Long time no blog

The boys after a trip to the barber

Master Greenway as Dracula on Halloween

Carving pumpkins with our neighbors

Professor Greenway

Brady doing finger painting

Ok, so it has been almost a year since my last entry on our family blog. I think Facebook took over my time concerning blogging. Well I am making the committment to start updating our family blog at least once a month. The boys have grown so much this year. Parker has been in 2nd grade and really grown into his own. He is very independent and self-sufficient. Which is a huge help for me in the morning. Brady turned 2 and the 2 year old light switch clicked on. He is so different from Parker. Parker for the most part was a pretty easy toddler. Brady on the other hand is full of vinegar and fire.

Parker learned to ride his bike last summer and has really enjoyed going on bike rides. Brady rides on the back of my bike, but thinks he is in controll. Here are some pictures of the past 10 months of our lives. Lots of changes. The biggest change is having Steve in our lives. The boys are so happy and of course I am feeling whole again. All is good for the Greenway Clan.

We are looking forward to our first summer in California. We have a few trips planned and can't wait to see some of our family from GA too. There is so much to do here. We have some day trips planned. We can actually go the beach for the day! What a treat. We can also go to the mountains and play at the lake just for the day. Most of our time will be spent relaxing in our own backyard. The boys love the pool. Parker is a real fish. Brady has no fear in the water. He will be taking infant swim/rescue classes real soon. He will learn to float on his back and flip on to his tummy and paddle to the side. Unbelievable! We are expecting the weather to get hot starting this week-end. Our first 100+ week-end. The valley is dry with afternoon wind. The heat is much different from the south.

Please come see us anytime. No invitation needed.

Our Family

The Greenway Clan on April 19th, 2009.

Brady is 16 months old. Parker is 7 1/2 years old. Parker learned to ride his 2 wheeler bike last week-end. The joy on his face was amazing! Mommy is working out 4 times a week. We are getting ready for our first California summer. We are very excited about all of the day trips that we can take. We are 2 hours from the beach, 1.5 hours from the mountains, 1.5 hours from San Fransisco. Come see us anytime!

Our new high tech web cam!

Hi everyone!

We have a new toy, a web cam. You can now see video messages from us and if you have a web cam, which all of the Greenway Clan now does, you can talk to us in real time! Now here is a message from Parker and Mommy. (please remember this is Christmas and I have not yet gotten myself ready for the day. Don't worry I have not let myself go down the tubes. I am way to vain for that!)

Merry Christmas

"Merry Christmas from The Greenway Clan"

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Here is Parker and Brady visiting Santa at Bass Pro Shop.

Doug would be proud to know that I took his boys to his favorite store to see Santa. Christmas will not be the same without our precious Daddy this year, but we are glad to be in an new home making new traditions. Betty Ann is coming to spend Christmas and Brady's first birthday with us.

I have decided that this year I am not doing traditional Christmas cards, so here is our holiday photo and a few more from the day.

I did order change of address cards over a month ago and they are lost in UPS world. So here is our new address:

1543 Atlantic Ave. Ripon , CA 95366

jennifergreenway@hotmail.com

http://www.thegreenwayclan.blogspot.com/

Home phone 209-595-8457

Cell phone 770-633-6368

Our tree is up and decorated. We are anticipating Santa's arrival too. Parker is worried that Santa will come down the wrong chimney as we have 3 in our new home. I told him not to worry and that if Santa comes down the chimney in my room I will quickly direct him down the stairs. He said that he will sleep with me on Christmas Eve just in case!

Finally in our new home!

Hi everyone! We are finally moved into our new home. It has taken me a couple of weeks to find my USB cord for my camera. I am always full of good excuses when it comes to keeping up our blog! Anyway, we are getting settled into our new home in Ripon. I am sending out new address cards with our Christmas cards this year. It took the movers (4 of them) 13 hours to load our moving truck in GA. It was crazy! We are now 20 lbs. of potatoes in a 5 lbs. bag. We are less than a mile from my sister and her family. We can walk to her house in about 10 minutes. My nephews ride their bikes over often and we always have lots of hands to help with Brady and play with Parker.

Parker is riding the school bus everyday and loves it. I volunteer in his class 2 times a month. It is a new lifestyle for all of us. Brady is growing like a weed! He is wearing 18 months size clothing! No one would guess he is was a Preemie. He has started to take a few steps on his own too. We have "Summer Teeth" at our house. "Some are there and some ain't" Parker has no front teeth and Brady has 2 front teeth.

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