Living a Dream

Thursday, December 9, 2010

My mom was keeping Austin last week and they called us and invited us over to make some cookies. How do you turn that down?? I was curious to see how it would go. I had a feeling they would get sprinkle happy and they did! We had a lot of fun spending an afternoon with Gabby and Austin!

Austin showing us how it is done!

Red sprinkles!!!

I think I see some sprinkles on those sweet, little lips!

Gabby helping Madison with her green sprinkles

We went outside while they were baking to swing. Luke loves it when Austin pushes him! They have become great buddies! Luke imitates what Austin does!

I adore this picture! I kept saying "Luke and Madison, look at me!" But their eyes were fixed on their cool, big cousin! Austin is going to be the BEST big brother to twin boys!

Now they were nice and hot and ready for a little icing (Luke and Madison skipped this step!)

Enjoying the fruits of our labor :)

Thanks Betty, I mean Gabby, for a fun afternoon!

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Oh Shutterfly Oh Shutterfly...

...How grateful I am for you!

Shutterfly is an amazing website that I have used for several years to order my Christmas cards and make calendar's for Christmas gifts. They have a ton of variety and they always have great deals! There are so many Christmas cards to choose from that have anywhere from 1 picture to even 6 pictures! I am not sure how I am going to choose one but I can't wait to do it this week!

Here is one cute one I saw...

Here is a calendar you can create. The cool thing is that you can type in dates and even include a picture!

Or you can always get a cute mouse pad for that person you are not too sure what to buy for...

Shutterfly is also offering 50 free Christmas cards if you advertise for them on your blog!!!! So, here's to saving money during the holidays! If you want to get free Christmas cards just follow this link!

Thanks Shutterfly!!!!

Monday, November 29, 2010

Mice On Main

Mark (Jonathan's brother), Neely, Micah, and Noah came into town to celebrate Thanksgiving this past week! We were able to spend a lot of time with them over the long holiday weekend. On Wednesday afternoon, we took them to downtown Greenville to do the Mice On Main hunt. It really was a lot of fun! After the hunt we walked around Falls Park. We really enjoyed spending the afternoon with them!

This was the beginning at the fountain in front of the Hilton

Each mouse had a name. It was really cute watching Micah and Noah get excited when they found the next mouse! Here is the link to the clues!

There's another one!

They look just like him! Hey, there is another mouse at his feet!

Madison and Uncle Mark

The dads and their kids :) Madison is outnumbered but she holds her own!!

Mark, Neely, Micah, and Noah

I LOVED how the light was coming through this tree! So pretty!

Nana and her grandkids

"Up Daddy!"

Daddy's boy

Mommy's girl

Walking around downtown

Hugging Noah bye bye!

We had a great time with you guys! We love you!

Check out 2 more Thanksgiving weekend posts below!!

Thanksgiving 2010

We had a wonderful, busy Thanksgiving day! We went to my Aunt Sharon's for lunch then went to Jonathan's parent's house for dinner. Luke and Madison were amazing and were troopers all day. They were non-stop! We all ate WAY to much! We had baked and fried turkey too! The day reminded us of how thankful we are for our wonderful family!! Luke and Madison have so many people that love them, pray for them, and will always be there to support and encourage them! We are thankful that God gave us the opportunity to have a family of our own!

Wrestling with Austin...he LOVES him!

Jennifer, Madison, Austin, and Ty

Uncle Chad with Luke

Gabby, Papa, Austin, Luke and Madison

"Flower Mommy!"

Madison and her Papa

Gabby and Papa taking Luke and Madison for a walk

Yuck Luke! Giving Teddy a kiss :) I think he really wanted a kiss from beautiful Megan!!

Swinging with Daddy

About to be parents to THREE boys! We can't wait for Parker and Dylan to be here!!!!

Here we are at Nana's house. This is Nanny with her great-grandkids!

When Jonathan's brother, Mark, and his family come in from Alabama we celebrate Christmas with them at Thanksgiving. Here the kids were waiting so patiently to open their presents!

Madison opening her present with Daddy and Uncle Kevin

Luke opening his present! A dinosaur puzzle book!

So this picture has a story...Micah opens up the Leapster game we gave him and guess what?? NO GAME! Someone slit the wrapping, stole the game, and put it back on the shelf for ME to buy! So, I will find out tomorrow if Toys R Us believes me!!! Sorry Micah...we really aren't that cheap :) We will get you the real game!

They also gave Luke and Madison this awesome table! They loved it!

I LOVE this picture!!! Luke was SO into playing with this train!

Happy Thanksgiving!

How They Roll In Iva!

Jonathan's sister, Angie, and her family live in Iva. We LOVE going to their house because that means we spend 90% of the time outside doing something fun! Jonathan always brings a backpack of grubby clothes because he knows he is going to get dirty! This past Friday we drove to Iva to have dinner and hang out with Mark, Neely, Micah, and Noah the night before they headed back to Alabama. We had a great time riding the 4-wheelers, testing out the tractors, running around, and eating a yummy fried turkey! Here are some pictures from our day :)

Luke and Madison LOVE their dog, Remington. However, he had to stay behind this gate because he is HUGE!!! Justin let Luke ride on him :) And yes...Luke did get one giant, wet kiss from Remington...yuck!

Madison stood back and watched. This was as close as she wanted to get. No riding for her! She was content just holding this friendly, little dog.

Alabama was playing Auburn and they are BIG Auburn fans! So we pulled for the WAR EAGLES! What a great day because they won! I thought the game was over when it was 24-0 but somehow they came back!