December 13, 2009

The Kids' Christmas Program

Sidney Grace was my little angel this year, complete with wings and a halo. This was her first year being a part of the Christmas program at church. She did a great job and made me very proud. :)
She memorized all of her songs for the program in only a couple of weeks. Pretty good for a 5 year old!
Nicholas is the shepard in the center and he had a speaking part as well as having to know all of the songs for the program. He did a great job as well. This was his second time participating in the program. He made a very cute shepard.
Sidney Grace alongside her BFF Bevin during the program. So cute!!!
This is Jackson a friend of my sons. He is a regular in the Christmas program and had several speaking parts. Great job Jackson!



December 11, 2009

Daisy's Christmas Make & Take Event

My baby girl Sidney Grace is a new Daisy scout this year. She is really enjoying it. These pictures are from a make-&-take event where they were able to make about 10 Christmas ornaments. She and I went with her friend Bevin and her mother Betsy. They had a blast.

December 6, 2009

Christmas in Vickery Village

We spend a fun afternoon in Vickery Village today. Everything was great except for the freezing cold weather. BURRRRR!!!! I got the kids to pose for a couple of pictures in front of the humongous Christmas tree. This is the picture that I used for our Christmas cards this year.
There was a horse drawn carriage giving free rides through the village.
This station was set up so the kids could decorate a plate that said "Cookies For Santa".
Santa was there and the kids all got to chat with him and give him their wish lists.Santa gave each kid a small stuffed puppy dog with a santa hat. Alex decided that he was going to donate his to "Toys-For-Tots". I got a cute picture of him donating the toy to the officer. He was so proud and I was even more proud of him. What a nice thing for him to do.




December 5, 2009

Making Our Gingerbread Village

One boring afternoon after school got out we decided to try something fun. We pulled out the gingerbread village kit and went to work on it. The kids had so much fun gluing/sticking the houses together with the icing.
Then came time to decorate each house with gumdrops, sprinkles and gummy Christmas trees. We used powdered sugar as snow.
They enjoyed every minute of this project and were very proud of their creation.
Once it was completed to their satisfaction they couldn't wait to take a bite. Needless to say the village didn't make it through the night. RIP mini gingerbread village!!
Here is Nicholas after WAY TOO MUCH sugar. He was covered in icing and powdered sugar (AKA snow). So cute!


November 27, 2009

Family Pictures From Thanksgiving

This is my nephew Jacob. He was giving me his "tough guy" pose.This is Carson. He is my cousin Jessica's newest son. He was almost 2 months old at Thanksgiving.
This is my very silly niece Katherine. We all call her Kappy. She is so cute and funny and OMG what a hand full!!!
I love this picture of my grandmother Memah feeding baby Carson. She loves babies.
And this is Cale. Carson's big brother. He turned 2 just after Thanksgiving. He is such a cutie pie.