Marry Christmas!!

Hope everyone has a

Merry Marry Merry Christmas!!!

We love you all!

Oh Christmas Tree...Oh Christmas Tree...

So this is not our Christmas Tree but thought I would add it in for the Christmas spirit.

This was us in front of the WaterColor tree in Florida.

It was absolutely beautiful!

Andrew was determined not to limit our tree size by living in an apt. His mission was accomplished when we bought our 7-8ft tree. Our first real tree! It was so much fun going to look for a tree and decorate it. I have my old childhood ornaments but it still remains a little bare. It was lots of fun going back down memory lane as we hung my ornaments that I had picked out over the years. We are going to get some of Andrew's childhood ornaments later this week but for now we are happy with our lit tree and Christmas filled home!

Before we took the tree into its new home.

We promise till love you and keep you alive.

(unlike all our other plants)

=)

Our finished tree with ornaments and lights.

More ornaments to come soon.....

Merry Christmas!!!

"Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.....

But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create."

Isaiah 65:17-18

Thanksgiving and Thankful

I was so thankful to have spent Thanksgiving with my mom, lee, michele/tyler, the kids, and andrew. We had so much fun for the week in Watercolor/Seaside. Andrew and I flew in the Birmingham and rented a car to drive down to Florida. We loved our car, the great "love bug." During the week we played on the beach, swam in the pool with the kids, made a little Christmas art, ate GREAT food (thats a given), and soaked up all the time I could with my favorite two little ones.

It was nice to get away for awhile. I have not seen Tyler or Ellie in 10 months (way to long to keep me happy) so it did the heart good when I walked in and tyler just blushed till he was red in the face and hugged me so tight. I was happy for the rest of the week after that sweet hug and after getting Ellie up from her nap. They are growing up so fast. Ellie is a sweet little sass. Its so fun and precious.

Michele and Tyler making a Christmas pottery plate.

Obviously we were a little more excited than he was but the plate turned out to be precious!

Thanksgiving afternoon outside the house.

Tyler helped Aunt Missy cook some on Thanksgiving Day

Yes, in his spiderman pj's--all he wears these days!

The men carving the turkey and putting the finishing touches on Thanksgiving Dinner!

Sweet Ellie loving the beach!

The kids got some fun lollipops.

They of course enjoyed every single bit!

We sat by the pool, ate lunch, ate too much, enjoyed ice cream, and bloody marys

(well us adults enjoyed some bloody marys)

what a relaxing time!

Enjoying the pool