Redneck Parade

Brian must really love Mrs. Sherry to willingly agree to wear her Alabama Santa hat!

I love the signs that the youth made for their float!

You know you're in the country when...you can ride barefoot in a parade!

We didn't make it too far on the regular rode before the inflatable birthday cake became air born!

Bro Brad and Bro Phil volunteered to ride in the flatbed all the way back to the church to hold onto baby Jesus' birthday cake.

We laughed and laughed at Bro. Phil grimacing as the wind blew his hair out of place. I don't know which was funnier, watching him react to the wind or watching his family in the van react to him!

Three Little Monkeys Jumping On The Bed

Do you ever find yourself doing something you know is wrong?

For example, allowing your child and his cousins to JUMP on a bed.

A bed in your MOTHER'S house.

An activity that we would never normally allow.

An activity that our children know is off limits.

An activity that could be quite dangerous at best.

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But because they are having so much fun and are so darn cute, you grab your camera instead of your good sense!

Well, as you can see, I am guilty of throwing all good parenting skills out the window!

But these three monkeys were just having such a good time and the giggles were contagious to the point that I just couldn't resist.

The truth is...I would do it again in a heartbeat!

Another Addict

There are a lot of things that you hope to pass on to your children, but becoming an official coffee addict at 8 years old was not on the top of our list.

However~ he asked, we gave, he LOVED!

Now for all you haters out there who will tell me that this may stunt his growth, can I just tell you my 'little' 6ft. 4in. tall brother did the same thing at the same age.

Needless to say, I am more worried about him drinking MY portion of coffee than it having a negative affect on his stature.

Be Merry

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Santa and Mall Fun

It has become a bit of a tradition the past few years to see Santa the day after Thanksgiving.

Yes~ that means we went to the mall on Black Friday with all the other crazies out there, but the interesting thing is, there is actually NOBODY waiting to see Santa!

So yipee for no lines!

I guess everyone else is waiting in line for electronics and such.

Anywho... on our way to see Santa, we also found a fun train and a gator.

Although my kids have pretty much outgrown these things, they GLADLY volunteer to help with Tyson and if the truth be told, they probably have as much fun as he does.
And I am very proud to report that there were NO TEARS this year when Tyson saw the 'big guy'! Now his eyes were as big as saucers and I'm pretty sure if I had taken his pulse it would have been off the charts, but... NO TEARS!!!

Aunt Beth was sweet to give Savanna and Micah credit for helping Tyson face Santa without tears, but I think the gummi bears that I bribed him with helped a little too!

goodbye fall

goodbye sweet, delicious candy corn that tastes so yummy with my pumpkin spice coffee
goodbye cute pumpkin crafts

goodbye adorable toilet paper pumpkins that I loved making with the children

goodbye funky ghords and other fun fall decorations

I will look forward to seeing you next year!

It's time to take down our Christmas goodies and set up our trees!

Thanksgiving Progressive Dinner

Next stop on our progressive dinner was my Mom's house.

The kids always look forward to getting to play with their cousins.

Kailyn and Tyson seemed especially excited to see each other!

It's a little sad that we don't have any bitty babies to fill the crib, but the kids were excited to see it already filled with Christmas goodness.

Mom was very proud of her pineapple turkey.

My family was the only ones truly excited about the real turkey, everyone else was more interested in the ham! That just seems anti-American not to eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

Mom was so thoughtful to have tons of games and arts and crafts set up for the children in the garage.

Uninteruppted, quality time with the people we love most is what I am thankful for this year!

Over the river and through the woods... to Grandmother's house we go!

First stop on our progressive dinner for Thanksgiving was Grandma and Grandpa's house.

Grandma made her delicious homemade pecan pie and stored it away in the pie keeper that we painted with Savann's baby footprints.

Micah and Grandpa worked up a good appetite playing ball while they waited on lunch.

Oh how we missed having our Uncle Brad with us this year!

We had a good time pretending he was right there with us while we Skyped with him in New York.

It was a wonderful day and delicious feast.

We have MUCH to be thankful for this year!