She finally got it!

Her Christmas present that is...

This is the long awaited go cart that we've finally gotten to give to Riley Grace. Her parents were a little slack and waited too late to order it so it wasn't here for Christmas and then she left on the ski trip for the next week... so a week and a half after Christmas she finally got it! Just curious though...who do y'all think looks like he's having as much fun as any kid???

We've talked about how careful we're going to be and how we're going to drive it so safely...etc. You know the spill. Well, Riley Grace got in it with Russell and drove off so cautiously and slowly until...they came around the far corner of the house moving quite a bit faster. Russell had instructed her to "floor board it and lets go!" Our lessons seem to go a long way around here!

She only had about 30 minutes to ride it yesterday so we're waiting on the thick fog to clear so we can get out and have some fun on it today. Its back to school tomorrow:: YUCK!!!!

If you're bored and looking for a little fun, come ride with us... It's a blast!

Holiday update...

I've been wanting to update and give you all a glimpse of our last few weeks with some Christmas pictures...

#1 ::However, my camera lens is broken and I've not had much success with my little Sony these days, so I have very few good pictures from this Christmas.

#2:: Riley Grace has been gone most of the holidays. First, to her dad's for her Christmas there. She was home for half of Christmas day, and Friday through Sunday but then she went on our Wiggins' Family ski trip (without us but with Mrs. Sharon and the Flemings). She'll be home Sunday afternoon for the first time since last Mon. morning (MAN...I miss her something awful, but she's had a blast!). Her Christmas present had not even arrived when she left for the mountains so we haven't been able to give it to her yet. I'll post some pictures of that when she gets home and has an opportunity to enjoy it.

#3::We're still waiting on Jack to arrive. I'd absolutely LOVE to know he was coming any day now, so any prayers you'd like to lift on our behalf are more than welcome. (We are officially full term.) We're supposed to induce on Friday the 16th if he's not here by then, but I really think it would be so neat to actually start labor all on my own. We'll just have to wait and see.

I know you all had a wonderful Christmas season (I've enjoyed your blogs) and if you're like me you hate to see it go. Maggie Ruth is still wanting to "pug it in Mama"...the tree that is not there anymore :( . I'm looking forward to a blessed 2009 and I pray that the Lord blesses all of you abundantly in this new year.

Sorry I have no pictures to post...

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!!!

Walking in High Cotton...

Old times there are not forgotten... I hope my girls never forget these times!

Its harvest time again... cotton is in the works right now, my personal favorite. This afternoon I took the girls over to the Riley Place where Russell was busy building modules. The girls got to get up on the module builder and watch him. Of course, Riley Grace was busy working it in no time at all. She just needed a refresher course. Maggie Ruth and Riley Grace both got into the module builder and played in the cotton before it was packed down. They had a great time and didn't want to come home!

Riley Grace went FLYING...

Riley Grace got her first airplane ride on Saturday. My daddy called Saturday morning and wanted to know if RG could go up with he and Uncle Mike later that afternoon. My Uncle Mike is one of the best small aircraft pilots I've ever flown with (I've actually flown with several) so I was thrilled at Riley Grace having the opportunity to get to fly with him. She had a blast and I'm so glad she got to finally experience flying. (She was rather upset with us when we left her here in April and flew to Amarillo. Maggie Ruth got to ride in an airplane before her!! She was not happy about that.)

Prepared for take off... I think it was a little more uncomfortable than she was expecting.

Flying over her school...Andalusia Elementary (the big circular area)

flying over our house...

Ours is the house and barn on the left and Aunt Amy's is on the right (doesn't the field behind her house look neat the way its been plowed?)

All done with her first airplane ride... in her words, "It was totally awesome!"