Easter......

After church on Easter, Ian went up for a nap and when he woke up we were going to go to Ravenna where Dan's brother and his wife live for Easter dinner, but here are some pictures of before we left.














This video is so cute because Ian had just woke up and we didn't tell him to give Whitley kisses, he just did it. It was so adorable. Also, since it is Easter and we have been especially counting our blessings, we wanted to let Ian's birth-family know how very greatful we are for the blessings of this little boy. He has brought immeasurable joy to our home and our family, and we just want you to know how much we love him and how much we love your family. We have been so blessed. He will always know how much he is loved by our family and your family!

Easter was nice. We had pretty nice weather, not super warm but nice. We went to Uncle Tom & Aunt Cory's house because they were having Easter dinner. It was nice. They went to a lot of work and we appreciate that. Here are some pictures of the whole clan.

Whitley turns 17!

I can't believe that she's 17! One more year and she's off to college. It's scary for us as parents! This is the family birthday party at our house, we had Dan's family over. She really didn't do anything with friends because she has been so busy.

Lizzy, Whitley, Ian & Brian as Whit blows out the candles!

Aunt Lisa with Ian!

Cousin Lizzy with Uncle Richie

Cousins Troy and Brian.......

Aunt Lynn, Lizzy, Roni, and Brian trying to give cousin Sammy a kiss....

Uncle Eddie..........

The whole clan!

Cooking Baking Day '08

Every year we all get together for cookie baking right before Christmas time. We usually bake them at Uncle Eddie's catering kitchen. It makes it a lot faster since we baked almost 2000 cookies this year. Everyone comes and has a good time. Daddy gave Ian more cookies than he probably should have had. This was also the day that we found out that Ian isn't allergic to nuts.

Halloween is here!

It was so warm for Halloween, it was about 65 degrees that night. We just wore our sweatshirts. Ian was a Monkey for Halloween. Whitley didn't dress up this year. You know,.....she's too old for that stuff. But she did want to carry Ian to trick-or-treat.

These pictures we were at Tom & Cory's in Ravenna for a Halloween party. The kids had a blast. All of Ian's cousins on Dan's side of the family were there.

Brian and Troy

Lizzy

And,....Sammy who of course didn't want his picture taken

Sunday Sundae

I can't believe it but we actually got all of the nieces and nephews on Dan's side together for Sunday Sundae. Of course getting them all to look and smile at the same time is another story, but we're so glad we got a picture of them all together. From left to right we have: Whitley, Ian, Elizabeth, Troy, Chelsey, Brian, Sam, & Corey.