This family that I love....

We are so great about taking a family picture for Christmas every year, and sending it out as our Christmas card, but this year we slacked, I didn't even send out Christmas cards at all! But I did make sure we got our yearly family photo in, so here they are, the Staley family December 2009.

We took this picture on the top floor of our apartment parking garage, one of dad's favorite places to take the boys (and me) to take in the views of the city, which Aidan really loves. The law school Adam attends is in the background.

Here is Adam looking super sexy and super proud.... he is living his dream in law school and doing a fantastic job at juggling all that he does... I love this man! And then there is me, in a forced picture, just because I made everyone else take one.....

Dylan and Lyndsay here, Dylan just turned 14 in January and has turned into not only a remarkable kid, but a very valued friend to me... not in the I will tell him all my problems kind of friend, but he has a sense when I am having a rough day, and he will just take it upon himself to pick me up and twirl me around until I have to laugh, and it works, and he cheers me up! I really love that boy! Lyndsay is 15, getting very close to 16 which is a very scary number with teenage girls, she will get to date, and we already have guys lined up to take her out. She is beautiful, funny, smart, and most of all the nicest and most genuine person I know. I am so proud and lucky to get my "bonus kids" and I don't know what I would do without her presence in my life! I you guys!

These.boys.are.amazing! Aiden Tanner on the left is a month older, Aidan wolfe on the right a month younger, they were for 7 years our babies, but they have both grown up into amazing (and very different) boys! The are both 10 years old now, Aiden Tanner plays the Chello and is in the Chess club. Aidan Wolfe started playing the violin but we moved to a school where that was not available, so he has been focusing this year on zoo-ology and is just about to start volleyball. They are both smart beyond their years, and have 2 of the sweetest little boy hearts in the whole world! I cannot say enough how much I love them!

Sweet Zander Sky is the Angel sent to my by god, he has saved me in so many ways, and I adore this little guy. He is 3 years old now, and growing up way faster than his mom wants him to! He can be a naughty little 3 year old, but look at that smile, and those eyes, and tell me you would be able to resist pretty much any thing he did!?!?! Zander loves to snuggle in the mornings, and he is a great smuggler. He loves to hug and kiss, and just the other day in the car he saw a teenage girl with dark hair and blurted out "look mom, its my sissy, she is soooooo gorgeous! that coming out of a three year old mind is amazing! I adore him!

These pictures of Lynz and Dylan warm my heart, they have such a wonderful and unique relationship, the 2 of the truly love each other, despite the few insults thrown out once and a while, this is the true Lyndsay and Dylan, comfortable with each other always, and so happy to show their love!

Lynz even convinced me to get in on a picture with her, and I am so glad I did, I love that smiling face next to me, and I love the not quite mother daughter, but close all the same relationship we share!

To top it all off here are a few pics of my sweetie and I, about to enter our 8th year of marriage, and planning to celebrate many many more!