Merry Christmas!!!

This post is especially for Riley Grace!!! She called this morning (several times) and wanted me to update the blog. She said, "Mama, the last time you put pictures on it was at our birthday party." I'm a slacker- I know!


These two pictures are the ones I chose for my Christmas cards. Riley Grace was such a trooper through this picture session because Maggie Ruth was being a pickle! She did not want her picture taken and she was much less than cooperative! Riley Grace wanted the cows in the back ground...

I also wanted to show you all this awesome centerpiece that Riley Grace (with some help from Aunt Kim) made for us. Its been sititng in the middle of our kitchen table and I must say it is my all time favorite. I LOVE lots of color and once I put my Fiestaware and runner on the table it all looks so fun and festive! Thanks Riles!!! I love you and miss you TONS and TONS and TONS! I'll see you tomorrow afternoon!

My husband is going to shoot me...

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Thanks to my sister-in-law...we've been elfed! I can blame it all on her- Right? I actually sat down one night last week to play with this and couldn't make it work, but Shonna came through on it. She kept the girls last night for us so she and Riley Grace created this for us! For some reason it added an extra little elf... we're saying that's Jack! Hope everyone gets as good a laugh out of it as I did Shonna and Jamey's! I haven't laughed that hard in ages! Merry Christmas everyone!

Oh, we're on the books (to induce labor) for January 16th! Jack will be here in just over one month!

Two (almost) Birthday Girls

I'd elaborate on this post if I could ever find more time...it only took two hours to download the pictures to make the slide show. UGH!!!

We celebrated Maggie Ruth's 2nd birthday (which is actually Dec. 9th) and Riley Grace's 9th birthday (which is Jan. 8th) this past Sunday. With the Christmas holiday festivities and Jack's arrival we decided we'd go ahead and celebrate!

We had a blast and the girls seemed to thuroughly enjoy having it together. With Jack's birthday likely being very close to Riley Grace's we may make this an annual event!!!

Merry CHRISTmas! Jesus is the Reason for the Season!!!