November 2009 Catch Up

We've had an action packed month and enjoyed a beautiful East TN fall.

1. Jelly and SJ on Thanksgiving. The girls looooove being together.

2. SJ enjoying a hike, she loves to be outside and walk in the woods.

3. B with his favorite current subject- BUGS! He's reading every bug book we can find and is also into the Magic Treehouse series.

4. All 4 Coffey kids playing in SJ's room. O is a super older cousin and is so good with the little ones.

5. B and BJB, these guys crack themselves up. :)

Halloween 2009

1. Pre-junk food

2. Post-junk food

3. Cousins acting crazy at our church Harvest Fest

4. Punkins- SJ's is on the bottom left, she drew the face with a marker and Mama carved it. B did the same for his, pumpkin in the middle on the bottom. Notice B's has one large eye, he's so creative.

We had a fun Halloween, SJ dressed as an angel and B was Indiana Jones. We had a great time at our church's Harvest Fest and then going out in the rain to trick or treat. SuperDaddy also decorated our foyer to be spooky and scared some of our visitors! Lots of candy, fun with our neighbors, and great family memories.

Disney Trip

We took a quick Disney trip during B's Fall Break. Exhausting, but fun to watch the little ones' faces. B loved the Lego store, SJ loved the rides (she was EXACTLY the right height-whew!), Mama loved Animal Kingdom and the Safari, and Daddy liked packing a whirlwind of fun into 3 days!

Soccer!

B started playing soccer this season and has enjoyed the chance to run run run!

He got the Gold Star award for his first game, the award is for Effort. SuperDaddy has been practicing lots with B in the front yard, and working on B's knowledge of the game.

Birthday Girls

SJ turned 4 in late August and our niece Jelly turned 3. We celebrated our girls' birthdays with a joint party, with the requested Care Bear cake.

Auntie Jo got the girls matching Care Bear outfits and I made the cake. We had a blast!

In gratitude for our girl, my four favorite things about her:

1-Her love of art and music. SJ can paint for hours, enjoys her ballet class and loves to take piano lessons with Miss Jeannie.

2-Her sense of humor. She loves a good joke and has the cutest giggle.

3-Her sense of adventure. This girl is fearless and loves to go go go.

4-Her caring for her Wendom. SJ loves her brother and often asks to get him a treat if we are out while he's at co-op.

SJ is an amazing little girl and we are so thrilled to get to be her family.

Back to School

After a fun, crazy summer, it's time to get back to school.

B started back to school yesterday. He is a 1st grader! His teacher is fantastic and we are still so pleased with our choice to homeschool with our co-op. B is reading chapter books on his own and is very into Legos these days.

SJ started ballet lessons, she has been so excited to get started. It was a huge blessing to arrive at class to find the other girl in class was a Liberian adoptee we had previously met! SJ has been taking piano lessons all summer. It's been very hard to get her practice time in, but I think the structure of the school year will help us.

We Coffeys are headed into our Birthday Season, more on that to come...

July Catch-Up

A few pictures to catch up. We had such a busy and fun summer!

1- cute kids lounging

2-SuperDaddy at Eagle Falls at Cumberland Falls State Park. SuperDaddy and I took a little trip there, just us grown-ups.

3-SuperDaddy had his 4 best buds over. The 5 of them hadn't been all together in 15+ years.

4-cute cousins. B and SJ are crazy for their cousins!