2012...a year's review in pictures

Happy new year, here is a photo tour of our year, these are my favorite pictures from each month!
January...got a new lens 50mm for Christmas, stays on my camera almost full time.

 February...our one and only snow, love that pony tail!

March...soccer season!

 April...Easter pics with a real live chick, love the lighting in this one.

 May...we took our camper out for a practice run in Virginia for Memorial Day weekend.

 June...on the big road trip. (June...has a few pics)

 June...Badlands, South Dakota

 June...love this girl and her flair!

 June...Mt. Rushmore

 June...cookie party in Skampy the Campy!

 June...Junior Ranger at Yellowstone National Park!

 June...Skampy!!!

 June...Grand Tetons!

June...last one...love the double twirl action!

July...took a trip to Charleston!

 August...our Kindergartner on his first day!

September...headed to the beach for Labor Day weekend.

October...did the Virginia Creeper Bike trail with friends!

 November...Thanksgiving with our new cousins and family in Blacksburg!

December...visions of sugar plums danced in their heads!

2012...whew what a year, so very thankful for all the fun and blessings that came our way this past year!  According to my computer I took 6, 383 pictures this year...wowzers! 

I put this quote in our summer trip photo book we got for Christmas:
"The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience." Eleanor Roosevelt

May you "taste experience to the utmost" this new year in all you do! Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas!

These cuties and their parents would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas!

Birthday Ben!

Remember Baby Ben, my friend Jacki's baby born last December...he celebrated his 1st birthday this past weekend.  I was able to capture some pictures of the fun.

Jacki did a fabulous job with her Pinterest, Winter "One"derland theme!! So many cute pictures around and decorations.  Little Ben is a lucky guy! And a cutie at that! Happy Birthday, sweet Ben!

It's beginning to look a lot like...

 Christmas!! We went to the parade this past Saturday, LOVE this little elf! Love his spirit and his abundant enthusiasm for all things Christmas this year!

 And here's my girl, decked out in her cute Christmas dress.

 We had our church's Christmas program this past Sunday night, Ollie was the cow, he did a great job with his lines, "I am the cow all white and black, I gave him my manger to rest and relax."

 And all the pre-school kids were angels...so cute.

 Here is angel Sarah Claire on stage, she sat perfectly still the whole time, (um she might have had a bit of stage fright) as other preschoolers would get up, run around a bit and then come back to their seats...so, so cute!

 And the cow again.

And Santa sent us an elf on Saturday morning, actually we're calling him an "ulf" because he's a knock off of the real thing, but you get the point and hey our kids do too.  We named him, Candy Cane and every night he's been doing little antics around the house.  Like here, in our pantry (please don't judge the organization!) Even SC looks and finds him every morning! Fun times! Merry, merry to you and yours!