Happy 11 Years!

Andrew and I went on our 11th anniversary
celebration trip.  This was the first time we
had been away by ourselves since Aaron
was a baby.  We did a three day Disney
cruise to the Bahamas.  We had a great relaxing
time... though I did get a bit seasick the first night.
We also spent 6 wonderful hours in the Magic
Kingdom the night before the cruise left.  We had
a great time but it was good to come back home
to our babies.

Our Star Student

Our girl was picked as Star Student in her
class for the month of January.  We are so
proud of her! She was anxiously awaiting
star student day so that we could come
eat with her. 

Avery's Christmas Party at School

Another post a little out of order.  Avery had a great
Christmas party at school.  The kids enjoyed stations
with games and crafts...manned by the parents... I had
the messiest station which consisted of ice cream cones
and green icing! We were also treated to the kids doing
the reindeer pokey and they each had treats and gifts
from their teacher Ms. Crawford.  I am so happy that
Avery is really loving school! 

Mom and Dad Party

This post isn't about the kids but a night
for the adults.  We were treated to dinner
and games at a friends house while the kids
were at Gram and Paw Paw's house.  We
had a great time.  We played a game where
you had to unwrap this huge ball of treat wrapped
in saran wrap and you had to wear gloves too.
It was hilarious!  Hope we can do it again next
year.

Donuts with Santa

This post is out of order-- should have been early December
but I forgot to post it. The kids enjoyed donuts with Santa that
our local charity league put on.  We met up with our best
buds to enjoy the event.  They had lots of stations to go to
including writing letters to santa, making reindeer food,
meeting santa, story time, and even a snowball fight.
The kids had a great time.

Gift opening at Gram and Paw Paws

Christmas evening we met at Paw Paw
and Gram's house for more gift opening
and some sloppy joes.  We were missing
a few family members but we still enjoyed
being together.  It was a great ending to the
day. 

Christmas Lights

I think our house looked so pretty this year with all the
lights on it.  We have collected lights and decorations for
10 years now and we still have more to go.  This year I
added some wooden pallet trees and I think they looked
great by the front door.  Can't wait to see what we add
next year.

Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas day at home! Gram and
Paw Paw came to eat breakfast with us and then we
opened gifts.  The kids were excited about all of their
new toys.  They played ALL day long! We ate gumbo
for lunch and then mom and dad took a nap! It was
a great day.

Christmas Eve

We had a wonderful Christmas Eve service at
church and then went to Great Granny's for
dinner.  The kids put our their reindeer food
they had made at school and I took a picture
of the moon b/c it was so pretty that night.

Christmas Baking

The kids and Daddy made their annual sugar
cookies and mommy made a Happy Birthday
Jesus cake for us to eat on Christmas day.