Today is Anna's 12th Birthday!

I cannot believe the little girl who woke up at 5 years of age on her first morning home, declaring "I have no idea what I'm going to wear today!" and introducing us to the delightful world of raising girls, is now 12.  TWELVE!!!!! WOW!  She has grown up from the tiny little girl we brought home so long ago.

So, our day began with the very first clue. :)  The girlies LOVE to read mystery books with all sorts of clues.  Today, we made things a little harder since Anna is getting older.    She said she wanted it to be tough.... so here were her clues:

To be continued......

Thanksgiving Weekend part 4

This is dedicated to Baby Charlie....who is 16 months old now.

  We were so happy to see busy little boy hands today.  We adore our little grandsons.
We have 2 more grandsons on the East Coast that we were very much missing today.  We look forward to seeing them in the future.

We hope you all had a Wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Weekend Part 3

Timothy and Emily and Joey and Christopher came over along with Marcus and Ivy and William and Charlie....and it was a boy filled evening!

Here is the Gingerbread house the boys made.

Charlie was too young to make gingerbread houses.

 The boys really concentrated for about 5 minutes. :)

Thanksgiving Weekend Part 2

The Making of the Gingerbread House

This year the kit was a little more sophisticated

 The girlies are becoming really great at decorating!

 Erika did the front door

 Anna busy at work with the sides

 Sarah doing the back door

Anna wanted the house to look "alive"

 Putting on the finishing touches

 The Finished Product

It sure does look good!  We'll see how long it lasts! :)

The grandsons have not come over yet. I think "Black Friday" is still in full swing. :)

Thanks Giving Weekend 2010 Part 1

Happy Thanksgiving!

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