Tonight...

Drew & will got a little wild tonight with Will's new shopping cart. Hey boys, that cart is not for you to sit in!!!!

Can you tell that I really did not want to cut an inch off the back of Will's hair?? He had this long wavy piece, but it was just time to cut it...

Remember the beanie babies?? I got out my cherished set of beanie bears out and gave them to Drew.

Newest Member of the family!!!

We adopted a cat just before Christmas from the local animal shelter. He fits in perfectly with our family. Drew picked his name out and of course it is...SUPERCAT!!! Well, whatever works right?? We have nicknamed him Super!

Christmas Day

We had a nice Christmas day in Maine. We started off the morning at our house with gifts and breakfast. Then headed to Drew and Will's Great Grandmother Blacks house. We had a wonderful dinner in the afternoon @ Grampa Bill's & Debi's with Grampa Bill, Debi, Great Aunt Judy, cousin Kelly, Great Uncle Russell, Great Grammie Johnson and also Grampa Minery & Phyllis drove up from NH to spend Christmas night with us! Drew and Will had lots of fun, got many things and of course Drew got his MP3 player and Nintendo DS - he was more than excited!!! Will seemed to have a happy day and had fun opening some gifts. We had a great Christmas and made sure to remind Drew why we celebrate Christmas and how fortunate he is. In the weeks and days before Christmas Drew made a shoebox full of things to send off for Operation Christmas Child, he had a difficult time comprehending that that was all the child would get for Christmas. We also organized a small food drive with his Tiger Scouts and visited the local food pantry.

We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas with your family and friends. Have a Happy New Year!!! xoxoxoxo

Merry Christmas!

We wish you all a wonderful Christmas!
Love Gary, Shasta, Will & Drew

Christmas Eve...

Drew & Will are snuggled in bed after a night of excitement. Santa has come and now I am off to bed!!! Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Eve Dinner

We had our usual Christmas Eve tradition of dressing up & eating dinner @ Drew & Will's Great Grandmother Black's just down the road from our house. Then we attended Christmas Eve service @ church.

Coloring Contest Winner!

Drew won 1st place in a coloring contest! We are very proud of Drew! He was very pleased to win a $25 gift certificate and $5 gift certificate to McDonalds. As most of you know Drew has really taken an interest in drawing and art. He draws almost daily and loves crafts. Drew recently started taking a weekly drawing class with a local artist...who knows where this talent will take him??

Drew & Will: The past couple of months have been busy! Time just flies by! Will is almost 15 months and Drew is such a big 1st grader! Drew's loves right now are: Nintendo Wii, reading, drawing LOTS and he is soooo good at it!, he loves Will, karate, basketball, getting ready for Christmas, Star Wars... Will loves Drew, talking (he says what's this, mama, da, dog, hi, vroom - all of these words are not crystal clear, but we have figured it out!), he loves to point, loves climbing and getting into anything and everything that he should not, loves the wiggles, outside play, balls, animals and is generally very happy but has a little bit of a temper when he does not get his way - Gary says he is like me - huh???

Off to bed, hope you are all having fun getting ready for Christmas!

Drew gets his badge

Drew was so excited to get his first Tiger Scout badge!!!

Happy 23rd Birthday Sam!