she's 4...

...she's SWEET

...she's BEAUTIFUL

...she's FULL OF SUNSHINE

and I absolutely ADORE her!

kindness begins with...

...Matt!

This cute kid started shoveling our driveway and about 2 hours later had shoveled three more houses plus every inch of sidewalk in between.

He was never even asked to.

What a great kid!

It's 35 degrees outside...

...so why not dress like it???

"Look, I'm stylin'" her words.

I think I'm starting to lose a bit of control in the clothing department.

Fabulous.

Christmas...

I could go for one (or two) of these right about now.

...stinkin' resolutions.

Christmas Eve day

One of my most favorite pictures of all time.

The anticipation was almost more than he could handle.

He came!!

The stockings were hung ...and filled!

(and yes, we're promoting rivalry in our home.)

Matt is taking after John with an early love for photography. Hopefully my camera will be off limits now.

The happiest (skater) boy!

The funnest age at Christmas!
Everything was his most favorite thing EVER!
She was totally into it and keeps telling me that it's almost time for Santa to come again.
...don't think so.
I guess I better get busy.

Why does it always come and go soooo fast???