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This is our dog Lacie....

 Yes, that's Lacie in a stroller..haha. We got Lacie about 3 months after Derek and I got married. I was so excited to be getting a puppy, if you don't know me..I'm a huge dog lover. Lacie was our first "baby" and the kids often call her "sissy." :)

No, we don't normally ride her around in a stroller. We thought it would be cute, and sure enough Lacie sat there like a little princess.

Oh to be a dog...especially one that is loved this much!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

I know that was a long title, but I think have always felt like Christmas was the most wonderful time of the year. My favorite things about Christmas are:
1. Decorating my house with lots of beautiful things
2. The smell of a live tree...a must in my family!
3. Buying presents for my loved ones
4. Riding around to see all the pretty decorations and lights
5. Most important....remembering WHY we celebrate CHRISTmas. Jesus really is the true reason for the season. We often times forget that between all the hustle and bustle. I tried really hard this year to slow down and be thankful for all that I have...I am really blessed.

Enough with that, we had such a wonderful Christmas. This was our first Christmas in our new home!!!

Yes, that is snow! We have had snow twice already this year, which I love!
Here are a few pics of our Christmas...

Santa came!

Avery with all her new jewelry on.

She loves her new kitchen!

Even Lacie got some gifts from Santa.

The only thing Andrew asked for was Swamploggers. If you haven't seen the show, here is the website..http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/swamp-loggers/

Merry Christmas from all of us!

Cupcake Queen

This little girl

 loves

 to

 eat!

 Especially, this yummy cupcake.

 More

Peeeeeeaaaaasse! (she says it without the l..ha!)

Happy Fall Y'all!

We have had such a fun weekend! I have never been able to actually trick or treat by walking house to house. I have always lived on the family farm so we would drive to houses, and that was just my grandparents and a few family friends. So last night we took the kids around the neighborhood.

 My little Minnie Mouse :)

 "Come on brother..I'm ready to go!"

 "Where's the candy?"

 My Minnie Mouse and little soldier

 "Mom, stop taking pictures and come on!"

Cheeeeeeese!

Play Date

Today we had a playdate with Hope and Caden. Hope and I met when we were in college at Barton. Little did we know we had grown up only a few miles apart! We also found out we were distantly related. What a small world. We have been close friends ever since then. This is a picture of us our last year of school (not that long ago! :)

She had her first child Caden exactly 2 weeks before Avery, and it was on my birthday (Feb. 5)! 
This is Caden and Avery when they were about a month old..Caden wasn't too happy that day.

This is when they were 7 months old. Aren't they cute!

Anyway, we met at Andy's (yum!), I didn't bring my camera so I don't have any pics from there. We chowed down on some yummy cheeseburgers, Chick o' phillys, and of course some fries. You have to cheat every now and then right? :)
Then we went back to my house to play. Poor Avery was exhausted and needed a nap, so it was just Andrew and Caden. They had so much fun playing with Andrew's toys. Andrew needs to learn to share a little better, we're working on that. Before they left, Andrew rode Caden around on his Gator.

We had a fun day, I just wish Miss Avery could have been awake to play with us!

Tasty Tuesday

Remember what I said yesterday about being busy today and not snacking so much. Well, scratch that..ha! We have a blueberry bush in our yard that is FULL of blueberries. Derek and the kids picked some the other day and have been begging me to make some muffins. Of course I had to comply, and here they are.....

My house smelled so good! Wish you could all have one :)

Another Monday

We didn't do anything too exciting today. That's fine with me, I'm enjoying having a lazy summer! We made homemade pizzas together for lunch.

Everyone was excited about eating them, as you can see! They followed lunch up with a dessert of homemade popsicles. No reason to worry about being messy.

         Doesn't it look like our day was full of food! Thankfully we have somewhere to go tomorrow so maybe we won't snack as much..ha! Isn't that what summer should be though? We aren't on a schedule, no annoying alarm clocks, fussing at Andrew to get up, making sure everything is packed, running around like a crazy woman to get to work on time, flying home to spend some time with my babies before they go to bed. That is my life during the school year, so we're taking advantage of this time. They are a handful, but they are also so precious. They keep me laughing. 

I cooked supper again. I found another new recipe, and I tweaked it a little. I coated chicken breasts with bread crumbs and cooked them in a saute pan with minced garlic. Then added rice, cream of chicken soup, a little water and mixed it together. I let it simmer for a few minutes and added some parmesan cheese. That's the condensed version, if you would like it in more detail just comment on here and I will give it to you. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

(could not get this picture to center!! please excuse it being out of line with the others!)

Needless to say, it was enjoyed by all! Now the dishes are done, the babies are in bed, and I'm pooped. Goodnight!