Snow Storm

We had a pretty big snowstorm this weekend, about 10 inches or so. James has been in Vegas since Thursday night so Kendall, the boys and mom have been homebound since Thursday night. Here are a couple of pics that show how much snow we got over the last 2 days. Finally Kendall got to go out today and play for a few minutes with a neighbor. She wanted to eat snow and make snow angels which she did and then she was so cold she had to come in.

Christmas in Tennessee

We left S.C. and headed to Tennessee to stay with James' family for a week. We celebrated Christmas again with James' dad and Dawn and his sister's family. We all had a great time. Kendall had a blast with her cousins and especially fell in love with Samantha. James' wonderful sister Cherish and her husband Chris kept the kids for James and I to go to Mexico for 4 days!!! We slept through the night 4 nights in a row (unheard of around here!). Thank you so much for all of your help and for giving us the opportunity to have some relaxation!!!

Making a Gingerbread House is Tougher Than it looks!!

We made a gingerbread house with Mimi and let me tell you it is harder than it looks! It took several attempts and as you can see it actually fell apart at one point. The finished product looked pretty good if I say so myself!

Our Cuties!!

Here is just a handful of pictures that I thought were the best. The kids were great on our "journey" home and we are so glad that we were able to spend so much time with family and friends. There were so many helping hands with the kids (it was actually a reality check to come back home to only 1 mom and 1 dad!) and we can't say thank you enough!! There were some tough times including all kids, Ashley, James, Mimi, Ga and Pop getting the stomach virus, Noah had a 103 fever for Christmas, Kendall fell and knocked 2 bottom loose! Overall we had a fantastic trip!

Santa's Coming!

Papa Gary, Kendall and Ashley went to the Anderson downtown Christmas lighting and arrival of Santa while Mimi stayed home with the boys. We really had a lot of fun...there was music, dancing, hot chocolate, and of course the arrival of Santa on a firetruck!! Kendall had a blast but wouldn't sit with Santa alone, so mom had to tell Santa what she wanted too (2 boys to sleep through the night...)!

Aunt Allison's House

We spent 10 days at Allison and Geov's house in Columbia. Wow... was it busy with all those kids, but they all had a blast! We got to go to park, George's flag football game (which he scored in the first play of the game!) and to the bounce house gym twice!! Lily and Kendall are both mommies in the making! I also inlcuded an updated pic of Allison's family for those of you who haven't seen them in a while.

Family Pictures

Here are just a few of some good pics of family. The top one is of all the grandkids and great-grandkids on Christmas Day. It was really nice having all of use together with Ga and Pop. The bottom ones are of Gary and Mimi with the kids and also Ga and Pop.

Mom and the Kids!

We stayed at Mimi and Papa Gary's house for about 3 weeks and had a great time. Kendall got to play outside alot, go to the duck pond, hang out at the mall several times getting to see Santa and eating Chick-Fil-A! For those of you who did not know, you cannot get Chick-Fil-A above Ohio! Kendall now asks for it when I ask her what she wants for dinner!! These pictures here were one of the attempts to get some good pictures of mom and kids. As you can tell by the top picture mom got a little frustrated...

Ga and Pop with the Boys

Ashley's grandparents finally got to get their hands on Noah and Andrew and they couldn't get enough! It was great to see them be able to spend some good time with my babies. Hopefully we see them again before the kids are all grown up!

Kendall and Friends

We're back!! There is so much to tell everyone and I don't even know how to begin. I'm going to start with a couple of pictures of Kendall with some of my friends' kids. The top picture is of Carrie Lindley Pruitt's kids, Mary (older) and Elizabeth. The bottom pic is of my friend Laurie Henderson Register and her daughter Evan. Kendall had a blast playing with all the kids and was great for us to see them all together!