Visit from Santa Tonight!

Santa and Mrs. Claus came for an early visit tonight to check on Charlie and Lily! They brought the girls a present and talked to them about school and their year and gave lots of hugs. The girls were over the moon! They've done this every year since Lily was 3 years old - we thank them so much for continuing to think of us at Christmas! It means so much to the girls! Thanks Santa and Mrs. Claus!

The pictures also include the Santa that rides on our local fire engine through all of the neighborhoods in our area. They do this every year and the firemen pass out candy to the kids. Lily clarified with the REAL Santa that the Santa on the fire engine was a dressed up elf who worked for him. :-)

Gingerbread Houses

Charlie and Lily made gingerbread houses tonight. Lily did all of her own decorating this year! Charlie ate all of her decorations. There wasn't much left to decorate her little house with.

Florida Family Vacation!

All the pictures in a "book" format. If you have an iPad or other digital tablet, the display is spectacular!

Happy Birthday, Grandma Fisher!

Today would have been Grandma Fisher's 94th birthday. I spent some time looking through old newspapers and Googling to see what information was out there about her and found a treasure trove of clippings from the local Kannapolis newspaper, The Daily Independent.

I miss Grandma very much but really enjoyed this glimpse into her life today...

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Charlotte's Birthday!

Charlotte is 2 years old!

She loves running and jumping and yelling and playing on the iPad. Her favorite foods are mac and cheese, hot dogs, and yogurt...and that's about it. She likes anything that Lily likes, including My Little Pony, Monster High, and Sanjay & Craig--she'd rather play with Lily's toys than her own! (Lily's good about it, though.) She laughs all day long and repeats anything you say. She loves everybody and she'll tell you often! She loves to cuddle at night and give hugs and kisses. She is such a big girl and we love the toddler she's turned into!

4 Years of Blessings...

She's a nut, she's smart, she's funny, she's wonderful.

Rhino-Riffic!

Thanks to the folks at Children's Hospital and their Guiding for Hope program, Lily got to have a behind the scenes encounter with a Rhinocerous today! Her stuffed Rhino has been with her at each hospital and doctor visit and Rhinos are her FAVORITE animal. She's had her stuffed Rhino since she was a baby and today just blew her away!