Halloween was fun this year with Jenna able to participate. Jenna was a frog this year and Grant had two costumes: a karate ninja and a dog. Here are some pictures of the kids in their costumes. And also some … Continue reading →
Our church always has a fantastic pumpkin patch in the days leading up to Halloween.
Continue reading →It was nice to have Aunt Sharon come for a visit in October. She stayed for a week helping Carol after her surgery. Bless her!
Continue reading →Grant lost his first tooth in September. And a cute picture of Jenna grinning for the camera.
Continue reading →We decided to take a long weekend and go to St. Augustine before school started. We had a lot of fun at the beach and touring the lighthouse. We also enjoyed our time at the pool at our hotel. Beach: … Continue reading →
In August, the kids were invited to a friend’s birthday party at a local pool with a water park. Jenna wasn’t walking yet but she enjoyed herself anyway. Interesting memory of that day – apparently Jenna is not a fan … Continue reading →
I was recently challenged to participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS and encouraged to donate money to ALS research. I accepted the challenge to take a video of myself dumping ice water over my head … Continue reading →
At 19 months, Jenna started standing up on her own and taking a few steps at a time. Over the course of one month, she started taking more and more steps! She just turned 20 months and is a full … Continue reading →
Back in April, we decided to add a four season sun room to the back of our house. We signed a contract with a local aluminum construction contractor and waited (and waited, and waited) for them to finish the job. … Continue reading →
Our Jenna has become more mobile in recent days (Hurray!). She learned that she could belly crawl from place to place, but had to be adequately motivated. Usually the only thing that would motivate her is her aquarium toy, which … Continue reading →
Easter is always a special time. Again this year, we were pleased to have Nana Reid with us to celebrate the holiday. The kids enjoyed opening their Easter baskets and we all had a wonderful time together before, during, and … Continue reading →
Carol celebrated her 40th birthday on April 18th. Her mom was able to come into town for the weekend since it also happened to be Easter weekend. There was quite the shindig. There were decorations, cake, a special birthday dinner … Continue reading →
Carol and Grant took a beach trip together in March. Jenna and I stayed home because Jenna was a bit under the weather. Crescent Beach was nice, and both Grant and Mama had a good time. But the water was … Continue reading →
Here are a few pictures of the kids together in March 2014, at the park and in the bath.
Continue reading →We stayed home for Christmas this year instead of traveling to the Midwest. This was the first year that we hosted anyone for the holiday as Nana and her friend Bill drove up from the Keys to spend Christmas Eve … Continue reading →
We spent Thanksgiving in the Keys this year with Nana. We weren’t sure if we were going to make it because Grant came down with an ear infection the day before we were planning on leaving, and Jenna was catching … Continue reading →
Mama was playing a game with Jenna the other night that made Jenna laugh and I immediately went searching for the video camera. Here is a video of their game:
We always like to go to the Trinity United Methodist pumpkin patch to get our pumpkins and gourds for Halloween. This year, Grant told us he wanted to be a ghost for Halloween so we found him a ghost costume … Continue reading →
We had Jenna baptized on October 20th while Nana was in town. Jenna was baptized in the gown that Nana made 20 years ago for Alyssa to wear. Each of her four grandchildren have now been baptized in it. The … Continue reading →
We recently went to a birthday party at one of the local pools. It was great to see that Grant is learning new things in the swimming lessons that he has been taking for the last few weeks. He is … Continue reading →
We decided to take a trip to the beach yesterday since the forecast only called for a 30% chance of afternoon showers. That was the lowest chance of rain that we’d had in several days so we thought it was … Continue reading →
Here are a few videos that we captured of Jenna recently:
Continue reading →Here are some recent pictures of Jenna… With Mama and Dada: Sitting up and playing: Sitting in her high chair for the first time and her first “solid” meal (very wet cereal):
Continue reading →At 3.5 months old, we got Jenna’s picture taken at Olan Mills. Here are some of the pictures:
Continue reading →A special thanks to Carol’s Aunt Vicki and Uncle Don for sending us the last of the dresses that Carol’s Aunt Dorothy made years ago for the girls in the family. Jenna finally fit in the dress and she wore … Continue reading →