Easter 2010

Katie is here!

Congratulations to Cristina, Daniel, & Big Brother Ben! Katie was born this morning at 7:27 a.m. She is 9 lb 4 oz & 21 1/2 inches. I hear she has a head full of brown hair!

Katie,

God has blessed you with a wonderful mommy, daddy, & brother. We all love you & have been praying for you for a very long time. I can't wait to see you!!

Love,
Aunt Sara Jo

happy birthday uncle daniel!

Christmas 2008 Part 2

We left Nana & Pawpaw's & headed to Gram Gram & Papa G's house. It was a busy & exciting week. All of the "Bradshaw kids" were home for Christmas for longer than 24 hours. It had been quite a few years since that had happened. We had a lot of fun along with the usual travel illness & bumps on the head. We got there on Sat. night & by Sunday afternoon Cole had pink eye & a nice size knot on his forehead. Gotta love traveling....

They just couldn't be serious for a nice photo. Not even for a couple of seconds!

Gram Gram reading to ALL of her grandkids!

Cole's awesome photography take 1.

Cole's awesome photography take 2.

He has such a gift with the camera!

Aunt Cristina, Uncle Daniel, & Ben got Savannah this neat tent for her birthday. Doesn't Papa G look good in pink!

He used to be wrapped around my little finger....

Gram Gram took her turn in the tent too!

All of the grandkids riding on Papa G's back.

Cristina's face says it all - we were afraid that they would break his back!

And nobody even fell off!

Cole's awesome photography take 3. This is Cole's favorite Christmas toy at Gram Gram's house. It plays "Jingle Bells".

Great Uncle Chris & cousin Taylor with Cole, Ben, & Savannah

Playing the "Jingle Bells" AGAIN!

Snacking on Snickerdoodles & milk on Christmas Eve

Leaving Snickerdoodles & milk for Santa

Papa G & Gram Gram with the kiddos on Christmas Eve

Santa Claus came to town!

Santa brought Cole a firetruck & a full fireman's suit.

Santa brought Savannah an easel with all of the art supplies she could think of and a Minnie Mouse dress.

Santa brought Ben a kitchen.

Check out the fireman!

Definately the cutest Minnie Mouse I have ever seen!

Cousins sharing a moment with Gram Gram's old fashioned sugar cookies. Yummy!

Ellen came to play!

Poppi with all of the grandkids in town!

top row - Cristina, Daniel, Poppi, Matt, me

big bottom row - Forrest, Dalton, Rachel, Taylor

little bottom row - Savannah, Ben, Cole

She just couldn't take any more....

Hanging out with Papa G.

Artists hard at work.

"I can spell my name!"

These are the letters that came with one of Cole's Christmas gifts.

We had such a nice week. By the time the week came to a close, it was definately time to get the kids back home & on a schedule, but we wouldn't trade a minute of the chaos for anything.

Happy New Year!

Christmas 2008 Part 1

We left home on the Friday night before Christmas at 7:00 p.m. Way too late to leave, but it took me that long to get everything done & together to travel. We stopped at Nana & Pawpaw's to spend the night & have some Christmas time with them. Of course it was late when we got in, but that didn't make the kids sleep in the next morning. After breakfast & showers we opened gifts.

Cole's favorite was his racetrack.

Cole likes to help others open their gifts.

Daddy & Pawpaw working hard on putting the racetrack together.

Pawpaw was such a good sport!

I don't think I will exchange this one.

Savannah had so much fun playing with Nana's broom!

Finally! Success!

Can you see the excitement on that face?

Whose racetrack is this anyway?

Savannah helping Daddy make chicken enchiladas!

Nana & Cole decorating cookies!

A three year old with a can of sprinkles = Dangerous

Gotta love those smiling faces!

"Nana I think we need more sprinkles!"

The cookie artists hard at work!

No sooner were they iced & sprinkled than Savannah was popping them in her mouth. Nana couldn't keep up production fast enough for this cookie monster.

A happy bunch!

We had a great time with Nana & Pawpaw for Christmas. It was just too short of a trip!