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So it’s been a while but … I needed to come out here and post a note to tell everyone about my good friend Grethel Van Epps. All of the Gonzalez family professional pictures have been taken by her for the past 3 years and she is awesome!!! Please go check her out and next time you are considering some professional shots — give her a call!
www.gvephotography.com/blog and www.gvephotography.com

And a sample of the latest pictures we’ve had taken by Grethel:

So, between school & 4 kids, I have very little free time.  And honestly, what free time I do have, I spend it on Facebook.  Anyway, now it’s time to catch-up our blog (especially since people actually do check the darn thing and Ricky asked me to put some pictures out).

First, Christmas —

So, for Christmas eve, I bought a pre-built gingerbread house for the boys to decorate.  Ricky helped them and I think it turned out really good!

Then we baked some cookies and I helped the boys decorate those.  And then they got to eat them!  YUMMY!  I also baked a cake for us to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus.

Then — Santa!  The boys were SO EXCITED and Aspen had no clue what was going on … but she loved it anyway!

Opening presents was so much fun.  Grandma & Uncle David came over … and then Grandpa & Linda came over.  The children RACKED UP on some toys Christmas Day.  We were overloaded!!!!

The day after Christmas, Ricky took vacation and we took the children to McWane.  We knew they would love to see the trains exhibit before it was gone!  They also played some on different things that were there.  On our way out, we noticed the hurricane machine.  Ricky got in with all the boys – and as  you can see from the picture on the lower right, Aidan & Anson were pretty scared.  I guess living at the coast isn’t a very good idea until they get a little older, huh?

Now, on to January.  The biggest event in January was Aidan’s class trip to the circus.  Ricky took a vacation day so we took the little ones (Aidan, Anson and Aspen) the the circus.  It was the first time for all of them!

All of these were taken when we first got the circus, found our seats and got settled.

More pictures from the circus.  Everyone started getting tired – and Aspen crashed … she just couldn’t hang!

The kiddos had lots of fun and thank you Clearbranch for the AWESOME seats!!!

In February, we had a rare occurrence – snow in Alabama.  In fact, this past winter was an unusually cold & snowy winter for us.  The kids loved it!!!

Pictures of the boys playing in the snow.  Anson took a few tumbles but he didn’t let him stop him from playing hard.  And I think we still have the snowballs they put in the freezer!

Aspen got the enjoy the snow a little as well.  It was too cold out for her to stay outside long but she did love being able to go outside and experience it.

More to come later.  I’ve been here for awhile already … time for a little break.

I took the kiddos to the Veteran’s Day parade for the first time this year and they had a great time!  I had no idea that the Veteran’s Day parade in Birmingham is one of the oldest & longest in the nation.  Anyway, I snapped a ton of pictures but this collage is a good mix of the best ones.

Thanks to all the veterans who have served our country to protect our freedoms!