Tennessee Christmas Part 1

I have decided to catch up on what we were up to when we went to Tennessee for Christmas. We were there for a week and an extra day because we were snowed in a little. But, we had so much fun being there with my family and being back in the house I grew up in and my children were babies in.

Of course, I had to post what William was looking forward to the very most. Golfing with Grandpa. Anytime we are with Grandpa, William wants to golf with him. Knowing that this would happen, we packed William's driver so that he could play. It wasn't too cold yet, so they took advantage of the opportunity to hit some golf balls. William loved it and didn't want to quit. Bobcat Strikes Again.

Don't worry, Lily loved being outside in the wide open backyard. She played with some cousins and attempted golf for a second before she just did her own thing. So Lily.

Happy Love Day!

Only 6 Years?

No, we haven't been married for 6 years yet, but I always like to celebrate the day that Matthew and I met. I think it's because it's the day before Valentine's Day. For the past six years, Valentine's Day has been one of my favorite holidays because I met Matthew. And, to prove even more that I'm a nerd, this year the date of February 13 falls on a Sunday, the exact day of the week we met. Obsessed much? Well, I can't help it. I love that guy.

This is a picture of us a few weeks after starting to date.

Up and Running

HELLO!! We are finally back online and absolutely loving it. The first thing we did with our new internet usage? Used one of our iTunes gift cards. Yeah, we're music fans. And, yeah, for the past couple of weeks, we've been making a list of songs that we've been wanting to buy like The Black Key's "Tighten Up". Recommend it!
Anyway, I have a lot of catching up to do from the last couple months and am eager to jump back into the blogging life. William and Lily are doing great. They've been taking care of me the past few days while Matthew's been at work and school because I've had a pretty nasty cold. Matthew's doing beautifully in school and is excited to graduate with his generals this year!! Woohoo! I'm pretty sure we're all excited about that. And I'm working on changing up the look of our blog. I guess we'll see what it ends up like!! We'll have pictures up soon of our adventures to Tennessee and some things that have been happening around here. I'm excited for Valentine's day and I hope I can post what I really want to. It's all a matter of figuring out how to do it. But... I'm just rambling. I haven't been on here for 2 months.. what do you expect??

That's All Folks

So... I believe I will be taking a leave of absence from blogging and facebooking for a little while.
Why?
Well, because Comcast was taking advantage of us and we decided to cancel our Internet with them. It'll probably be the beginning of next year before we'll have the Internet again. But, when we do...
You should be preparing now for the awesomeness that this blog will be.
We won't be up to too much while we're not online. Only finals and then we'll be off to Tennessee, which, who really has time to blog while visiting with family you haven't seen in 2+ years? We'll update when we can. And when I say "we", I mean "I".
Everyone in Tennessee, we'll see you soon!!
Wish us luck on finals (Matthew) and traveling!!

We hope you all have a WONDERFUL and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
And a Happy New Year!

PS- On a bittersweet note, today was Lily's last day in nursery as we will be traveling the next two Sundays. The next time we go to church, she'll be a Sunbeam!! Lily will love it and it will be fun to have both William and her in Primary. We should be hearing soon if we are staying in nursery a while longer or moving up to primary!

A Toothless Tale

How to Train Your Dragon has been a pretty big thing here! We finally just got it for the kids to watch on the way to Tennessee and my kids have loved it. Lily especially. Yes, little miss Lily that was Tiana for Halloween and loves going to Claire's to look at princess stuff and lip gloss galore, has an obsession with this movie and the dragon Toothless. And I'm sure Tessa has been a pretty big influence in this as well!

On Sunday, Lily actually played with the other girls in nursery. This is a first because she doesn't really like girls that are her age. The girls in nursery were playing baby dolls and here comes Lily to play when all of a sudden, she drops to all fours and makes growling noises. She chased those poor girls around growling and then saying "I'm TOOTHLESS!!!" So, we had to stop her when the other girls were complaining.

Last week, the kids had preschool at Henry's house. Henry is William's best friend. Henry was a dinosaur for Halloween and so was his little 2 year old brother. So, what did I find when I went to pick up the kids from preschool?? Lily dressed in Henry's brother's dinosaur costume. But, she wasn't a dinosaur, she was Toothless. Since it was made for a 2 year old, the costume is almost to her knees and halfway up her forearms.

This week, William had a play date at Henry's house and when we went to drop him off, Lily looked at Henry's mom and said that she wanted to dress up. We are now - temporarily- in possession of one blue dinosaur/ Toothless costume that I can't pry off of my daughter's body. Don't believe me?

And then the instant that I can talk her into taking this off, she finds a flower bow, puts it on top of her head and asks me if she's pretty.

I don't know what to do with that girl...

Homemade Picture Ornaments

Today it was my turn to have preschool at our house. With it being Christmas time and my obsession with all things in that topic right now, in addition to learning the letter K and talking about the heart shape, we made homemade picture ornaments. I wanted to do picture ones mostly because we don't have a picture of Lily on our tree. Sad. So she was excited to put hers on the tree. It's always fun to make homemade ornaments. Especially with kids. It's great to see what they can do and create!!

Lily's:

William's:

Feathers? Googly eyes? These will be Treasures in Christmas Future!!