GLEASON FAMILY CHRISTMAS '09

We celebrated another Gleason Family Christmas at the wonderful Sherman House yesterday - it was so great to see everyone - GOOD FOOD - GOOD FAMILY- GOOD TIMES

BROTHERS/SISTERS CHAT'N

MOM - HEATHER-VAL

... I WASN'T EVEN DRINKIN WINE YET

DAD & BETH ANN

MY LOVELY PARENTS :)
SANTA VISIT!!! VERY HAPPY KATELYN
DOUBLE TROUBLE - KATELYN / KIERA

ME & GRANDMA GLEASON

THEY LOVE LOVE LOVE GRANDPA CHASE DRIVING HIS NEW CAR

SAM

Novemeber 30th Aunt Michele had her baby - he was 5wks early and still weighed over 6lbs. the kids are excited about their new baby cousin WELCOME TO THE WORLD SAMUEL GLENN - and congrats Michele, Trent, Bailey and Jonny

YET ANOTHER DUBUQUE RUN

Katelyn is a waterpark addict so we took the kids down to Grand Harbor again for a little water fun on Black Friday. I went shopping from 9:30p.m. Thursdaynight til 9:30a.m. Friday so the trip was EXTRA FUN for me :)

CHASE CHECKS IN

DAD & KATELYN

SHE'S A FISH

PRETTY VIEW

For those of you who are loyal Facebook users - I made a page for NAGLE SIGNS- You can see some Jessica and I's beautiful projects in the photo albums :) http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Waterloo-IA/NAGLE-SIGNS-INC/181861597429?ref=search&sid=1090298196.2983380461..1

THANKSGIVING

Heather hosted another delicious Thanksgiving Day feast - it was wonderful to have family gathered around for a great meal.

BEEN WAY TOO LONG :(

Tis the busiest time of the year - a time to neglect updating out blog :) Next Year I'll DO BETTER...

A FEW FALL PHOTOS

IOWA

LONG TIME NO BLOG....

BUSY seemed to be September's THEME... but I am going to make sure I update at least once a week since I've been slacking off :(

We recently experienced a great loss with the death of my Grandpa Gleason, he was a truely wonderful individual and will be greatly missed by all.

The kids are staying busy, and we've been trying to get out as much as possible since the weather is getting cold. Last Friday cousin Jonny came over for a sleep-over while his sister Bailey went to see Miley Cyrus in Des Moines.

Saturday was Mark's 28th birthday WOW TIME FLIES we had our 5yr wedding anniversary in August (we started dating 10yrs ago last June)

Hope all is well with everyone. I will post new pictures soon.

DANCING QUEEN

Katelyn started dance Monday - something she has been REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO
I was standing in line waiting to pay for her registration and she kept glaring at me and saying YOU CAN GO MOM.... GO :) After we picked her up she showed me her moves in the living room, we were instructed to sit on the couch and clap when she was done.

k*a*t*e*l*y*n

Last week Katelyn sat down after supper and WROTE HER NAME! we were SOOOOOOOOOOO excited (seeing as this is something we hadn't been working on with her) and this Monday she started Preschool with her "almost 1/2 the size of her" Little Pony bag... here she is grinning ear-to-ear:

FAMILY PICTURES 2009

A big THANKS to Duvel Photography for snapping some family photos of us Saturday - it went so smoothly, 15minutes and we were done, the kids even sat still!

DELLS

We had a blast in Wisconsin Dells! The Wilderness Resort was amazing and kept the kids BUSY

IOWA SENIOR

Cousin Kelly's son Ian is back in Iowa for a few weeks so we took some IOWA senior pictures... it was a lot of fun!

Here are just a few of the zillion we took: