Ugliest Sweater Contest

Can you believe I didn't win:) Well there was some pretty ugly sweaters at the Young Women's Christmas party.

I bought my sweater at a Thrift store. After I washed it and put it on, I understood why some women choose to wear holiday sweaters. It's kind of fun and the kids think it's great. I did get a few double takes and one girl even asked me if I was having a ugly sweater contest, because that didn't look like me. I'm so glad it doesn't look like my style or I'd be a little worried about my fashion sense.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!!!

About a week ago it snowed here. It didn't really stick, but it was so fun to see it snowing. The kids went crazy. They loved it. I was so beautiful to watch the snow fall (especially from inside my warm and cozy home)

Our trip home

I forgot to mention that on our trip home we tried to have a little fun with the kid so we stopped at this slide (flume?) in KY. It was sooo fun the kids loved it. We rode a chair lift up the hill and then rode the sleds down. I'm so proud of Makayla. She was really scared, but ended up doing it anyways:)

I love decorating the house at christmas

Brothers and Texoma

Isaac and Jackson are becoming quite the force to be reckoned with. By themselves, they each demand a certain degree of your attention that, if not given, utlimately creates a catastrophe that could (and have) involve paint, nakedness streaking down the street, and butcher knives to open go-gurts. They are also becoming best buds; somewhat of a dynamic duo. It is great to see them play football, do karate, or wrestle in the front room. Jackson hates to be left out of "big boy" stuff. He has to be right there doing whatever Kayla and Isaac are doing. He is fearless in trying anything once. "If they can do it, I can do it" seems to be his motto.
Isaac and Kayla are great about including him in whatever they are doing and Kayla is especially helpful as a big sister with whatever Jackson needs. He is still the baby of the family and I think that with his early challenges, Kayla and Isaac truly have a soft spot for him.
These pictures are from our hike last month again at Lake Texoma. We went last year and it was just as fun this year again. Isaac and Jackson got in the lake to build some great sand piles. One of them is the tail end of a snake that we saw that was warming on the rocks. That cut our cliff jumping time short once we saw him. He was at least 4 feet long. Uncle Dusty, can tell what kind of snake it is by his butt?

Kentucky Park

Jeremy took the kids to the park with Mike and Charla (jeremy's brother and sister in law) while Jackson and I were at the doctors. Jackson had an ear infection:( Isaac gave Evan a piggy back ride until he dropped him.

Great Grandma Logsdon

Great Grandma Logsdon is still alive and kicking:) We went over to Grandma Logsdons to visit. It was nice for the kids to see her.

Grammy's preschool class

We went to Grammy's class and surprised her at work. It was a lot of fun for the kids to see what Grammy does for work. Grammy is such a wonderful teacher and blesses the lives of so many kids.

Bounce houses are always the bomb

We went to a birthday party in Ky, but missed the bouncing part because we were running late. The kids were pretty bummed so we took them back the next day during open play time. Bounce Houses are always the bomb.

Uncle Mike had the hook up

Jeremy's brother's boss has a beautiful vacation home on some land with a pond. The boys were able to go fishing. Jackson caught his first fish and Isaac caught one that got away with his bobbin and line.

The home was beautiful. It had a pool, stocked pond, hot tub, and pool table. etc...

Hunting on the Farm

Hunting season ran a little later into the year so Jeremy was able to head down to the Farm with his lifelong best friend Matt and do alittle hunting.

Memphis, TN

We visited BB King's and Graceland. Graceland hadn't opened yet:( maybe next time:)

HELP JT OUT!!!!

I don't think, well - I'm sure, that none of you know my good friend JT Henderson. Although JT and I haven't spoken in probably 10 years or so, he is truly a great guy. We worked together at UPS back in the day and I always loved to work with him and play ball after work. Those Waffle House trips at 4 am were pretty awesome as well. I think he still owes me $8 from one of those. Maybe I owe him.

Anyways, please visit www.5millionminus1.blogspot.com . Him and his wife are selling hand painted Christmas ornaments to raise money to bring home a child they have adopted in Ethiopia. HOOK THEM UP!!! I haven't met his wife, but I know the kind of person that JT is, and their child will be blessed to be in their home. The ornaments are $5 - so order as many as you can.

Plus, I don't know someone else that enjoys Tommy Boy as much as I do than JT.

more sleeping arrangments

I'm so excited for thanksgiving and Christmas. I can't believe it's just around the corner. I'm itching to put up my new Christmas Tree:) and all the other fun things I bought on clearance after Christmas last year!!!

All the kids want to sleep in the same room. No one wants to be a lone. I think tonight we're going to put the bunk beds in Isaac's room. There will be three bed in there then and they all can sleep together and still have their own beds. We'll see how that goes. It means we'll have an extra room. Maybe we'll make it into a guestroom, or craft (sewing) room, or weight room, etc...... the possibilities are endless.

New Floors!

Tuesday our living room floors got replaced. Amazing how our toilet flooding has turned out great:) Now hopefully we can take good care of these floors. Our bedroom and closet are still yucky cement floors. They'll be replaced in a few weeks. The carpet we pick is on back order.