B & T come to the BV....

My cousins Brad and Tammy came to Bella Vista for a visit while Brad was in town for the holidays from Washington D.C.


Me and my "little" cousin Brad. I swear at one time in my life he was smaller than me...

(me and Brad back in the day)

Tammy enjoyed playing with Andrew...

and Andrew always loves to be the center of attention. :)

The sweetest gift of all...

I think Jim got the best gift of all on Christmas morning....Andrew said his first word...Da Da! :)

Christmas 2009!

This year was such a fun Christmas with the boys! Christian was so excited about it and Andrew had lots of fun too!

me and my cousin Tammy

GoGo's Christmas tree

Christian had a blast opening his gifts and loved everything he received!

Pops and Christian setting up his trains

GoGo and I trying some instant egg nog mix....not so good. ;)

Andrew got a new sippy cup and some Gerber puffs in his stocking!

Santa brought Christian a pirate ship and some other surprises too!

Andrew got an activity table from Santa!

The boys watching the parade of TV

Our Happy Birthday Baby Jesus cake

Andrew got a new cell phone and not me??!! ;)

Christian opening his new fire truck from Aunt Kimberly and Uncle Wrenn...he LOVED it!

When we got home, Jim and Christian set up his new art easel with a white board and chalkboard. This is the first thing Christian wrote on his board. So sweet!
Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

Dear Santa, I've been very nice...

I think Andrew may actually make it on Santa's nice list this year! ;)

Andrew as Santa Claus

Christian with a bubble Santa Claus beard too!

Christian likes to give Andrew crazy hair when they are in the bath together!

The boys in their matching "I'm with the band" jammies with drum on them

Andrew does not sit still for very long these days...above you see his little foot as he crawls away and Christian is pointing at him. ;) I thought that pic was funny!


Christian with his Santa number beard on he made at school

Andrew says Santa Claus is coming to town...

So you better be snug in your bed on Christmas Eve...

Because Santa Claus comes tomorrow night! :)

Merry Christmas from the Hopkins Family!

Mom's Ministry Christmas playdate!

This morning I hosted a Christmas playdate for my Mom's Ministry ladies and their kiddos!

We had breakfast casserole, muffins cocoas and yummy butter toffee coffee!
Thanks to everyone that came over! The kids had so much fun playing and I enjoyed getting to visit with everyone!



Uma loved holding Andrew


Uma liked to pretend to read to Andrew too!

Christian's Kindergarten picture!

What a handsome young man! He looks so grown up in his kindergarten picture!
It is hard to believe it is already half way through his first year of school. Christian is out of school for the next two weeks for winter break. He returns on Jan. 4th. We have lots of fun things planned to do and also some time to relax as well. This week we plan to bake lots of cookies and decorate a gingerbread house. Andrew is also excited to have his big brother home with him for the next two weeks. They have so much fun playing together!

My 32nd Birthday!

Yesterday was my 32nd birthday. Even though I celebrated with friends and family last weekend, I still had a wonderful day! After church, Jim took me and the boys to brunch at Copelands. I love their brunch especially because they have live jazz music too! It was yummy!
We drove down to Van Buren and got to visit with family in the afternoon and GoGo made dinner. We watched old videos of when Christian was really little too. I can't believe how long ago it feels when he was a baby. Time just flies by! It was such a special way to celebrate my birthday!
Thanks to all my friends that sent me special Happy Birthday wishes too!