bring it on 2009

as always we celebrated new years eve at torre's. this year was a little quieter than usuall, but still just as fun. as you can see we had a feast of yummy food! we all sucked it up on rock band. kamry is the only one who can really play the game and she was out of town with her grandparents. to top it off we finished off the night with dog the bounty hunter. all in all we had a good night, thanks torre!

christmas 2008

kennedy's first christmas was a success! she even loved santa! torre found the girls cute matching pj's at costco. we let them wear them a few weeks before christmas when i went up to stay with them. but she didn't stop there... torre found matching pj's for the entire family.
don't we look lovely in the morning? the guys were such good sports!!! they look so manly being all matchy-matchy!

on christmas eve the guys took the oldest kids out sledding. it resulted in one badly broken leg. poor colly dolly spent christmas in the rocking chair!

our little family

thanksgiving

we spent thanksgiving at my parents house as we usually do. this year we were all able to sit at one table! that hasn't happened in years! we celebrated with grandma, uncle steven, uncle ross and torre and her family. as always my mom does a fantastic job with all of the food...my dad, he needed a little help! we usually have both a smoked turkey and a regularly cooked turkey. our neighbor clyde lay always does the smoked turkey. with him on his mission at the time my dad decided to take on smoking the neighborhood turkeys. well, lets just say the smoker consumed all 6 turkeys for thanksgiving! kennedy enjoyed her first thanksgiving dinner. she loved grandmas sweet potatoe soufflé and her yummy mashed potatoes!