Christmas Eve

Aunt Leslie, SB and Mom enjoying Reed's music

Sophie couldn't get over Reed playing that guitar!

Reed singing "Chicken Fried" for the girls!

SB in one of her many "dress-ups" she got for Christmas

SB and Sophie with their Great-Grandparents

We always go to Christmas Eve Mass at church and then spend the evening with my Mom's side of the family that night. Sarah Beth and Sophie are the only small children on that side of the family so they love getting all the attention. One of our favorite parts of the night is when Cousin Reed plays his guitar and sings for us! My children absolutely love Reed and his guitar. You would think he is a star...he is in their eyes! We had a great Christmas Eve spending time with my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.

Santa Babies

The girls (especially Sarah Beth) are getting so excited for Santa's arrival! Sarah Beth really has gotten into this year and she can hardly wait for Christmas morning. Barbara and Mike Hill sent the girls these adorable dresses for Christmas. SB loves to dress up and Sophie squealed when she opened hers! They both put them on immediately and I snapped a few pics! MiMi also brought these reindeer antlers over and SB had the best time playing with them!!

Merry Christmas to everyone!!!!

Look who doesn't like Santa...

Sophie said "Get me away from this strange man"!

Sarah Beth and Santa

Sophie coloring at the party!

Sophie and MiMi

Sarah Beth making a cute picture frame

We had our church Christmas Party last Sunday evening. We enjoyed wonderful food and fellowship. The kids had lots of crafts to do and Santa even made an appearance. Well, as you can see in the pictures, Sophie does not like Santa! She didn't scream so that is a plus but she didn't want in his lap! Sarah Beth on the other hand was so excited and she told Santa that she wants a bicycle and a skateboard with a helmet! I don't know where she got "skateboard" from!?

My beautiful Girls

I love my sweet girls!! They are so much fun. We had a great weekend! Here are a few pictures that I took this weekend...attempts at getting a Christmas card picture! That is impossible at my house!

Snow and Christmas Parade

The pictures posted in the wrong order...oh well! I am still learning about this blogging stuff! We had a great weekend. Friday night we enjoyed watching the snow! I took the girls out on the deck for a quick snapshot. Sarah Beth wanted to catch snowflakes on her tongue and of course when Sophie saw her sister doing this she had to do it too! Saturday morning I woke SB up sort of early so we could play in the snow before it melted. I got the girls all bundled up and we went out to play. Poor Sophie...wouldn't leave her gloves on (they were SB's) and her hands froze and she started SCREAMING! Needless to say our snow play was short-lived. Both girls went straight to the warm bath!

Syd and SB had bought us a pre-lit tree earlier in the week (we have always had a real tree but decided we would try a fake this year). We finally got some decorations on it and decorated the house a little. Later that afternoon it was time for the Vicksburg Christmas Parade. SB begged to ride on my school's float so off we went...14 layers of clothes and all! HA! Sherman Ave's float was awesome and won BEST IN SHOW! Way to go! SB had a blast riding in the parade. She waved and shouted "Merry Christmas" the whole ride!

Today we went to church and came home to finish decorating and get the house cleaned up. I finally had a chance to sit down and catch up on the blog. I hope everyone has a great week!!

Max...the Elf!

Well...we have a visitor at our house for a few weeks....our "Elf on the Shelf". Sarah Beth and Sophie opened their Elf the Sunday after Thanksgiving. Syd read the book to them (Sophie wasn't too interested) and Sarah Beth decided to name the elf "Max". She watches the cartoon "Max and Ruby" constantly and that is where she got the name. Max has been found in all sorts of places each morning when we wake up. He has been in the bathroom, in the coffee pot, on top of the refriderator (trying to eat candy!) and in the Christmas tree. I think Max was really excited that we finally got our tree decorated! It has been a fun adventure so far....you just never know where Max might be each morning after he arrives back from the North Pole!

Thanksgiving 2009

We hosted Thanksgiving at our house this year for our parents and grandparents. We had a great time visiting with family and of course eating yummy food! Sarah Beth's cousin Addisyn came too and as you can see in pictures they had a blast together. They love to play "dress up" when they get together and this time they decided to be "rock stars"! After everyone left...mom, Kori and I headed down south to Gulfport to do a little Black Friday shopping. We had fun and the crowds weren't too bad. I got lots of shopping accomplished! On Saturday we headed back north to shop in Hattiesburg...I love Hattiesburg and it makes me miss College. Syd and the girls drove down to meet us. We drove around campus and showed SB around...she loved it. Maybe she will be a Golden Eagle one day!