January 2012 - Part 2

January 12th to 15th

Nathan, Laura, Audrey and Andrew visited and stayed with us for the weekend.  We had a great time visiting with them and getting to see their little ones again.  Audrey is as friendly as can be and started talking to us right away.  Andrew was a little more on the shy side, but a sweetheart!

Friday night we had everyone over for dinner and games.  Uncle Zeb and Beau played tennis on the wii.

I think Jay is trying to stay awake in this picture.

 Little Miss Audrey didn't mind that we have all boy's toys!

Jeremy got in on some Nerf Gun wars...

while us gals and babies hung out in the safe zone...toy room.  Little Devin and his mommy - he is so cute!

Sam and Hunter are out!  We really enjoyed having our nephew stay the night a few times this month!  We never could convince Andrew to stay, but he enjoyed playing here anyway.



And Beau opted for the couch this night!

And they are ready to go at 8 am Saturday morning!

Beau's Basketball Tournament at Odin

Between games we visited at Hap & Elizabeth's and went to lunch with them.  Hunter got to hold Jacob.

After the games, we were back in Patoka for dinner with the family.  This is a picture of all the little cousins that night.

Sunday night, Hap, Sam & Andrew came over for some games and popcorn.  Sam stayed the night with us.

January 17th - Hunter played in the junior high game at Louisville and made a basket!  I don't have any pictures from that night.

January 19th - Hunter's last junior high game, played at Rome

January 20th - Goodbye Night

We dined with Hap, Elizabeth, Sam and Andrew (Jacob wasn't feeling well) at Pizza Hut on Friday night.  We enjoyed dinner and the kids had fun playing the racing games.  After dinner we went to their house in Salem for a little while.  The boys enjoyed jumping on the bed...

and a few little treats for their trip to Virginia.

It was a sad night as we said goodbye.  We will miss them as they begin this journey, but know that God has many plans for them and the people they will come in contact with.  As we were leaving, Andrew asked why Hunter was crying and his mom told him because his heart was hurting.  I borrowed this picture from her blog.

Please pray for their family.  They will be in Virginia for 8 weeks before they go overseas.  You can keep up with them at http://www.thejolliffs.blogspot.com/

January 21st to 22nd - Beau's Tournament at Iuka

The team won their game on Sunday!

January 2012 - Part 1

New Year's Day - Church Service for Hap & Elizabeth at Patoka United Methodist Church

The church honored Hap & Elizabeth as they are preparing to go overseas.  Hap preached and gave their testimony.  It was a great service.

The pastors from the churches in Patoka also attended and prayed with the family.

After church we had ham and beans at Carl & Jessica's.  My best shot at the 5 grandsons.

January 3rd - Beau's top tooth is hanging by a thread.

January 4th - Uncle Hap assisted in the tooth falling out when he and Beau were playing around and it just popped out. Luckily Uncle Hap found it on the floor and the Tooth Fairy made a visit that night!

January 6th - 7th

Hunter's 1st Pee Wee Basketball Game

Beau's 1st Traveling Team Basketball Game

We had to split our time on Saturday as both boys were playing close to the same time and at different locations!

And then onto my parent's for one more Christmas gathering with the Casey Family...

A busy and fun start to the year!

New Year's Eve

We hosted a small party with friends on NYE.  Hunter and Beau got to try out their friend Colin's dirt bike!

Most of the kids made it up until 11 pm, so we watched the countdown in New York.

Christmas with Dad & Chloe

Dad and Chloe came to our house Christmas evening.

The kids and aunts enjoyed some "Just Dance"

The Jolliff Christmas

Our boys always enjoy Uncle Hap time!

I had to give up my turn holding Jacob a few times, mostly to Hunter!

Sam playing with a new toy.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning is still very much fun at our house.  I love to see the expressions on the boys' faces when they look to see if Santa made it by.  The reindeer enjoyed some carrots and Santa had cookies, milk and chocolate.  The boys were excited to find that Santa had left a Wii remote by their stockings.  They had to search to find where he actually put the rest of the Wii.  Daddy thought the basement might have been a good place to look.  At first they didn't think they wanted to open the presents upstairs but decided to play one quick game of Mario and then returned upstairs for opening!

 Cowboys necklace for Hunter

Bears necklace for Beau

And Daddy got a phone holder so that he can listen to music while running.

We had plenty of time for opening gifts before going to church.  It was extra special this year, to be in God's house on Christmas day.  We are so blessed!

Christmas Eve Surprise...

Jay and I surprised the boys with some news on Christmas Eve!  They each got to open an early present (t-shirts).  At first Hunter thought it was wrong that Beau had a big brother shirt.  He said he wasn't letting Beau wear that because he was not the big brother.  But once we told them what that meant, they were excited to know they are both going to be big brothers.

After that, we went to Amy and Phil's house for our Christmas get together.  We surprised Nana and Papa by telling them our news and then Amy and Phil also had news!  We are due about 2 weeks apart...and no, that was not planned!  I'm really excited that my sister and I get to be pregnant at the same time.

Amy is due July 7th and I'm due June 25th.