Visit Tampa 2010

We went to Tampa over New Year's weekend. We met baby Chase, who was born to Aunt Katie and Uncle Matt, last September. Bree has a little brother now! It was fun to watch all the kids play together. Now there are five under four (Abby, Jake, Bree, Dean and Chase), and my cousin Amy is expecting another little boy in March, which will make six! It was a great little family reunion, and I think Abby would have stayed for a month; she enjoyed having all these playmates around!

Jake, Abby and Bree "feeding the fish" behind Aunt Katie's house; this may have been the highlight of their day.



Uncle Matt pushing Dean in the swing.



Here is a picture of sweet baby Chase.



Dean smiling at his new buddy :)



The best we could do for a group shot!!

Christmas 2010

What a fun Christmas it was this year!! Santa came and brought the kids lots of great presents, including a tennis racket (the pic below cracks me up.... Abby looks like she knows what she is doing... ha ha!), pillow pets, a lawn mower, a cash register and much more. Abby was REALLY into Christmas for the first time, which was so fun to watch. Dean will figure it out quickly; isn't that the way of the second born? They certainly do learn a lot by just watching the older sibling! I took LOTS of pictures; here are a bunch.












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Abby's School Christmas Pageant

Here are some picture from Abby's Christmas pageant at school. The children in her class dressed up as shepherds, as you can see below. Abby was pretty subdued and serious during this performance, unlike the last MECE show! (I didn't get the best pictures- didn't have the right lens with me)






Here are some pictures of Abby all dressed up. Abby and a few of the girls from her class were frolicking around outside the school, before we all left for winter break.