Here THEM come 2014!

We had an energetic party at home for New Years Eve! 

Filled with food...

 Giggles...

 Crazy play action...

Games like Simon Says (look at that focus)...

 All of it wore Papa out so he needed a brief nap in order to make it until midnight...

 Which still came early for the four of us...

CHEERS!

Christmas 2013

Christmas Eve Church service.  Harrison, your hair liked the chairs...

 Theodore mesmerized by the candle light...and still with that silly nuk...

 The four big kids...

 A quick family pic being the girls wanted to get into their Christmas pajamas...

 Attempting to play a game with Auntie...

 Christmas morning stocking chaos...

 Harrison not sure what to think of all of the commotion...

Attempting to get a picture in front of the tree.  Hmmm, who is not cooperating... 

 Harrison is out of there...

It definitely was a Merry Christmas at the Gore household!



Happy 14-months to Harrison!

Like Father, Like son...loves potato chips!

 

Love to put hats on my head, of all colors and sizes...

 My first car ride forward facing...a lot to take in!

Getting into the spirit...

 Our annual trip to the Festival of the Trees.  You big kids loved the Wizard of Oz tree...

 Harrison, you preferred the Christmas on the Farm tree and didn't want to leave the animals behind...

 A group photo with Santa...

 Back at home, the work started with organizing your nativity set...

 Helping decorate the Christmas tree...

 Where's Harrison?  Seeing if he can still get under the tree to get Leona, our cat...

 

M and E with their letter Christmas tree in their bedroom...

 You did the whole thing by yourself this year...way to go girls!

 A visit to Santa...

 The Gore kids are finally starting to warm up, for the most part...

 Tis the season!



Leaves of THANKFULNESS!

To celebrate Thanksgiving time this year, we made a thankful tree with everyone getting four leaves to write on.

Mama has fallen in love with this tree and might just keep it up year round.  One, I love looking at the preschool penmanship for the girls...precious.  Two, I love reading what each of you chose to put on your leaves. Mama for sure plans on saving these for years to come to reflect upon and to add to as you grow.

 Thanksgiving day came and went and it wasn't until you all were asleep that Mama realized she didn't snap one single picture!  Unbelievable, but not really considering she was chasing a certain someone the entire time when at her Aunt's house.  In order to capture you on the day, I had to at least take a picture of you beauties fast asleep (M you fell asleep in our bed, having gotten a second wind from a nap on the way home in the afternoon!).

 Thankful for you each!

Love.

Happy 13-months to Harrison!

 

Mama's dish helper, haha!

Now a big boy climber...

And a big boy walker...

Halloween 2013!

Working diligently on making spider suckers to take to friends at preschool...

 A few of the finished product...

 Pumpkin carving excitement...Harrison you loved the messy inside!!!

 The final creations (Papa used a drill this year to create the faces...it was messy but faster!)

 Fireman Theodore...

 Silly girls, I mean SuperGirls!  Leela and Auntie were able to make it down for a little party and our first trick or treating experience...

 A cute sock monkey...

 We made it to just about every house on our street and thought we were pretty big kiddos...