Time for an Update!

Life has been extremely busy in the last couple months. Many things have been happening! Here are a few of the most memorable.

My grandma turned 88 this year -- My mom decided that she needed a surprise party -- we all hoped her heart could take it. She was surprised and had a wonderful time. It was nice to get together with my cousins that I rarely see.

Just because we didn't already have enough to do, Andrew joined Cub Scouts. He is really enjoying it since he gets to spend time with daddy! He is a Tiger Cub and has already begun earning badges for his uniform (Mommy hasn't had time to put them on yet, but we'll get there soon...) This picture was taken right after he came off the ice at the Griffen's game -- his troup presented the flag during the national anthem.

Halloween was fun -- Andrew wanted to be a SWAT officer. He saw the costume at Costco and he was totally sold! It came with a badge, handcuffs, billy club, binoculars, sun glasses, watch, flashlight, and walkie talkie. He was more excited about the costume than he was about Trick-or-Treating. After our fifth house, he said, "I've got enough candy now, can we go home?"

Then we ran into Colton and his brother Tyler. Suddenly Andrew wanted to continue. So, we went a couple blocks with them. Until Tyler was too tired to continue.

Thanksgiving with the Mann family was at our house this year. Dinner was wonderful! We all enjoyed spending time together chatting and playing cards. Bill and his dad even wore matching shirts ;-)

Christmas Eve for the Berridge family was celebrated at our house this year. We decided to have a picture taken of my siblings. We needed several tries and we still aren't happy with it, but it'll do ;-)

At daycare, Andrew's favorite activity is playing pool. Santa brought him his very own pool table. He was super excited - there was paper flying everywhere when he figured out what it was. He was disappointed that we had to leave to go to grandma's.

Christmas day at grandma's -- Andrew got a set of golf clubs. He was super excited -- Uncle Derek started teaching him to putt. He's not very good yet, but he was starting to get the hang of it -- maybe Uncle Derek will take him out on the driving range this summer.

Andrew with all his presents from Mommy, Daddy, and Santa. He was even happy with the underwear and socks -- exclaiming "I needed these!!" Spoiled yet practical...

We hope everyone had a blessed holiday.