Hannah's World

Alden and I love to

"step into" Hannah's life ~

We met up with her at her house yesterday ~

joined she and her friends to go to their church to worship We love her friends ~

They so enjoy life together ~

and have tons of fun, plus encourage each other to live

meaningful lives for God.

The Advent Church

of DC ~

great time of worship together.

Alden and I were invited to dinner ~

to one of their favorite places.

Great food ~

and a fun time together.

Hannah is blessed ~ and we get to enjoy that blessing.

We love that!

Sisters ~

How did I forget us????

I forgot to put the sisters in the Thanksgiving blog.WHAT?!?!

Susan, Kim and Dorian

yep, sisters ~ very special

Thanksgiving 2010

It was wonderful!

the whole crew ~ Richmond and Northern Virginia family gather together.

Enjoying the amazing feast ~

The tables wound around the corner....

Sorry for the brightness...my camera is fading.....

Steve and Hannah making some music together

(night before Thanksgiving)

Alden working on Mr. Wright (family tradition!)

while I am working on cookies

Hannah and Steve having a blast!

and really making some beautiful music together (one of mom's favorite things in the whole wide world!)

Courtney, Chris and Blair

Jackie, Hannah, Steve and Alden

Derek and Bailey

Jackie, Hannah and Rebekah

Brandon and Sawyer

Chris, Blair and Katherine

hee hee....Redskin m&m's on the plate of a Cowboy fan!

visiting while waiting for the turkey to be done

Kim, Heather, Steve and Alden

Rebekah and Fergie

Richard and Alden

Young cousins

Mom and daughers ~ precious

Hannah, Dorian and Courtney

Girl cousins

Blair, Jackie, Courtney, Hannah, Heather and Rachel

Handsome guys ~

Richard, Chris, Brandon, Derek, Steve, Pat and Alden

Kim getting some fabulous news!

She is soon to be a GRANDMA!!!!!

Congratulations Brandon and Jackie!

Pat and Joshua playing football

Hannah joined in!

Mr. Wright for the kids

ornament exchange

Breakfast day after ~

cheese balls and pumpkin pie.

Love it!!!!! shhhh, don't tell anyone!

And yes.......we are shifting from Thanksgiving to

Christmas......

the tree is up.....

decorating has begun. We are loving the long weekend ~

time....to enjoy, watch football,

get chores done.....

And simply ~ giving thanks.

Wonderful Fall Days

Saturday was a gorgeous day in Northern Virginia~

sky was blue, temps were great.

Great Fall day!

We enjoyed getting to go to some of Brittany's soccer games ~

what a GREAT goalie she is!

Fun to see their team work together ~ appreciate each other ~ and have fun together!

the guys got to visit :)

the girls got to visit ~

Andrea showing me her art sketches from school (what a great artist she is!)

Special ~

Alden and Ayden ~ special moment

Andrea and Ayden having SOOOOO much fun together. :)

Papa and Ayden

All done ~ games enjoyed and good time spent together.

Then we headed over to Courtney and Pat's ~

to watch their kiddos while they started their Christmas shopping and

enjoyed an evening out together.

Of course, Papa and I had a BALL with Rebekah, Joshua, Bailey and Sawyer.

This was the book my book club read this month ~

a GREAT read!!!!

Any suggestions of good books for our next book club?

Happy Fall everyone!