It Was A Merry Christmas

This year we celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve....you know when your family starts a family of their own that eventually your traditions will change to make room for their own.

This year Jenn and family were leaving Christmas morning to head to Ohio to see Paul's family.

So Christmas Eve was our gathering and I am still grateful as my family was still together....for I know the time will come when we all won't be together all at the same.

And such precious gifts are these 4 beautiful grandchildren....and this is I think the best picture of all 4 that has been captured....you know how hard it is to get multiple children together for a picture...

only thing missin'......

NOAH

Noah is such a happy little guy....

Maybe for Easter he'll make it into the cousins picture.

And this is a little of the craziness we all Christmas....but wouldn't change a thing having my family all under one roof....

Hoping your holiday was a Merry one.....

Merry Christmas

From Our Home(s) To Yours

Wishing you a Joyful and Blessed Christmas

And remember when surrounded by family or friends that today we celebrate because of

Him who was born on Christmas Day

Jesus Is The Reason For The Season

Had To Share

Happy Birthday Jesus

A couple weeks ago Liam had a play at his pre-school....so cute to see these little 2, 3 and 4 year olds performing and singing. 

 Liam is the one in brown to the right of the girl in pink....his age group were the animals in the stable....I don't have pictures of it but during the program which was anywhere between 10-15 minutes, Liam took his hat off....

 and then continued to take the hats off of all the children around him with a hat on....not sure what anyone else thought but I thought it was so cute...

and here is a shot of whole cast with Liam bottom right

And Liam after the play was over...he was the cutest manger animal

EVER!!!!!!!

Seriously.... It's Fall????

I know it's Fall....

I know cause it's November.

I know it's Fall....

I know cause the leaves on my tree(s) are changing colors.

I know it's Fall....

I know cause Halloween has passed

and Thanksgiving is in 5 days.

By these things I know it's Fall....

then I ask...

Why????

Why is it so warm and humid outside!!!!

There...I shared my thought for the day....enjoy your fall day...though here it reminds me of summer...like the month of May or even June.

Disney On Ice

This past Sunday I took the grand-babies to see Disney On Ice.....something I had planned for the last couple of months.I bought tickets that were front row side center...I figured being that close up they would be occupied and not distracted by anyone around us.

It was a good call.

I knew Colton would be fine and figured Hayden would be as well but was a little unsure with Tayler and Liam but thought they would be fine because of the others.

They were good.

 During intermission...Jenn timed it just right....before intermission she went and got pizza for everyone (it was dinner time) so the kids were able to eat while there was a 15 minute break.

The grand-babies were very much catered too and they should be.
They ate, they laughed...they had fun.

These hats came with their cotton candy as they should have since cotton candy was $10 a bag

They all loved Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

as well as Minnie and Goofy....can't wait for that Disney World trip.

Off to Neverland

Captain Hook....all the kids got swords with Peter Pan on it

Getting close to the end...kids were excited to see all the characters at once and loved the music as they danced.

Above Tayler and Liam and Hayden below....they loved their view

Colton and Liam

And Disney On Ice comes to an end...I left the house with $800 cash and I think I came home with $120...t-shirts...hats...swords (2 kinds)...lemonade in a souvenir cup..bottled water....popcorn...pizza....stuffed animals....
PRICELESS!!!!!

I would do it all again to spend sometime with my kids and grand-babies and see their happy little faces.

A Whirlwind Never Ending

Wow....Life is crazy busy..I so need to find a balance.

Who would of thought at my age I would not have that down by now.

Weekend before last we did The SugarPlum market where we set up a booth and sold items from our store. It's a lot of work,especially when you have a store and your trying to get ready for the holidays and for your 1 year birthday of being in business....

But some how we pulled it off! and it was a success.

During that weekend my oldest grandson Colton turned 5...it's a belated shout out on this blog but I did call my baby to sing him the birthday song and the day after his birthday I took him out for a birthday lunch with his family. We went to Texas Roadhouse where they put him on a saddle and did a birthday shout out. Colton is shy and doesn't like people looking at him as you can see in this picture but he was a trooper.

Then Colton and I headed out on our own to a trip to Toys R Us so he could pick out his own birthday presents...something I think I might start doing when the kids get to be that age...we had a lot of fun.

Then we headed to Sweet Tooth

where we had ice cream and then he was able to pick out bags of different candies.

Sweet tooth is a ice cream candy shop..kids love it.

We had a wonderful Colton and Muggy Day celebrating his special day.

Happy Birthday Colton,,,,Muggy Loves You!