Christmas 2007

We had a very Merry Christmas here in the Vance household! We were surrounded by our family and were truly able to relax!
My parents and Michael's mom and her husband Gentry were there in the early morning hours to watch the kiddos open presents. Then after a good breakfast and a little snooze we played with some toys. Then we worked most of the afternoon preparing Christmas dinner that included my whole family. It was a great day!

Boxing Gloves...Great Idea!

Well, this is what happens when you let Uncle Stephen pick out Christmas presents! Carter got boxing gloves and he decided to use Sam (his almost 13 year old cousin) for a punching bag! Thankfully, Sam is a good sport!

Happy Family. Happy Times.

We hopefully started a new tradition with us Metzger girls. We took a Saturday and baked cookies and let the kids decorate gingerbread houses. It was a great day spent with my mom, sisters and all of the kids. I feel so blessed that we are all so close together!!

Fun Run

Okay, well this is a little out of order, but I just ran across these pictures. Every year the elementary school wear Zack goes does a fun run. This year it was called The Jingle Jog. Zack really loves these "races". He does one with Michael every year in Smithville, TN when we go to the lake for the Fourth. Unfortunately, he takes them pretty seriously, so we have had to talk to him about be a good loser, even though at his age level it is not a race.

Well, Zack and Matthew (Zack's cousin and best bud) ran the Jingle Jog together. Uncle Stephen was there to keep the boys motivated and moving. The run was a little over a mile long and I was worried about Zack being left in the dust since he is a Kindergartner and Matthew is really fast. But much to my surprise, Zack not only kept up with Matthew, they cheered each other along and left Uncle Stephen in the dust!!! Zack was the first Kindergartener to cross the line and he was very proud of himself. Everyone got a medal so that was very exciting!!

It's Gone!!

Zack finally lost his first tooth!!! He bounced off the bus from school proudly showing me he had lost his tooth. My first gut reaction, was that I wasn't there to share this momentous occasion with him, but then I realized I didn't have to pull it!

I spoke with his teacher about it later and she said they were in the middle of reading the Polar Express and he kept messing with it. She asked him if he was okay and he said it hurt. She asked if he wanted her to pull it and she said they always say no, but Zack said YES! She said a few wiggles later it was out!

The tooth fairy came and brought $5 because it was the first tooth!
He is pretty proud of his space!!

Carter's Birthday

Carter bounced out of bed on his birthday and said "Mom, look my legs are bigger" and then he said "Goodbye Three, Hellooooo Mr. Four!"
Carter had a great birthday party at a place called "The Playroom". There were trampolines, foam pits, obstacles courses and a moon bounce. Everyone had a good time, especially Michael when he pushed me into the foam pit four times!

Blog Neglect

Happy New Year! Wow! It has been a busy month and I am hoping by the end of today I will have this blog totally updated!!