christmas day

we spent the whole day in our p.j.'s . . . does it get any better than that? the girls were thrilled with all of their gifts. santa brought them things that they were wishing for . . . kam's "dora soft baby", ken and mck got mp3 players, and b.c. got lots of great "boy toys". they got a surprise gift from grammy, grampy, and gigi . . . a trampoline that is sure to get lots of use! :) we tried to make the morning last as long as possible, taking several hot chocolate breaks to stretch things out! :) nothing like hot chocolate, marshmallows, and a sugar cookie at 9:30 in the morning! we played with the kids all day long and then had a yummy dinner on nana's china . . . in our p.j.'s! :) i think this was the best christmas ever! :)
we traveled to grammy and grampy's house for a belated christmas celebration and dinner on saturday. it was great to see everyone! we had a wonderful gift exchange ($5 limit!) and watched the kids open goodies. dinner was wonderful! we visited with the baileys on sunday for the day. the kids ran around outside enjoying the beautiful weather. gigi was thrilled to see all of them together. the girls loved seeing pa and keep talking about his magic! :)

a little bit of christmas a little bit early

the girls got to open one of their christmas presents super early this year . . . six flags passes for 2010! i was all packed up when bailey got home from work and ken arrived home from school. we gave them their gifts and told them to hop in the car . . . they couldn't beloieve we were heading there right away! :) (of course they were also thrilled that we would be staying in a hotel for two nights . . . such a treat!) we met grampy, uncle tim, aunt missy and baby sophia there too! (so sad grammy and sarah couldn't be there . . . next time - for sure!)

we walked the river walk, played for 6 hours at six flags, visited the zoo . . . what a great weekend! the lights along the riverwalk and at six flags were so cool. the lighting of the tree at the park was awesome! the kids had so much fun! we can't wait to head back again soon!

axe 'em jacks . . . a weekend at sfa!

we had another fun weekend in nac this year. . . we were all excited to see sarah . . . it had been way too long! b.c. got to attend his first football game . . . and at daddy's school too! :) we had a wonderful time walking around campus and then walking through the arboretum area. the girls were being such hams! :)



showing our pride in purple! kam and b.c. both crashed for a lot of the game! :)


sunday at the park . . . beautiful weather in this old park . . . what a great start to the day! the girls loved exploring and picking up pecans! it was hard to leave!

a family loss

we lost codger, bailey's dad on sept. 17. this is a huge loss for our family. bailey was so close to his dad and his dad just adored the kids! we were lucky enough to have 2 visits with him in the past 2 months. he even got to meet bentley twice! codger was a pretty amazing guy. he truly took care of his family before himself and will be so missed. it was amazing to see how much he touched other people's lives. everyone wanted to share a story about how he had helped them, made them smile, or encouraged them. what an amazing man.

they had a really special event for him at the ball fields. . . bailey took some beautiful pictures of the girls.