Christmas Cookies...

...Oh how I love the smell of cookies baking in the oven.

Me & Anna made our friends and family Christmas cookies this year. First we had to decide what cookies to bake. Our first list had over 10 different cookies... we narrowed it down to 6. Then it was off to the store to buy all the ingredients. Finally it was the fun part, baking all the cookies!

We were in the kitchen all day & baked 14 dozen cookies.

{I am not even going to tell you how many we ate!)

It was so much fun, Adrianna is a GREAT little cook!

Here are some of the cookies

Here they are all wrapped up & ready to go!

I bought these cute boxes from Pier 1 and Target.

First Attempt at getting a pic with Santa...

On the way to the mall, Adrianna & I would ask Andrew "Are you ready to see Santa?" and he would answer "Yes!". He was so excited but when we got inside and he actually seen Santa then he was terrified! He wouldn't have anything to do with him. Maybe next time...

Adrianna's Christmas Party...

Adrianna's class had the cutest little party this year. They made crafts, watched Christmas movies, & ate lots of candy! Andrew & I came and had lunch with her which is always fun. Since I have been working in Little Rock I haven't got to have lunch with her all year.

of course Mr. Andrew was into everything the WHOLE time. He was totally Everywhere. geesh, i forget about this age. {wink wink}

Can you find her train and snowman in this picture?

Andrew loves the scraf his sister made... I guess she will have to make another one!LOL

Now we are out for Christmas break... No school or work for 2 weeks!! We are loving it!!

"The Princess and the Frog"...

pretty much the cutest disney movie.

we loved this one, and after the movie i asked Adrianna what her favorite part was, and she said "when they kissed" Ha Ha




seriously so cute, we can't wait to see it again...

Andrew's Second Birthday Party

Drum-Roll puh-leez...
Look who turned TWO

Welcome to the wild and crazy PAR-Tay!

I didn't do a great job capturing the party...
I was too busy running around but here are some pics

Andrew is really into tractors if you hadn't noticed.
He loves going to our farm and helping his daddy!
Andrew rides in his lap while they check on the cattle and look for deer.

Andrew loved all the attention from his fabulous cousins

Uncle Shane & Heather brought LOTS of toys!

Sweet baby Eli was enjoying the party too!

Thanks to all of Andrew's adoring fans who came to wish him
well on his special day! I wish I would have gotten pictures of everyone!

So much to be thankful for...

My BEAUTIFUL happy and healthy children who enrich my life daily!
My hardworking, handsome hubby who has made me one happy mama, FAMILY, good friends, beautiful surroundings and a BEAUTIFUL LIFE...

Thanksgiving was much different this year... We slept in late, watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade & ate our delicious turkey dinner at home with just our lil family. After lunch when we were all done cleaning up, Adrianna & Andrew went outside and played together, Jeremy watched football, and I searched through the ads. It was a wonderful Thanksgiving!

The twilight saga: New Moon

Adrianna and i went to see "New Moon" with our friends Debbie and Mallory

they made Jacob way sweeter in the movie than in the book. In the book, his speach is lazy, he dresses sloppy, eats like a pig, etc. I think they made him more dreamy in the movie to create more of a battle between him and Edward. All in all, I loved the movie. Can't wait for Eclipse.

Still Team Edward

(even though he did not look his best!)

a few questions, points, and/or
funny things we'd like to point out...

WARNING

{do not read below, if you haven't seen the movie yet!}

• what is up with jacob's hair extensions?
• a few times edward smiles, it looks as if it hurts. why?
• Alice is adorable, for a vampire.
• love when charlie refers to himself as the "famous ladies man!"
• Jessica was hysterical.
• the "face punch" action movie-scene, still laughing. "marshmallow!"
• Edward tells Bella, "you gave me everything just by breathing," Awww!
• we love the squeals & giggles of the audience!
• Overall, "new moon" was much better than "twilight"

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