HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

From our family to yours.... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We hope that the new year brings only good things for you and your family. We are bringing in the new year at home. We are watching movies, snacking and having pizza for dinner. At midnight, we have sparkling grape juice (which the kids are super excited about!!)

To all of our family in GA... wish that we could be there with yall to bring in the year. We love yall and really enjoyed being able to visit with you all over Christmas! Cant wait to be back to see everyone again in March!!!

Once again... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Bring on 2009!!!

Kailyn's bookshelf.....

I found this bookshelf that I wanted Kaliyn to have in the Pottery Barn catalog. It was selling for around $300. I then remembered that my father in law is great with making things like this and asked if he would like to make it for Kailyn for Christmas.... He did an awesome job!! It has the window and door on each side... and the roof is green (just like in the top pic) The pic on top is out of the catalog... below you will find Kailyn very proudly taking a pic with Papa and her new bookshelf..... Thank you so much Papa!! we love it!!

Our Families....

We are so blessed and thankful to have the family that we do. We are all so close. The pictures are missing some people.... it is so hard to get everyone together during the holidays because there are so many different places that we have to be. There are a lot more people than this in our family, but this is who we were able to spend our Christmas with while we were in GA. It was a awesome trip!! We love you all so much! And cant wait until we are back there again for another visit....

SaNtA came to see us!!!

Santa came!! We LOVE all of our new stuff!!

Baking at Mrs Sony's House

Here we are baking some cookies and dipping pretzels in chocolate. We have so much fun helping in the kitchen. (I am sure that mom and Mrs Sony had fun cleaning up after us too.... heehee)

2008 HMLA 467 Christmas Party

Here are some pictures from the Christmas Party at daddy's work. (HMLA 467) We had SO much fun! Santa flew in on a Huey, we had a YuMmY lunch, and best of all.... PRESENTS!! Oh, and we got to meet Buttercup and Gumdrop (Santa's Elves) Soooo cool! They were flying in the Huey with him.

Enjoy the pictures!!

Making Cookies

We decided to get into the Christmas spirit and make some Christmas cookies. We had a BIG mess to clean up when we were finished, but it was SO much fun!!!

Kailyn getting a little help from mommy. She was having a hard time getting the cutter all the way through the dough.

Time for icing!!! Not really Christmas colors, but hey... they were YUMMY!!!

Pics from the trip to Beaufort

Just thought that I would share a couple of pics that I got while we were waiting for the parade to begin.

I love this one!! they are too sweet (well... most days. haha!)

Family shot... My everything!!

Another visit with Santa....

Tonight down on the waterfront in Beaufort, they were having the Flotilla parade (Christmas parade on the water) The kids were able to see Santa and Mrs Claus while we were there. Kain was a little confused as to why this Santa looked different than they one at the mall. Guess we are going to have to start answering more questions like this. Kailyn was acting like she was shy and just HAD to introduce Santa and Mrs Claus to her newest addiction, her stuffed teddy bear "Beary" If you read in one of the previous post she just had to get Beary in the pic with her the day that I was taking pics of the Christmas tree. maybe this is like her imaginary friend? Anyhow, we had a really good time while we were there... More pics to come.

We are Elves!!

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Kailyn

I was taking pictures of the tree to share with everyone and Kailyn asked if I could take her picture too. Notice, we are still in pajamas today... LaZy!

She wanted to hold the Tigger ornament in her hand and she just had to make sure that her bear, "Beary", got in the picture as well. "bounce, bounce, bounce" she said "Tigger likes to bounce, bounce, bounce"

Our tree.... (well... one of them!)

Our Christmas tree!

This is one of the 3 trees that we have up (2 are in the kids rooms) . We normally have 4, but this year I decided not to have the Marine Corps tree and just combine all the ornaments. I am so glad that Christmas is only a few weeks away.

Pillow Fort

The kids decided that they wanted to show Papa, Nana and Aunt Erin how we build pillow forts. (this includes EVERY pillow in the house) They had so much fun. Afterwards we had to have a pillow fight....

In this first picture, you can't even see Nana, but she is under all the pillows!!

My beautiful Kailyn, she was hiding under the pillows. She was pretending like it was a cave and she was a baby jaguar

Doing what Kailyn does best.... pouting!

"Hey Kain, lets make it bigger!!"

Playing outside...

Here are some pictures of the kiddos enjoying their time outside. The past few days, we have had nice (cool) weather instead of cold, so they have been able to get out and play. Kain decided that he was going to cover Kailyn in the pine straw.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I am thankful for all my family and friends. There are times that I find myself wondering where I would be without them all. Good friends are few and far between, so be thankful for those that you have. I know that I am. Just take a moment today and just thank God for everything that you have been blessed with and remember how fortunate we are. I hope that you all are having a Happy Thanksgiving. Be safe... and dont eat too much! haha!!

"WAKE UP SANTA!!!"

A little elf called me on Thursday and told me that Santa was in a deep sleep and that if the kids wanted to get gifts from Santa this year, all the elves needed helping waking him up!!

They informed me that the event would be Friday night and that he had to be awake by 6:30.

So off to Jacksonville we went to help wake up Santa! And let me tell you, he WAS in a deep sleep. There were kids EVERYWHERE yelling for him to wake up and ringing bells and he was still sleeping!!

FINALLY!!! After about 15 minutes of calling his name, and yelling "WAKE UP SANTA!!!" he sat up in his bed!! the kids were all screaming and clapping!! We are going to get presents!!!! Santa is awake!

Kain and Kailyn were excited to be able to help the elf wake up Santa! Here they are pictured with the one that they enjoyed the most, he was a great juggler! The kids were impressed!

Waiting in line to see Santa, so we thought that we would get a picture by all the pretty poinsettias. They were beautiful!

Silly faces with the elves while sitting on Santa's bed!

And finally SANTA!!! Kain informed Santa that he wants ALL the Star War toys and Kailyn asked for a Strawberry Shortcake doll and a Barbie dollhouse.

Auburn/ Georgia Game

I really didnt even want to watch this game after the season that Auburn is having. I thought that it would for sure be a HuGe Bulldog victory. BUT!! it was a close game! I am proud of how my boys played! 17-13 Georgia only beat us by 4 points. I was honestly thinking like 27-0 or something like that.

WAR EAGLE!! hoping for a better season next year! now, I have to get through the Auburn/ Alabama game.

I just need to vent....

I know that we have no control over our children being sick. I know that Kain is exposed to more germs now that he is in school rather than being home with me all day, but enough is enough.

Kain was out of school all last week with strep and fever. He went back to school on Monday and here we are today, Wednesday throwing up. I called the school to speak with his teacher and she said that last week when Kain was out of school with strep that there were other children out with a stomach virus.

He is so pitiful laying over there with no energy. I feel awful for him. I dont want him missing any more school since he has missed a total of 7 days now, but what can I do? He cant go to school throwing up.

Sorry that this is a vent but it is hard watching him be sick and there is nothing that I can do. Praying that we will be over this soon so that he will be back to school and praying that we dont miss anymore days.

Happy Veteran's Day!

Please remember to thank a vet. Thank you to all of those who have served and are currently serving.

HAPPY VETERANS DAY!!!!

The dryer?

Dont worry.... playing in the dryer isnt something that we do daily. For some reason Kain insisted on getting in the dryer to take pictures. I honestly didnt think that he would fit, but he was DETERMINED to get in there to take this picture. And... monkey see, monkey do. Kailyn just had to have her pic made in there too. So, here are pics to proove that my big 6 year old can fit in my dryer.... heehee!

Gingerbread House

Today we decided that we would make a ginderbread house.

Corey doing his part... the icing.
The kids had so much fun decorating with all the candy.

There is nothing better than a childs laughter. They were so proud of their house that they helped make.

The finished product.... as you can see in the pic, there was a crack in the wall, but we made the best of it. Now, the kids are ready to eat all the candy.

A day on the Ferry...

The ferry that we have here is so much fun! We are used to the 5-10 minute ride on the ferry in New Orleans. This one is a good 25-30 minutes. The kids LOVED it! And the best part... It is FrEe! So, last weekend, we got out took a ride over to Minesott Beach and then came back home. It was a GrEaT time! Here is a pic of the kids. Kain was pretending he was the captain.
Kids and their imagination.... gotta love it!

Young Love... haha!

I had to share a pic of Kain and his "girlfriend" Emerson. They are just adorable. He came home one day and this was the conversation.... "Mom, my friend Jaylin told me that I have to ask you before I can marry Emerson, soooo Can I marry her, PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!"

I was shocked. I guess that he has his first case of "puppy love"

This is his fav pic of them!