Winter Concert

Pre-concert
Jordan and Ameera.....they are so grown up from the two little girls who met on the bus in kindergarten!

Jordan and another bestie....Khushi.


A couple of weeks ago we got to enjoy Jordan's very first orchestra concert. She has been wanting to play the violin for the longest time.....I am sooooo incredibly thankful that in our school district, the kids can make the choice to play an instrument starting in 4th grade. The earlier the better!! She has a wonderful teacher and the concert was fantastic! It is the beginner orchestra....there are so many they had to split the group and have 2 concerts! I was so impressed with the quality of sound. These kids have only been using their bows to play with since November. There were no bows hitting other bows, their rest position was always good, they knew exactly when to raise their instruments to play, and they had perfect concert etiquette. It is not easy dealing with so many children AND their instruments!! The following video was my favorite song....French Folk Song. We are so proud of Jordan and how grown-up she is becoming!!

Christmas with the Brady Bunch

This year in New Jersey Christmas did not bring snow......it brought Bohannons!! The Lubbock Bohannons, aka Nana and Papa, and the Brady Bohannons, aka Brandon, Kelly, Keats and Kemper, all joined us for a wonderful holiday time.

The boys didn't waste any time getting out toys and making noise!! Keats told Kelly, "I know what Aunt Marcy is going to do when she sees me. She is going to hug me, then tickle me." He was right!!!! And he came to NJ without his 2 front teeth!

These 4 had the best time....I am so glad they got to see each other. Time with cousins is priceless.

Reading with Nana :)

We spent most of our time talking, chilling and eating! One requirement was a take-out order from Sultan Wok....our favorite Chinese place. B and K don't have any good Asian places in Brady. They didn't have to ask Chris twice!!!!

Reading in Aunt Marcy's bed!! Sweet memories :)

Reading some more!

Kemper has a bathtub radar. If he hears it running, he's half-naked and jumping right in! Aren't they just absolutely adorable?!?!?

The weather was a little chilly for the kids to play outside, so we took them to Chuck E Cheese's one day to expend some energy....worked like a charm!


And one of the most fun and adventurous days we had was the trip into NYC.

My boys! Except for the big one in the back making the weird face ;)

Keats and Kemper's first subway ride!

After the subway ride, we waded through a mass of people on 5th ave, shuffled around the skating rink and found a place to squeeze in a few pictures. It was mayhem and chaos. I have never been in such a crowd in the NYC before. I cannot believe we ALL survived!!


We literally had only a couple of minutes to snap a pic of the kids and the tree before the crowd swept us away. This one turned out really well!! We even got one of the angels in the pic!

Nana wanted to look at store windows, but we realized we were quickly running out of time before Chris had to be at the theater. We ran across the street to Saks 5th ave and looked at their window displays.....it did the trick!! This is the kids infront of the window with all the storybook characters.

We had a quick bite to eat at B and K's favorite place, The Stage Deli.

And we made it around the corner to the theater in time to snap some more pics with Chris.

The lights behind us are from Times Square.

On stage after the show....the whole gang! We had the best time in the city.....it was a huge success. The only thing looming over us was that the Brady Bohannons had to leave the next day :(

So after BK3 went home, we had a few days to hang with Nana and Papa before school started back. We pretty much just lazed around the apartment and ate lots of yummy food! On Chris's day off we went to Mercer County park and walked around for a little bit. It was a little chilly, but lots of fun.

We discovered this sign inside the "grandparents grove". It says, "No cowboy was ever faster on the draw that a grandparent pulling a baby picture out of a wallet." Sooooooo appropriate!

We took a walk out to the gazebo on the water. (This was the same gazebo covered by the lake during the hurricane).

As always we had a fabulous time with everyone. And it was too short. Always is. We are thankful that they all made the sacrifices necessary to come see us. Now it's our turn. See you in February!!!!!