Pigtails

A big loss, and a BIG birthday

It started good, then it took a turn for the worse... I'm tired of reliving the loss over and over again. That's part of living in the city of the losing Superbowl team. It's everywhere you turn. At least we had a good party...

Somebody had to take care of the kids, while the rest of us sat on the edge of our seats. Thanks, Trent, for not caring who won the game, and wiping the icing off my little girl's face :)

Click on the picture to enlarge, then check out who our "pizza experience" was managed by. No wonder it was so good!

Happy 70th, PawPaw!!! It was a great way to celebrate!

The whole gang. Can you tell this was before the game was over?? ;)

Cut and paste, cut and paste

Livie is my little crafter. She loves to help me with my sewing projects. Whenever I say, "Okay girls, I need to get some orders done!" She is quick to say, "I'll help!" Usually that means she wants to hand me the pins, or put them away after I'm done, or "push the green go button" on my sewing machine. But her very favorite thing to do is cut and paste. She gets in a zone and will do this for an hour without coming up for air.

Sweetness...

Go Colts!!!

We had a super fun night last night watching the game with friends and family, and celebrating our huge victory over the Jets. Superbowl, and Saints, here we come!!
Go Colts!!!!
For those not interested in football, or even worse, those who don't like the Colts (haters! ;), here's a picture of my cutie patootie. Happy Monday!

Be sure to head on over to Jamie's blog, and check out her hairbow giveaway. You can enter, just don't win, because I'm going to ;).

Christmas at Opryland

This is one of our very favorite Christmas traditions. Every year we head to Opryland to see the lights and eat at a fabulous dinner buffet. This year we went on Christmas Eve and expected it to be crazy busy. Thankfully, it was just about right. There were still lots of people there, but not as many as we expected. Dinner was sooo good, and the sights were amazing.

Christmas with our second family

After the stocking stuffer we went to have another Christmas with friends who are just like family. Can you believe all these girls?? And another on the way! Poor Michael... (I would have slept through this picture too!)


Yes, I know the picture is fuzzy, but it was too sweet. They must be telling secrets. That's something that little girls do best.

Vince taking the afternoon off after a big win...


These girls are just like sisters to me. We have been through so much together.

Christmas

Just a *little* late ;). We had such a wonderful Christmas this year. We were able to fit in so many visits with friends and family - some that we hadn't seen in way too long. We are so blessed.

Christmas started with Brad's extended family annual Christmas Stocking Stuffer. Maggie was a ham all night. I have about 100 pictures of her looking just like this. She would stare someone down until they would look at her and smile, then she would try to charm them with her ways. She's crazy....


Opening her stocking...


Trust me when I say *I tried* to find a family photo with Brad's eyes opened. There were 3 total, and his eyes were completely closed in the other two. Not sure where Kate is here - probably eating candy ;)


One of Brad's cousin's little girl was cracking me up with her "makeup". She couldn't get enough on. She was putting lipstick everywhere!

44th Street Fabric

I just found this a-mazing fabric blog with the CUTEST fabric ever. I can't WAIT to get my hands on some new Moda fabrics and make some cute, cute skirts for my shop just in time for Valentine's Day!

I'm blogging about it, in hopes of winning their drawing this week, and getting my prize DOUBLED! Yeah!! So if you're into fabrics, head over and check out 44th Street Fabric and enter to win!!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

We finally put up our Christmas tree and got down a few of our decorations after Kate's constant nagging. I pulled out last year's stack of Christmas cards and the girls went through them one by one, especially stopping to look at the Sleeping Beauty card from Shelby, and all the photos. They have their own little tree in their room that they have decorated, redecorated, and drug around from one room to the other. This is what Christmas is all about.

Livie found this Santa hat and fell in love with it. "Mom, I just love this hat like Santa. Can I please sleep in it tonight?"

We had our first snow last night! Kate could not think of anything else except getting her coat on and going outside. When she had asked me one too many times, I said, "Kate, it's not time yet. When it is, I will tell you. Don't ask again." So she found herself a little chair and set it up in front of the window so she could "watch it" :). I finally scrounged around and found some warm things, and like any good mother, I am watching them play from the warmth of my office window :).

Making Cider

1 Little, 2 Little, 3 Little Indians

The whole tribe...


"How"

Potato Creek State Park

The girls and I got to take a spur of the moment vacation with my friend Alaina and her three sweet little boys. We had such a great time. The playground was visible from our cabin, so the kiddos spent quite of bit of time there. We also managed to squeeze in a trip to the local orchard to pick some apples.

The tire swing was their favorite, and we had to intervene once they started looking green.



This kid has the greatest eyes ever. What a cutie!


Getting all six of them to pose proved impossible. Maggie and Ty were not wanting their siblings to hold them :).


The view was breathtaking! Hasn't this been the most beautiful fall?


Thank you, Alaina, for a wonderful time!