MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Best Santa pictures ever!

1. They were free! Every year, at a Belmont basketball game, Santa and Mrs. Claus visit.

2. No one cried or was scared. Everyone cooperated for the first year ever!

3. We waited 60 seconds. No kidding. I saw on facebook today that a friend waited 2 hours in line with their kids to see Santa. Uhmmm, no thank you!

4. They were free!

Merry Christmas!

Abi's Writing

If I Could Travel All Over the World

by: Abi Johnson

If I could travel all over the world first I would go to Mississippi. There, I think I should eat pizza and zuccini with a chocolate sunday and dr. pepper. Next I would go to China. I would see the enormas wall of China. I would be tiny compared to that big thing. I wounder what kind of weather it would be at that point? But fun has just begun! I can't wait to go to Mexico! How will I speak Spanish? I would love to eat naochos. Yum yum! Now I'm going to Japan and eat "yuck" sushi why would I want to eat that? Coming up New York. Yay! I would be on broadway! Also I would eat popcorn and watch the newest movie coming out with my best friend, Emma. We would watch Rio! While were traveling we were going to go to Brazil in South America. I have to look sophisticated it sounds like and I will eat spagetti with tomato sause on the side too! I feel like I need some suplize right now to start my gps. Did I tell you? Well it isn't working ever sinse I started to travel. Anyway, I still have a compass ross we can use. Lets go to Europe that seems so far away. But we can get there! So in Europe lets ask someone what to do. Ok? Now its time for the funest of all Hawaii! We could go swiming and dance with the hola girls. Its time for lunch for drink I'll have coconut. Even though I didn't get all around the world I went to some amazing countrys, states, and citys. I'd like to get back home. I wanna do this again!

Love this entertainment! She obviously loves to write and loves to talk about food. All spelling errors, punctuation and writing was exactly how she wrote her essay. She scored a 5/6!

Stats

All 3 kiddos had their well visits last week. Somehow Aiden's got bumped from May and we just waited until fall to take him as well.

Here are their weight/height stats. I'm writing this, so one day, I can look back and laugh at it!

Abi: age 8-- a whopping 46 lbs. and 52 3/4 in. (4 ft., 4 3/4 in.)

Avery: age 6-- 41 lbs. and 45 3/4 in. (3 ft., 9 3/4 in.)

Aiden: age 3--37 lbs. and 37 in. ( 3 ft., 1 in.)

All are healthy! Gotta get the butter back out for Abi and stick some calories to her!

Summer Fun

Let me dust off the blog once again and let's get caught up from all the summer fun. We were able to go to Destin, Florida with my parents in late July. We stayed at a great condo right across the street from the beach. The kids had a blast and I think my parents had more fun just watching them!

Our condo had access to several pools so we spent some time swimming as well.

We spent lots of time playing in the sand. Avery was very proud of the hole he dug!

We bought the kids "surf" boards that they loved. They charged right into the ocean and had a blast riding the waves.

This boy spent a lot of time chasing waves on the beach, filling up his buckets, and playing in the sand.

We didn't take a lot of pictures, but we managed to make a lot of memories! We ate some great seafood, played some games late at night and had a relaxing time. Thanks Papa and Nana for the trip. We had a blast!

The AVE

Happy Birthday to the Avester today! Avery means full of wisdom, counsel, or sage. You are growing into such a young man, sensitive and full of love. You promised me the other day that you would always sit on my lap and cuddle with me! We can't believe you are 6 years old, starting 1st grade in two days. You read 76 books this summer and are such a math whiz. We love you very much and can't wait to see what this sixth year brings.

Happy Birthday Abi!

Can you believe this crazy girl is 8 tomorrow?

What a beautiful, smart, athletic, funny, loving child! Happy Birthday, Abi! May your 8th year be amazing!

P. S. When her daddy took these pictures tonight, the first thing she said was, "Does my hair look alright? Let me go check it. " GEEZ!!!!

Summer Reading Fun

Now, some of you might think that the title here is an oxymoron, Summer Reading Fun! But I just wanted to list a few books I've read in the last month or so that I really enjoyed. People ask me all the time what I have been reading or what's good or what's new. And people ask me , when do you have time to read??? (usually I stay up really late, if I have a really good book!)


These are some books that I really enjoyed...

Sarah Pekkanen
Skipping a Beat
The Opposite of Me

Liza Palmer
A field guide to burying your parents
Conversations with the Fat Girl

Mary Kay Andrews
Summer Rental

Denise Hildreth
Savannah from Savannah
Savannah Comes Undone
Savannah By the Sea

Hope you enjoy! And yes, I'll be up til midnight or 1:00 am reading tonight again!