OBU Girls Get Together-09

We had the OBU girls and kids over together on Sunday night and had a great time eating and laughing and trying to contain the crazy kids. Sydney wore a nativity scene shirt that I made; however, Dayle asked her who was on her shirt and she said "A kitty cat." :)
Below is our elf Sophie that we have LOVED having around. Every morning she rushes down to find her. One sad point this morning was when she asked where she was and I said the North Pole- she cried and wanted to say "bye" to her.

Karoline and Sydney

Jennifer, Dayle and Amber

All the kids loved the doll strollers- glad we have a couple!

Megan and Brooke watching Laura open a few presents

A quick snap of the kids

2 sweet red heads- Anna Beth and Sydney

We missed you girls who weren't able to come!

Baby Shower for Laura and Hayes!

The OBU crew that were able to attend Laura's shower Saturday. Can't wait to meet Hayes!!!

Breakfast With Santa 2009

Amber, Anna Beth, Erin, Sydney and Lauren

Sydney loves to "write" and also loves to look through magazines, so we wrote a letter to Santa in case she didn't want to talk to Santa. She held it the 20 minutes we were in line and was actually excited to see him.

She picked out a vacuum/mop/cleaning cart, a bike and a "hat" aka helmet :).

Emma, Ashley, and Elli

So, we finally get up to the stage and Santa and Sydney threw the letter on stage and froze. Brent and I swapped places and I sat her in his lap and walked off really quickly. She did it!

Thanks to everyone on the Committee for the Future who worked so hard on the fabulous event. It is the only day of the year when there are more healthy kids on the campus of Arkansas Childrens Hospital than sick ones.

Aunt Erin's 2nd Annual Cookie Decorating Party

WOW. Thank you Erin for caring, as always, for every detail. WOW.

Happy Birthday Uncle John!

Whew. Coming down from our sugar cookie high we ate pizza with Gigi and Grandaddy for Uncle John's birthday. We love you Uncle John!

Trying to get a cute Christmas card pic...

Thanks Aunt Erin for spending Saturday morning shooting some pics! We took her dog Izzy too and that was the secret ticket to try and get some smiles. See below for her reward for smiling- taking Izzy on the leash. I did save our favorite for the cards...

Lights and a pony ride on the Fayetteville Square

We were heading to dinner the night before Thanksgiving and it was a perfect time to stop and see the lights on the Fayetteville Square. Of course I didn't have my camera with me, but Aunt Sherri snapped several with her phone. Wow- this will hopefully be a new tradition! It really was beautiful! I couldn't believe that the same girl who wouldn't ride on the hay ride at the pumpkin patch wanted to ride on a pony, but she climbed right on and had a great time.