HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BROOKE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!! 9 YEARS OLD! WOW!

I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS MORNING.... IT'S COMING, IT'S COMING!

SANTA IS THE BEST!! The kids, well 3 of the 4 anyway, were so, so excited to see SANTA! It was great just to see the looks on their faces as they walked up and started talking to him! Grandma and Grandpa bought the kids the hats that they are wearing in these pics. I thought they were too cute! I cannot wait until Christmas morning to watch the kids so excited... there is nothing better than watching them! We Believe!

Pray for Payton's Family

Eli lost a dear friend to cancer last night at 9:02. Eli checked Payton's website everyday and although he only met her once, she sure made quite the impact on him! Payton was an 11 year old girl who lost her battle to Ewings Sarcoma last night. What a wonderful family and inspirational, courageous little girl Payton was! Please keep her family in your thoughts... It is a sad day.

Picking out the Christmas Tree or Throwing Snowballs? Hmmmmmmm.....

Armed and ready with snowballs! The tree we picked was actually in back of them!
The result of being "bombed" by a snowball. I wonder who threw it??? Can you guess?

Caught in the act!

Seth is looking a little "guilty" here!

I think I am standing in the WRONG SPOT!

Winter? Christmas? AREADY?

Done picking out the Christmas Tree! Warming up by the fire!
The fam at our favorite "Tree picking out place", Dr. Mutch's Hidden Pines!

Izaac and his beloved STUMP! He is so happy to have the stump every year! It is so funny!

Hey, who gave Santa a BLACK EYE?

Well, one of these hoodlems did! We made chocolate suckers! It was so much fun! The kids really enjoyed it!

Thanksgiving!

Brooke is thankful for being Uncle Troy's "Chalk Girl"!
Seth is thankful for playing pool with Uncle Troy!

Brooke is thankful for being BEAUTIFUL!

Eli is thankful for getting to go to a Detroit Lion's Game!

Izaac is thankful for his BFF Erin!

More Halloween Pics...

Rip and Homeboy!
Brooke with the cutest little pumpkin!

Seth carved his own this year!

Eli in his costume with his "Homies"!

Izaac with his new sitter, Katie!

I just remembered that I didn't post any Halloween pics! UGH!

The infamous "Rip Hamilton" carved into a pumpkin! Yes, I really did carve this!
Seth being sweet and giving me a smile after I begged for one!
Izaac at school carving his little pumpkin and being a goofball!
I will post pictures of what Eli was for Halloween. Can you guess? He was actually a boxer and he really did get this black eye Halloween night as he was dressed up like a boxer! Ugh... Eli!
Beautiful Brooke dressed up in her Chinese Lady costume!

Faces of Chiari

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Seth and his baratone. He is now playing the TUBA!
Izaac and Chauncey... Aren't they so cute together?

Brooke and Mom ready to watch the 3D Hannah Montanna movie together... big stuff for an 8 year old, ya know!

Hanging out at Devon's football game.

What? It was Constitution Day! HA!

New Updates FINALLY!

Seth really does think he is a stud! Going into 7th Grade and all is such a big thing!
Peas in a pod! Do they look alike or what? WOW!

Brooke, a blankey, outside with a hot chocolate... ahhh... life is good!

My cousin, Jeremy, and his new wife off to live a life with the military... how we will miss him! What a great kid!

Eli at his Chiari walk. There were so many people there! We were amazed!

THE SUPER HILARIOUS THING THAT HAPPENED... AND A LITTLE MORE....

Yes, you do see a gigantic gorilla on our the roof of our van and yes, we did drive from Cedar Point to the Great Wolf Lodge with it on our roof, just like this! We had people taking video and pictures of us as we drove down the road. It was so funny! Dave won this in the last minute before the park closed and he won on the first try (some put the ball in a basket game) and he only spent $10.00! How does this guy ALWAYS win all the biggest stuffed animals?

Triple, Quadruple HA!
"Put your hand in the AYER!"
Snoopy was so nice to share his cookie with Izaac.
The fab 4 with some motorcycle do-rag guy!