My cousin, Alyssa, took our family pictures a few weeks ago, something that hasn't been done professionally since Emma was 6 months old.  If you want to see more of Alyssa's work, you can check out her website.

After all of this (and more)...

We were excited to get this...

Brittany and Andy Ashcraft's wedding

My cousin Brittany got married Thanksgiving weekend.  It was a beautiful wedding with the best DJ...my wonderful husband!

John's Scrapbook

Emma's Scrapbook

John and Emma's Scrapbook

These pages were created using the Dinner Party kit by Sara Carling for Shabby Princess.

Ice Storm of 2010

 

The doodle on the side of the pages came from Jillcreation's fait d'hiver kit.

John's Christmas Snapshots

 

Emma's Christmas Snapshots

I'm still planning on doing traditional scrapbooking for our Christmas album.  That way I can easily include the pictures that you take the time to send us at Christmas time.  Thank you!  (and sorry we didn't get around to doing that this year...again)  Anyway, I'm still going to do two pages for the kids' books.  It was hard to narrow down Emma's pics, but here's what I came up with.  (If you'd like to see the pictures larger, you can click on them and they should open up larger.)

I created these pages using the Holiday Magic kit by Shabby Princess.

The First of Many Snowstorms

These pages were designed using the Winter Wonderland kit by Summer Designs.

Cabin Fever Remedies

For John's book

 For Emma's book

Wanna Play in the Snow?

Emma did...until I had her all bundled up and ready to go outside.  As you can see though, I made her go out anyway.  She calmed down (slightly) after I held her hand to walk her out on top of the deeper snow.

John was having lots of fun helping Daddy scoop the snow.  Daddy appreciated it...after John learned that putting the snow on the cleared driveway was not helpful.

After shoveling, John had fun climbing on the pile of snow left from the snow plows.

Merry Christmas

NewLife Camping

This weekend, we enjoyed our first NewLife Camping trip at Webb's RV Park east of Hartford. Despite the cold and rain, we had six families join us in campers and two others in tents. We're hoping to have better weather next year, but that's not within our cont3rol...other than planning our trip a little earlier next year. It was a beautiful setting, and many enjoyed walking, golfing, fishing, playing on the playground equipment, and cozying up to a roaring fire.

Hannah and Allana

Scott

Craig and Noah; Scott, John, and Emma

John; Noel and Julie

Emma

Allana and Emma

Scott, John, and Noah

Adventureland

We enjoyed a great day at Adventureland, finally using the free tickets Julie won through Godfrey Family Chiropractic.  Although it was cooler than usual for the time of year, it was a great day overall and we HAD to go since it was the last Saturday A-land was open.  John LOVED it.  I'm sure he'll be asking to go again once it's open next year.

Carousel

Ferris Wheel

 

Boat Ride

  

Bumper Cars

 

Semi-trucks

Raging River

 Corn Dog, Flying Dragon

Log Ride, Sky Glider

Unfortunately (in my opinion at least), I was SOAKED from the waist down after the first little hill on the Log Ride.  The boys barely got wet at all.  Go figure.  They enjoyed a ride on the Sky Glider before we bought some cotton candy and headed home.

Stairs, Stairs, and More Stairs

John, Scott, and I joined Uncle Wes, Aunt Ginny, and several of my cousins on a climb up 319 stairs at Roche-A-Cri State Park in Wisconsin. We were rewarded with an incredible view. John climbed up the stairs all by himself (near the front of the pack) and made it most of the way down on his own. Uncle Wes carried him the last bit.

Going down...(where's John?)

The Generation 4 Climbers: Dillan, John, Luke, Adam, Grace