Saturday, December 31, 2011

Year End Fun





We spent the last two days of 2011 in Nashville!  Owen and I enjoyed see the Bulldog victory at the Music City Bowl while the kids had tons of fun at Aunt Chris and Uncle Scott's house!  Their house on the hill makes for all kinds of outdoor fun for Maury and Carter (need to get pics from Migi's camera)!



Caroline saved Carter's spot while he shopped!


Maury wore her party dress for our New Year's Eve Party!


On our way home we stopped for fireworks!  We had fun ringing in the New Year but no one at our house saw the clock strike 12!

Christmas Morning








Santa came!!!  But the first thing they noticed was that he didn't eat all of his cookies and immediately (before looking closely at his gifts) Carter asked if he could eat them.  Santa left everything they wished for except for a Dippin Dots maker that was on Maury's list (Santa thought the Easy Bake Over and Blizzard Maker were enough and he was hoping she wouldn't miss it, he was wrong).  They loved it all!  Carter's favorite is definitely his pirate ship and his marshmallow gun is a close second.  After making a batch of delicious cookies, Maury moved her Barbies/house to her top fave.  Caroline loved her ball popper and was a trooper with her 4th ear infection, poor baby sick on Christmas when the pediatrician is closed.  


 With Christmas Day on Sunday this year we got to go to church (with kids in the service) and celebrate the miracle of Jesus' birth and praise Him on this special day!
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men." Luke 2:14

Friday, December 30, 2011

Getting Ready for Santa








After our Christmas Eve service at church we came home to get ready for Santa!  We made cookies, poured his milk, and sprinkled reindeer food on the lawn.  The kids also opened their gifts from each other on Christmas Eve.  Oh, and Santa came by on his firetruck (try explaining that one) with his sirens really loud after Caroline went to bed.  They were pretty good about going to bed but it wasn't quite as early as Santa would have liked!

Christmas Brunch at Nana's






"Happy Birthday Jesus!"



Re-creating a pic/pose for Nana from a pic of us as kids.
The morning of Christmas Eve we left Mimi's and headed to Moulton to have brunch with Nana and the Weatherwax cousins.  Good thing it wasn't too cold out because that many kids in Nana's house is a bit much.  They all did a lot of running/chasing/tackling in the yard.  We look forward to Nana's Christmas every year!  We had lots of fun as always but we missed seeing John Clark, Morgan, and Samuel.

Christmas at Mimi and Gandy's


He held tight during Dirty Santa!



"Jingle Bell Rock!"

The girls were inside.....

Playing cars


The babies loved the wrapping paper!


After a morning of caroling we packed up, loaded the car, and headed to Decatur for more Christmas cheer!  So much went on over the 48 hours we were with our cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents, and great-grans.  Of course there were presents, lots of food, a game of Dirty Santa (with the kids playing), a dance to "Jingle Bell Rock" (choreographed by MB), a trip to see an impressive train collection for the boys and Gandy, some movie watching, the coloring of a princess house, and the highlight was Mimi and Gandy's scavenger hunt around the house.  Mimi and Gandy read clues and the kids found gifts and puzzle pieces that they put together in the end and the puzzle said "We're Going to Disney World!!!"  They kids were/are so excited!  Although, one of the last clues said something about a trip to the moon so Carter was a little disappointed because he had his heart set on the moon.  We had a wonderful time and are counting down the days until February 11th!!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Caroling



We went caroling this morning with a group from church to an assisted living facility.  Carter put on a show and loved going around and telling the residents "MERRY CHRISTMAS" as loud as he could and giving out homemade cards.  Maury was a little standoffish but she did do a little dance performance on the stage at the end when she thought no one was looking!  All of the kids (even those who couldn't read, including Caroline) thought they needed to hold the carol words in hand!

Live Nativity





Last night we went to the Live Nativity at our church.  It is one of my favorite events of the season for sure!  Maury and Carter are old enough now that they know the story and seemed to understand as they watched.  Caroline loved her very first live nativity (when she was left alone)!  The hot chocolate and cookies afterward are always a hit!