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Monday, December 15, 2014

Jolly Little Gentlemen!

I took advantage of the time with the boys and a beautifully decorated church....





Hugs from a very proud brother!


And a proud mama!


Time to wrestle!



Of course we need some time to be silly!





This one in my favorite! We call it "The Smolder".  
(If you've seen Tangled, you know what we mean!)

Landon's Stage Debut!

Landon got the chance to play the part of Joseph in his Pre-K Christmas play.



He sang with the class.




He was pretty pleased with himself!



Proud Auntie moment for sure!

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like....

...Christmas!!

Decorating your own home for Christmas is just so special!!



Our Tree! (Behind the baby gate thanks to three VERY silly dogs!)





Sunday, December 7, 2014

E-Christmas Card and Newsletter 2014

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

A Year of Blessings

B- Big, exciting changes happened this year in our family!

L- Location change: We bought our first home! 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths with a fenced in yard! We are slowly doing updates to make this house into our home!

E- Every home needs a pet, so in March we adopted our sweet Dolly from a local shelter. She is a 3 year old German Shepherd mix. Six months later, Loki joined our family from another shelter. He is a 2 year old Husky/German Shepherd mix.

S- Since we have a fenced in backyard and the extra room, we decided to become foster parents for another dog (Yes, that's three. Our lives are covered in dog hair and puppy kisses!) for Camp Chaos Puppy Rescue. We love being foster parents to Jasmine, and are so excited for her to find a forever home!

S- Spring and Summer passed quickly for us. We kept busy with a trip to Louisville for Chad's work, an office move for Chad, a 200 square foot garden, and a job hunt for Amy!

I- In September, Amy finally got to go back to her dream job as a full time nanny. The family moved here from Mississippi and have two sweet boys ages 3 years and 10 months. Chad continues to build his business in South County.

N- Never a dull moment in our family! Weekdays are filled with work, and evenings and weekends are filled with family fun, church activities, and the occasional trip to Columbia to see our Tigers. We got to attend 3 football games this season and it was a blast!

G- Getting to be Aunt Amy and Uncle Chad to our sweet nephews is such a joy! The boys love to come over and play! We are also anxiously awaiting the arrival of nephew number three, Colton, in early March.

S- Sitting back and marveling at the number of blessings we have is a beautiful thing. We miss all of you, and we always welcome visitors! We pray that you have a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

Love,
Chad, Amy, Dolly, and Loki

Thursday, November 27, 2014

So. Very. Thankful.

Today we hosted Thanksgiving for both Chad's and my family!

Chad's parents came in last night, and mine showed up for dinner.

Darren showed up after a little bit of car problems...and we gave him his birthday present!


The dogs loved their Thanksgiving dinner too!



The room was all set up ahead of time...




Yes, I had to decorate.

And we had a great time once everyone got there!



We had a great dinner, with LOTS of entertainment from the nephews!










The house was full of the love, laughter, and chatter of family!


We are SO. Very. Thankful.

Thursday, November 20, 2014

#getaway15

In case you haven't heard, we booked a cruise!!

We had finally gotten to the point that it was time to get away.

Chad and I had gotten to the point where we looked at each other and decided that there was never going to be a convenient time of enough money, so we just decided to do it!

We are porting out of New Orleans on January 19th!

Trying to do this on the frugal side of things, we are driving down through the night.

Our goal is to be some of the first people on the boat and go nap as soon as we get on to catch up on the sleep we would miss driving the night before.

This is also a combined early Valentines's Day gift to each other.

Heaven knows we would both MUCH rather have a vacation than a "thing".

And for Chad's birthday I am taking him on an excursion in one of the ports, Cozumel or Progreso.

I am SO excited.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

On The Ice.

Josh is both the varsity and JV goalie this year for his hockey team!

This means 3-4 nights a week, it's hockey time!


Landon LOVES to go to the games!










Yeah, I am kind of a HUGE fan!