where your cards are mailed the day after Thanksgiving and your shopping is done by December 1st) but there is always next year.

Everyone is doing great and we are constantly on the go and having lots of fun. Okay so maybe balancing the schedules and personalities of four kids isn't always fun but it is always exciting and we wouldn't trade it for anything! For you new comers I try to update the blog about once a month, sometimes more, sometimes less depending on what's going on so save us to your favorites and check back throughout the year to see what's up in our crazy life.
Our New Year's Eve was lots of fun but my sister had an even more exciting end to her 2007, she got ENGAGED!!! We are so happy for the happy couple and are looking forward to a 2008 wedding.


Meet The Parents

New Year's Eve

Good friends...
Good fun...
Good times!
Happy New Year!!
WHO gave that kid the noise maker!?!?

Baseball Tournament

As soon as we wrapped up Christmas we were off and running for the Winter Nationals baseball tournament with C. Five days of baseball and we were all exhausted but had a great time. A huge thanks to Kim's mom for watching the little guys so we were able to watch (and enjoy) C's games. The team came in 4th.

Can SOMEBODY get that kid a haircut!


Monday, January 7, 2008

Christmas Morning

WOW, look at all those presents!



Grandma came over in the early morning hours to open presents with us. Doesn't she look beautiful!
Pickle, pickle who will find the pickle??
P found the Pickle this year, yeah P!
P, Mr. Rip & Tear, bring on the presents!!

Kim's mom made matching pj's for everyone. Thank you, thank you!
Paddy loves his MackI am so tired, isn't it nap time yet??? I sure hope that clean up elf shows up soon!

More Christmas

We got together with Kim's side of the family before Christmas.
The kids all went bowling with Aunt & Cousin in the afternoon and we all gathered together for dinner in the evening. We all had a great time & Danielle did a fantastic job of putting it all together.



Mary, Amanda & the latest addition to our big, crazy family, Alex Christopher who arrived 5 weeks sooner than expected but both mom & baby are doing great and we are so excited to have a new baby in the family.

COOL, Grandma got me the katar (guitar) I asked for...I wonder if the drum set is somewhere under that tree?!?!?!
C'mon Payton I know there is something cool under this tree for us (maybe it's that drum set)!


What a pair!!


Proud Grandparents with beautiful baby Alex


David & his new nephew


C-Man & cousin


These guys that close together, they must be up to no good

Rainy Saturday

It really does rain in Arizona!

A Day At The Park


"How did I end up in the middle of this puddle?"

What a crew!

Gingerbread House

Nanny brought all the goodies to decorate gingerbread houses. The kids had so much fun. Anything with Nanny is always fun!

C-Man & D. Notice all the green on D's house, this is his new favorite color. We often hear him say "me wuv geen" or "geen is my FAVORITE color!" He refused to put anything on his gingerbread house that was not green.
Nanny helping P with his masterpiece.

Grand Canyon

After the Polar Express we decided to head further north to the Grand Canyon on the little boy's 3rd birthday. Mom was a bit nervous with not one but two three year olds at the top of the canyon but as long as P was on the "leash" all was great. They got to see a little snow and we attempted to get a family picture, but once again the sun got the best of us and this picture is a photo shop masterpiece (someone's head came from another photo, oh so tricky).
Dad & Mr. D
D says, "I'm a big boy now, Poppy!"
Mother & son on his 3rd birthday. My oh my the past 3 years have flown by.
This is how you take a 3 year old to the Grand Canyon, or should I say this is how you take P to the Grand Canyon. Gotta love the kid leash. D's response to his brother on the leash was "my brudder is NOT a dog, take that off him!"......or maybe he is a dog
Dillon wasn't so sure about the whole snow thing.
Patrick's first experience with snow. He thought it was pretty cool.