NYE 2014

I looked at Jarred and proclaimed, "We are old!"  We had PJs on starting at 6pm.  We played games for hours.  And you know what, there is really no other place I would rather be!  Bye 2014....Hello 2015!



Yes, she still sleeps with her daddy's shirt!

Hunting with Daddy

The girls could not wait to put their new Christmas gifts to use.  Here are a few pictures of all the fun! (Ava got hers last Christmas!)



So glad they love going!  I remember all the fun I had growing up at the deer lease.  I think these girls will have many memories with their daddy and for that I am thankful.  Jarred is fun, but the girls know lot's about safety as well!  (Emma hates guns because of the loud noise....there may not be much hunting going on for many years! hehe)

More Christmas....

We have a tradition of celebrating Christmas with Jarred's side closer to New Years!  I LOVE this as it helps take the pressure off trying to fit everything in and it extends the holidays!  We were so happy to see them....it has been a hard year and we haven't seen each other as much as we usually do!
The kiddos play so well together and run, scream, and sing the entire time!  (On the way, Noah explained that Nathan loves Ava, and he loves Emma!  I love that they love being together!)
They asked 100 times if it was time to open presents....

Ava was thrilled with her Ariel Lenox ornament from Mamie!  She explained to me later that it was expensive and deserved a special "front" spot on her tree! ha
Jarred always loves presents from Boon! I love this picture, to me it shows her love to her big brother! The girls got camo for the deer lease! How cute are they??
The excited faces of Christmas! Nathan was beyond pumped about this Infinity set. Emma was so happy she finally has boots like her papaw. Susie loved her fitbit. And I was shocked by my new Pandora bracelet!
Jarred and Chris thought they got toilet paper and candy canes for Christmas. Thank goodness there was a check! hehe We got everyone Yeti cups! If you don't have one, good luck finding one! They were the gift of the year, and we can see why! Amazing cups!!!! We are blessed! SO very thankful for our families! She will probably get mad, but how could I not include this???

Sunday Funday

The fun started with a daddy/daughter date to the Texans game!  Ya'll, Ava loved it!  I mean LOVED it!  She was screaming and cheering them on.  Jarred got a few pics on this phone!  So glad they always have such fun together!  What a blessing it is to me that he is such a good daddy to girls!

 Jarred laughed at all she ate! I think they got a new snack each time someone passed!
 Putting her new Christmas gift to good use!
Up next we had our Christmas with the V's! I know I say it often, but I am one lucky lady to be blessed with the best friends!! Emma is in LOVE with her blanket!! It is so soft....and I won't mention the snake game! We have played it 100 times I think! (Thanks Elissa!) Finally a huge Frozen coloring book!
 The cutest Jake around! hehe My girls love Elissa. She really is family to them. We are so thankful.

And of course we played more games!  Ya'll this is seriously all we do!

And this is what the guys did!  They are putting the outdoor heater to good use.

Game Playing....

We got 7 new games for Christmas!!  Need I say more??





I am so loving the late nights with my family!  No alarms + Sleeping in = Heaven to me!

Christmas Day...WARNING: Picture Overload

Christmas morning with "littles" is so much fun!  I dread this part of them growing up, but I am sure Christmas with "bigs" will have it's own little magic(fingers crossed!)

The special request from Santa was a doll house (from both girls), a yellow "shoot" gun (from Emma), and a hunting backpack with a knife (from Ava).  Disclamier:  all these are used at the deer lease with strict rules/help!haha)



We had such a fun morning!  Paper was flying off boxes and giggles all around! (Especially from big kid....daddy!)  He was so happy with his new bag!

I got pretty lucky too!


I had a crazy mom moment and bought a karaoke machine.  What the heck was I thinking?!?!?
They gave us a "contest" all morning!



Papa John and Ash came for lunch!  And of course Papa John got in on the "contest".


And then more gifts.....


And more hunting stuff from daddy....

Isn't she cute?!?

This may have been the fav gift!!! (Emma, we need to talk girl!)

Ava had picked out Emma a gift from the store at her school.  We gave her 20 dollars to buy a gift, she came home with one gift for Emma and 18.50 in change!  Really?!?!?  It was a butterfly pen in the little sack.  So sweet!

It was a perfect day!!  I love my family, they are my most precious gift!  So thankful for the memories made!!  Blessed, Blessed indeed!




And this one stole my heart!

Christmas Eve

Our tradition on Christmas Eve is always going to the Christmas Eve service then spending time with my mom's side of the family.  This Christmas Eve was a little different as I did not feel well.  I hated to skip service but I just really didn't have the energy and went to take a nap before family arrived.  (Hoping it is just my DUMB thyroid again!)

I am so very lucky!!!  I LOVE my family and I could never express how much these 3 mean to me.  Who needs Christmas presents?!?  These guys are my best gifts!

My most favorite thing about the holidays is the time spent with family and friends!  (and of course, Mam-maw's cheese cake! hehe)






Gift time!  I think the kiddos asked 10 times...."Is it time yet?!?!"



Emma LOVED her new charms for her charm bracelet!

The gift of the night were the fairies from Mimi.

After everyone left we were busy getting ready for Santa's arrival.




Mom fail this year as we forgot to make our reindeer food, but daddy to the rescue!  He told the girls there favorite food was dog food????  They bought it, and it was the easiest clean-up....Nanna!! haha


And then it was time for us to read our final Christmas stories!  (This is by far our best Christmas tradition!)


Now to catch some zzzz's. These guys will be up early! (And Jarred will be the one waking everyone up! He is still such a big kid!)