Our Christmas Memories

Lathan,opening gifts Christmas Morning
Kiley got her didj, she was so excited!

Emma Grace got here Leapster 2, she was still half way asleep, so the excitement wasn't all there!

At my family's Christmas, Lathan opening gifts on his Grandma's lap

My girls!

Emma Grace and my cousin Kate

Kiley, waiting to open gifts

Lath using a gift bag as a jumping sack

Ryan and the girls, Kiley , Emma Grace, and their cousins (Ryan's sister's girls) Shelby and Camden

What a WONDERFUL Christmas!!!! We got to see LOTS of family.....we had 5 different family gatherings, we missed one because Emma Grace has been sick, A LOT....another post....I just Love having a big family and couldn't imagine it any other way. The kids got way too many toys, as usual, I really think people like to shop for children's gift's, it's kinda fun! Now, just trying to figure out where to put all the stuff..... Here are some pictures from our gatherings...I didn't get as many pictures as I'd of liked too, but between, chasing Lathan, the battery dying and just plan forgetting it, I'm glad I got the ones I did. I hope everyone had a wonder CHRIST-mas, and kept the meaning of CHRIST-mas in it! Can't wait for this New Year, many Great things are planned to come!!!

Christmas Rewind

Last Year......Wow, where does the time go?

Our Christmas "Stuff"

I just LOVE Christmas time! All the lights and decor! Pulling out all the decorations, brings back tons of wonderful memories! And the meaning of Christ-mas is such a wonderful story to share with my children.
This year my mom gave the kids this wonderful book" The Night Before Christmas", from Hallmark. She reads the story and it records her voice, the kids LOVE it! What a wonderful keepsake to pull out each year!
Hope everyone enjoys their Christmas, we sure will! We got lots of family to visit and spend time with.

We went to Bass Pro Shop to visit Santa! What fun! When we were in line, I had to find a way to convince Emma Grace, that she needed to sit on Santa's lap. She is my shy girl and I just new she would clam up and run, but she actually did very well. Kiley did great, she had her whole list recited and was more than ready to get up to Santa's lap. Lathan was fine with it...not like my girls, at his age, it was all tears. They gave us a FREE 4x6 and I got to take pictures too, so it worked out GREAT! I just LOVE the way Lathan and Santa are looking at each other, so funny.

After we visited Santa, they had lots of fun games for the kids to play, we all had a blast!

Christmas Cookies With My Girls!

Me and the girls started a Holiday Tradition last year of making cookies. Me and my sister use to do it with my Mom and I always remembered how much fun it was! The girls just loved decorating the cookie cutouts. I just love having girls, to do fun girlie stuff with!

Christmas Pictures 2009

Enjoy these pictures because we decided we are not going to be sending out cards Christmas cards this year, Lathan strongly dislikes staying still and it was just not worth the effort (lots of effort went into the 2, like 40 minutes worth of effort).

So, Merry Christmas!

Wordless Wednesday

ThAnKfUl!

I am thankful for so many things......my husband, and his love for God, my 3 beautiful children ,my large extended family, it's wonderful during the Holidays! My friends, the one's I can go days, weeks, and even months with talking to, and it's like a day hasn't gone by. My Faith, something that I have prayed for, I was once lost but now I am found. I rely on God all the time now, and I pray for those that don't have that Faith, it's amazing. The fact that we had health scares, job changes and so many other challenges this year. I remember praying so hard for God to become my main focus in life and then I remember praying so hard during these hard time, not realizing, this was God's way of becoming the "Main Focus" of my life. Wow, this year my relationship with God has become so much stronger than ever before, and with that, my relationship with my husband and children has never been more solid! I am thankful this year, in ways I have never been Thankful before. I have SO much to be Thankful for!

Fall

It's Fall

Leaves are falling, leaves are falling, everywhere, everywhere!

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday

Kiley, Emma and Emma Grace, just the girls!
The neighborhood crew

Emma Grace the Witch and Lathan the very busy Cowboy

Kiley the Kitty

Mr. Lathan was VERY busy this Halloween, this is about as good of a picture as I could get. He doesn't like to stay still.

Enjoy the few pictures I did get! Happy Halloween to everyone!