A New Day, a New Year!

Happy New Year 2013! Another year is over, and here we go again.  2012 saw a lot of changes for us, as we started off in snowy Herriman, UT, and here we are now in sunny Brunswick, GA.  Last year brought us new jobs, new states, and another new boy.  So what will this year hold for us?  Either way, we’ve moved across the country in three of the last four years, and 2013 already doesn’t look to be any different.  As of today, we’re about 75 days away from Texas, and our fourth cross-country trip.  Thankfully, the drive won’t be nearly as long this next time.  We’re hopeful that 2014 will be a same-state all year kind of year, but we’ve yet to see what 2013 will bring.  Exciting things are ahead and we’ve got a lot of goals we want to accomplish this year.  Becky’s hoping to get the boys that dog she’s been nagging me for in the last six years, and I’m just hoping to live in a place that has a yard.  We’re getting there, and we’re confident this is the year!  So here’s looking ahead, to a new year, and new adventures for the Sellers Boys!  Here they are, at the beginning of it:

We spent a day down in Jacksonville, again.  Took a walk along the south bank of the river just like we always used to and the weather was perfect for it.  It's really been great being able to go back to Florida, but we're excited about what's to come this year.  Hope everyone else out there had a happy New Year, and we hope to see you all sometime this year!

Christmas Boys!

The year is coming to an end, and already… it’s Christmas time!  Gotta love it, because it’s the most wonderful time of the year!  There aren’t any snowflakes falling in Southeast Georgia though, so it doesn’t really feel like winter here.  And where we’re going, it probably won’t feel much like winter next year either.  That’s what happens when you abandon your families and move to the south.  But we’re sending you all this very merry blog post and hoping all of your Christmas holidays are merry and bright!

 Definitely a kid on the wrong side of Santa's list.

Wish we could see you all this holiday season, but here we are wishing you a very Merry Christmas and onward to 2013!

Family Photo Update

My mother requested that we send her some recent family photos, since it has been quite a while, and we are a larger family now than we were before.  So we went out and found a nice place by the water and took some photos with a make-shift tripod (a baby stroller) to balance the camera on.  Here we are... as the Georgia Sellers, I guess.

Oh, unreal Christmas Tree!

Every year, Becky tries to convince me to buy a real Christmas tree from one of those Christmas tree sales places in the Walmart parking lot.  Unfortunately, this year it wasn’t going to work out and it would have been more of a hassle than it was worth.  All of our Christmas decorations and ornaments and the like are in boxes in Texas.  We are still in Georgia.  So we stole an idea from our neighbor friends and made the boys a felt tree.  Overall it was a fun thing to do, and it turned out pretty nice.
    

 We even strung the lights around it! Except they fell off after a few days...

 The smallest elf...

Nolan's first Christmas is already coming up on us fast!  Too bad he'll never remember it, though I'm sure he'll have a good time.

A sunny winter...

A couple of weeks ago we went out to St. Simon’s Island… again.  There are really not that many places to go around here, so we tend to go there often.  It definitely doesn’t feel like winter here, that’s for sure.  Sunshine and warm weather do not equal December where I come from anyway.  We took a few photos of the boys out on the island, because that’s also what we do.  Here they are.

The always "up to no good" Sellers boy.

 The boys and their mom.

Hanging out on the rocks.  This was as close to the ocean as Adam would let us get.  He's not a fan of the waves.  Not sure how that's going to play out growing up in Corpus Christi, but he does hate having to wear pants, so that will be one good thing about Texas.

 Just hanging out in the sunlight with Nolan.

 The youngest... but getting bigger everyday.

 Took shelter from the unusually warm, winter sun in this gazebo.

 Super Baby!  Here to save the day! Or just sleep through most of it.

Been here, done this...

We’d been there before, but since there’s never a lot going on in Brunswick, we decided to go back to Fort Frederica.  Conveniently, it’s a national monument, so our America the Beautiful Pass got us in for free.  It’s a short drive out on St. Simon’s Island, and though there’s not too much to see, it was a good place to let the boys run around in the grass on an otherwise beautiful fall day.  The weather is finally very nice down here, cool mornings and sunny afternoons... can't beat that. 

Boys on a cannon, unusual for this blog.

British Soldiers.  Salute!

 Nolan didn't mind a thing.  Just kickin' back in his stroller, taking a nap.

 Why does this seem familiar to me?

Oh, maybe that's why... four years ago we did the same thing.  One of us looks substantially older.  I should have thought about it beforehand, because I still have that same shirt.

Good day, Sir! I say, you do look marvelous in that hat.

Redcoats... uh, in Crocs! Warn the colonists!  The British are coming!  The British are coming!

And then there's Son #3.  Just an extra photo of him to share.  He's definitely his oldest brother's littlest brother... if that makes any sense.