Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Wonderful Christmas!

I am going to put a quick update on here from Birmingham. We are having such a wonderful trip and are so fortunate to get to stay for two whole weeks. We have so much fun when we are here and are going to need a vacation from our vacation. We have visited with all of our family and have been to Montgomery to see my grandfather and Tennessee to see Matt's grandmother. The kids are enjoying visiting with everyone but I feel like I have lost all sense of normalcy in the discipline realm. It is difficult to keep control when you have all four grandparents in the same city and they want the kids to have everything they want when they want it. On that note, we are so blessed to have such wonderful grandparents and aunts and uncles who love our kids and want the very best for them. God is good. I am going to post some pictures of our travels and will post some more when we get home. Steve has the good pictures of us at their house and they will be in the next round of pictures. We miss you Ashton! We wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Mason had an exhausting Christmas morning



We went down to see Pappa and Helen the day before Christmas



Gigi and Daddy Mac with their two grandsons and their matching first Christmas pajamas

Nelson and Baxter with their camera faces

It was so much fun to see Brenda, Rachel and Jimmy. We wish that we could see them more often.


Jan and Kert stopped in Birmingham on their way through. We were so excited to see them and have them meet Mason.

Friday, December 5, 2008

I know that we are late getting you our updates from Thanksgiving. We went to Flagstaff, AZ with three other families and it has taken us a while to get things settled. We had so much fun in Flagstaff. It snowed on Thanksgiving day and we had a wonderful dinner. On Friday we went to the Grand Canyon and hiked for a few hours. It was Matt, Emma Kate and Mason's first trip to the Grand Canyon. What a beautiful place and an amazing God to create such beauty. We spent the rest of the holiday sitting around the fire with our friends playing games. On our way home we stopped by Sedona, AZ (picture above). I am going to include some pictures of our wonderful trip.

This week we have been busy decorating the house for Christmas, going to playgroups, and enjoying the delightful weather (high of 75-78 most days). Next week we are going to Albuquerque, NM with Matt. It should be a lot of fun and a place that neither of us have been. We hope that everyone is having a wonderful start to December and we look forward to seeing some of you soon over Christmas!


All the guys

They are such good friends and play really well together




This was their absolute favorite thing to do. Michael would push Emma Kate in the baby stroller and she was completely content to go wherever he would push her.

All of us at the Grand Canyon



All the ladies (and Mason)




Picture taken from the balcony at the house


Emma Kate found Michael's snow boots and spent several minutes putting them on all by herself



This was their first time in snow. Emma Kate was unsure why this is so much fun



Mason enjoying the cabin


This is what we woke up to on Thanksgiving morning