2010...

... a year in review

WARNING: we are talking about a WHOLE year i am trying to highlight in ONE blog post. yes, it is gonna be long. yes, i will try and let the pictures do most of the talking. so if you have a few hours minutes, please join me in looking back at 2010 and the memories it held for the whitt family! :)twinkies. :)
side note: look how little (and BALD!) lucas was a year ago!
lucas had tubes put in his ears last january. and what a great thing that was for him! he has only had one ear infection since then, PTL! we were so worried about his first surgery, but he was such a big boy!

silly boys

on january 30, we celebrated lucas turning ONE with family and friends!

i'm a party pooper not fun frugal mom who asked people not to get lucas toys but diapers/wipes. they obeyed. wow. genius idea if you ask me! :)

he LOVED his smash cake!

all the kids who par-tayed with us!

in february, it snowed! trace and i played here at the house for a while. then the cousins all had a blast playing together at bitsy and poppi's house, in their fresh and undisturbed snow!

trace LOVED the snow. he loved to play in it, and eat it!

in the south, we use cowboy boots instead of snow boots! ha.

happy valentines day to my little sweethearts!

in march, trace and i went with amy and jack to the mickey's rockin' road show. he LOVED it!

happy easter!

rockstar!

we learned that taking a family pic with the boys is NEVER easy! :)

trace turned 3 on march 8, and caden turned 4 on april 22. so in april we celebrated both boys birthdays with a joint party at chuck-e-cheese's! they all had a blast!

note to self: batman cupcakes with black icing are VERY messy!!

the 4 cousins... nae nae snapped a pretty cute pic of them!

i learned a new editing trick... one you will see a lot from here on out! ;)

trace and nate went to see how to train a dragon. hence the dragon pj's. and the cutest.dragon.eva.

me and my boys

the weather started getting warm in may... it was the beginning of a lot of fun times spent outside!

million dollar smiles!

in june we went to the beach with meme and grandaddy for a FULL WEEK. something we've never done before. and it was A-mazing!!! we had the best time and did not want to leave! and i got the best tan ever! :)

one of my fav pics from the beach!

so handsome they are!

caden and laura grace spent a few nites with us. they had a great time and loved the slumber party weekend at jj and dogg's house!

waterslide fun!

i love this picture of me and lucas!

in july i found out that loni was going to be moving... to hawaii! :( so sad. i miss her so much. hoping to visit her in 2012 though! :)

so at home, it was time for a change... past time. but anywho, in the summer we finally moved lucas into his brother's old crib. and trace and lucas started sharing a room. they love it! for the most part, it was an easy adjustment. thank god! isn't he the cutest with his little butt in the air? :)

aren't they sweet?
nate and i celebrated our 6th anniversary on july 17... which was also his 10 year hs reunion. we had a great time!

at the end of july my sweet papaw went to be with jesus. he had a stroke 6 years ago, right before nate and i got married actually. it was a very sad time, but a relief to know that since he had trusted in christ as his savior, he is in heaven, dancing with jesus... and no longer suffering! we miss him but know he is in a better place! i took a few pics of the boys just a few days before papaw passed away. i'm so glad to have so many sweet memories of 27 years with such an awesome grandad in my life!

lucas loved swimming, and talking to charley the cow, at mr. tommy and mrs. marsha's house this summer

august fun: trace got new pjs... and rainboots! he loved jumping puddles!

more new pj's! trace must've had a major growth spurt.
matchy matchy! :)

in september, we took family pics with page... she's awesome!

love these ones of all 14 of us whitt's!

this jump pic is probably my fav!! :o)

more outside playtime in the fall. this is one of my most fav pics of trace. that smile... wow! he has my heart!

in october, we took a phillips family trip to the beach. we stayed at an awesome condo and the kids had a great time playing at the beach, in the pool, and at the pier fishing.

this *might* be one of the cutest pictures ever. like seriously.

and with the fall came alabama football!! i love my bama boys!

meme's little pumpkins in october! :)

at the pumpkin patch, having so much fun!

lucas was a sock monkey for halloween... so precious!

and trace had a last minute costume change from the bumblebee transformer and decided to be bibleman! pretty sure the light up sword sealed the deal! ha. how cool is he??

a fun fall morning of playing in the leaves... in their pj's!

at thanksgiving, page took some more family pics. we could not have been happier with the way they turned out... esp this one. how creative is she??

this one is our fav! we had it blown up on a canvas and it hangs above our fireplace. love.it.

in december, josh and shannon welcomed a new little one to their family. this is baby timothy, a relative who they have custody of right now. he is the SWEETEST.THING.EVER. such a snuggle bunny. makes me miss those days with my boys. hard to believe they were ever so small!

and here's the annual cousin's christmas pj pic at meme's house! they are too big!

we had a wonderful christmas... it was so fun to see the boys excitement over everything!

and to top it off, we got a WHITE CHRISTMAS! and it kept on snowing, so the next day the boys got to play in it! how fun!

we had an amazing year in 2010. god blessed us in so many ways... we are so thankful for all he has given us. a wonderful family, an awesome church, great jobs, good health... we could not ask for anything more! we are so excited for 2011 and to see what god has in store for our family!
*and i am so relieved to be through with this, the longest.blog.ever.
** and i'm sure if anyone is still with me, they are also relieved it is over. ha!

may the new year bring blessings and unending joy to all of you!

~ i don't know what the future holds, but i know who holds the future! ~