Sweet Aiden

What a cutie...we had such a great time

with Aiden over the holidays...we miss him already!!!!

Fezziwig's

Last Tuesday, sweet hubby took us all on a little jaunt

to Lebanon, IL - a quaint, little town about 2 hours

south of here (Charles Dickens wrote several of his books

while staying in Lebanon). We had a wonderful day exploring the

old town, but the BEST part of the day was Fezziwig's. Sweet hubby

had arranged a private room for us for a wine tasting and cheese party

(hot cocoa and hot tea for the kiddo's). It was so relaxing and so

much fun to spend an afternoon doing something we all love (eating, drinking good

wine and spending time all together, as that rarely happens).

Not only does Fezziwig's have a wonderful wine and cheese selection,

but the teas, cupcakes and whole store was just adorable.

Thank you sweet hubby for a WONDERFUL day!!!!

The BIG Surprise Revealed

You might be wondering why I'm posting pictures

of China on my blog...well....I've been keeping a secret

since September (and for those of you that know me, you know

how difficult it's been)...my very GENEROUS brother and sweet

family gifted Jacob a trip of a lifetime for Christmas...Jacob

will be going to Shanghai, China for 16 days in June. While

there, they will be going to Beijing for several days and

seeing the sights there, as well as walking The Great Wall of China.

What an incredible trip...Jacob was so excited, he couldn't say anything

and again for those of you that know him, he's just like his Dad...a man

of MANY words....hahahaha!!! Jacob was stunned!!!!!

Thank You, Paul, Heidi, Stephen, Timmy and Jessie!!!!!

Christmas 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wishing everyone a very

HAPPY 2009 !!!

I am on a "short" blogging break,

but promise will have lots of pictures

very soon.

Happy New Year!!!!

Love,

Kathy

Merry Christmas

In the true spirit of Christmas,

we wish you peace and joy.

Merry Christmas!!!

Love,

David, Kathy & Jake

You Gotta Love Him....

As I mentioned in my previous post, since I thought

we were going to stay home, it would be fun for

Jake to help me finish up the last bit of cookie

decorating I had to do before all of our guests begin arriving.

When I called him to help me, this is what arrived...

I'm not sure if he was Santa or a Clown or a little of both...

anyway you just have to love his sense of humor (hey he is 12).

That is one of his greatest gifts and I, for one, am so glad he

was blessed with the gift of humor.

After an hour of decorating, he was off to a friend's house

to do "guy" things (4 wheel, snowball fight, video games)

and I was left to clean up the mess he left me.