Penn State- December 18-20, 2009

We had a great (although extended) trip to Penn State for Greg's graduation. To view photos of the fun, click here!

Santa, Maybe- December 13, 2009

Daniel was a little leery of Santa. We thought if Sarah (also not Santa's biggest fan) and Emily (Santa's #1 fan) went to him he might be okay, but in the end, he said no, thank you, Santa.

The End- December 12, 2009

Greg submitted his final assignment to Penn State! He is officially FINISHED!

Emily- December 10, 2009

Emily and three of her friends sang "Marshmallow World" at their Christmas chorus concert.

Team 5- December 6, 2009

The National Evangelization Team put on a fabulous retreat for the youth of our parish December 4th- 6th at Folly Beach. After the weekend retreat, we all celebrated at Moe's. Emily loves meeting the new team each year! We were blessed with the 11 member Team 5 (that's why they are all holding up 5 fingers). They are a great group of 18-24 year olds that give up a year or two of their lives to live in a van and put on amazing retreats for kids across the country. We have a team come every two years to our parish, and it is a life-changing experience for many of the teens. You can see more pictures here.

December 2, 2009

Daniel loves his Cheerios book from Aunt Kathe & Uncle Jeff!

Sarah- December 1, 2009

Sarah's chorus concert was on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. They sang beautifully, of course!

November 30, 2009

This was Emily's year to put the star on the Christmas tree. She was very grateful that our tree was much shorter than our tree two years ago. She had a much easier time getting the star on the tree. The star was made by my mom Carol in about 1988 or so for the Christmas tree in my bedroom, and it has graced my tree every year since.

Daniel's Party- November 29, 2009

We had a fun day with family and friends to celebrate Daniel's first birthday. Greg drove to Columbia to pick up Nana B. and Gayle for the day so they could be with us, too. Sarah and Nana B. had a great time catching up.


Daniel and Uncle Jeff always have a good time. Daniel's favorite game involves stealing Uncle Jeff's hat! Kathe and Andrea celebrated with us, as well.




Debbie, Scott, Sean, Travis, Trenton & Julia were here from North Carolina. Sadly, Uncle Scott didn't feel well, so he and his germs stayed at the hotel under the care of Sean and Travis!



Daniel had a great time opening presents!







His favorite thing was the Backyardigans birthday card from Lincoln. He still carries the pieces around! He loved it so much it fell apart on him.




After the presents, we sang "Happy Birthday" and gave Daniel his cake. After a few bites, he decided he loved it!









After mashing all that cake, he grew tired, so Nana helped him out a bit!







Daniel is so blessed to have so many family and friends to wish him a happy first birthday!