And the New Year Rolled On In! 2013!

I have been a little slow in posting this month! The pictures are a bit out of order but here they are! I will start with and update from our Christmas! Grammy and Grampy Meehan came to visit for a couple of days. It was so nice to see them again and we had a really relaxed visit. Rick was battling a virus so we mostly stayed around the house and played games and visited. 

We opened gifts together the first hour! We also all got to go see Addison and Atley perform in the final show of Around the World!
Later that week, we took a hike to a trail north of us. Atley is the sentry!
Grammy made Addison a HOMEMADE hand stitched quilt!!!!! We know a lot of love went into it and he treasures it.  I am sure as he grows older he will treasure it even more.


Legos for girls! Atley dressed up especially for Grammy and Grampy! She was counting the days til  they arrived.
Addison and Atley  loves to cook, but it takes a good amount of sugar and yummy to get Alex in the kitchen. We made some yummy carmel apples. Well, Alex did. 
 This is another hike we took. Alex is a little out on a limb!
 Beckie, who babysat for us for years, (since  Alex was 3 til about 10) came by to visit! She is living in Ohio  and in law school now, looking to work with IJM when she gets out. We got her candy for the drive back! She was 12 when we met.
 Addison came well equipped for this hike! Apples, crackers, water.... It was great!
 He made this tee shirt at a party the other day. Have you noticed he loves tie die?
 LOVE, love, love!
 And LOVE!

 Out on a limb as well!

 Hiking and the woods is our theme so far this year! We have been a quite a few this month! In two weeks we head to Hanging Rock State Park for a weekend of camping!
Three sets of 15 a day! He is the only one still going strong on that one! Go Rick! And that ends this post. I hope you all are doing well! I will try to be more organized and on top of the blog the rest of this year!

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  1. Kristin FergusonJanuary 17, 2013 at 7:28 PM

    Good to see your post tonight! You guys look so at home in the woods! And I LOVE that quilt! What a special gift. Can't wait to see you in another week! Looking forward to catching up.

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