November 2007

Hey everyone! Hope you're all enjoying the holidays!

We had a GREAT month of November... starting off with some very good news!
Emily is PREGNANT and due in early July 2008! We're very excited... and looking forward to getting through the rest of this first trimester hoping the joys of morning sickness will subside.

Now... onto some of our pictures!
We spent a weekend at Disney's Pop Century Resort in early November, and met up with several of Chris' friends to wish Jeff Given a happy 40th birthday!
We had fun at the hotel pools...


And then later we went to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party...


The next day we had fun with Chris' friends at EPCOT...


Then it was time to start thinking about Thanksgiving! Having a WILD TURKEY run through your back yard isn't a bad way to start out! (actually we saw FOUR, but only got a picture of one). Be careful, Mr. Turkey!


Jacob and his class serenaded us with their beautiful Thanksgiving program at school!



We also went up to Gainesville and had a great time at the GATOR FOOTBALL GAME!



We had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving at Emily's parents and at Chris' mom's house! We always have such a great time enjoying our family... and all the tasty FOOD!

After Thanksgiving we started setting up for CHRISTMAS!... Here's our Tree...

And the boys found new uses for the STOCKINGS...


Whew! What a month!
Here's a LINK to our photo albums so you can see ALL our photos.

We'll keep you all updated on Emily's expansion... errr, PREGNANCY!

Hope you all have a wonderful Advent season and a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Lots of love,
The Halperns

OCTOBER pictures... and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

We had lots of fun in October!
We went to Emily's 10 year high school reunion, celebrated Chris' 39th birthday, and had a BLAST during Halloween!

Jacob was Luke Skywalker...


And Joshua was Yoda!

(not sure if you were aware of this little known tidbit, but Yoda did, in fact, enjoy pacifiers!)


Halloween with Grandma and Papa...



Emily and her Jedi boys!


Grammy, Jacob, and Joshua...



Here's the LINK to the rest of our OCTOBER pictures...

Enjoy!... and thanks for visiting!

September pictures from the Halperns...

Hi everyone!
Sorry we haven't updated our blog in so long. We've been keeping really busy and having lots of fun with our boys.

Jacob started Pre-K (4 year old class) this fall, and he's really enjoying school. Every day he's asking new questions and surprising us with everything he knows... really scary at times!


Joshua is 2 1/2 now and is slowly starting to talk more and more. His newest words are "Jacob" and "Joshua", and it's just so adorable to hear his little voice! (Although I'm sure one day soon we'll be begging him to keep quiet!)


Here's a link to all our pictures from SEPTEMBER...


Thanks for visiting!

Lazy Summer!

Hi everyone!
Hope you've all had a fun and restful summer. We've been keeping busy and having lots of fun with Jacob and Joshua. But we've been rather lazy with the camera! Sorry!

In July we went to New Smyrna Beach to enjoy the 4th... and of course forgot to take pictures out on the beach! But we enjoyed the sand, some rocket launches, and memories of Chris' stingray anniversary from last year!
Chris has kept busy repairing and upgrading our house this summer. He's amazingly talented considering he's never done any of this before!

JULY 2007

Chris and Emily have slowly been starting in Real Estate part time this summer. We signed on with Watson Realty and have been working some weekend open houses and starting some training in our "free time" (as if that really exists!).

In August the boys moved up to their next classrooms at preschool. Joshua's starting to talk more and more, and we're (slowly) starting the dreadful task of potty-training (sounds like fun, right?). Jacob's in Pre-K now and is really getting ready for Kindergarten next year. It's amazing how much he has learned in his short little life so far... kinda scary!

AUGUST 2007

CLICK HERE for a link to all our albums... thanks so much for visiting!
Hope you all have enjoyed your summer!

Lots of love,
Chris, Emily, Jacob, and Joshua

June 2007... and pictures from our trip to California!

Hi everybody!... Happy summer!

We haven't updated our pictures in a while... so it's about time!
Here's a link to our photo albums so you can see ALL of our new pictures...

June has kept us busy with lots of fun. Jacob and Joshua are really enjoying playing together lately...


Last week we went on a family vacation to California and we had a wonderful time!
We flew out Tuesday the 12th to San Francisco and went straight to Alcatraz. The weather was just gorgeous!

The next day we toured San Francisco and went up Coit Tower and then saw a Giants game!

Then we drove to Sacramento and toured the California State Capitol...

And then drove to Reno, NV for the night. We got up Friday and drove to Carson City to tour the Nevada State Capitol...

Then to South Lake Tahoe for lunch... just GORGEOUS there!

Then we made the long drive down to the Monterey Bay area for the night.
On Saturday the 16th we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium (met up with Mom and Dad Sheeran there)...


And even ran into our friend Amelia and her two gorgeous kiddos down on Cannery Row...


That evening we went to Matt Kolda's wedding... it was absolutely beautiful!









We had so much fun visiting with the Kolda cousins!

The next morning was Father's Day and we got up early for Mass at the Cathedral de San Carlos in Monterey... we met Papa and Grandma Sheeran there... and The State family...

Then we went down to Fisherman's Wharf for lunch... where we found Papa's restaurant, "Crabby Jim's"!


We had lunch on the Wharf...


And enjoyed walking around the bay...


We even got to see some Sea Lions up close!


Then Sunday night we drove over to Yosemite National Park... it was so beautiful there!








And this was the view from our hotel... the Yosemite View Lodge...


More picts from the park on Tuesday morning...





And then on Wednesday we flew home...




WHEW... what an adventure!

Here's a link to our photo albums so you can see ALL of our pictures...

Hope you're all doing wonderfully! Thanks for visiting our website!

Lots of love,
The Halperns