Kiwi Crate

Trey got a gift for Christmas that keeps giving all year.  The company is called, Kiwi Crate.  He gets a little green box in the mail each month with all the needed supplies for a craft and sometimes more.  He has gotten two now and he already looks forward to getting a new one each month.

This is how it is packaged, he LOVES it!

 This box came with postcards, paints, oil pastels and a penguin ice mold. It was put together to teach them about the northern lights. 

 He would check on them every few minutes to see if they were frozen......

He was so sweet to share with Marlee when the penguins were finished!

It really is a neat idea and it requires parental help, so therefore we spend that little extra time each month opening the box and enjoying the contents together.

Christmas 2012

     I am behind on my posts, guess that is what happens when reality returns and back to school we went after Christmas Holidays.
     Our Christmas was filled with happiness, thankfulness and two very excited kids!  Our day is a busy day, we have lots of places to go and lots of family to see.  We would rather have too many places to be than no where to be, we are blessed with an amazing family.

It was time for Zeke to go back to the North Pole!

We started a new tradition, thanks to pinterest, the Christmas Eve box.  It was waiting for them under the tree when we got home Christmas Eve night.

In the tree with Zeke was a goodbye note to the kids, how thoughtful of him! :-)

Inside the Christmas Eve box was a letter, new pj's, cookie mix, reindeer food and hot chocolate.

Our babies in their new pj's ready to go to bed and Santa to show up!

 Christmas Day.........

The kids woke up at about 7:30 am and Trey was ecstatic!  He quickly woke Marlee up and the festivities began!

Gotta have a new bat for baseball season this year!

He plans on hitting lots of home runs with this "Sucker"!

We tried to disguise the box, but he got the one gift he really wanted, an XBOX!  Not sure why, he certainly is not a "video game" kid.  I am sure it will be quite entertaining.

Marlee tried out her new RIDE!

Marlee got a new baby doll.  I am not sure who was more excited myself or her! Now, the doll goes most places with us and sleeps with Marlee.  It is too cute!

   

Karlie's Wedding in Savannah, GA

Karlie's Wedding!!!!

My cousin, Karlie, was married this past weekend in Savannah, GA.  Marlee and I were in the wedding, so our entire family made the trip for her big day!  Being so close to Christmas we knew we could only stay for the weekend, so that meant we wouldn't be able to see and enjoy much of the city.  We got a small taste and can't wait to go back to see and experience more.  It was soooooo cold, especially for us Florida natives.  We stayed busy every minute with wedding preparations, so I didn't take many pictures.  Here are a few I did get, quality not that great, but will have to do.


Our Friday night began with rehearsal at this adorable, old, church.  The church held maybe 100 people, built many many years ago and is now used at a boarding school.  It was picture perfect for her wedding.

Next, was dinner at, Boar's Head Tavern, on the river.  Great place with great food!  We had a good time hanging with our family and Adam's family!

 Thankfully, MeMaw was there to sing our sweet baby to sleep.  It was precious!

And.... when MeMaw's arms were tired, she got to sleep on Papa's shoulder.  

Cousins..... we grew up together, living only 2 houses away.  We played together almost everyday and sometimes spent the night together too.  I love these girls with all my heart!

 It's wedding day!!!  I hope to get more pictures from other people, my time and hands were consumed with this little beauty!

I couldn't leave my handsome little man out, he was a great sport the entire day!

It was a GREAT weekend, I am so thankful that we were able to share in this special day with Karlie and Adam!  Can't wait to visit them again soon!

Christmas Continues in the Goodman house......

Christmas continues in our house.  It is such a fun time of year, although it seems to get busier every year!  Here are a few more pictures of what has been happening in our lives the past week.

Lee came home one evening and took us all to see Christmas lights!  This is the first year that Marlee really enjoyed them!

Zeke went to school!  The Tuesday before school got out for Christmas vacation, lots of elves went to school.  The kids walked in to see their elf somewhere in the classroom, with a name tag on.  Because we all know that the elves all look the same, but the kids don't seem to mind that at all.  

When Zeke went to school, he sat on Santa's lap all day long.  

This mommy is no artist, but I saw these on Pinterest and wanted so badly to give them a try.  The kids and I sat down one evening and mixed the salt dough, by the recipe.  I traced their hands on a piece of paper first and used that to cut out the dough.  They aren't exactly like the picture, but turned pretty well, I thought!  This serves as a great reminder in the years to come of our babies hands in the year 2012!

 I know next year to make them thinner, Trey's hand needed more than one branch to hold it up!  OOOPS.... didn't think about that ahead of time!

Oh my Goodness!!! Zeke is a gator fan too!  Trey go a big kick out of this one!

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and the "bouncing" begins for our family.  We have so many people to see and we try our best to make it to everyone's house.  Keeps us very busy, however, what a blessing it is to have such large families on both sides!

Baseball Champions

Trey plays on a "Travel Ball" team, The Whitecaps,  however they have never really traveled that far.  He loves baseball and we enjoy watching.  He participated in his first tournament a couple weekends ago and we were impressed by how the boys played.  Trey is one of the younger players, but we are thankful he is able to play and learn from the older boys.  They made some amazing plays and won the tournament, it was a wonderful weekend!

 Trey playing in the outfield.

 Amazing play by an amazing young man, he chased the boy down.  The other team never tried that again!

 Swing batter, batter, batter, swing.....

 Run fast!

 YEAH!! He made it to first base!

 Good Job Team!

 Thanks to Blair for helping keep Marlee busy so I could take a few pictures!

 Sweet baby girl!  She had a good time at the ball field, ALL WEEKEND!

 I am almost positive she is telling someone what to do here!

Marlee LOVES her cousin, Dylan.  This picture makes me so happy to see him love her and play with her, not matter who was around!

Family Pictures 2012

Cancel, Cancel again, FINALLY.........

Family pictures are almost impossible to get done!  First we cancel due to Lee not being home in time.  Second time we cancelled due to atrocious winds and a grumpy baby girl!  Finally, 3rd times a charm, we were able to get everyone together, in a decent mood and perfect weather.  Woo.... I feared it would not happen and for another year, poor Marlee would again not be on our living room wall.  

Thanks to Angel, being able to come at the last minute, we were got dressed and ready for pictures.  I am sure Angel clicked hundreds of pictures and we ended up with one, one I tell you, one!!!! family picture that everyone is looking and not making a silly face!  Should it be this hard????

She was able to capture our family at our purist and for that I am thankful!  We are blessed beyond measure to have one another.  There are times this mommy wants to lock herself in the bathroom (although you moms know that still doesn't provide much quiet time).  But, we truly love one another and that is what it is all about!

Thank you, Angel, for taking our pictures!  

Our Little Slugger

Our little slugger experienced his first baseball battle wound last night.  Mommy was in the stands socializing while daddy was on the field.  Next thing I know I hear crying and you know how a mother knows her child's cry.  I am proud to say that I didn't completely overreact and let daddy handle it on the field.  But........ of course my baby wanted his mommy and quickly came to receive his dose of mommy compassion and love.  He did survive and got back out there to practice!  He is our tough little man and we know that this is first of many, sport related "battle wounds". Oh, how we love him!!!