Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Happy Birthday Grampy!

Happy Birthday, Grampy!  Since we can't be in Florida the Holland Kids are sending their birthday wishes via YouTube..




Here are a few pictures preparing for the fun...
 The boys and their inspiration for Grampy's card... cookies, cows, golf balls, ice cream.  I'm still not sure why Will has his pants on his head.  : )
 Sam working hard on his poster.

Here is Will's finished product...  I like the the "you are so cool" and "you rock."  He thinks that he drew almost 300 stars.  : )
 Sam's finished poster.  The picture at the bottom is Grampy on the beach with decorative swirly things. 

Katie's Life

I think this sums up what Katie endures each day... : )  she is going to be one tough cookie.


Friday, January 27, 2012

Katie 1/2 Year Old!


Here are the pictures from her 6 month photo shoot... my little precious pumpkin.  : )













Saturday, January 21, 2012

Rain, Rain Go Away...

We have had quite a few days of rain (and it looks like a few more to come) so we have a bit of cabin fever.  We took a trip to Michael's today in search of some art projects.  We came home with stuff to make Valentines (most of you will see the finished product in your mailboxes soon - they are quite lovely) and we made a melted crayon canvases.   Nothing like putting a hair dryer to crayons...the boys loved it.  Katie watched intently - she loved the hair dryer noise. : )




Friday, January 20, 2012

Katie is 6 months!

6 months - already.  I really can't believe it!  Here is the happiest, sweetest little girl ever...


She is staring down her favorite toy on her exersaucer...mr. giraffe.

 Katie loves her feet! 


Katie loves eating solid food.  It's been fun introducing her to new foods.  She has been happy to eat everything so far, but every now and then I get a few funny faces.  Here she is after having a big bite of green beans...I'm don't think she's 100% sold on how tasty these are.  : )

Beach in January...

We were at the beach for such a nice long time...I have even more pictures.  Here are the pictures in the new year.  :) 

I think this may be one of my new favorite pictures... Daddy and his little girl!
Will concentrating on his game...Rolling golf balls on the beach.
 Concentrating even harder...
 Sam is so excited about the game...
 Katie chilling out.  Love her beach hair.  : )



Sam Learns to Ride his Bike!!!!

What a fun day!  Sam learned to ride his bike without training wheels!  Once he decided that he wanted to do it, it took no time at all...  He was so proud and had the biggest smile ever.

Here we go!  Daddy holding on running up and down the beach.   :)
And he let go....
 Such a proud boy!  Check out that smile...
 And they are off...the boys are off to explore the beach now (without training wheels).  : )
 The brand new bike rider, Sam!


Katie at the Beach

I was able to capture a few pictures of Katie chilling out at the beach house.  She's pretty happy to be at the beach (just like the rest of us).


 Such a happy, happy girl...
 Sweet, sweet face...

Beach in December...

I will have quite a few beach posts... here are some of the fun things we did in December 2011.

The boys looking for their little frog friends that live in the boardwalk.   :)
 Going on an afternoon walk with my little pumpkin...
 St. Simons Christmas Tree 2011.
 Happy Beach Sam!

Merry Christmas!!!

Wow, how time flies!  It's already late January and I'm just now getting to Christmas pictures!  We even still have our Christmas bins in the house... I have high hopes they will make it back to the attic this weekend.   :)  We have been quite busy since Christmas...spending over a week at the beach, Sam having yet another week off school, and then getting back into the swing of things. 

Here are a few pictures of the Holland kiddos on Christmas Day.  It was such a fun Christmas...the boys were so excited.  The anticipation leading up to Christmas was the best!   Here are the boys looking downstairs on Christmas morning trying to check out some things that Santa left them...

 Shootin' hoops!
 Don't forget about cute little KK...
 Pops and Katie on Christmas Eve... I think Pops is smitten...
After a fun Christmas morning at our house we headed to Macon to have another Christmas celebration.  Here are the boys opening even more gifts.