Christmas 2008

Great Grandma Grube loves to hold the babies!

Monroe and Hallie

Monroe loves to vacuum!

Cole and his friends had fun playing in the snow.

Aunt Rhonda gave Monroe his first haircut over Thanksgiving weekend! He wasn't too happy.

Hallie Mae Howard has finally arrived! We went to the hospital to be induced at 7am on wednesday. She was born at 1:20pm.
Stats:
6lbs 3oz
18.5 inches long

Isn't she beautiful??!!!
We think she looks like mommy!

Coleman was so proud to hold his little sister!

Monroe just pointed at her a few times.

Grandpa thinks she's a cutie!Annie and the girls came to visit. Unfortunately they had to see her from behind the glass!

Emma made Hallie a hat with a pink bow. Sooooo cute!

Brandon's Birthday card from Coleman.

Monroe had a little birthday celebration a few weeks ago. My parents were throwing a party to recognize several people's birthdays in our family so we decided to include Monroe as well. We just did a mini cake and a few presents. My sister made such a cool cake (thanks Lulu) and the gifts were perfect!

Well, here we go with the start of second grade. Cole is very excited to see all of his friends. I know things are changing because when I dropped him off, I gave him a high five instead of a hug. I don't want him to grow up!!!! His teacher seems really nice and loving but also good about giving the kids more responsibilities. We look foreward to seeing what he will learn this year!

Monroe loves his new swing that was given to us by our friends the Buckleys!

Cole turns SEVEN!!!

Cole was very excited to get a skateboard for his birthday!

Cole's last T-Ball Game. They had a pizza party following the game!

Monroe loves walking along all the furniture. He will be walking in no time!

Cole and his friend Aiden

Cole loves to snuggle with his little brother!

Monroe and Great Papa

On June26th, Brandon had the honor of singing at the

Vietnam Moving Memorial Wall. He sang the song that

he co-wrote with Billy Terry, Soldier on the Wall. There

were several events such as a fly over, an old helicopter

and jeep, and the landing of a blackhawk helicopter.

My Dad also performed with the Barbershop Chorus. They sang a patriotic medley along with "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables. They sounded great!

Cole and Grandpa!

This was a helicopter used during Vietnam. We could see where they patched bullet holes. Pretty scary!

Blackhawk helicopter

Monroe sitting in the pilot's seat.

Uncle Neal & the family! Thanks for coming!

Thank you to all of our family and friends that made it out that day. I will put up a video of Brandon performing once I figure out how;)