Christmas then and now.....

Isn't time amazing?

It goes by so fast, you don't realize just how much has happened in a short year.

This picture is of Luke, me and Cassidi at the Christmas Parade. Cass has now gradated high school and is attending college.

This is one of my Christmas home shots of Luke....

I look at Pics of him and can't believe how much he has changed.... he doesn't have his little baby face anymore..... My lil' guy is growing up so fast.

I love this pic, its Luke's face when he first comes out to see what Santa brought on Christmas morning.

We left the day after Christmas to fly to Guatemala to meet Kolby for the very first time.

What a wonderful week, memories I will treasure forever. The emotions of meeting our child for the first time and then having to leave him behind as we traveled home were beyond overwhelming for me. But like everything in the past a memory I hold in my heart.

Just look at those chubby little cheeks!!! Kolby was just starting to take a few steps by himself while we were in Guatemala. Now he is unstoppable, literally if he is awake he is running.

With all that the economy has brought this year its easy to become discouraged. But its just as easy to look at these beautiful faces and remember how incredibly blessed we really are.

I Love this time of year, it's simply magical.

We have amazing healthy happy kids, wonderful family and friends, we are blessed beyond measure.

Have a WONDERFUL Christmas week everyone!!