Christmas Eve, Day and Day After

This blog will start at Christmas night and end at Christmas morning

as mommy put the pictures in backwards.

At mom-mom and pop-pop's Christmas night.

Braedan finally got his motorcycle helmet!


Sitting in front of his beautiful toy box pop-pop built for him

Christmas Day at Jen's Grandmom's house. Olivia loved her new

doll stroller!

More presents!

Christmas morning. Braedan is shining his new motorcycle

with a baby wipe.

Daddy got his favorite present, coffee!

The calm before the storm

Christmas Eve at Beth's Christmas party.

Winter 2009

Jen hosted Thanksgiving for the first time this year.

It went very well and she was able to fit her two sisters, mom, stepdad,

husband, child and herself at her six seater table. The food was a hit and by the time jen sat down to eat everyone was almost finished!

Braedan's trip to see Santa was very successful. He would not smile or look

at the camera but I figured it was not going to turn out perfectly!

Braedan "helping" to decorate the tree

Happy Halloween!

This year was Braedan's official first year of trick or treating.

Last year he refused to put the costume on, or go outside to trick or treat!
He was accompanied by his step cousins noah (darth vader)
and baby jake (frankenstein).

Mom did not have her camera charged hence the small amount of pictures!

Nags Head, OBX NC

The highlight of the trip for braedan, GO KARTS!!

It is so rare dad does dishes I had to take a pic!

Hatteras Lighthouse, as you can see from

the black sky behind us we got there just in time!

at the pirate restaurant, hence the hat!

This pirate was in love with my sister amy,

he even "proposed" to her. Her boyfriend

who was sitting next to her was real thrilled!

Conal and Greg

Olivia, Olia and Jen

Mom mom and Mommy

Braedan thought he could pull the 150lb kayak to the ocean

I don't think he planned what he was going to do if it actually

made it in the water!

Vanilla and Chocolate, as we were

nicknamed by Uncle Mark

Braedan loved having Grandpop and Pop Pop on vacation with him!

Jockeys rIDGE , Noah and Braedan proceeded to roll all the way down

the 100ft dunes!

The big Climb!