Cooking Cooking and More Cooking!

Sea Food Pasta, Bruchetta, Chocolate Cheesecake, Chicken Castellina, and Tiramasu!

Can you tell this was Italian night?

I have decided it was nothing short of brilliant to start a Gourmet Cooking Group. We have been able to try some of the most delicious dishes, and have been having so much fun learning to cook new things. Our group is full of wonderful personalities which makes it all the more fun to do this!

First Day of School

Ben was ready to start preschool again this yr. with Miss Michelle! He has a great group of kids in his class this yr.!

Joshua started back to

school for first grade, and

loves his class, and teacher. He gets a small

class of only 15 this yr.

Joshua's 6th birthday!

Joshua has his 6th birthday party at Swing Around Fun Town with some of his closest friends! They rode, go-carts, bumper boats, & played put-put golf, & arcade games!

Fourth of July/ Grandpa's 90th Birthday

We traveled to NE over the 4th of July weekend for Grandpa Elliott's 90th birthday party! There were lots of fireworks, & a professional photographer

to capture all the family

together. The kids enjoyed

seeing all their cousins, & getting

donoughts at Grandma & Grandpa's house!

Christmas 2009

Wow! It has been a very long time since I blogged. Guess we've been a little busy. I've decided to back up and post Christmas pictures. Maybe because it's already on my mind. Since it's only June I realize how crazy this is, but it's my favorite time of year!

We usually have 4 Christmas celebrations that include friends, both of our families, and our Christmas day celebration with our children. We were blessed to have John's aunt and uncle make a trip to St. Louis this year to celebrate with us and his sibblings. Uncle Jonathan is the designated photographer. We always get wonderful pictures when he comes! Our family continued traditions of baking cookies, the santa cookies being the newest addition, having a birthday cake for Jesus, reading the Christmas story, making ornaments, opening new pajamas on Christmas eve, and we added the new tradition of singing Christmas songs. Needless to say we celebrated the entire month of December!