Georgia Christmas Tree

Here is our belated Christmas tree picture. We took this on Christmas morning after mass. Philip was being quite the stinker and acting silly for all of the pictures!

And here is a picture of Philip working of the courage to go down the slide by himself. Andrew has been working with him to get him to be fully self sufficient in climbing up the back and sitting down to slide. That way he can entertain himself in the yard while we work.

And it's up!

Blakes' Christmas Present from us this year was a 100ft Zip line. He wanted a tree house but we just didn't see that happening. Matt's a perfectionist when he builds something and it takes him a while to get things the way he wants them. So the Zip line was a good alternative, it gave Blake some outdoor fun and saved me from more Lego's.

After lot's of calculations Matt figured out the heights the Line should be on both ends, and we put the Zip line up this weekend. Joseph and Anthony like to ride with a little help, and it has a 250 lb rating so even adults can ride.

Christmas Tree

As promised, here is the Christmas tree at the Metoyer's house in Melbourne.

Regina and Daniel Boyd Christmas Photos

Alas, Regina and I do not have a tree of our own this year. I have toyed with the idea of getting one after Christmas, putting it up, and leaving it up until later in the year, but I am still unsure. For now, I will post pictures of our Christmas last year, in Zurich, Switzerland, and Roma. They have some pretty nice Christmas trees. I will also post a picture of the Metoyer's Christmas tree as soon as I can, since we are at their house for the first two days of Christmas.

The first several photos will be of a Christmas tree in the train station in Zurich. It was massive, and decorated with thousands of star shaped Swarovski crystal's. Quite beautiful, indeed.













































This next photo is the downtown area of Zurich, all lit up for Christmas.























And finally, the Nativity seen in St. Peters square.




















I apologize for this blog being a bit messy looking. I played with it for a while, and just couldn't get it to do what I wanted. We love you all, Merry Christmas!
Dan and Regina

Smith Christmas Tree

Here is a picture of our Christmas tree. The boys are so big and the tree is so small!


Looking forward to seeing some of yours! (If you are not doing a Christmas tree this year, you could post another Christmas themed picture if you want.)

It's been a while so...

I thought I'd post what's happening in Good Old South Carolina.

Ellie has been busy training Nava, and she's doing fabulous in her obedience and agility lessons. She still struggles to balance the demands of her school work with the added responsibility of another pet to care for.





Blake has been doing very well in his school this year, as long as he has something to motivate him, usually computer time. He is very strong in all his subjects, especially math and reading. Like his mother, his weakness is his handwriting, but he's coming along in that as well. According to his Doctor poor handwriting going along with ADHD. Since he's doing well in school we will continue to manage his ADHD with out medication.

Joseph is finally using the toilet! Just last week I told him we were out of Pull Ups and he woudl have to wear underwear and he is actually making it to the toilet. He still wears a pull up to bed and at quite time, but this is huge for him! He still loves to play games, do puzzles and be read to.
Here he is modeling his new hat and mittens. I have never had a more grateful recipient of my knitting.

Anthony becomes more independent every day, but he still loves to cuddle. He has figured out how to push chairs up tot the counter, so he has a whole new world to explore. I do miss him being little but it's nice that he can play independently for short periods. It gives me some much needed one on one with the bigger kids to work on their school work.

Christmas Trees Anyone?

I have a fun idea...

Let's all post a picture of our Christmas tree. And if you can, get you or your kids in the picture. I'll post mine tomorrow so I can include my kids.

I can't wait to see what everyone's trees look like.