Wishing you the Happiest of New Year's!

Shawn and I are so thankful for a wonderful year. Braeden has grown from a baby into a big boy. Shawn and I are happier than ever.

Shawn has become such a strong, wonderful teacher at the senior high and I'm doing o.k. myself at the charter school.

Most importantly, Braeden brings joy and humor to us each and every day. Whether he is being an angel or a monster, it is always an experience!! We wish everyone a safe, peaceful 2008 and pray that God will bless us with our complete family in the coming year!

Love to all,
The Simmons (Shawn, Megan, Braeden, Aspen, RW&R)

Simply HAVING a wonderful Christmas time!

We have been having such a wonderful Christmas week! Braeden LOVES Mommy and Daddy being home and of course LOVES all the new TOYS!! We are so blessed to have so many loving family members around us! We love each and every one of them.

We are PRAYING for a New Year's filled with love and hope...and MORE Simmons members!

God Bless EVERYONE!

We've been elfed!!

Well...Here we are! All elfed up and no where to go!

Enjoy!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1409500376

I LOVE THIS, JILLY!!!!!!

Oh, the search for the PERFECT Christmas picture!

Here are some of the cutie pie pictures we took the other night as possible contenders for our Christmas cards! Braeden, Shawn and our dog, Aspen, were being silly together as we watched the Shrek Christmas story (which was GREAT!!!)

P.s. For those of you "in the know", I am making another blog to follow our "new" journey! I will e-mail the address to everyone!

Thankful for THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!

Finally, here are some Thanksgiving pictures! We had a wonderful day and Braeden was an angel! He loved, loved, loved Mike's Mom, Pat, and spent most of the day with her.
The picture of Braeden from behind is a VERY special picture because it shows my little boy WALKING!
We also had our first attempt at a Christmas picture of the four kids. I think Braeden had other plans, though. He is too much...poor Erin!

Lunch for One

Here are a few pictures of Braeden enjoying some Lunchy on a Sunday afternoon. I just think these are too cute.

Braeden's Turning TWO!!!!!!!!

I know everyone says this but I really can't believe how quickly time flies! We had Braeden's second birthday party last night! It was so much fun and I kept looking at him all night and thinking...my baby is a little boy.

Braeden had a BLAST. He was OBSESSED with balloons, his new car, and his race track. Braeden got TONS of presents...it was like Christmas a month early!

Oh, by the way...The adults had a pretty good time, too!

One word...Elvis

Our little man was Mr. Presley for Halloween. Yes, that is right, the KING! Thank you, thank you very much.

These men like s-p-o-r-t-s...

Like father, like son.




(Psst...someone should probably tell Braeden that the Eagles have a losing record.)

He shoots! He scores!

Air Braeden is all about B-ball lately!

This picture make me....

SMILE!

Move over Uncle Kerry....

Let me in that MUSTANG!


Come on...let's cruise for Chicks!

Light the Night Walk

This Saturday, Shawn, Braeden and I went to the Light the Night walk on Penn's Landing. It is to benefit Leukemia and Lymphoma. We had a wonderful time! It was a really special night.

We were on Team Ryan honoring a special boy named Ryan McGinty!

Please HELP!

Hi, all!
We were lucky enough to create a beautiful family through the power of adoption. I have become very involved in the adoption community and still remain very close with people who have adopted and are IN PROCESS still waiting for their children to come home from Guatemala.

In the last few days, Guatemala has announced that it will stop all adoptions to the US as of January 1. For those people who are in the MIDDLE of an adoption, they will effectively LOSE their children and their babies will face uncertain futures. This is a political game between Guatemala and the US and the children are caught in the middle.

I am posting because you CAN help. Please sign these on-line petitions that will show our government that THOUSANDS of people stand united together! The babies who are in process deserve to be able to come home. Simply cut and paste the links and add your signature.
http://www.petitiononline.com/41203gm/petition.html
http://www.petitiononline.com/foafoa1/petition.html

It may seem small, but you have no idea the difference that it may make in someone's life.

Thank you!!!!

Surgery day!

Well, today I had my surgery. I was very scared and am SOOO relieved that it is over and all went well. Now I just have to take a few days to feel better. The only thing that STINKS is that I can't pick up my little man for 48 hours. Needless to say, he is NOT happy! Here are some cutie pics of him to make me happy!

P.s. Check out the one of him picking his nose...he is such a stinker. Everytime he gets told "No", up the finger goes!

Luau!!

We had a luau at our house on Saturday! Everyone had such a great time! Thank you so much for coming!