New Hair and Holiday Excitement

Hey everyone! I know it has been a long while since a good update. I have no excuses...just an "I'm so sorry":) Overall, life is going well on our end. My family is coming into town tomorrow, and I am so excited to see them and get to celebrate Thanksgiving with them. I will get to see my uncle and his new wife. I have never met his new wife, and I have not seen him in ages. Also, I have never met my mom's sister's daughter, Emily. She is coming to SC with my parents so I will get to meet her for the first time. She lives in California but is in college in Indiana. It works out great for my parents to pick her up on their way down here. It will be a fun week for sure! In preparation for the holidays and upcoming family pictures, I re-did Miracle's hair tonight. It is starting to get cold outside, and she has been begging for curly hair like mommy's so I went ahead and put some extensions in. They are a lot of work...and way too hot for summer days outside...so she has had to wait for awhile:) It looks really cute....and she loves it. I think she has already flicked it over her shoulder like girls with long hair do about fifty times since we finished around seven. She is too cute!! Anyway...pictures of the new do are below, and I will try to update on how Thanksgiving goes. I have so very much to be thankful for and always enjoy this very special holiday that kicks off the Christmas season. We will be going home to MI for Christmas, and we are already counting down the days!!

Isn't she beautiful?? We are already preparing ourselves for the teen years...and the boys that will surely be drooling over this one! They better drool very respectfully or they wont even get a chance!

Randomness from the sister who visits too much!

So I am here visiting my sister and her family today, and on November 15 they are listening to Christmas music and Decorating their tree. I am all for this except for how we have not even Celebrated Thanksgiving yet. They say they will celebrate both, but I wil have to see if this is true. I would also like to wish my brother-in-law a Happy Birthday! I am thankful that I was included on your celebration even if it did include me watching you decorate for Christmas. :)

On to my other random topics. I have been going through pictures on my computer and found many of the Splan Clan so here they are in no specific order. Hope you enjoy the random pics of

the fun times I have had with all of them! These are not in any order since I do not usually blog and I had a lot of trouble figuring it all out. These pictures are from our day out to the splash park, the birthday celebration we had at Monkey Joes, our family get together, and them decorating the tree. Holly is helping but did not make it into the pictures from today. By the way Holly loves pictures of their feet. The pic was taken on JJ's birthday for her to always remember what small feet they were when he turned two. :) I hope you enjoy! From the blog Stealer :)

Happy Halloween 2009!

We had a great Halloween with our kids. It can be such a fun holiday if you just have fun with it....Last year, Miracle had to be a cheerleader and JJ was a little pumpkin. As you can see....last year was too cute!

Halloween 2008

Halloween 2008




Halloween 2009--- JJ wore his same pumpkin sweatsuit from last year....hasn't he grown up a lot? Miracle was a barbie princess....she loved it:)

Halloween 2009- I had to post this cute picture. These two are the best of friends and Miracle was helping JJ to cross the street safely. This is a memory that will last a lifetime....sisters and brothers have such awesome relationships!

Happy Birthday to my Sweet Boy!

Happy Birthday to my sweet boy! Today JJ turns 2. He has been such a blessing to our family. I have very mixed emotions about this day....my baby is growing up too fast, and yet it is so exciting to see him grow!

We love you so much big boy!

Some Sunday afternooon pictures

What up, dudes?

JJ stole the cookie from the cookie jar? "Who me?"

Another Family Update...

Hello everyone! We are all doing pretty well in the Splan household. It seems that the sickness has finally decided to end for awhile....at least for now. Today my family and I headed over to my sisters house for some much needed family time. My mom is down from Michigan, and we were all antsy to see her. It was a very enjoyable and relaxing day! My husband is preparing for a little business trip to Charleston next week, and Miracle and JJ are both looking forward to JJ's birthday party next weekend. With Nanna visiting, the party is sure to be more fun!

Last week was a sad one for the Meyer Center, the school I work at. Our school was started in 1954 by an orthopedic surgeon named Leslie C. Meyer. He had a burden to offer therapy services to physically disabled children at as young of an age as possible. He passed away over last weekend and his funeral was on Thursday. I did not know this man very well but have a very great understanding of what his vision has done for hundreds of children. His funeral was awesome. I only wish he could have been there to hear everyone speak so highly of him. He sure did make an imprint on many lives!

Aside from lots of business, we have all been enjoying the arrival of fall. I did make it quite clear a few posts ago that we could do without fall. This, however, is only because of the awful spiders! I still enjoy the crisp smell of the air in the morning and evenings. I love to watch the leaves change colors, and I love that the fall time change is getting closer:) I hate how dark it is when we get up in the morning--- it makes me feel so much more tired! I am especially looking forward to the holidays this year. I have a lot of family coming to SC for Thanksgiving, and hopefully we will be traveling to Michigan for Christmas. We will still be crazy busy but getting to see family always makes life look a bit brighter!

Well the children are calling. I need to get off the computer and get some household needs taken care of. Have a wonderful weekend and especially enjoy the Lord's day!

So happy together

I was out sick last week with strep throat and this is how JJ spent his day...reclining and being lazy:) I was lazy too although I had to do a lot of disinfecting so that the rest of the house would not get sick. My best attempts failed, however, because Miracle woke up this morning with a sore throat, cough, and fever. Ahhh...the joys of fall!

This is just a cute picture of the kids playing dress up...and sharing a soda which is inevitably why we are passing this sickness around so quickly:(


One day last week, it was a really cool evening and Josh decided to mow the lawn. JJ would not let momma rest until he got to go out and help daddy. Yes, he is already in his PJ's, but I could not resist letting him play 'big boy'!

Just a random picture of my happy Miracle!





And my not so happy JJ....isn't he cute though?!?!?

Overall, it has been an interesting few weeks. I am hoping to get Miracle into the doctor this morning to get her better for tomorrow. School and jobs are calling...no time for being sick! I will enjoy this day at home with my kids though. It is raining and dreary and cold outside. Her little body could not have chosen a better day to be sick!