How can sixteen years go by so fast?

Let's take a look...

1993
This is me at the hospital with my first born son.





1994
Taylor and his daddy.

1995

With the family cat, Tabitha.

1996

Taylor and Charlie, one of his very first friends.

1997

Trying on Papa Glenn's hats.

1998

His first fishing trip to Williamsport lakes.

1999

Taylor and Thomas, on Great Grandma Hopkins' front porch.

2000

Tiger Cubs. Can you pick Taylor out? (They are all the same age!)

2001

Taylor with his best friend, Jerred.

2001

September 10, Taylor fell off the top of the slide at school and broke his elbow.

2002

Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

2003
Taylor with one of his chickens that he raised for the Chick Chain Project for 4H.

2004

Ski trip with the boys scouts to Paoli, Indiana.

2005

Pitching for the Red Sox.

2006

His 13th birthday.

2007

One of my very favorite pictures of him.

2008

Fort Walton Beach, Florida

2009

Warming up for a basket ball game.

That brings us to what is to come this Sunday.

The BIG 16!

Photo catch up

Look at Zaida's nice big (deer leg-bone) treat that she found in the woods a few weeks ago. She was so proud and came running to show me her treasure.

There was a deer "shin-dig" out by the pond.

Last weeks snow.

Baseball on Friday.

Oliver enjoying the beautiful weather over the past weekend.

This was only the second time EVER for Ellie Mae to go outside. (She is an indoor kitty) She loved hanging out with Zaida.

Basketball fun on Sunday afternoon.

The begining... and the end

Well, it is now the beginning of SF middle school baseball season, for one

and the end of SF basketball high school season, for the other.

#40

Last nights basketball game.

More of the wildlife

This is what has been visiting in one of our trees down in the back field. I have a fascination with these beautiful hawks. I absolutely love them! So, since I got a REALLY nice camera for Christmas/and birthday from my sweet hubby I grabbed it and started taking pictures of them. There was not just one hawk, but several really large ones. I have never been able to get a good picture of one before now.

IT'S ALIVE

This is what I found after I finished undecorating the tree and was about to take it apart and put it away..................

New Year's Eve

Happy Birthday to...

Me!

Last year, I had such a great birthday. It seemed like I celebrated for about a month. Here are some pictures from last year.

This is me with some of my friends from work (preschool). This is at Romano's Macaroni Grill with all of my family. Yes, there are two cakes in front of me. That is what they bring you when you get this old! No, really my Dad's birthday is Jan. 1 and we were celebrating his also so they brought us two cakes each so that we could share with everyone. That was nice!

Taylor and I on the actual day of my birthday last year and we had just come from a SF Basketball game, of course.

Me with my girlfriends! Such a fun night out!

And then this is me ANOTHER year older, with my boys this year and yes, we were heading out to a SF Basketball game!

Another year older, and I feel a hundred years older!

Christmas pictures

On Christmas Eve-Eve. This is when we opened our gifts to each other. Thomas thought the wrapping on his gift from Taylor was hilarious! Christmas Eve at my Mom and Dad's house. Beautiful neices!

Christmas morning.

Christmas Day at our house this year. Thomas and Taylor with Emily and Evan.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I don't normally dress up animals but since this one is over my Christmas tree I wanted him to have a little Christmas spirit.





This is Thomas' wee-little snowman from the beautiful snow that we had a few weeks ago.

Our down-stairs Christmas tree.

Our up-stairs Christmas tree.

Last week we celebrated my sweet niece's 13th birthday (Jessica with the hat on). Her birthday was actually yesterday on the 21st. This is her with her sister, Amanda.

A sweet birthday surprise from some of my very special friends. I especially loved the song that they sang to me: "We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, and A Happy Birthday!"

Thomas' basketball season ended last week with tournaments in Hampshire. They came in 3rd place.

This is Taylor (40) in the JV game the other night. (I can never get a good picture! If he sees me with the camera - I am dead!) He had a break-out game in which he scored 12 points!

May you all have a blessed Christmas full of much love and happiness.

Basketball

High School Basketball started up a few weeks ago. Here are a few pictures.


This is Taylor (#40) at a scrimmage game in Summertown.

This is a Junior Varsity game at Santa Fe.

Varsity game at Santa Fe.

And this is Thomas (middle) warming up for a middle school game. We had our last middle school game at Hampshire Thursday night. Next week we have tournaments. Thomas did not get very much play time, but hopefully will in the future!