Merry Christmas!

Here are some of our favorite shots from December,

starting with Annie in her Christmas dress, waiting to see Santa.
(So she could take one look at him and run away!)

Searching for the perfect Christmas tree!

Roasting marshmallows after picking out our tree.

Will begging for one more marshmallow, please!!


We had two snow falls before Christmas, one at the beginning of December, and then a big one (almost 2 feet!) less than a week before Christmas. Here are Ellen and Will with their snowman:

Christmas Eve, just before leaving for church.


Hanging stockings and putting out Santa's cookies!

Christmas morning! Annie was so happy to see Minnie Mouse!

Annie, wearing Will's handyman gear, ready to fix any broken toys.

Super shot of Will showing off his Superhero moves!

Happy Halloween 2009!

Sleeping Beauty, Bob the Builder and Snow White took to the streets to collect candy! (Didn't take Annie long to figure out what was going on and to know she liked it!)

Disney World! October 2009

With our new baby due in early March, we knew we wouldn't be able to go to Disney World in February as we had hoped...so we decided to go in October! We had the best time!!! Here are some pictures of us with some of our favorite Disney friends.

Annie liked seeing all the characters (and especially adored Minnie Mouse), but she didn't like getting her picture taken with them. So here are a couple shots of Annie playing and laughing.

One of our family favorites was the new Toy Story Mania ride at Hollywood Studios. It was so cool! Here's a picture of Will with his 3-D glasses on, ready for the ride to begin!

Ellen and Will taking a break from climbing the nets at the Hollywood Studios playground.

Annie's 1st Haircut, September 2009

Here's Annie, showing off her first haircut!

Apple Picking, September 2009

Time to stock the fridge with apples!
We headed west to Markham, VA to pick delicious apples off the tree.

Beach! August 2009

Back to the Beach!

We spent a week in August in Cape May, NJ and the last week of the summer in the Outer Banks.

Ellen once again loved boogie boarding.

Annie did a lot of snacking while on the beach.
But she managed to spend some time in the sand and waves too.

Will dug some big holes to jump into and some little holes to be used as swimming pools by Annie.

Swimming All Summer 2009

We enjoyed our summer pool days!
Annie absolutely adored splashing and playing.
Will started swimming under water
and mastered some amazing jumps and dives.
Ellen LOVED being on the pool's swim team. She earned a few ribbons in back stroke and many
personal best ribbons for free style and back stroke.

Annie at the Park

Annie enjoyed a fun Spring day playing at the park!!

Happy Easter 2009!

A few pictures from Easter!

Easter was early last year, in March, before Annie was born, so this was Annie's 1st Easter!

Looking for eggs!

"We found them all!"