On a hike with Dad one day this fall, I pitched the idea of going to Boone around Thanksgiving to celebrate together and let the boys pick out our Christmas tree from a farm. Plans with extended family were on a Saturday earlier in November, so Thanksgiving day and the following weekend was free! Charlie…

We had brave and noble knights on Halloween! Here are the pictures from our fun evening. The table decoration behind the jack o’ laterns is something Charlie picked out. They both had fun decorating the house with various things from Dollar Tree. We actually used the pumpkin cupcake stand to hold cupcakes at small group…

I know I am way behind on blogging, so I thought I would catch up with the first picture in our camera. We like having our pictures organized on this blog, since we all enjoy going back to look at them from time to time. So without further ado… Here are the sweet pictures from…

Well I’m always behind on blogging, but at least now I’m in the right year! Ha! After our busy week of traveling we spent New Year’s Day quietly, just the four of us. We started off at IHOP! Our sweet-tooth boy got a chocolate pancake with chocolate chips, because he needs more sugar/energy. Right… Case…

We were kind of slow starting out to TN and only made it to Asheville by dinner, so we arrived really late on the 26th. We took it easy on the 27th until it was time to head to Memphis for the afternoon/evening. We always love going downtown when we’re in town, and The Peabody…

Growing up both my family and Jimmy’s family lived close enough to either cross town or take a short day trip to celebrate Christmas with each other. We never traveled overnight to visit family over the holidays, so I never knew firsthand what it was like to do major traveling to reach people at Christmas….

The weekend before Jimmy’s birthday Mom and Dad took all of us out to eat at Buffalo Brothers in WF to celebrate. Dinner was delicious and afterwards the servers brought out a birthday dessert. As the tradition goes in our family, the sweets were ravaged. It starts out all nice… everyone is patient and nicely…

Here are some other pictures of various Christmas festivities. One night in early December the Deskos invited us over to celebrate the season with a fun dinner and cookie making afterwards for the kids. As I was looking back at different Christmas pictures, I realized lots of our pictures had to do with desserts and…

We did some fun things this month to celebrate the Christmas season. One evening after church we went to see the Piper Lights off Fixit Shop Rd. The boys LOVED it! That particular night Santa had come to their candy shop, so the boys enjoyed seeing him. Cheesin’ with Santa! With both boys! I wonder…

This year we had a different Thanksgiving celebration than ever before, and a very special one at that! Late in the summer we talked about going to Mark and Meredith’s house, and once we found out Jimmy got the Wednesday before Thanksgiving off, it was official! The weekend before the holiday the weather was warm…

Chesapeake At the beginning of November the boys and I took a day trip to Chesapeake to visit Will and Mandie. We met them at Chick-Fil-A where we had lunch together, then Mandie and I got to catch up over coffee while the boys played on the outdoor playground. Words are insufficient to describe how…

Personally, I think Halloween is a pretty awesome day, and this year’s celebration did not disappoint! Our festivities started with story time at the library that week. The kids got to wear their costumes, the story time focused on Halloween stories and songs, and the library had trick-or-treat “stations” set up for the kids. The…