Sunday, November 29, 2009

Thanksgiving Weekend...

Thanksgiving Day:

We celebrated Thanksgiving with my brother's family and his in-laws. We had a fabulous day of family and friends and lots of yummy food! We truly are so very blessed!

Anna Lauren being a "sweet" cousin and actually pushing Bently in the swing rather than begging to get it the swing. She loves her some Bently...

Anna Lauren and Bently...

Bently...look at those eyes...are they not the prettiest eyes you have ever seen?

Anna Lauren enjoying her turn in the swing...look how big she looks...she is becoming such a big girl!
Friday ~ Off to the Christmas Tree Farm:
Bently and Uncle Matt ready to go to the Christmas tree farm. This weekend, Bently finally decided to "like" Uncle Matt. He has been begging her to "like" him and the day finally came...she realized he really is the fun one!

Mommy and Anna Lauren (yes, refusing to take a picture) at the Christmas tree farm...

Ashton cutting down his Christmas tree...


Anna Lauren trying to get Bently to take a picture with her...

Anna Lauren making sure Daddy cuts down the Christmas tree the right way...

Oh wait...it takes 3 people to cut down our Christmas tree ~ Matt, Anna Lauren, and Ashton...

Still working on our Christmas tree...

Ashton with our Christmas tree...he was such a big helper!


Anna Lauren and Daddy dragging our tree to Uncle Joey's truck...


The highlight of the day...riding in the back of Uncle Joey's truck...

Back Home / Decorating for Christmas:

Anna Lauren decorating her "pink" tree for her bedroom...she carefully placed every one of the lime green balls on her tree...it is so pretty!


We decorated her tree and put it in her bedroom. When she woke up Saturday morning, she threw a fit because it was not in the living room. However, we have managed to get the "pink" tree in her bedroom now where it belongs...


No pictures of the other decorations, but our house is decorated, and we are ready to spend the next sevearal weeks celebrating Christmas. And even better, all our shopping is done! Now...just got much wrapping to do...

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Happy 30th Birthday Jennifer...

Sweet Emily is only two weeks old so Jennifer had some "limitations" to celebrating her 30th birthday. However, her husband and sister pulled off a little surprise in honor of her special day. Some of her closest friends met at my house and then when we got the "text" we walked to her house next door to say "surprise" and enjoy some cake and ice cream with her on her special day...

Me with the Birthday Girl...
Anna Lauren helping her Jen Jen blow out the candles...you know "30" is a lot for one person to blow out on their own...

Not only was she surprised by a few of her closest friends coming over for cake and ice cream...she got a laptop that COMPLETELY caught her by surprise. I love this picture of Michael because you can see it in his face...he is saying to himself, I did good!

All the girls that were there to celebrate her special day...Jennifer, you are such a special friend to all of us, and we hope you enjoyed your 30th birthday and all your surprises!