Girls Day and Night Out...

Just one picture of our most recent girls day and night out....some of my friends are missing as the weather was kind of funky and they had to get home....and the reason for no evening pictures, well....

Ben

I guess my Ben is so used to me taking pictures of him that the other day he put on his new shoes we had bought him and he said, "mom, take a picture, cheese".....my big ham ball.

Blair's Birthday Invites

Here are a couple of pictures we took in preparing Blair's birthday invites. My Gma made the dress and we found invites to match! I can't wait for them to be delivered! I can't believe my little one is almost one!!!

Winter Weather 2010

Ben at Memaw's house snuggled with Bear.
Us in preparation in heading to Memaw's. We had no power. Ben had to carry the biggest flashlight.

Ben and Bear knocked out.

On the way to Memaw's.

Our tree in the front yard

Another tree in the front yard.

Blake telling me to look outside....it is raining ice!

Ben looking out at the "snow"...really, it was freezing rain.

This was when Ben realized his "awnmower" and "bower" where in the back of daddy's truck.

Sister being nosey also....

She was excited about looking outside....

Blair and her Cinnamon Roll

I work with a lady who was selling Cinnabon coupons for a fundraiser for her daughter. Of course, I had to buy one....it goes to a good cause....I mean, she really had to twist my arm, yeah right....well, anyhow, as you can tell, Blair loved her cinnamon roll the best....she actually ate 3/4 of one....Ben and Blake thought it was too sweet....Poor Blair, she has her momma's sweet tooth.... ;)

Ben's BLOWER

Ben got a blower for Christmas from his popa. He absolutely loves it. He actually sleeps with it and when we eat dinner, it sits under the table. Well, the other day, Jimmy let him use the REAL BLOWER, and as you can tell, he loved it. He is such an outdoor boy.

Blake, oh Blake....

This is what Blake does when he is left alone with the camera....Notice the front chipped tooth....he has a dentist appt next week to have this repaired for the SECOND time....something tells me it won't be the last....

Bones

Anyone that knows me, knows I eat NO meat that has a bone in it. Not chicken, not steak, nothing. Well, my husband and his family are nothing like that and my boys have taken after them. Well, JD started on Blair early and wants to make sure she eats meat on a bone and isn't a "priss" like me. As you can tell, she loves some wings!!!

Blair's favorite book

My Gma got a book for Blair at Christmas this year. Everytime we turn around we hear "a sunny, funny story book" singing by Winnie the Pooh. She loves this book!

My Big Boy Ben!

Since it is completely inappropiate to post pics of my POTTY TRAINED SON in his underwears on the internet, here is a cute one of him after he went potty! It has been ten days since we started 100% on potty training and he is doing rather well. He has had a couple of days with no accidents and a couple of days with accidents. However, at night and at nap time, there have been no accidents so far. GO BEN!

Christmas at Gma's

Blair...so happy....

Mom realizing she could throw away the disposable cameras....we finally got her a digital!

Howard and his favorite, new shirt


Ben and Aunt Kathy

Blake and Uncle Bruce and the "SNOW FIGHT"... pretty sure Bruce won.

Ben and his "colors"



We were able to brave the weather on the Saturday after Christmas to head to my Gma's for our Christmas. My aunt and uncle came in as well as all of my family. The kids got tons and we had a good time seeing everyone. Blair's favorite thing is a Winnie the Pooh book, Ben is an Old McDonald book and Blake really likes all the WII stuff....Thanks to everyone...we made it safe and sound.

Christmas Day

Jaylyn taking it all in....

We were calling Hayden "BB King"...he was rocking!

Jordyn and her dress up Dora....she wore that all day long after she opened it....

Blair and her keyboard...

My rock star boys....




And the stocking were hung....

It was a long, but good day.

Blizzard of 2009....Blair's first Christmas...a white one!

My front yard...
Outside the garage door....at least a 16'' drift...

The backyard

Out the back door....

Blair's 1st Christmas was a white one. Luckily we had power, unlike some of my friends, and plenty of food. My parents got snowed in as they planned to leave and turned around as soon as they left. We had family who braved the weather and got stuck, so Jimmy had to go get them out...Other than that, we stayed busy watching movies and keeping the kids entertained.

Christmas Party with the Best of Friends

Teresa, Mata, Sheena and Cassie cleaning the kitchen...
Sara, Sheena and Cassie after the discovery of Glynda's "special" Christmas gift....don't worry, no pics will be PUBLICLY posted....

Mata, Lisa and I singing, "I'm not your superwoman"...I can speak for myself....I had quite a bit to drink that night...

Lisa, Cassie and Sara....the bartenders.

The group at CNB, thank goodness they still consider me part of the group, had its annual Christmas party at Glynda's. It was a night of good food, great drinks and EXCELLENT presents, huh Glynda? Also, some great music that took us back....we had music from each year that we all graduated....even some from the 60's.....