(12/11/10)Hueytown Christmas Parade. We got a good park and then Jason walked over to get us breakfast from Arbys. Good hot coffee, warm blankets and we are all set. Abby always loves the parade, what's not to love?

(12/10/10)We were invited to Christy's for a Christmas party for all the kids. They started by making ornaments. Look at the intensity with that tongue sticking out! Then Santa came in. He passed out gifts to all the boys and girls. That's a bunch of kiddos. They played fun games, Abby and Olivia were trying so hard to blow up balloons. These 4 girls all took dance together last year and this year too. Abby and Maggie.

violin recital

(12/9/10)We went to a recital for all the children that have been taking lessons under the same people we have. The girls were not in it this year but they will be next year so we went to see what to expect. GranJan, Pops, Carlee, Madison, and Abby then Jason and I met them there. It was really good and I am excited to see them up there next year! (12/9/10)

(12/8/10)It's almost Abby's birthday, since they will be getting out of school in a couple of days I took a cake for Abby's birthday to her school. Poor child her birthday is SOOO close to Christmas she can't even celebrate at school. But we make up for it because she gets her birthday recognized about 3 times!! I set everything up while they were in Chapel and then I joined them for the last part. She was so happy for me to be there and to have a cake for her and all her friends. She wanted a Hannah Montana cake so that's what we got! She has the sweetest little class, so many little girl friends and the best teacher, Mrs. Rachel.

(12/6/10)Just a random night after dance, Abby had put on some extras and was practicing her violin.

(12/5/10)Happy Birthday Carlee! Tonight was Carlee's birthday party at a little shop, where they let Carlee do all her friends make up and then they had a fashion show on the stage! It was a Pickalicious Party! They all got to pick out a necklace and bracelet. Then it was time for cupcakes and ice cream.

(12/3/10)Breakfast with Santa at Abby's school. We rode the bus around the block listening to Christmas music and then had breakfast before Santa came in to see all the kids, and pass out gifts.

(11/28/10)Maggie came home with us after church and we though it would be a good idea for us to go eat before we went home, how I forgot how a 1 year old is in a restaurant!!!

(11/25/10)Thanksgiving at Granny Jo's, we always have a good time here. Not everybody was able to make it this year but Jim and Andrea were able to come up from Florida with Haley and Mary and Jack brought Caleb and Jared from Georgia so Abby had fun playing with cousins she doesn't get to see that much. After a big meal I had a craft for them with Reese Cups and Aunt Donna and Katie had a turkey craft.

(11/24/10)Thanksgiving at Aunt Linda's. We always have a good time and really good food. There are so many babies now, between 7 of us grandchildren there are 9 babies and 1 on the way. And they are all under 6 years old!

decorating the tree

(11/21/10)It's that time of year! We are starting to get the house decorated, and the tree is the main focal point, we have always done this together as a family and love to get ornaments out that we have collected through the years and now we have so many of Abby's homemade ornaments to add to it.

shopping

(11/17/10)On my day off Abby and I always do a little shopping when I pick her up from school. Most the time it's just around town, but this day we played hookie and went to Brookwood mall, we had breakfast, did some shopping and then had a cookie from the Cookie Company. I took a picture because she LOVED all the Christmas trees decorated in Belk. We could have stayed there for an hour just looking at the ornaments.

closing ceremonies

(11/13/10)Well soccer is over, today was closing ceremonies, they had a pizza party for all the teams, and then they handed out the trophies! Grammy and Aunt Jeanna came by after the ceremony and got to see Abby with her trophy and Maggie got to jump a little and we all had cotton candy. We really enjoyed playing soccer, it is a good organization and it was great for Abby to be part of a team sport.

thanksgiving program

(11/12/10)Abby's school put on the Thanksgiving program today, they sang songs and then we had vegetable soup for lunch, all the tables were decorated with their artwork. GranJan, Pops and Grammy and Grand Bob all came to see Abby. Then afterwards since it was such a pretty day me, Abby and GranJan all went to the park.

(11/10/10)On our way to church after gymnastics we went by Target and this was Abby's idea, she wanted her picture taken, and she wanted these poses.

(11/5/10)Field trip to Disney on Ice, Jason came from work to go to the show with us before he had to go back to work. Abby picked out a horse from all the toys there. Before the show we got to see the displays for all the Princesses. We had really good seats and had a really good time.

(10/31/10)Happy Halloween. I tried getting a cute picture of Abby before church and somedays she just won't give me a normal smile. Yep that's us dressed up like the Wizard of Oz for our churches trunk or treat. Abby has still loved that movie since last Christmas so she and I loved going shopping and picking out our costumes and decorations. GranJan and Pops brought Carlee, Madison and Bronson by after leaving Carlee's house in Sunnydell. Once we got home we had to see what all good candy we had!

(10/30/10)Kids in the neighborhood were starting to come outside and start trick-or-treating. We went to Grammy's church before trick-or-treating, they had such a good festival, lots of games and hotdogs too. Abby and Maggie. Then we came back to our neighborhood Jeanna and Maggie came too and we all went trick-or-treating. We ran in to Carlos who is in Abby's class and played soccer on one of the other teams, he looked so cute as a police officer.

(10/29/10)Today was Abby's Halloween party at school, they all were suppose to dress up like farmers, then they got to pass out their goodies to all their friends.

(10/28/10)This was after a long day of work but after her bath and after dinner we had to make pumpkins suckers for her class party tomorrow. She loves to help in the kitchen. Holidays are so much fun when your 4!!!

(10/27/10)Madison's class starts a few minutes after Abby's so she rode with us today. I had to snap a few pictures, it's habit. I know she is my child but I think she is a natural when it comes to gymnastics, she has good form and is very strong to be so small. I hope she always wants to stick with it, for now she really pays attention and always tries hard.