White Christmas

We had our first White Christmas in over 100 years!  The snow actually kept us from visiting our family in East Tennessee.  My grandmother had about 8 inches of snow at her house on Christmas day...we ended up with about 2.

It looks like powdered sugar...

It was so cold and wet.  They didn't last very long and quickly came in for some warm hot chocolate.

Merry Christmas!

We've had a wonderful year and are looking forward to 2011!

My Dancers

This month I was able to see both girls dance in their classes during Parent Watch week.  Emma is taking ballet and tap and enjoys it so much!

Allie is taking Hip Hop (that's her in the blue and white) and is having a lot of fun in that class, too!  I do not know where she gets this talent from...because it's definitely not from me.

Very First Haircut at 17 months!  Mark made me bring him in because he thought it was too long in the back.  I wasn't ready to cut it. :(  He did really well and loved sitting in the little red fire truck.

Being so patient...

All finished...

He would have sat here all afternoon!

Images of Christmas

We are officially ready for Christmas!  All of the shopping is finished and we are just simply enjoying this time of year with the kids. 

Our tree...I need to start wrapping soon!

New decorations for 2010...Max loves these!

Kitchen table decor...

Visiting with Santa at our neighborhood party...Max was so scared and I didn't want to put him through the torture again.

So sweet!

Flying High

How cool is this?!  Mark's dad and step mom flew into McCollum Airport from Arkansas for a quick visit last weekend.  One of their friends owns this plane and had business to do here and invited them to come along.  We were able to watch them land and get out...with rental cars waiting!  It was the neatest thing!

Waiting patiently for them to arrive...

More patient children...

They're here...

The girls were able to sit in the cockpit.

In front of the terminal where they landed...it was so nice!  This was definitely a fun experience for the kids.  However, there is not enough Dramamine in the world to get me on that plane!  It's all I can do to NOT throw up on a 747!

Priceless

There are no words to describe this picture.  I felt like the worst mother ever for sitting Max on Santa's lap.  He held on to me like a cat with its claws stretched out before I sat him down.  I really wanted a picture with all three of them in it...and this is what I got!  Please note that he is not wearing the cute little green Polo shirt that he had on earlier that day because he spilled water ALL over it...and while it was drying nicely on the top of the stroller, a monsoon fell from the sky and thoroughly drenched it for the night.  Hahaha!  You really can't tell anyway. :)  Never a dull moment with this bunch.