Happy Birthday Great Grandma!!

We celebrated my grandma's birthday on Sunday at my parents house. The kids were so excited to see their new baby cousin Nathan. They talk about him all the time and love to hold him.

 Sadie enjoying a little broccoli

Redkin Symposium

Every other January, Redkin offers 2 days of classes at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas. I have not been in 4 years. With the help of Ryan and my parents I was able to go this year. It was so nice to get away for a few days. I took some really awesome classes and had a great time. 3 days was good for me though, I really missed my family. Here is a few pictures of some of the classes.... 

 

 after the first day of classes Redkin puts on a huge after party. They always have a concert, this year was One Republic. They put on a great show

 My mom had Maddie for the 3 days and Ryan took Holden and Sadie. Ryan sent me these pics so I could see what they were up to while mommy was away. Looks like a shopping spree at Target....

 breakfast for dinner.....

 I missed my lil monkeys so much



Welcome Home Nathaniel David

We have some exciting news! My brother and sister in law adopted a precious baby boy on January 9. He was born on January 7 and weighed 6lbs 12oz. He is the most beautiful baby boy and we are so beyond happy to have him as part of our family. Here is a picture of the new parents and the social workers at the hospital on the day Nathan came home.....

 

 this is one excited boy, waiting to meet his new cousin

 ampa with his newest grand baby

 the proud parents

 ama and her grandson

 all the cousins!!!

New Years Eve 2012

We spent New Years Eve with the Ellis's. It was great to get the kids together so we could have some adult time.....well, as much adult time as we could have with 5 kiddos running around.

 best buds

 Holden and Charlotte having a "midnight kiss"

 

 we are using this one in their wedding slide show LOL

 we bundled the kids up to make some smores

 the kids made it to 9:30 which I thought was pretty good

Thanks for having us Ellis family, we had a great time hanging out