Tuesday, December 28, 2010

special day



* 16 year annv. of sam and i's first date

* sam's on vacation 

* donuts for breakfast

* fun in target spending gift cards

* fun in old navy buying $60 worth of clothes and only spending $20

* running into cousins we hadn't seen in awhile

 * eating lunch while watching ice skaters

* exploring in a children's museum all afternoon

* yummy snacks and a new movie for the ride home

* picnic diner and a new movie for supper


what a simply special day!


Sunday, December 26, 2010

3 years ago



...this sweet baby boy was born.













































































happy birthday to my favorite little boy!!





Saturday, December 25, 2010

merry CHRISTmas


and happy birthday Jesus!




















love,

sam. kate. sofie. lia & kye reighard



Sunday, December 19, 2010

christmas #1

the thornburg christmas


lia, sofie and uncle nick







 the many, many presents



lia and gram doing a little cooking




the cousins have arrived...









checking out uncle nick's new class ring





opening presents...kye's new dragon castle



 he really was excited...even though he doesn't look like it here




 lia opening up her new digital camera





she was super-excited about this.   took photos all night and it's currently sharing a pillow with her.




sof's new blanket that grandma trudy made





pop helping lia with her new camera





 gram and clara





 kye and ruthie loving the new castle




grandma trudy and great aunt pam




sofie and her new bling




 the following are attempts at a "almost" family photo for gram's christmas card...




poor sof was not feeling well.
love ruthie's smile in this one! 




 oh lia, lia, lia




my poor sofie was trying so hard to smile




lia wanted to take a photo of her new camera...the whole point of getting her her own camera was so she wouldn't need to use my camera anymore--go figure!



merry christmas!

gingerbread houses

we made our annual gingerbread houses this week.  lia used a kit that my grandma had and sofie made her's from scratch.








































...a first of many crafts this christmas season.