You Stubborn ol Mare!

This is Mike and Henry attmpting to share a sucker. It's not going so well!

Clare can really get around!

First Trip to the Beach 2010

Joe Cool The toddlers, Hank and Ethan The babies, Hunter and Clare All of the kids packed in the car! Heather and I decided that we would brave it and take all the kids to the beach. That is 6 kids in all. 2 infants, 2 toddlers and 2 preschoolers! What were we thinking! Just kidding. They did a great job. Off the shore was a Navy ship. It was making a lot of noise! This is Mike's account of what he saw!

Lunch at the Haley's

Monkey Joe's

Let it Snow!

We got quite a bit of snow this weekend. I think the total was somewhere around 5-6 inches.

Valentine's Day

Friday was our big Valentine Celebration. We has so much fun. The kids started out the day with a Valentin's Day party at our neighbors. They decorated treat boxes and got lots of goodies. Then Joe came home early from work! yay. We went on our Valentin's Day date! We had dinner and went to a movie. His special treats for me were sushi and roses! Mike was in the mood to make a pie, so he made a special cherry pie for his dad!

New Videos

The Fun Starts when Dad gets home!


Sunday Morning

Church!

We finally made it back to church last Sunday. The boys had a blast in their Sunday school classes. They wore their new church clothes that they got for Christmas too:)

Just one of the guys!

Brownie Time!

The boys insisted on helping me make the brownies this time. They did a great job! We managed to save enough batter to actually bake some!

Videos

We got a very cool new Flip video camera for Christmas. Thanks Dad! So I am trying it out now to see if I can post these to blogger.

Clare

Clare is getting so big. She is rolling over, cutting teeth, and hanging out with her big brothers!

Wilmington Train Museum

Mike's favorite thing in the world is a train. He loves everything about them. He plays with his geo tracks all day, watches train movies or shows everyday and loves to see them. Joe found out about the train museum from a friend so we took them last week. They loved it!

Halloween 2009

This year Mike went back and forth about what to be for Halloween. A bear, a pumpkin, Thomas....He finally decided to be a race car driver. #48, Jimmy Johnson in the Lowes Car. Henry was a dalmation. My mom had the costume left over from one of the kids. It fit him perfectly and despite the heat, he left it on. Mike kept telling people that Henry was his dog and his name was Jack. Then I heard him giving his "dog" commands in Spanish which cracked me up. "Abaho! Abaho!" I said "Mike, what are you telling him?" He looked at me in a "duh mom" kind of way and said "I'm telling him DOWN!"
We took the kids out with their cousins Caleb and Kennedy. Caleb was a football player. Fitting since he's a pretty beefy kid. Kennedy was a pirate princess.

Ode to Uncle Matt & Dad

There is a rumor that back in the day Uncle Matt sported a rat tail and Ol'Dad wore leotards. The tradition continues.

New Pics

Yesterday the kids got their pictures taken. They did a good job. Mike was a ham. Henry wasn't thrilled but they still managed to get a few good ones!

At the Park

Today we wanted to do something fun with the kids so we took them to the Marina on base. Clare only lasted for about 10 minutes until it was time to eat again, so we missed the water and the boats. We did get to have a little fun at the playground first though!