Beautiful Butterflies

The butterflies at the Museum of Natural History are amazing!! Emaline must be extra lucky because one of the butterflies stuck with her for quite a while!!

Touring D.C.

Our tour continued today!! Even after seeing the Museum of Air and Space and the Museum of Natural History, Emaline still prefers the subway!!

Christmas Day 2008

Merry Christmas!! We had a wonderful day!! We opened presents at Grandma's house, went to visit Great Grandma, Aunt Sharon, and Uncle Frank, and then went into the city to see it all in lights!!

Cookies for Santa

We had so much fun making cookies for Santa!! It was a very special Christmas Eve!!

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue- Christmas Eve

It was a beautiful day in Washington D.C. today! Of all of the things we saw today, the most exciting to Emaline is definitely the metro/subway!! She says it was the best day of her life!!

Emaline loves Joshie:)

Today Emaline drew a picture on our driveway of herself with her wonderful friend Josh, or as she calls him, Joshie. It was so cute, and I started thinking of how long they have been friends. They have been friends since we moved here a little over 4 years ago. They were just babies when they started playing together. They have been calling each other boyfriend/girlfriend for about 3 years now. They made these "wedding invitations" in Sunday school a couple of months ago. Now, Emaline insists that she will marry Joshie!:) We just feel that they are still a little young for that! Anyway, here are some pics of them together through the years.

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The above video was created by my friend Beth!! It is really cute!! Enjoy!!!

KCS Christmas Program

KCS Christmas Program

Emaline had her Christmas program at school today. Of course they were all adorable!! She was an angel in the program. Today was her last day of school until after the break!! Only a few more days until Santa comes!!

Our Kitty Linus

Our Kitty Linus

We thought we would share our cuddly kitty!! He is Em's buddy and our oldest child. He is now 10 years old!! We must boast that he is very loving, cuddly, and amazingly tolerant. We think he is the best kitty ever!!

Counting Down the Days!!

Getting Ready for Ho Ho Ho!!

We have been getting ready for Christmas!! Of course no one is quite as excited as Emaline!! I think she adds to her Santa list every day!! I always ask if she told Santa about all of these things. She had her "Joyful Noise" Christmas musical at church last Sunday. They were great!!