Halloween Preview

Captain America is gonna save the world....

....and the ANGRIEST Pumpkin in the Patch is just gonna pitch a little fit until we pluck him outta the patch;)

He's Baaaaack!

Johnson, one of Santa's special Elves, is back this holiday season! And he's gonna make sure that two little Earnst boys are behaving themselves!

Happy Halloween...

From Batman, The Cow, and
the rest of the Earnst Crew!

Pumpkin Patch

I took my buds to the John Wesley Pumpkin Patch this afternoon after naps for some photo ops. Couldn't quite catch a smile, but what's new with that!

Smiles or not, aren't they cute?!?!

And we came away with a right nice "punkin" to carve up this weekend.

MANNING
2010

HENRY
2007

Remember these?

4th of July!

Our Fourth was spent floating in the creek, jumping off the dock, eating yummy food, taking good naps,

spending time with family and friends,

and just plain relaxing!

We hung with our soon to be sister in law and her sister and company.

And Ross.
Daniels good bud from C of C and a frequent blog reader!

And the littlest of us chilled on the porch with his Pops. Well, actually he's not really little and at the rate he's going he's going to be bigger than all the rest. He looks a bit like he'd been stung by a bee.
Yes, I let him get too much sun at Edisto. And yes, I have cried over it and the fact that he's peeling. And yes, I feel like sh&*t!

But that's another story for another post.

Happy Independence Day!

Happy Easter...

FROM
THE EARNST BROTHERS!

Merry Christmas!

I am just now getting around to doing our Christmas post and this year it will be rather weak on pictures. We got a new camera for Christmas and I LOVE IT! However, we didn't get it until Christmas day so most of the Christmas Eve and Morning pics are on Frankie's old camera. I shall retrieve those soon, but for now i'm loving playing with my new toy.

We got an Olympus Stylus Tough-6000 and believe it or not, it is water and break resistant! PERFECT for this family! You can literally throw it in a swimming pool and it will survive. I will not be testing this, but good to know just in case. We spend a lot at the beach and around water and this will be great peace of mind!

Breakfast with Santa

Despite mine and Henry's nasty cold, Christine and I took Henry and Olivia to have
Breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Claus at John Wesley United Methodist. It was so well organized and the children had so much fun. We got there at 9:00 and had a yummy breakfast of pancakes, breakfast casserole, sausage biscuits, and grits. Then we stood in line to sit on Santa's lap! Henry had forgotten to tell Santa that he wanted a dinosaur last week, so this was his chance! We did a few crafts and then they got their faces painted like Rudolph!

Poor Henry looks like he's been in a fight with all the splotches on his face and the snot running down his nose. Hopefully these colds will pass soon!

Christmas Card Outtakes

I just have not gotten it together this year to do professional pictures for Christmas Cards, so I thought I would try a little "At Home Studio". Well, my TOTAL lack of photography skills combined with my TOTALLY uninterested model made for a slight disaster! I thought it would be rather cute in front of the tree with my FAVORITE pajamas of his. I mean, he kinda looks like an old man in these and I love it!

So, enjoy some of the outtakes from our little photo shoot!

You'll just have to wait and see which one I choose!

Holiday Festival of Lights

The three of us visited the much anticipated Holiday Festival of Lights tonight. Henry was so excited to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas and he was sure to let him know he has been a good boy. He wasn't shy at all, but very pensive as he crawled in Santa's "wap". He sort of whispered in his ear...so cute!

We waited in line to ride the train around the park to see all of the cool lights. It was freezing, so we bundled up! This is one of the biggest light festivals in the South East and I am amazed every year at how much work must go into pulling this off.

And last, we roasted marsh mellows around a fire and Henry got his first taste of this gooey treat!

He decided he likes the "pwain" ones better than the burnt!

O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree!

After I got home from a VERY relaxing girls night in Columbia we (read: I) decorated our Christmas Tree! We got such a great tree this year and I had so much fun bringing out all our ornaments. Henry got up from his nap just in time to help me put the last few ornaments on. If you look really closely, you'll see that our frisky little elf decided to help with a little decorating of his own.

Seems as though he caught himself just in time and is hanging on for dear life. But, not before he showered our tree with a handful of candy canes. Not really my style Johnson, but glad you're getting into decking our halls this year! Henry's gonna get a kick outta this in the morning!

The Christmas Spirit is really building round these parts!
We are all so excited!!!

Meet Johnson

Yesterday we received the most peculiar package in the mail from the North Pole. From Santa Clause himself! It seems as though the big man thought it would be a good idea to send one of his elf's to make sure little Henry was being a good boy from now until Christmas Eve. Our instructions were to name the elf and so we put our minds together and came up with
Johnson.

Johnson has magical powers and flies back to the North Pole every night to report and then flies back to our house to stand watch the next day. He not only lets Santa know if you've been a bad boy, but he informs him of ALL of the good things you do throughout the day. It is very important that we not touch Johnson for he will lose his magic. This morning we woke up and he had decided on a new spot to sit for the day. I've heard these little nymphs can be a bit mischievous, so we'll have to watch out for some tricks Johnson may be up to over the next month. We'll keep ya posted!

Thanks TT!!!

Thanksgiving 2009

We traveled home to Greenville for Thanksgiving this year and it was such a nice, but too quick trip. We had a delicious lunch around 1:00 and then all of the other cousins came over for the afternoon to play. It is so much fun to watch them together now as they are really into running around in circles with their respective balls. Soooo cute! Jean, Sarah, and I have been saying for 2 years we can't wait until the day when they are all old enough to actually play together and that time is finally here.It was great to be with the other two pregnant women at each different stage.

Bump #1-Sarah delivering Laney Sunday night Nov. 29th, 2009 (if not before)
Bump #2-Jean due with Charlie January 18th, 2010
Bump #3-Shelby due with Manning March 30, 2010

Nana and Papa did a great job hosting Thanksgiving lunch and Henro loved spending time with them!

Uncle Brad wrangling two little wild men!

Henry and Conner playing football

Bradley 1.5, Henry 2.5, Conner 2
And the ONE pic of them standing still enough to get one of them all together.