Christmas-Part 4

Every princess needs a castle.

Big Pirate Adventure!

Owen picked out this baby doll on his own.  She LOVES it!

Three new Snap N Style dolls, YEAH!

Rainforest Jungle, TOO!

Yesterday we celebrated "Southern New Year" and had our 4th and final Christmas.  We ate our traditional meal for all the good stuff to get this coming year.  Then we rested in the living room while everyone unwrapped presents.  Owen was so excited to finally get to open some elusive gifts that has sat on our floor since the first of December.  As he so smoothly said, "Lets open my presents and we'll skip the rest!"  As you can see from the pictures, our kids had an amazing Christmas (all 4!).  But the best gift of all was the quality time we got to spend with ALL of our family.  This year has been the best Christmas, so far...

Christmas-Part 3

Christmas morning started rather early in our household.  At 6:15, Owen woke up and wanted to know why Santa didn't come.  It was still dark outside and we hadn't turned on any lights, so he was unaware of the booty that was displayed on the fireplace.  I tried to keep him on the DL, until it was a little later and everyone could sleep in, but I had to see where I was going.  As soon as the light flicked on, his eyes jumped out of the sockets.  "Hey, hey, hey, hey...look!"  Santa rocked!  Owen sat there and just looked at all the treasures he had received.  He turned to me, a little broken but grateful, and said, "Santa forgot to bring me Spike.  But I did get Moon Sand."  My heart almost shattered there on the spot, knowing that his hearts desire was waiting for him downstairs.  Eventually, everyone else stirred.  Daddy was anxious to let Owen go downstairs.  So I encouraged him to take his Elefun game downstairs to play.  I walked down ahead of him with the camera and turned as soon as I heard, "He DID get me Spike!"  Both kids spent the remainder of the exhausting day playing with all of their  loot from the man in red.  I hope we have more Christmas mornings like this one.

Christmas-Part 2

On Christmas Eve, we took Jake's parents and the kids to the 3:00 church service.  It was awesome!  The kids were dressed in their "dressy" outfits and looked very cute.  After church we unwrapped presents from Grandma and Grandpa.  Our kids got some wonderful gifts from them.  They had so much fun with the goodies.  Two down, two to go!

Christmas-Part 1

Owen over-seeing his project "Texas".

Allie playing with one of the many Snap N Style toys she got for her birthday.

All the Snap N Style toys in their new home.

Gramma helping Owen build "Texas".

Nennie putting Allie's tea cart together.

Allie's doll carrier.

Owen happy with his present.

Owen ready to play.

Look at what all it comes with!

Owen excited about his new toy!

On Tuesday, December 16th, we celebrated Christmas with Papa George and Gramma Karen.  Since the season is all about kids, I will show a few pictures of how excited my kids were with their gifts.  One down, three more to go!

Happy 2nd Birthday, Allie!

Allison is turning 2 on Tuesday and since Christmas is coming in less than two weeks, we decided to throw her a big party today.  We had all of our family and friends come to celebrate this big occasion.  It was freezing cold outside, but warm and cozy with all the love for our little girl inside.  Allison even got the hang of opening the presents.  After all, most of the gifts were dolls.  I just know that tonight all she is dreaming about is her new babies.

Look whose 4!!!

We just had the best party ever. And a ton of it was because of our family and friends who showed up to celebrate Owen's 4th birthday. If I didn't or Owen didn't, we would like to take a minute to "Thank" all of you. Parties are fun, but they mean so much more when our loved ones can be there with us. Thanks again, to all of those who traveled through the rain to get to our extravaganza. Owen loved all of his gifts. He has been playing with all of them since 6:00 this morning. It is now after 2:00! I will include a few of the pics I took for everyone to enjoy.

Happy 4th of July

This fourth of July, we spent the afternoon and early evening with our friends.  This was the first year Owen was able to appreciate it.  Nathan and Owen were thrilled when the first firecraker went off.  Tommy watched from a distance.  Allison was a little scared, but took refuge in Daddy's arms.  Good times, great memories.