Party Time!

Although Allie's actual birthday is this coming up Saturday, we celebrated a little early with a party this past weekend. I honestly went to bed Saturday night feeling overwhelmingly happy and blessed. Saturday really could not have been a more perfect day...  the weather was beautiful (not a cloud in the sky!!), we had most of our family and close friends by our side, there was lots of laughter and a beautiful daughter who is just growing up so quickly! I am just so thankful that my children are happy and healthy and that we could all spend a great day together!

My wild and crazy kiddos!! :)

the birthday girl!!

we are working on walking...but I am definitely not rushing this baby to grow up!! :(

One of her very favorite things to do....she cries when she has to come in!

Some of the boys in the backyard playing football!!

"Happy Birthday to You!!"

My wonderful family!

She LOVED her cake!!!  She ate almost half of it and cried when we took it away!

Precious Girl!

Checking out one of her new toys!

All the kids!

Another new, fun toy!

On Allie's actual bday we have a home GT game so we will be celebrating her big day again at the tailgate this Saturday! You can't ever have to many bday celebrations...you only turn 1 once!!

GA Tech!

Much like everyone else in the south, we are staying busy, busy now that football season has started!  For 6 years now our family and my in-laws have had season tickets for Ga Tech.  Throughout the years we have occasionally had to miss a game due to pregnancy, birth, children, etc....  But finally this last Saturday we were all there and had a great time!! :)  Although it can make for a busy weekend, it really is a fun thing we get to do as a family and the boys LOVE it!!!  Most of the time a couple of their cousins from Warner Robins get to come and they love playing with them.  Also, another favorite thing of theirs is spending time with Mimi and Grandaddy and hanging out in their RV!! :)  This game was extra special because it was Allie's first GT game!!  She loved it! All of the chaos and loud noises in the stadium put her right to sleep 10 minutes into the game!  Here are some pics from our big day!

Cousin Hunter and Allie (you can tell he has a little sister, he took good care of Allie all day :) )

The 3 amigos eating their doughnuts for breakfast!
Luke, cousin Jackson and Cade

My little yellow jackets!

Either I've gotten shorter or Joe has gotten taller....he looks so much taller than me in this picture!!

Our tailgating buddy Dale.  He and Allie made quick friends!

Hunter and Cade

Getting ready to go to the game

We found Buzz down on the field and snagged him for a few pictures!  Allie wasn't sure what to think but she didn't cry!

now she is crying because Buzz tried to put my sunglasses on her face :)

Mimi and some of her boys!

Grandaddy and Allie

Luke hanging in the RV

lots of running, tackling, football throwing, etc...

What a fun day....back this weekend for another home game and some more fun!!! Let's go Jackets!!

Party Time!!

Whew!! What a day!! 60 degrees and sunny.....pink cheeks....family and friends....pizza and cake.....jump house....you get the idea!! We had the boys 3rd birthday party on Saturday and it went great! The boys have looked forward to this day for so long and I think they had so much fun. Strep throat and a sinus infection didn't keep Luke down, thank goodness! (don't worry, Luke had been on antibiotics for 24 hours so doc said he was no longer contagious!)

My big 3 year olds!!! They just grow up so fast!

"The crew"

Getting ready to eat the yummy cake that turned everyones lips and teeth blue and green!

Opening presents...to bad they aren't spoiled and hardly got anything!!!

Luke had to stop for a drink break. (look at that wild hair....he was having a good time!)

the happy parents!!

Finally time to go in.....and CRASH!!!

Real World...

It is always hard to get back to the real world after the hoopla of the holidays are over and vacation comes to an end....we are trying to dig ourselves out of that hole and have been very busy doing so!!

We had a very busy Christmas, but it was wonderful. The boys got everything they wanted and more...much more. It took me several days just to clean out their play room and make room for the new toys!! As usual I took way to many pictures over the holidays and there were just too many to choose from to put some on the blog. Most of you who read this blog have already seen the Christmas pics anyways, but for those of you who haven't and are interested...you can watch the slideshow...(I just learned how to do this :) )

After we recovered from Christmas, we got to go out with some good friends for New Year's Eve. We left the boys at home with our wonderful friends Joi and Robbie. I don't know who had more fun...them or us. They brought horns, hats and noise makers and had a big time for New Years Eve. Joe and I got to play "adults" for the evening and went out for a nice dinner at Two Urban Licks. After dinner, we rang in the New Year bowling. By 11:15 we were struggling to keep the momentum going and stay awake until midnight...the only thing that kept me going is I knew we were going to finish the night off with Krispy Kreme doughnuts!! Then we headed home for our little bit of sleep before the boys were up and ready to go!!

Starting to look a little tired in the last picture :)

On Jan. 1st we headed out of town to visit Mickey at Disney World and then head to the Orange Bowl in Miami to cheer on the yellow jackets. That was quite an adventure so I will save that for my next post!!

Santa Clause Is Coming To Town!!

Yeah...only 3 more days till Santa comes!!! I don't know who is more excited me or the boys!! I think this year is going to be so much fun because they are really beginning to understand the whole santa concept. It is also really cool because they are starting to understand the whole Christmas celebration is to celebrate the birth of Jesus. We have really been talking about this a lot so they know that Christmas is not just about santa and presents. They now go around singing "Happy Birthday to Jesus" all the time. I love it!!

Anyway, on Saturday we visited Santa at the Marietta Square. The boys were so excited and told him exactly what they wanted...

"I want a big boy basketball"

"I want a Woody cowboy hat"

After these final santa requests...Joe and I decided we could have a really cheap Christmas this year.....Woody cowboy hat - $5, big boy basketball - $5.....only $10 dollars for Christmas not bad!!! :) Of course they are going to get a few other things too!!

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Christmas! Happy Birthday Jesus!!

HaLlOwEeN!!

Despite the rainy, dreary weather, the boys had a great time on Halloween!!  This year may end up being one of my favorite ages for halloween!! The boys were so excited and were finally old enough to knock on the door (or fight over who was going to ring the doorbell) say "trick or treat" and "thank you" when they were given their candy.  I think Cade could have gone all night and of course Luke was only amused with the whole process for a little while.  They were the cutest Mario and Luigi around!! :)

After trick or treating at grammy and papaw's house,  we headed over to the Jeffords house for a tailgate/halloween party.  The little boys had so much fun together and the big boys didn't have to miss out on the Tech game.

"Trick or Treat"...

Thanks for the candy!!!

Winding down the night...

Oh rain, you didn't ruin our fun!!