Bunk Beds & Beyond

George has been spending some of the wee hours in our bed.  I managed to slip away once and get a shot.

We also took some pictures of the kids all dressed up. 

After months of work, Mike finally got this bunk beds finished.  This also means Becca finally gets our of the toddler bed and into a big girl bed.

Here are the bunk beds themselves.

Ain't he cute?

That's it for now.  We have a busy day tomorrow with both Becca and Pat performing Christmas songs.  And of course Christmas is coming this weekend, and the goose is getting fat.  May you all have a blessed Christmas with your loved ones.

Christmas Tree 2011

I have no idea if this will look the way I want it to with this new format that blogspot set up.  But bear with me and you'll still get the pictures.  A about a week ago, we went to get a Christmas tree with the Showalters.  Here's Patrick ready to go hunt down a tree.

 After a long search, at least when you're walking around with a 22-month old, we finally picked out a tree.  Each kid got a turn at cutting it down, except Teddy who didn't want to.

Here Chris, Mike, the kids and the tree.

It was Becca's turn to put the angel on top of the tree.

It was a fun filled day and we're very happy with our tree.  Come back soon for more updates.

Tribute to Grandma Great

This week we say good-bye to an incredible woman and my last grandparent, Kathleen Shea Sullivan. She left behind her 8 children, 17 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren, so far.
Thanks to my cousin Lauren, I have some older pictures to share. I don't know when this was taken but her is the lady.

Let's move up the 1980's and see Grandma and Grandpa with the grandchild at the time. I remember this picture being taken at the House on Lawndale as we now call it.

In March of 2007 Grandma got to meet her 7th great-grandchild, Patrick.

Here's a shot of Grandma enjoying a fine meal at D&T's house in August 2007. You can see Joan and Patrick as well.

Becca finally got her chance in Grandma's lap in May 2008. Great grandkid #9.

Next we go to the Sullivan Family Christmas party 2009. This is Grandma with her grandchildren (including in-laws) that were able to attend.

Grandma and my Dad, her oldest child, sit by the fire and enjoy Becca's nuttiness.

With her children minus Jim and Kath who couldn't make the party.

Now we're up to March 2010. George(#12) was only a couple of weeks old when he meet Grandma Great. They took to each other right away.

Grandma had had surgery on her face since the last time we saw her and I was afraid the kids might be scare of her. Becca held nothing back and climbed right into her arms.

Who knew a phone could be so much fun?

This is one of my favorite pictures in world.

Last September we celebrated Grandma's 90th birthday. This first shot are the 12 kids from the Iowa branch of the family tree.

Here we got to included Norah, the only other great-grandchild able to come to the party. We forgive Jesse and the kids for not coming given that the youngest was only about a month old.

I feel very blessed to have had Kay Sullivan in my life. I look now to Mike's grandparents to hug our kids (and me) and help fill the great grandparent void. I was about Becca's age when my last great grandparent died and I don't remember her at all. I hope my kids will remember Grandma Great and all the love she shared with us. Bless you Grandma and thanks for everything.

Its not December Yet!

I'm just getting this in before December so there! Here are some pictures from Becca's Thanksgiving program at school.




Ms. Wharton read a book to the class after having pumpkin pie in a bag (a snack).

I found Mike and Becca snuggled up together and grabbed the camera.

Grandma and Grandpa Sullivan made the journey over to spend Thanksgiving day with us. Grandpa briefly remembered having hair while playing with Becca.

I have no idea what Patrick is doing.

George enjoyed the workbench and the kitchen at the same time.

Grandma got into the crazy too.

Mike took this last Saturday.

Becca and George played peek-a-boo on the couch while Pat was at school.

General cuteness.


I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and know that we are thankful for all of you. I will try to keep up on the blog but we're gonna be busy for the next month.