Have you brought Christ into Christmas?

Everglades, Gators, Miami, Oh My!

Thanks Tim and Janet for being our personal tour guides. They showed us the sights and sounds of Shark Valley in the Everglades, the Atlantic Ocean, and Miami on the first day.

Fun tree we just had to have our picture by.

Atlantic Ocean and Miami in the back ground. We loved the warm water of the ocean

The Everglades look like this everywhere.

A mama gator. She had a baby gator on her back.

Waiting for our turn to ride the tram. It was HOT and HUMID.

Come back soon and see the rest of the week!

Sam's Tooth

Sam had to take things into his own hands and pull one of his front teeth.

The boys prefer for Poppa Smart to pull them out

because he plays the tooth fairy and gives them $$.

This tooth was driving Sam crazy and decided to try the door and string trick.

You might need to pause the music to hear.

Was he successful?

Clayton is 12

Clayton fulfilling his 12 year old Decon duties -

collecting fast offerings.

Austin was nice enough to wait for Clayton to be ordained

so he could show him the ropes of what they do on fast Sunday.

We had a few friends over, we tried to bike up to Elephant Rock, but didn't quite make it.

The ride down was fun though.

Clayton is a big 12 year old.

Rain Gutter Regatta

Mitchell took first place with his rain gutter regatta.

He even got a BLUE ribbon, but so did everyone.

First Day of School

We have put the blog on the back burner. Not that there are many of you keeping track of us.

Here are the kids on the first day of school.

We are on a traditional schedule this year!! So far, so good.

Clayton the sixth grader.

Mitchell the third grader.

Sam the first grader.

Abby the Joy Schooler.

Our Baby Girl is 3

3 Years ago today we welcomed little

Abigail Lucille Holdstock

to our family.

She's a Daddy's girl.

She is well loved!