Whew... we had a great weekend! Be prepared for a long post!

Here we are after church today, and we spent the rest of the day recovering from a busy but great weekend. I am actually watching Lord of the Rings: Return of the King with Brent with a blanket and my laptop, trying to fight a cold from the Razorback game, but I am jumping ahead! We had a relaxing Thanksgiving with some of Brent's family at his mom's house. The food was fantastic and Sydney enjoyed having another baby around.


And to add to the celebration, it was my father-in-law Lloyd's birthday! Happy Birthday Poppa!

Aunt Whitney, Eric and baby Jonathan!

After dinner we helped get Sandy's house ready for Christmas.

Who has the boot?!?!?!?!

We have the boot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who beat LSU?!?!?!

We beat LSU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GO HOGS GO!!!!

Now, I must give an honest account of the game. We both dressed like fools who thought it was not going to rain and was going to warm up during the afternoon. I actually wore ballet flats without socks! So, we endured the first half like champs, but when the score was LSU 30 Hogs 14 and it was starting to rain harder, we headed to the car. I know, fair weather fans. We grabbed Syd from my mom's and I can PROMISE we watched every second of the second half cheering our heads off from the warm house. I am happy for Casey Dick after all the ups and downs he has endured. And....

Can't WAIT for next year's season!

And now... Aunt Erin's Cookie Decorating Party!!!!! Erin had several kids over on Saturday for the first annual Christmas Cookie Decorating party. Every single detail was perfect and we had a blast. Here are a few of my favorite pictures...

Please look at these adorable aprons that Erin made for all the kids.

Dear Santa, if you need a hint on what I want for Christmas, it would be balloons. I had more fun playing with these than most toys.

Gigi even came to help decorate!

We are very thankful and very blessed indeed!!!!

OBU Girls Night Out (oh yeah, plus 6 kids)

Sydney telling Pierce to eat his carrots. Where did she get that bossy trait?!?!
The Pierce twins- thank you Em for making such an effort to get them to the party!!!!

Sweet Karoline and Dayle

Scarlett, Pierce, Laura, Megan, Brooke, Amber

Erin loving on sweet, beautiful baby Brooke

Well, we never need an excuse to get together and eat, but since Brooke and Megan Bennett were in town we had a party. Somehow Erin and Amber got me to volunteer my house (Fisher Price has set up a mini-store here so it was a good option for the kids) but they cooked yummy chicken spaghetti and everyone else brought bread, salad and drinks. It was so fun seeing all the babies, who are growing so fast. Sydney was actually the oldest at 20 months, and I think she enjoyed being the bossy "big friend". I wish I could have frozen time and sat visiting with all my wonderful friends for hours!!!! I love you girls...

Fun times with Jackson

How classy- kissing at McDonald's!

The Birthday Twins at 20 months

Miss Priss taking it all in

Sydney had a really bad fever virus last week. It ran between 102-103 for 4 days!!! Yikes! We survived with little sleep, lots of ibuprofen/Tylenol, and lots of help from my step mom "Nanny D" so I only had to take off 2 days of work. Syd wasn't in the mood for much photography last week, but Sydney sincerely loves her Nanny! Her fever finally broke Thursday and by Saturday we were back to our ole' selves again. We meet Jackson at the Wonder Place on Saturday morning and had a big time.

Catching up...

So stinkin' adorable! She LOVES and I mean LOVES her tap shoes and will make a bee-line for the bathroom to hear her tapping, uh, skills on the tile :).

Such a sweet moment I want to remember. I walked into the playroom and she had collected all of her dolls and lined them up along the tent. She didn't know I was standing there and I was able to watch her feed all the babies a bottle and then she leaned down and kissed each one and said "night night". I cried. Then collected myself enough to go and get the camera.

"B-man" and "Piercy Baby" during their trip last week. We love you guys and are so sorry to hear about Meme.

The crew making a huge mess and lots of noise :)

Snapped before church on Gigi's birthday and Whitney's baby shower day. Sorry I didn't get any more pictures of the parties!!

Sweet moment that Brent captured. Brent was in the playroom and she found "Melmo" dvd and handed it to her daddy. So as he was getting it set up, she pulled a floor pillow over, laid down, and settled herself in for a little "Elmo's World". She is becoming such a little person with a huge personality!

We have actually been very blessed to spend a ton of time with family this past week. We celebrated Whitney's new baby Jonathan and spent Sunday afternoon at Brent's moms (but I forgot my camera) and then fed my mom and Joe dinner for Gigi's birthday, ate Mexican with Poppa Gene and Nanny D, and hung out a lot today at my moms. Sorry, but no pictures to document it but I am very blessed to have such an involved and loving family who all live close! I realize tonight how spoiled I am when I see Rachel Harrison's mom getting on a plane to fly home after a visit. Last but not least, we were all off today so we went to the zoo. Actually, it was the perfect day. I think there were 6 other kids in the entire zoo. Some of the animals were already up for the day, but we got to see plenty.

Just so I remember, Sydney was the most interested in watching the rhino this trip.

The lions- Sydney's second favorite.

That's all I have for now! I am off to enjoy a relaxing weekend with my family!

Dance Night!

Aunt Teeny, thank you SO MUCH for my new dance outfit! It really helped me listen to my teacher tonight and learn all kinds of new stuff.
Aunt Keri, thank you SO MUCH for my new dance bag. It is beautiful and I know I will enjoy using it. If you are a mommy in need of something fun for your little girl, please see Keri's blog at www.pattycakecreations.blogspot.com

Happy Halloween 2008

We had a very low key but fun Halloween night. Corbin aka "Aunt Teeny" and John Austin came over and we trick or treated at my parent's house (Corbin did you get those pictures on your camera?!?), Aunt Erin's, Catherine's, and then a couple of our neighbors. Of course Gigi and Aunt Erin had all kinds of treats for Sydney and she know thinks that at every house you should immediately get to open whatever candy they give you and eat it inside :).