The Korker Bows...

Finally, they are all done... As many of you know I have been working day and night for the past month to make 600 korkers for Strausburg.. Thanks to Laura, Lydia and Joy Keck for helping me we finally got them done... Well Tuesday and Wednesday a man who shall be left nameless because he doesn't want anyone to know how well he is at cutting and fray checking spent over 20 hours with me to get these bows done by 9:30 on Thursday morning. Now this man is one I love very much.. he shall be left nameless but he is a great father and husband.. :) We finally wrapped them all up.. I must say I was glad to see them go.. Here a few shots.. please remember that this is only about 450 because I had already turned in about 150...

Merry Christmas

Christmas day was very fun and relaxing.. Brandon, Aleeza and I spent Christmas morning here eating a yummy breakfast and opening gifts. We had a good time just the three of us. Aleeza had a lot of fun opening her gifts. She was very into this gift opening thing this year... so next year should be way fun. :) Brandon bought me new dishes and silverware.. long story why.. but trust me they were needed. :) Aleeza loaded up herself. After a enjoyable morning we went to Nana and Paw Paws for lunch and more gift opening. What a fun time. Aleeza just enjoyed herself so much. Nana and Paw-paw really showered her.. but that is what grandparents are fow. We had a very good time as a family. What a blessing to have Christian parents who are so supportive of things you do and love you no matter what. Mom and Dad are the prime examples of this. I know one thing.. Brandon couldn't ask for better in-laws.. :) Thanks for a wonderful day... The Evans, Boilings and Jacksons came for lunch. We had a great time of fellowship and yummy yummy food.. :)

Christmas Eve at Aunt Susan and Uncle Malcolm

Tradition has been to always go to the Hampton Park Christmas Eve service so once again... we went.. Aleeza's first time of course she had to spend it in the nursery.. After that we went to Aunt Susan's house for some food and fellowship.. Aleeza was the star as usual..

I am a cheese..

Aleeza has really learned how to turn the smile on!!! Nana taught her to smile big.. :)

Beautful little girl

So adorable... Please take note of the Christmas bow that was whipped up by me.. in between what felt like thousands of other bows I was making... pictures to come..

Christmas time will all the cousins...

Being related to the Bundy's by marriage makes for fun times..... We had a good time at their house last Saturday night.. Aleeza loves K.K ,of course everyone else.. but K.K... just means the world to her right now.. :) She had fun being highly entertained though while we were there. They gave her the Little People Farm which she just loves all the animals.... :) thanks for a fun night.

Our Christmas house....

Brandon finally talked to me into going fake this year for Christmas.. and we found the most beautiful tree that is fake.. :) It is 10 feet tall.... Our house looked too pretty.. :)

Our little tom boy...

She loves to put on Daddy's hats and eat fruit... the whole piece...so cute.

WOW.....

Well, needless to say these past few weeks have been fun, very tiring, exciting, demanding, different, and last but not least not normal.. :) Brandon and I have been through a lot the past few weeks but needless to say the Lord always always always prevails and shows His mercy and grace to us when we lease deserve it. The Lord was very good to us this Christmas. Brandon finally got over his pneamonia, which has made him feel a ton better. The Lord brought some very hard circumstances in our life which in turn has taught us both many lessons and brought us closer together and closer to Him. WE WOULD NOT TRADE THE LAST FEW WEEKS FOR ANYTHING!! Wow.. hope this does not sound depressing... it is not depressing. We have learned so much and are thankful. Well, about the buisness... call us crazy but Brandon can't just own one company.. :) so now we own three.. we are official now... we own Abbott Builders, INC., Abbott Framing, INC, and Abbott Grading and Landscaping , INC... You might ask if we are trying to take over SC... and the answer to that is no... well not right now.. We have a new employee who has moved down from the great state of New York.. an old friend of Brandon''s is going to be taking over the Landscaping.... and we still have our strong 5 that are doing framing and just hired two more great guys to start next week.. of course we still have our one great boss... Brandon!!! :) and great secretary... me.:) The Lord has been so good to us. We are excited to see what the new year will bring us... Well now for the pictures.. what we all want I know.. :)

Will keep us guessing.....

Just so everyone knows... we had our doctors' visit this past week to find out what we were having.. the baby choose not to partcipate in the event.. :) The ultrasound tech was leaning towards a girl but not sure at all. We go back in about 3 weeks to do another one. Everything was great though. Baby was right on schedule and totally healthy and mommy has only gained 2 pounds.. yeah for me.. :) Hope everyone is doing well.

Playing Dress Up!

Aleeza playing dress up. This is her new favorite thing to do.... so cute...

Finishing out Thanksgiving

Again, Sorry... what can I say.. Life is too busy. Soon I will post pictures of the bows the bows yes the many many bows that have been taking my time... Soon.. I will have all 600 done. :)
Rest of Thanksgiving... fun fun. We were able to spend time with two great grand parents. Here are some pictures from our visit.

Playing with Kenzie

Besides the animals the two cats and a dog which were a huge hit with Aleeza, her cousin Kenzie was the best. They played the entire time. Non stop. Aleeza had the best time with her. Here they are playing their famous duet.

Fun shots

Cousin Kenzie and Aunt Liana!

Picking out Christmas trees

We had fun finding the perfect one.

Moo cows

We took Aleeza down to the barn to see the cows. Now normally the girl is crazy over animals and loves to stop near our house and look at the cows. I don't know if since we were very close to them and they were very loud if that is what scared her but she was not happy. She finally warmed up the the idea but it took some time.

Thanksgiving day parade

This parade put Aleeza right to sleep. You can't really see her but she was all cuddled up in her cousins' chair and feel asleep. Very cute.

Back and blogging

Yet again sorry for the delay. Some of you have really been pushing me for those Thanksgiving pictures so here goes. We had a great time in New York. The weather was very warm much like here that week. Flying went really well and was much better than driving. Aleeza did amazing while flying. She kept calling the airplane the "birrrd". She would stare out the windown with Brandon and just poing at things. I don't think she had any idea how high we really were in the air. We were able to stay for almost a week. Poor Brandon was sick pretty much the entire day. He sat at the Thanksgiving meal on Thursday and just stared at all the food eating nothing. He is still not completely well but eating now. So needless to say the first part of the trip was not too much fun for him. We had a great time visiting with family members though. On Wednesday we just pretty much layed around and got some rest. Brandon and I drove to the "near by" mall so he could get a hair cut. Of course Thursday was Thanksgiving. We spent the evening at Great Grandmas house and Aleeza got to play with some cousins she had never really met before. On Friday we did the day after shopping for only about 3 hours. Brandon drove us.. :) We did find some good deals. Saturday was spent searching for the perfect Christmas tree and decorating it. Up there you can buy trees , the most beautiful trees for $25.00. Find it, saw it, haul it off. Very nice. Down here we are looking at like $75.00. Oh well... That night we did Christmas with the family. Aleeza is much more into gifts this year than last. We had fun. On Sunday we were able to go to church. This is the church Brandon excepted the Lord in almost 5 years ago. I love going back there and thanking the Lord for saving him. That church has a special place in my heart. Sunday afternoon Brandon was able to spend with Jesse and old friend. It was fun sharing old stories.. :) Mom Abbott got really sick Saturday night so Sunday was not much fun for her. She had planned this big meal and everything. Well, we did enjoy. Monday was spent with visiting Great Grandma one on one with Aleeza. Four generations. How special. We headed on Monday night. That is the trip in a nut shell. Enjoy the pictures.