Christmas Tree 2015

I love these little helping hands! 

 

 

They are so proud of the ornaments that they've made throughout the years...

 

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!

Pumpkin Patch 2015

Pumpkin Patch 2015!

Maddie really liked the bumpy pumpkins.  

Both kiddos were in a silly mood this evening.

 

 

Mom joined the silliness!

Forts at home

One of their favorite things to do is to build forts in our living room. I love it when they get lost in their imaginary world of boxes and pillows. 

 

Incoming Mail...

 

Outgoing mail...

Back to School 2015

Back to School 2015

The Kindergartener was ecstatic. The Second Grader was apprehensive. The four of us were excited (and a little nervous) to walk to their new school! This was an emotional start to the school year for me. This time it was because Maddie started Kindergarten, Oliver transferred to a new school and it's the end of a seven year stay-at-home stage for me. Goodbye baby stage, good bye toddler stage and good bye preschool stage. I'm going to start working (part time) in a few days. Life is changing again!

 

 I just had to peek into their classrooms after the bell rang...

Mrs Pennington's Kindergarten class

Mrs Large's 2nd grade class

10 years in Florida...

We've been in Florida 10 years! I can still remember leaving our apartment building in Brooklyn, and driving to Gainesville, FL.  Three years later we moved to Tallahassee, FL and never expected to make it our home.  We'll always love and miss our family and friends up North; New York will always hold a special place in my heart, but we couldn't be happier with the life that we have here in Tallahassee.

 July 31st, 2005 - Brooklyn, New York

August 1st, 2015 - Panama City Beach, Florida

Our new home!

We did it, we bought a house! The past two months were busy and a bit stressful but now that's in the past. We never knew this beautiful place was just a few minutes away. We're so thankful to be able to call this our home.

 

Back deck 

 

The Dining room/Sun room 

 

The living room

The Office (guest room in progress)

 

A favorite spot!

 

Another fun spot!

 

Brian and the kids love fishing and going on the paddle boat!

I love how the colors in the scenery change depending on 

sunlight, the weather and time of day.

  

God is good. 

We love our life in Tallahassee.