Christmas 2014.

This year Christmas was extra special as it was sweet Emma's very first Christmas and Logan was at a really fun age being 3 1/2 years old.  Logan was so excited and kept asking every morning "did Santa come?!" and singing "Happy Birthday Jesus" and "we wish you a merry Christmas" all around the house.  We went to the children's mass on Christmas Eve, which I think Logan enjoyed, I can't wait for him to be old enough to participate in the mass in a year or two!  We spent Christmas morning at our house with our little family and then went to Christmas day mass with Mikey's parents and spent Christmas afternoon at their house with the Huffman's.  Friday evening we spent back at Pat and Chuck's with Mikey's aunts and uncles and his brother Beau with his wife Sarah and our Godson William.  Since Christmas was on a Thursday this year I took off both Christmas eve and the day after Christmas.  However, Mikey had to work on Friday so we decided to drive down to my Dad's house on Saturday morning to celebrate Christmas with my side of the family.  It was the first time we met adorable baby Wyatt and we had so much fun taking the first "cousins photo" with all three kiddos.  With all of our Christmas celebrations we remember the true "reason for the season" which is the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  I am feeling especially thankful and blessed this year with the births of Emma and Wyatt and the joys that this new generation of our family brings to this world.  Merry Christmas everyone and God Bless!!

Oh the annual "cousins Christmas photo" - Logan was slightly uncooperative this year and William wasn't really going for it either....boys!

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

We decided to take the weekend after Thanksgiving to get into the Christmas spirit and get our tree.  Mikey and I have been cutting down our own tree for the last couple years and since we moved to Morgantown we found a place about 15 minutes away that we love.  We had so much fun trekking through the trees to find the perfect one.  Logan loved "helping" daddy cut down the tree but I think he enjoyed playing in and eating the snow even more.  Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year and I can't wait to celebrate this holiday season with our new family of four.

Emma's Baptism.

On November 16th we welcomed Emma into the Catholic church.  It was such a wonderful day spent with family and friends celebrating the baptism of our darling girl.  We are so blessed to have our good friends Kate and TJ Teter as Emma's Godparents.  May God continue to bless her and keep her all the days of her life.

wyatt david smith.

On November 13th my sister Krista and her husband Brett welcomed their first son, Wyatt David, into this world.  He is such an adorable little nugget and I cannot wait to meet him.  Congratulations Krista and Brett!!  Wyatt is such a blessing. Love you guys! xoxo

halloween.

This year was Emma's first Halloween and the first Halloween that Mikey was here to enjoy in our neighborhood.  Logan wanted to dress up as a sea turtle so we found a Nemo costume for Emma and they went as Nemo and Crush from Finding Nemo.  We went trick or treating with our next door neighbors and the kids had so much fun going door to door around the neighborhood.  Mikey and I feel so blessed to live in such a great area with some amazing neighbors.

fall fun.

Fall in West Virginia is beyond gorgeous.  We went out last weekend to Rich's Farm for some "Fall fun" and pumpkin picking.  Logan loved the farm!

fall festivities.

Last weekend Mikey and I took the kids to the Buckwheat Festival in Kingwood.  Logan had the time of his life riding the rides and seeing the animals, Emma pretty much slept the entire time in the baby bjorn :)  The weather couldn't have been more perfect and it was such a joy watching Logan have such a fun time.