10th Annual Bunny Pictures

When Madison was 4 months old we did our first spring bunny picture in front of our pink azaleas. Here are this year's pictures. Same ears--same azaleas.

Pictures from Taylor's Surprise Party

FINALLY, here are pictures from Taylor's surprise party which was held at the Wallis Home. Below, the girls wait for Taylor in Helena's room.

Taylor was VERY surprised when she opened the door!!!!

Many thanks to Helena for planning and hosting the party. She did a fantastic job!

Lunch was pulled-beef barbeque sandwiches, and we had ice cream sundaes for dessert.

To get her group gift, Taylor was sent on a scavenger hunt.

Her treasure was buried, so she had to dig for it.

The group gift was cash to go on a shopping spree.

Taylor and her sisters:

Taylor and Coleman:

Taylor and Auntie Beck:

Taylor with Mrs. Wallis and Helena. Thanks again for hosting such a fun afternoon!

Taylor with Marie Hughes, Rachel, and Sarah. We are so glad you could be in town for Taylor's party.

The gang!

You just THINK we're normal!

but we're not!

WORLDS!

This week I (Stephanie) got to compete in the World Championships for Irish dance (a.k.a. Oireachtas Rince Na Cruinne) in Philadelphia. I had 151 dancers in my competition and out of those only 50 recalled (got to dance a 3rd dance and place). I did not recall, but had a GREAT time!! There were 8 countries represented in my competition! It was so neat hearing all of the different accents. Not only did I get to dance in Worlds for the 1st time, but I also got to eat my very first Philly Cheese Steak! (Pat's of course!!) Yummmmmmm.

THANK YOU to Nanny, Grandma, Karen, Auntie Beck, Aunt Sharon, Aunt Nancy, Miss Laura, Alexis, Courtney, Rachel, Miss Becky, Jonathan, Andrew, Nicole, Miss Mimi, Isaac, Hannah, Mrs. Sennecal, Laurissa, Emma, Mrs. Murphy, Erin, Mrs. Taylor, Caitlyn, Siobhan, Mrs. Perks, and of course my wonderful family for coming to watch. I definitely had the LOUDEST applause!!! =) It was great having you all there! Boys......you're the best for sticking through it all!

Special thanks to Miss Heather and Miss Lisa for all your support, encouragement, and great teaching!

And for everybody else who prayed for me and wished me good luck, it was much appreciated!! I have the best friends in the whole wide world!

Nationals is next!! ha ha!

Birthday Surprise!

Hey guys, this is Tay! Sorry we haven't posted in a while!

Tuesday is my 13th birthday. I was planning on having a bunch of girls over at the end of the month, haha, yeah not really what happened!:) Steph had a surprise party for her 13th birthday, so I was kinda expecting it, until I asked my Mom if she was planning a surprise party for me. Her response was " Taylor, when do I have time to plan you a surprise party?!" The funny thing is that she didn't lie to me. My wonderful friend, Helena, planned the whole party for me. Thank you so much girl! It was a blast and I was so surprised! I screamed really loud. All the girls were huddled in Helena's bedroom, real shocker!:) hahaha! Fun times... PICTURES COMING SOON!

Happy Valentine's Day!

A day late, but here are this year's Valentine's pictures in the form of a slideshow. Hope you enjoy watching! Happy Valentine's Day!

Here are a few of my favorite shots:

A Valentine's Tradition

In 2003, my friend Bethany took the original 

L-O-V-E picture of our girls. She

 probably never guessed how compulsive I (Mel) would become 

about it. Every year since that first Valentine picture, Valentine's cards have become a staple in our home. Here are all the cards from the most recent to the original. This year's card will be posted on Valentine's Day! Thanks, Bethany, for inspiring these pictures!

The  year of the picture is listed above it.

2008, front

2008, back

2007

2006

2005

2004

Here is Bethany's original L-O-V-E picture. 2003

Stuff to say...

Sorry it has taken us so long to post. Here are a lot of pictures of Christmas in New Jersey, after Christmas in PA, and New Years in Maryland. Enjoy! 

Every year for a while, the Williams, Hughes  and our family get together for New Year's Eve. We all went up to Maryland this year. It was so much fun being able to hang out with all of the kids in their neighborhood. Thanks "Hugheses friends" for hanging out with us! We can't wait to see you guys again next time we come up!

The girls stayed up till 3:30AM playing Apples to Apples!:)
Ryan rockin out on the guitar!:)
Yeah... to explain these last two pics we all made a music video and were pretty crazy!
After Christmas we went to PA, to visit my mom's side of the family. 
Madison and Granddad
Stephanie and Grandma. 
Nana and Kerri. 

Every year my Dad's side of the family has a HUGE Christmas party where all of our aunts, uncles, great aunts, great uncles, second cousins etc... get together and exchange gifts and hang out. Here are pictures that Madison took with her new digital camera; great job capturing all of our fun memories Maddie!
Me and my Great grandmother. 
Our wonderful grandparents!
The guys... 
Diredra and Bobby (recently engaged)
Our adorable little cousin!
Yay! They had snow!
My other great grandmother...
Uncle Garry and Nanny. 
What it looked like after we opened presents.