In the Army Now

It's official. Eric was sworn in to the National Guard yesterday morning. He officially ships out to boot camp on April 1st, and he's headed to Fort Jackson in South Carolina for basic training and then to Aberdeen Proving Grounds in Maryland for advanced and special forces training. He will be gone until the end of September, which is going to be soo long! We're going to miss him so much! These pictures don't tell the whole story...Private Fell had to be at drill this morning at 0800 which meant he had to shave off all his facial hair and it was hilarious! The poor guy has no chin or lips!

More Family Pictures

Family Pictures

We had our family pictures done while we were in Idaho for New Years. I'm am so excited! It's the first family pictures we've gotten done since Connor was born. I know I'm a slacker! They turned out great! Thanks mom!

Winter Break

Winter break this year seemed long and difficult to get back into the swing of things-mostly because Eric's been off work since December! Kaia is loving being back at school, she missed going quite a bit. Eric has been going stir crazy and has taken to shuttling Kaia to and from school just for something to do. I tried to stay busy working on some promotional flyers and things for my Mom's photography business. She was going to have a booth at the bridal fair this year, so I made up some different ads for the fair. We also finalized her website! My first functioning website is up and running! Woohoo! Check it out at www.lavinda.com

School News

I made the Dean's List!! HOORAYY!!!

Why are kids soo messy!

Lilee seems to be our resident troublemaker! In Connor's messy picture he had just eaten his first Oreo, but Lilee's messes are always a little more sinister. In one she ate a blue watercolor paintchip, and in the other she had gotten into my mascara!

Connor's First Birthday

Saturday was Connor's first birthday! We had a small party with family and a few friends. Although Connor didn't really understand what was happening, his whole face would light up with a huge smile when you'd say "happy birthday" to him. Lilee bullied her way in and opened all his presents for him, but he was more interested in the toys then opening them anyway. After presents he dug into his Spiderman cake and make such a mess he had to go right into the tub! Overall, it was a great day!