The Marcum Munchkins

Friday, February 10, 2012

Our Christmas 2011

Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of the year! We love Christmas and celebrating the birth of our Lord. We were able to have lots of family time and to carry on with some of our Christmas time traditions. Dad took 2 weeks off work and we were so glad to have him home with us.
This year besides venturing out to look at Christmas lights, baking and building our Gingerbread house, we tried something new. A trip to the Galt House in downtown Louisville to see the amazing KaLIGHToscope exhibit. We walked thru many light displays crafted by artists from China.
I would have loved for this picture to be on our Christmas card.

The Holy Family at KaLIGHTOscope

Baking Christmas cookies... some for Santa

Chocolate dipped pretzel sticks with sprinkles
Embry mid-taste. Yum!

decorating our Gingerbread house

Ta-Da !!

Christmas with the Morris'
We drove to Florence, KY (near Cincy) to Uncle Jerry and Aunt Aprile's
Embry and Madeline posing by their life like Santa

the kids opening their presents...
Vaughn may be little but he knew what to do

Christmas Eve
After Christmas Eve mass, we headed to the McKnight's

Family Photo

Aunt Di and Ashley always decorate their tree so pretty!
It makes for a beautiful photo

Vaughn enjoying (and Dad, too) one of his Christmas gifts

Cousin Ashley and Embry doing some interactive reading

Christmas morning... waking up to see what Santa brought

yeah!! princess dress up clothes

what is it, what is it?

Thanks Santa! Embry loves her Easel!

Look what I got!

Christmas at Grandma & Grandpa's

Christmas at Grammy's

Christmas seemed to come and go so fast! Amid all the hustle and bustle, presents & Santa, we are trying to teach our children the true meaning of Christmas. Embry is starting to understand. When she prayed Christmas night, she told Jesus Happy Birthday and thanked him for sharing his birthday with us (the presents) and for sending Santa to deliver them. As a mother, the things your children say can melt your heart and make you laugh. This one melted my heart.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Fall Fun

We started the Fall season with a
birthday party for Miss Embry. She
turned 3 years old and we celebrated
with a bounce party at Sigs Sportsplex.
A fun time was had by all (even the
adults who jumped and played in the
foam pit...you know who you are).
We had a good turn out and enjoyed
catching up with family and friends.

Vaughn was baptized in October by Father Bob at St. Joe Hill.
His Godparents are his Great Aunt Cretia and Great Uncle Jimmy Heil

posing for a picture in their Halloween shirts

Our two little cuties...aka Minnie and Mickey Mouse
Happy Halloween!

A trip to the World's Largest Halloween Party at the zoo
Embry was sooo excited to get her picture taken with Shrek & Fiona

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Our Time Away

It's been 6 months since our last blog post. A lot has happened since then. Easter was a little different for us this year. We spent it moving our belongings out of our house on the River and into our temporary home at Grammy's. Our sudden move was due to the rising river waters which ended up surrounding our home. Our town of Utica was told to evacuate and the utilities were cut off. Our stay at Grammy's lasted a little over 2 months and then we moved to another temporary location. We are now living around the corner from our original home until a new (bigger!) home is constructed on the River. We can't wait and things sure aren't moving fast enough!

The River creeping into our yard

Our little ones are growing so fast! Embry just turned 3 and Vaughn is now 8 months old. Embry is growing out of toddlerhood into a such a big girl. Vaughn has learned to sit up, scoot/crawl, and he loves to stand and bounce. He's got 5 teeth all in about a 3 week time.

Although the River isn't right out our window, it is only a block away. We did purchase a Mariah run-about boat from Brandon's uncle. The River is so much more fun when you can play on it.

We recently took a vacation to Orange Beach, Alabama (outside Gulf Shores). We arrived just as tropical storm/hurricane Lee was leaving. It was great to spend some family time at the beach.

It's nice to finally get back to blogging and share our stories with you.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Disney Princesses on Ice

Two weekends ago we headed to Evansville, IN to see Disney Princesses on Ice. We met up with the Prather's on Friday evening for dinner and some swimming at our hotel. On Saturday, the girls (Mom, Embry, Sara & Gracie) headed to Roberts Stadium to watch the Princesses. We had such a great time! The show was awesome! I think all the moms enjoyed the show just as much as the daughters. It brought us back to when we were little girls. The guys hung out at the Prather's and after the show we headed home.

Embry before the show with her princess shirt