Santa

Normally we don't dress up to visit Santa, however, Hannah insisted she wear a dress so I went ahead and let her wear her dress and put Benjamin in a sweater to match.

She wanted a picture spinning in her dress

My big kids, Benjamin really is taller than she is, it is not just the spacing in the picture.

It's Beginning to Look Alot like Christmas

Pumpkins

Halloween Pictures Past and Present

First time at the beach

Making Maracas

Making the paper mache to cover out light bulbs

The fun part - painting! They did an excellent job painting, I was surprised!

Shake, Shake, Shake

Family Pics

More pics for the Great Grandparents

For the Great Grandparents

First time to go bowling
Had aprons on to make cookies for Daddy's birthday
Cousins
A few before and after pictures of the floors

I just realized I haven't updated in two months! It has been a busy summer. I'll try to post some of the best pics of the summer for the Great Grandparents to see!

Atlanta

Hannah had to have her map at the zoo!

Hotels are so much fun! The kids on their bed (that is Hannah's sheet from home)

They were so excited to go swimming. Unfortunately the pool was not heated (indoor, crazy) and so we only went once and they shivered the whole time and we ended up swimming in the not so hot "hot" tub. We were very disappointed!

Hannah and Benjamin with 3 of their cousins (they have 9 more and 2 more on the way)! They LOVE their cousins!

Will and Benjamin

Daddy and the kids

Hannah and the Beluga Whale

The Whale Sharks

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Atlanta. We had such a good time. Hannah was excited to see the Whale Sharks. If you ask her about them she will say they were "HUGE!" Benjamin is still a bit too little to have the full enjoyment of a vacation but I think for the most part he had a good time! He LOVED having Will around to play with (Daniel's brother's family met us there).

AWANA Award Night

Hannah and Benjamin both got certificates and awards for finishing a whole year of AWANA. Hannah also got patches for her vest, you can't really see them in the picture but they are on there.

Songs

Annual Photo Contest - Help Me Pick

Okay, the adoption photo contest that I enter every year is coming up again. Please vote on your favorite picture of Hannah, favorite picture of Benjamin, and your favorite picture of the two together. In the comment section type your 3 choices, photo label is UNDER the picture. So example your comment would say (HB2, BJD1, HRD3) or another combination.....

HB1HB2

BJD1

BJD2

BJD3

HRD1

HRD2

HRD3