Family Christmas Tradition

In the last several years we have somewhat of a family tradition. We decorate our Christmas tree and put the Christmas lights outside and then we take a family picture! It is so fun to see how our family changes from year to year. Next year will be even more fun as we will be adding our sweet little girl, A.P. to the mix!

This is in 2006 when E and L were just a little guys. I am sad to say that we didnt take a family picture in 2007. I am not sure what happened.

This picture was our 2008 Christmas card! The boys were too funny with their big grins and eyes closed!! Merry Christmas from the Whiteley's!

This picture was taken in 2009. We had just gotten our dog a month before, so we wanted to include him in the picture.

This is from 2010. We had to move the tree this year to make room for a new chair that we purchased. Notice that the nasty dog is NOT in the picture. He is outside because he needed a bath! Now that he is clean, we have been letting him sleep in his crate at night when the temperature is in the teens!

I am also 5 months prego in this picture!! So excited for A.P. to get here!!

Taking these family pictures is a fun tradition for our family. The boys love to help us decorate! We did let them down a little bit this year because we didnt put out any Christmas lights in the yard. Honestly though, it has been too cold and I have not had a ton of energy during this pregnancy. Hopefully next year we will be back to normal and have a festive house for Christmas!!

Merry Christmas from the Whiteley's in 2010!

Pizza and the Square

After Thanksgiving we met my parents in Fayetteville for pizza and to see the lights at the Square. The lights were beautiful and the kids loved it! Outtings are getting to be so much more fun as the boys get older.

Nanny and Pepaw spoiled the boys by letting them go on all of the rides. Here E and I are riding the camel.

Cale and L on the other camel.

Then we rode on the Cinderella carriage! I felt like a princess!

The Cinderella carriage was big enough that all 6 of us were able to ride on it.

Then Pepaw paid for the boys to ride on the ponies.

The boys also like following the lighted paths. It was hard to get them to sit still long enough to get a few pictures!!

Daddy and his boys!

It was a very fun night for all of us!

Thank you Nanny and Pepaw!!

Two Little Indian Boys

It was craft night at our house back in November. Grandma had given us paper sacks and real feathers!! We had to make good use of them.

Dont they make cute little indian boys??

E spent alot of time coloring and decorating his paper!

L on the other hand did not decorate for long. He wanted to be an indian!!

I am so glad that I ordered the art project book for first graders this year as part of E's schooling. He has loved getting to do some of the projects that they recommend!

Happy Late Thanksgiving!

Toy Ads

L is my shopper. I can take him to any store and he can find something to look at! This time of year is horrible for him. There are way to many ads in the paper for him to look at and he always wants everything in the ad!

I have even been known to take one of these books to church with us. He will sit so quietly in church looking at all of the toys that he wants!

Are we breaking a commandment here? Not sure. I know it says no coveting your neighbors anything, but does wanting everything out of a toy ad count?? :-)

Catching Up

Yes, I know that I have been a horrible blogger! So now I am trying to catch up on all of my pictures before Christmas and the New Year. I took these pictures at least a month ago. We were waiting on Cale to finish getting ready for church. So I told the boys to go outside and I would snap some pictures of them while we waited.

Aren't they cutie pies??

I ended up using the one of them together for our Christmas Card. I know it is not the best pictures of E, but have you ever tried to use the machines at Walmart?? It has been way to long for me. I just decided to get it all done while I was there. SO that is why I used that picture.

E. My handsome little guy. With teeth coming in at all stages. I am so ready to get past this stage in his life where his teeth are all different sizes and at different stages of coming in. I am also ready to get this boy to an orthodontist! He has such beautiful baby teeth!

Sweet L! It is impossible to get him to look at the camera, and when he does he squints! We have to say crazy things to get him to smile and look and then most of the time he is laughing for his pictures! He is sooo silly!!