Christmas 2012

We had such a wonderful Christmas! We enjoyed the holiday season with our wonderful family and ate way too much yummy food. The kids had a blast and we are so thankful and blessed! We enjoyed a fun-filled Christmas with my dad's side of the family a few days before Christmas and then enjoyed Christmas morning at home with Mim and Grandma with Aunt Bri and Uncle Anthony. This year we had a special treat with my Uncle Bubba visiting.  We loved having him here and were sad to see him go but we can't wait until he comes back for a visit!

Christmas at Granny's

 the kids getting ready for presents

 opening gifts

Matty waiting patiently.....so cute!

Christmas Eve

 

one last look for Santa

 

 melts my heart

 Sydney helping out with Christmas morning breakfast

 Christmas morning.....love it!

 one happy boy with his Red Rider BB gun!

 one happy momma with her Kitchen Aid mixer!!

 the boys loving their new sport activity table

 me and AuJoy (Uncle Bubba's puppy)! Love this girl

beautiful girl

Christmas Day

 family pic!

 Bri and I

 Grandma with her boys

 Mom and Bri

 Mim with her girls

Uncle Bubba with his girl

brother and sister

 It snowed the day after Christmas!! Love it :)

catching snow flakes!

Chorus Concert

Sydney had her winter chorus concert back at the beginning of December.  She did such an amazing job and we are so proud of her. The boys were in attendance this year and they loved watching her sing. We can't wait for her next concert in the spring!

 

 grandma and matty waiting for the concert to begin!

 

 the singers

 

our young singer

 

so proud of Sydney

 

Sydney and her Mim

Sydney with daddy

Our Visit with Santa

We took the kids to visit with Santa and they had a blast! They wrote Santa letters and had them in hand when we visited.  All the kids were so excited to see Santa especially Matthew! He was really into the Christmas spirit this year!! So sweet :)

 

in line waiting!

 

 

 

 Matty and Santa! so sweet!!

Celebrating Sydney

I still can't believe our sweet girl is 10!!! Here are some pics of her birthday.........

She went fishing all day with her daddy the day before her birthday! so sweet!

the morning of her birthday

blowing out her candles on her birthday pancakes!

Our beautiful 10 year old! How can this be?

the birthday girl with her brothers.....they adore her!

opening her gifts from her brothers

her musical cake........that night Grandma, Mim, Bri, and Uncle Anthony joined us for her birthday dinner at Chuy's!

opening up gifts

singing to our girl

making a wish! 

Happy Birthday Sydney!!!!  We love you!!!

Thankful

We are so thankful for everything the Lord has blessed us with! We are so thankful for such wonderful family and friends! We are truly blessed people!  ~ " Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Happy Thanksgiving

 family pic

 

Mim and Bri

 

 

 

 Mimmy

 

 

 The grandmothers and their grandbabies

 

 

 Grandma and her baby

Sydney enjoying her annual very large turkey leg!

The boys digging into the yummy Thanksgiving meal!

TEN

Our sweet Sydney turned 10 today!!! How can this be?!? Where does the time go!  She is so compassionate, caring, sweet, thoughtful, funny, smart, beautiful, loving, honest, creative girl and we are so proud of the young lady Sydney has become! She brings such joy to our lives and we do not know what we would do without her! We love you to the moon and back Sydney! Happy 10th Birthday!!!