(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.

(10/24/10)Abby wanted to go see her pony so we did. It was a beautiful day, so we walked around for a long time and she rode. She loves it out here, I think she would make a pretty good cowgirl. As much as she likes girly girly stuff... yep, that's Abby cleaning out the stall, she will do anything that means we can stay a few more minutes at the barn.

(10/23/10)Another day of soccer, she continues to do so good, she gets a coulple of points every game! They get snack at the end of the game and they love that part! We changed clothes and went to Olivia's 5 year old birthday party.

soccer

(10/16/10)Another fun Saturday morning at the soccer field, I love to watch Abby out there, she gives it everything she's got, if I could just get her to not be scared of kicking somebody so she would try to get the ball out of the huddle, she sortof dances around until the ball is free and then she goes with it. We have got to get rid of these cute little kittens, so we made signs and went around town to hang them, Abby was making her own signs in the back seat and was so proud. She wanted to hang her signs too, so we did, we hung them on an old payphone and she was as happy as could be.

halloween decorations

(10/13/10)When we got home from gymnastics we tried to finish up on the outside Halloween decorations, well Jason did. I was taking pictures and Abby and Tabor were doing cartwheels and counting out the stars!!

(10/10/10)We went to Grammy's church this morning and then Abby wanted to ride home with Grand Bob, by the time we got there she had her shoes off and she was pulling Maggie around in the wagon. Maggie loves her Abby, they are able to play more and more together now, I hope they always stay close.

pumpkin patch

(10/8/10)Today was the class field trip to the pumpkin patch, the weather was just right and we had so much fun hanging out with each other and all of her school friends. A covered wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick out that perfect pumpkin then... they played in and on the hay maze forever, they were all excited and played their hearts out. After a snack Abby and Olivia had to ride the ponies, go through the pettting farm, and ride the train. Then off to have her face painted before it was time to leave.

opening day

(10/2/10)Today was the official opening day for soccer, we didn't have a game but we stayed a few minutes to scope out our competition!

1st field trip

(9/29/10)I had to snap a picture of Abby when I dropped her off this morning because today is her very first field trip! They are going to the Children's Theatre to see The Frog Prince.