Oh, by the way.....The Parish Family was Elfed! Click here to watch the video......and enjoy!
So, if you need to see it again, here is the picture we sent out in our cards.......
We hope you all are doing well and this Christmas/Holiday season is great for you and your family. We are all doing well and are all enjoying having a house full of family. You might not know, but my sister Lauren and her daughter Sydney moved in with us in June. We had the basement finished for them and they are very comfy in their "hole", or so we call it! It has also been great having "two" moms around. It has been nice while trying to juggle the kids as well.
Our brother Jonathan is coming for a week and will be here for Christmas and New Years. I am sure we will have a great time and always enjoy spending time with our brother. We ♥ him!
We are also counting down the days to when Ben returns from his year tour in Korea!! He will be home in early January and are so ready to have him back home with us. This has been the hardest thing we have ever had to face as a military family. We are very lucky and thankful that he has never been in harms way.
Ok, so now back to the busy part. Since I wrote last, school has of course started for the kiddos and Sydney has adjusted well and likes going to school here. Here are the girls on the first day of school. Sorry, none of Christian.
Christian and Brittney both played soccer at school and they all did really well this season. Britt is below in red......
Christina is in white.... he is on the bottom right of the picture going after the ball.....
School is going well for me and I am just taking it week to week. Oh yeah, not sure if I mentioned it before, but I started nursing school in July. Anyways, I got a note the other day from the school saying I had made the Dean's list for the summer term. Yay me! I take my finals this coming up week and am really looking forward to my break over Christmas!!
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| Britt and Syd |
The girls are having a great time together and spend many hours doing girl stuff......crazy makeup, pretty make up, hair, nails, trying on clothes......they just have a great time and get along 95% of the time! So awesome!
So, these next pictures are pretty cute. This first one was in November of 1999 and then we had them do the next one this fall. See how much the have grown.....lol....too funny!
These next few are just more from our garden - these were taken in late August. We had so many pretty Jenni sunflowers this year. It was so great!!
We also harvested about 50 or so cucumbers. We had so many we were giving them to neighbors and taking them to school and work! This next picture is of our sweet Lexi enjoying a beautiful day.
We had ourselves a cute little pumpkin patch this year. We will try and get them to grow bigger next year.
We also enjoy our little butterfly visitors. When this one was hovering around and stopped on the sunflower, I just had to take a picture. For those that don't know, these are Jenni's sunflowers and we are pretty sure she is a butterfly.....any butterfly♥
Lauren and I took the girls to the Sugarland concert in October. They had a great time......
.......until Sydney fell asleep!
We take the train into St. Louis periodically. This day we went over for the Oktoberfest. Apparently they were tuckered out....this was the ride home.
Our mom and step dad came for a very quick, last minute trip in October. We went apple picking and went to the pumpkin patch.
Paw Paw and Britt found the perfect pumpkin!
Lauren, Britt, Grandma, Syd, and Paw Paw and ALL of our pumpkins!
The girls.....
Lauren and I took them mom and Jer to the Brewery. This was our first visit too and it was very cool. I wonder how many more times we will have to go there? lol
Lex got a new sweater and of course, mommy had to take pictures......isn't she cute?
So, if you didn't hear.....the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series this year. This was a picture of the Arch on the way to the game....so pretty!
We didn't go TO the game, but were down there to help celebrate and be a part of all the festivities. There were SO many people and it was such a huge party!! It was great to be a part of it all!!!
Halloween......
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| us with our friend/hairdresser Ann! |
and just look at this pumpkin and the background....great picture!
We saw these flags in Tennessee. Each one was donated by a local business in the area. They were all saying "Thank you" to the military. How nice!!
In November, I got to fly to San Francisco to meet my new twin nephews. They are so cute and I had a great time visiting with my step sister Susie and loving on the boys.
I just love this picture......Colton and Wyatt! They are such happy, precious babies!!!
This is Ben's new jeep!!! So cool..... He is so excited to get home so he can play with it.
It looks like Christmas at our house :)
Well, we hope you have enjoyed our update and pictures. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy 2012. Please be safe and stay happy and healthy!!
With love,
The Parish Family
Ben, Christy, Christian, Brittney, and Lexi
The Parish Family was Elfed! Click here to watch the video......and enjoy!
