Christmas '08

Christmas is my favorite time of year! I love getting together with all my family! Christmas Eve the Spear family went to Lebanon to hang with Mike's parents, the LaClave's. MiMi and PaPa had a wonderful meal waiting for us and gifts galore for everyone! Michael's sisters, Katie and Andi, were there with their kiddos too! My neice, Madi, such a lil' sweetie and my nephew, Liam, such a smart lil' guy full of energy! We gave Madi a new princess jacket and of course, still had the security tag on it!! I was soooo mad! Crafty MiMi made Grace a sweater and Jackson a Colts hat! So cute! Michael and I received a WEBCAM! WOOHOO! We are so excited! Not expecting that at all!! So fun! We all went, as a family, to attend the 9pm Christmas Eve service! It was really neat! The kids were so into it! Jackson was so excited to have fire in his hand! HA! We all had candles to light when we sang Silent Night at the end of the service. Jack just couldn't wait- he kept saying really loud- "Can we do the fire thing!" It was so funny! MiMi sang a beautiful Christmas song too! The kids loved hearing her sing! Lil' Madi said real loud, "I like MiMi's music!" It was so cute! What a great Christmas Eve. Our kiddos were ready to put cookies out for Santa, so we headed home, while MiMi, PaPa, Madi, and Katie put flowers on Uncle David's grave. Christmas is always a hard time w/o Uncle David around! So, we got home pretty late and Jackson put the reindeer food out on the porch and Grace wrote Santa a letter, put out some milk and cookies.
The next morning, the kids woke up and were in awe that Santa really came! Theie innocense is so sweet! The got way too many gifts! Mom went overboard! I popped MiMi's egg caserole in the oven (thanks Mimi!) and put on the coffee, shortly after, Nana, PopPop, Uncle Nicky John, Cassie and Carly arrived! MORE PRESENTS!! We had a wonderful morning! A lot of laughs and fun! Then we all got ready and headed to Evansville to hang with the newest members of our fam- Ethan and Eli! What precious lil' angels! Ali and Quinn just had identical twin boys Dec. 7th! It was so fun spending Christmas Day with them! They add so much joy to our family!! PopPop bought the Wii for all the kids- so it was pretty fun watching us all learn to play Wii! Quinn and I got pretty competitive in Tennis!:) The racket even flew off and almost broke their TV! HA! It was really fun! We even played a lil' TWISTER! Fun family times!! We are now ready for 2009! I start my student teaching here in IPS, and Michael will continue to work, trying to hold the number one position on his team at Charles Schwab! Go MIKEY! Jackson goes to an in-home daycare in Geist. He loves it and is doing so well there! However, he is always the class clown! Then there's Gracie! Our sweet lil' princess! She is in 1st grade at a new charter school- the Project School. She has become our lil' author! She loves to write and draw! So proud of her!! K- I know this was long, but I wanted to update you all! Sorry for NO pics! I hate that- but I lost my camera! UGH! Love to you all!

Aunt Court

I'm sooo in love!! I can't believe the special love I feel for these lil' guys!! Just precious angels!! Michael and I went to visit them over the weekend by ourselves! I couldn't keep my hands off of them! They are sooo tiny and sooo handsome! When we left, the entire drive home, I couldn't stop smelling my hands b/c they smelled like the babies!! I'm seriously obsessed w/ them! Can't wait to leave on Christmas Day to go see them again!! -Aunt Court

My Handsome Nephews are FINALLY here!!

So precious! My lil' men! Ethan and Eli arrived on December 7, 2008. Immediatley we jumped in the car and headed to Evansville to meet them! Ali went a lil' early- she was 35 weeks! But the babies are doing great! Gaining weight everyday! They came home last week. Michael and I are going to take a trip this Friday to visit them w/o our kids. I just can't wait! They are soooo precious! What lil' blessings from our Lord Jesus! My lil' muffins! I just love them sooo much! Then Christmas Day, Grace, Jack, Mike, and I will head down to E-Ville again to spend time w/ the Shepherd's for 4 days! I just can't wait to see them again!! Aunt Court and Uncle Mikey love them soo much! Oh and Grace and Jack Jack can't stop taking about them!!