Happy Birthday Jesus!!

Well, we made it through Cason's first Thanksgiving and Christmas!! Always such as busy time but so worth it.

We did Christmas at my dad's house on Thursday, then Friday Chad and I took Cade to the Sea World Christmas Celebration while my mom watched Cason and this was by far one of my favorite parts of Christmas this year. I loved the shows and it really put us in the Christmas spirit. I also loved that they made things about CHRISTmas and the birth of Jesus and weren't afraid of any reprecussions from someone that may not celebrate Christmas. We will definitely spend a Christmas in the future at Disney or somewhere like that!

Friday for Christmas Eve we spent the afternoon at Chad's dads, attended Christmas Eve service and came home for Christmas here at our house with my mom. She stayed the night with us (which really helped because it allowed Cade to sleep in his bed at least half the night while Santa came) and then finally we spent Christmas afternoon and evening at Chad's moms. BUSY BUSY BUSY!


So today, Chad was off and we all lounged around the house and enjoyed all of the kids new toys.

Sorry for all the pictures but I had a hard time narrowing them down (and they are in no order)!

Look Mom!! Santa came and brought me a Buzz flashlight!

My Sweet Boys in the Christmas PJ's!

(Yes, Cason got a black eye right before his first Christmas -- thanks to his brother!)

My Mom with her grandsons!


Our family pic (the best we could get)~!

Poppa TR with his grandchildren

Cason, Cade and Camryn

Daddy and Cason opening gifts at Nana's house.

Chad and Cade at the seal and otter show at Sea World!

Mom and Cade at the front of the park - yes it was very cold but so worth it! Big Bird and Cade

Cade opening gifts at my dads --- new Sperrys!

God Gives Great Gifts! Thank You God!

WHAT A WEEK!

This week was Cade's first experience at Vacation Bible School. He went to Sweeny 1st Baptist which is the church I grew up in. He was in the three year old class while mommy helped out in the nursery with the babies. I was very worried about how he would do in a "school" type setting since he has always gone to an in home daycare but he did wonderful. His teachers said that he always wanted to be the "leader" for everything. He came home the first day telling me - "God made me - Thank you God!" and that just melted my heart. Throughout the week he would sing songs he learned and continue saying their theme for that day with "Thank You God!" after everything. Cade's Official VBS picture.Cade with his class and the teachers singing the last day!Cade and Jake eating their snack in the Fellowship Hall.

Ironically, the last day of VBS their theme was "God Gives Great Gifts!" And for our family we could all say "Thank You God!" to that statement. On Wednesday, June 29th, Corey and Lynsie welcomed Baby Camryn Grace into this world at 1:08 PM. And praise God she was a healthy 7 pounds 2 ounces - 20 1/4 inches long. They have been through so much to make sure she was healthy it was such a blessing that 4 weeks early she was and had absolutely no NICU stay at all!! It was a long, long three months for Corey and Lynsie but she is here now and they are happy. Here are a few pictures of beautiful Camryn. Hopefully her mommy and daddy will get to bring her home on Sunday.

Corey, Lynsie and Camryn!!


Camryn Grace Thoe
Cousin Cade, Uncle Chad, Camryn and The Proud New Daddy