2007 In Review...

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Warning....This is EXTREMELY LONG!!!! Like, "I am waking up & so I'll watch while I am drinking a cup of coffee long!!!" You can watch it in chunks. After I briefly lost all our photos when my hard drive crashed in November, I decided to put our photos on a DVD (another option to scrapbooking)...and why not set them to music!? If you are related to us, you probably have seen a good portion of these. I think it sums up our yearly well...very busy. Enjoy, I don't expect you to hang in there..so if you don't make it to the end....here's to a wonderful, exciting, joyous, happy, healthy 2008!!!

Celebration Snowfall Performance

It is not a holiday season around here without watching our kids at a snowfall performance. Over the last year we have made some adjustments to their extracurricular activities, but they were still able to participate in performing downtown at the Celebration Snowfall. They performed some of the dances from the holiday revue...we were able to see much better at the snowfall since we were so close. It was very casual and alot of fun. Plus some of their friends were able to come and watch them. Once again, good job Sydney & josie!

Sydney & Josie's Holiday Revue

Here are some photos from the girls' dance revue. It was really cute & they have worked really hard the past 4 months, especially Sydney. All of the dances were to holiday themed music. Unfortunately, Josie recuperating from some dental work this past week, was experiencing some pain so she only participating in one dance. Greg and Jen were in town so they were able to see the girls dance which was great (Wyatt & Griffin stayed home to play with a sitter:)). Mollye & my mom also joined us. Afterwards we went out for dinner and the girls were able to relax. Competiton season is just around the corner, so Sydney will be putting extra long hours over the next few months. Way to go girls!!!

Well, I finally did it...

...I cut Griffin's hair. Lee has been persuading me to do it for awhile now & I've gotten mixed comments like "when are you going to cut his hair " to "you can NEVER cut his hair". It was getting a bit fluffy on the sides. I just couldn't bring myself to cut off the ringlets. Anyways, cut to today(no pun intended)...Lee is in Baltimore & I just gotten this feeling like I should cut his hair RIGHT NOW. So I armed myself with holiday chocolates, scissors (nair scissors, btw) & just started chopping. From this picture, I know it does not look like much, but there was a pile on blond ringlets on my bathroom counter, not to mention several candy wrappers. I can already see it is a bit uneven...oh well, that suits his look & I guess with all the curls he can get a way with it...I just hope I don't try to "even it off " too much. We washed his hair right after the cut & now he is sleeping, so I'll see what I am dealing with in a short while. As we found out with Josie...it's just hair...but definitely great hair!!!

The Holidays Have Begun

This picture was taken of us yesterday at The Magic Kingdom- we were just on our way out and Mickey's Enchanted Chrsitmas party was starting- The castle was lit up like it was covered in icicles- it was really beautiful - holiday music was playing & it really got you in the spirit of the season. Last week Lee was out of town speaking at a conference in Cancun & I was very productive in organizing for the holidays. I managed to start & finish my Hanukkah shopping (as I was panicky because it falls so early this year), organize our cards- Josie was a tremendous help, and start baking. I love the energy of the holidays but have felt as each year passes that there is more and more things to do. This weekend Josie & Sydney are performing in a Holiday Revue with their dance studio- they have been working really hard so we are excited to see them perform. It really is important to slow down and enjoy the time with your friends & family. As we start the celebration of Hanukkah tomorrow night, I am sure we will post about all the excitement- the girls have been counting down. Have a joyous and safe holiday season.

Well it was just a matter of time...

...before Sydney & Josie got there hands on Griffin & did his hair!!! Lee is going to kill me for posting this but I couldn't resist. A few times a week, strangers come up to me say "you have such a beautiful daughter". For those of you who haven't seen Griffin in person in awhile- he has the same beautiful curly hair that Sydney had. I just cannot bring myself to cut it & I think it fits in perfect with the surfer look that I am going for!!!

The girls managed to have him sit long enough to put his hair up in pigtails & barettes (hello Sydney 1999!!). They even put lip gloss on him. I think for a little guy with two big sisters this is probably a right of passage. He was a good sport but I think he'll probably give them a karate chop the next time they come near him with rubber bands!!

Let It Snow!

The 1st night of "snow falling" in Celebration was last Saturday. Lee took the kids down to play & Griffin was a bit apprehensive at first, but he definitely was in to it. I met them for the "2nd falling" and Griffin was totally in to it. Some years it has been "cold" (well for us Floridians)- this year we are experiencing very warm weather & the kids were playing in the snow in their shorts. The festivities have begun!!