Happy Birthday, Maw-Maw!

We are looking forward to celebrating with you on Thursday, but we hope you have a great birthday today! We love you!

Ryan is 6!!!

I cannot believe you are six years old already! Boy has time flown by since I first held you in my arms...you were so, so tiny! You are such a sweet boy. We love you, Ryan and hope you have a great day!

A Birthday Dinner Celebration

Today we went to Dave and Lori's house to celebrate Dave's birthday with a yummy lasagna dinner (well WE all had lasagna and the birthday boy had prime rib...either way, who loses? Yum! :-)). We had a large crowd (large enough that we are outgrowing the kitchen table!), which meant lots of noise, but lots of fun. Even David's Aunt Karen and Uncle Brian joined us and it is always great to see them. After dinner there was some drawing and Wii playing and wedding planning and all sorts of good stuff. It was a nice evening. I hope you had a great birthday, Dave! So glad we could be a part of the celebration. We love you!

Second Christmas Stop....the Truitt House

After we had our bellies sufficiently stuffed with the best Christmas food ever, we hop, skipped and jumped down the street to David's dad's house to spread some Christmas cheer over there. Grandaddy and Uncle Jerry were in town and it is always a pleasure to see them. We exchanged gifts and Ally and Jillian played with their new toys and had lots of fun. The girls were real troopers through all of the holiday madness and napless days this year...they really are great kids! Lori was excited to receive the Wii we all gifted her with this year and we even broke it out a gave it a try while we were there.

Merry Christmas...again!

An Italian Christmas

Stop #1 on Christmas day is to Grandma Lang's house. David's Grandma makes a HUGE and wonderfully yummy Italian meal every Christmas day...and it is all handmade. She makes her own sauce, meatballs AND pasta! We look forward to it for months, it is just that good. In addition to the food, though, we always look forward to seeing the family and the last couple years have brought several additions to our family, so it is fun to see the little ones all running around. Ally had so much fun playing with her cousins. We filled our bellies and are already looking forward to next year. Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday Girl!

Today is my sister-in-law's birthday and I hope Brian spoils her rotten today, because she deserves it! Happy Birthday, Julie! We love ya!

It's Paw-Paw's Birthday!

Today is David's step-dad's birthday and although we already had fun celebrating with him Saturday, we hope today is a special day for him! We love you, Dan! Happy Birthday!!!

Somebody's 30 Today and Her Name is TONYA!!!

HAPPY 30th Birthday Tonya!

Sorry we couldn't make it to your surprise party, but we had a great time at the Pub with you!

Some pictures of our evening out...

Hope you had a great birthday, Tonya! We love you!!

Happy Birthday Alyssa!!!

Our niece Alyssa is celebrating a birthday today...4 years old!!! So sorry we won't be at your birthday party, Sis, but we will have a present waiting for you when we get back from vacation! We love you!!! Happy Birthday!

Jilly is 1 Today!!

Jillian turns one today and we are so excited! I can't believe how fast this year went by. It seems like just yesterday that Julie and I were pregnant (and miserable :-)) together and now we have two adorable and amazing one year olds!
Happy Birthday, Jilly! We have so enjoyed watching you grow this year and we are excited for your birthday party today. We love you!!

Martin Family Beach Photo Session

On our last night of vacation, I did a little photo shoot on the beach for my brother and sister-in-law and their girls. I am, by no means a professional photographer, but I have a great love for taking pictures and a really nice camera (thank you to my loving and generous hubby!!) and I am always snapping photos of everyone, so I was glad to do it. I have often thought of fine-tuning some of my camera skills and taking pics on the side, but who has time for all that with a one year old and a full-time job?? Maybe some day, right?? :-)

I am really proud of how most of the pictures turned out and hope Julie, Brian, Kayla and Jillian will enjoy them for years to come.

Here are some of my favorites...