More Christmas and New Years pics.

It has been a while since I posted so here are a few pics from our Christmas vacation. We had a great Christmas and New Years. Everyone is back at school and work. Jack started daycare and that is going well. He is crawling everywhere and into everything.

Jack's first Christmas. He loves his big sisters.

Briar, Maddie and Anna showing off their new aprons. Thank you Aunt Teri.

Mads trying our Mommy's new elliptical machine.

I made a new Friend during our trip to Raleigh. We went to the NC Museum of Natural Sciences with Ashby, Tracy and Griffin.

The kids with their cousin Griffin posing in front of the T Rex head.

Happy Holidays

Jack and Mommy, It must have been cold in our house that day??

Our little elf.

Just a normal Monday at the Simpson house.

Goodnight sweet baby Jack!

It's a Simpson Halloween

The kids love Mommy to pull them around in the wagon.

Jack in his other pumpkin costume. I don't think he found this one to be quite a comfortable as his other one.

Siggie and the kids before Aunt Cami's Halloween party

Anna was a sassy cowgirl.

Maddie and a few of her friends at the St. Marys Fall Festival. Is that Harry Potter?

What's goin on....

It's been status quo at the Simpson household lately. Jack is growing like a weed and turning in to a little ball of energy. He can roll just about anywhere he wants to go and EVERYTHING goes in his mouth. I forgot about that part...

He loves his soccer ball which makes daddy proud.

Uncle Ashby, Aunt Teri and Griffin

Briar and the girls went to Raleigh last weekend for Griffins 1st birthday.

I put the same old red baby swing up in the back yard and Jack loved it. Some things don't change. We have the same picture of all three kids sitting in that swing now. Cool huh!

Mads turned 7 last week, can you believe it? My baby is growing up. She was so excited to get her new Hanna Montana bike and is zipping up and down the road now.

Maddie and Annas Farm Party

Last weekend we celebrated Maddie's 7th and Anna's 5th birthdays at Ashton Farms. The girls were so excited and could not wait to get on their cowgirl duds and hit the farm. The kids got to feed sheep, pigs and goats, hold and pet bunnies, chase chickens and ride horses. I think everyone had a great time and the ladies of Ashton Farms were awesome hostesses.

Jack's messy face a road race and the Bama game...

Jack's messy face toothy grin. He looks like he is having so much fun you would think he actually liked to eat. For some reason he enjoys spitting it back at us more than eating.
Game day with big sis.

This past Saturday was a full day. It started early in Boiling Springs at the Jump in the Lake 5K. I ran the race along with Uncle Jer and Aunt Cami. We had a lot of fun and finished strong. According to the official time Cam and Jer tied with a time of 22:21 but Jer swears that he won. I came along eventually with a time of 25:04. After the race we loaded up in the van and went to Julian's first Pop Warner game. Jules did great, apparently I missed a heroic shoe string tackle to save a touchdown.

Then it was home for some rest before the Bama game. Roll Tide!!

Late Summer Fun

A few weeks ago Briar and I surprised the girls with a day at Freestyle Music Park. Jack stayed with Siggie so we could play at the girls pace. We planned on doing this for about a month but didn't tell the girls where we were going until we pulled up in the parking lot and they could see all of the rides. They were very surprised and very excited.

Sunny and very, very hot!!

As soon as we got there we all got on a ride, a spinning ride and for any of you that know Briar you know what that meant. Here are the girls hanging out while mommy regains her sea legs and eats some ice cubes.

Hang 10 girls!

Mads and Anna entertained the croud before a show. Check out Anna's moves. You go girl!

First day of school!

Well summer vacation is over and it's back to school for the girls. Maddie is starting second grade and Anna started kindergarten today! They are both so excited to be together in the same school again.
Our two sweet little Catholic school girls looking like little angels in front of St. Mary School.
This is our third year at St. Mary School and we all just love it!

Baby brother was bummed he didn't get to go into school with his big sisters. He really got used to having them around for entertainment all day long this summer.

Anna said as she was walking in, " Don't be sad when I leave mommy, because you know I always come back to you." So precious!

She was one of the smaller kindergarteners. Her backpack was almost as big as her. Well, the first day was a success! Anna decided she wanted to live at kindergarten. So much for always coming back to mommy!

Anna turns five!!!

Here is a picture of me holding my sweet baby girl on her 5th birthday! It seems like just yesterday I was holding this tiny little person that was just born. Time has gone way too fast, but what a wonderful little person she has become! Happy Birthday Anna Banana, we love you!!!

Taking a spin on her shiny new Barbie bike.




Our little poser!

Anna loves chocolate just like her grandpa. So, of course, she had a chocolate-chocolate fudge cake for her family party.

No More Training Wheels

We tried this a few times this past year but Maddie was not really in to it. This past weekend we tried again and this time she really put her mind to it. She tired over and over as you will see in the video. We all cheered her on even Anna was trying to help. Once she gained a little confidence in herself she picked it up pretty quick. She was so determined to do it on her own. Check out how she prepares herself for another try by spitting on her hands and rubbing them together.

More Topsail Beach fun!!!

Baby Jack having a blast on the beach!
Anna decided she wanted to surf like daddy. She was a natural!

Maddie caught some waves too on her new board!

Summer Fun!

Its been a while since I posted. Here are a few pics from our annual trip to Topsail Beach. Since then we have been wrapped up in work and getting the girls ready for school. Jack is almost 6 months and he is getting cuter by the day. He is really developing his own personality. He has already cut two teeth!

This is a good picture except Jack and Mom were back at the house napping.

Hang 10 Anna Banana!

Mads loves her little brother and Jack loves his Maddie.

I call this one Kids on the Beach

Sweet boy

4th of July Cookout

We all got together at Cami and Jeremy's for a low key cookout last night. There were burgers, dog, my famous cowboy baked beans, watermelon and of course fireworks. We decided to fore go the big display that uncle Jeremy and I are known for until we go to the Topsail in a couple of weeks. Something about burning the neighbors house down??

Mad's and Lil's with sparklers.

Everyone loves watermelon.

Happy birthday USA!!

Julian was decked out in his 4th of July outfit and Jack was very impressed.