twas a good day today

although it did not feel like Christmas outside (75 degrees), we gave the girls their Christmas present early this year. colin and i like it as much as they do!

also...my sweet husband decorated the outside of the house so beautifully this year. we have had several neighbors comment on how they always look forward to seeing what he is going to do differently each Christmas.

one other note. here is a pic of one of my favorite volleyball teams (minus jenny and wes). we didn't fair as well in the tinsel time tournament as we did in league play, but we had lots of fun. one of the funnest parts was watching everyone trying to move about normally at church on sunday!

you can tell by the way i use my walk...

my baby boy is growing up too fast!

desperate times

we have sunk to an all new low at our house. i took this photo just a few minutes after i caught jackson opening the kitchen garbage can and eating a piece of leftover sonic burger. does the boy look like i starve him?

thanksgiving

we went to my mother-in-law's house for thanksgiving this year. it has been too long since we were there. no offense to anyone who has ever cooked for me...but my mother-in-law is the best cook on the planet. (mom-YOU make the best popcorn!) she made a delicious thanksgiving dinner and some yummy gumbo while we were there. we also went out to eat at a place with live alligators. it was a very nice, relaxing week playing games, catching frogs, doing a craft and hanging out with family.

the girls decorated the cake

my little crocodile hunter

all of oma's grandkiddos