Ten Years of Valentine's Day Tradition

As we prepared our traditional Valentine's meal of chicken fried steak, fried okra and steamed artichokes, it occurred to me that it is our tenth Valentine's Day together, and our tenth artery-clogging, delicious V-day feast. A look back at our photos revealed that we only started taking pictures a few years ago, and that every picture we have of our Valentine's Day dinner consists of Thomas, wearing a green shirt, looking up at the camera from in front of his full plate. So, this year, we decided to mix it up. You get me, wearing a green shirt, looking up at the camera from in front of my full plate. 

First Mush

It was his first try with "solids", and he did great! He ate the whole bowl and really, really wanted more!

Side-by-Side

At my mom's request...

Carters on the left, Johns on the right

Ages:
Carter 4 months, John 5 months
Carter 3 months, John 4 months
Carter 6 weeks, John 3 weeks
Carter 6 months, John 5 months
Carter 4 months, John 5 months
Carter 7 months, John 4 months

One More Baptism Pic

Because it's too cute to not share!





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Trip to North Georgia

My mom has been in town for the last week and a half. It's been great having her here, and we wish she could stay!

We wrapped up her visit with a trip to north Georgia this weekend. We visited Helen, Hiawassee and Dahlonega, and several places in between.

Headed up to the top of Brasstown Bald

I can't remember the last time this kid snuggled up and went to sleep on me!

At Anna Ruby Falls

Carter was on a mission to find icicles

On the observation deck at Brasstown Bald - the  highest point in Georgia

Fun World! Carter's first time on roller skates. It was an adventure!

Skee ball on wheels

The beer garden in Helen's Bavarian village

Don't You Wish You Had One?

A crazy boy, that is.

Baptism

The boys were baptized last Sunday. They looked very dapper and took water to the head like champs! It was a very churchy weekend. After a four hour class on baptism on Saturday (our third time through it), we had the baptism Sunday morning, and then Carter sang in choir at a special service Sunday night. (And he really sang!)

Our Pianist

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New Years Eve

We had a house full of Texans on new years eve! In addition to the Kimbro family, Ben, Rebecca and Miranda joined us for the festivities. It was great to be together on NYE again after so many years! It seems that I only took photos of the kids...

Kimbro Visit

We were so happy that the Kimbro's included Atlanta on their 2011 holiday tour of the southeast. We are, as ever, grateful that the kids play so well together. It was great being together, and John seemed happy to meet Rob and the kids (especially Eleanor).