A Visit with Nannie T

To think this lady has GREAT GREAT grandkids... this crew is just a sampling of the great grand kids she has...

she was up visiting for a few days before Christmas from FL and we soaked up the couple of hours we had with her...

we are definitely blessed to have a grandparent and this one is as special as they come...

did I mention... special?

I think I forgot to tell her we were doing a re-do from Christmas 2008 ;)

Thank you for organizing CountryMum... always a treat to spend time with Nannie T

Last BBall Practice

and they ended with pizza and cupcakes...

guess who was thrilled to pieces?

the gals had such a great time, we had a BALL (pun intended) watching them and it helped that they had a FAN-TAS-TIC coach!!

will be fun if they all stick with to see them in a few years....

Holiday Season Randoms

Annual 1st and 2nd grade concert with two elementary schools....

Her fan club... you might notice Miss B missing... thankful to Aunt Nancy for staying back with the fever ridden 5 year old so that...

both of us could be in attendance... we sure are grateful to our "Village"

Minnie was awarded some free tickets to the high school performance of a Suessified Christmas

 

She and I were hopeful that Miss B would be able to come with us but she was still under the weather...

I definitely soaked up the time with my big girl...

she loved every.second. :)

it was an amazing performance and so fun to support the local arts...

we also tried the TFC once more time at the CountryRents...

1 and only Taylor Family Christmas pic... cute Taylor girls right here...

Aunnie

if you have to go to the docs for a check up... it's nice to see a dolphin on the wall...

and giggle with stories about Aunnie....

Annual Hunt for the Christmas Tree

Last year....if you do a search for Annual Hunt for the Christmas Tree you'll be able to see all kinds of past years... just for fun here's a link to 2008

 

I emailed ahead of time to see if there could be some sort of mode of transportation for our broken foot girl... no way she would have been able to crutch herself all over the tree farm on our hike and hunt... they were SO nice and accommodating... She was carted around and I'm pretty sure her driver loved every minute of it...

He even helped the lumberjack by letting him borrow his fancy saw :)

always fun on the swing....

can't even believe this girl has been getting a Christmas tree with us for 15ish years...

and this guy... I can't.even.

pretty baby...

 

a successful day, my heart was full and I am so blessed by the time spent with these people...

 

*some of the above photos courtesy of Dawsoren Photography*

Late for "8"

Because Minnie was down and out with the "fever" the weekend of her birthday party we pushed it to the following weekend. Thankfully most of the invitees were able to come and celebrate our big girl.

the theme was "May All Your Swishes Come True"...

she decorated and stuffed all her treat bags and enjoyed all her friends...

and family....

cake, ice cream, snacks and presents... what more could you want turning "8"?? :)

Birthday Fun

Phoebe's party was a couple of weeks ago ON her ACTUAL birthday... it was the weekend on the big holiday fair at school but so happy we were all able to make it to celebrate 8!

 

Love these girls so much.

Two 8 year olds and Minnie just 10 days away...

unfortunately we had to reschedule her birthday party due to this....

down for the count with a fever for almost 5 days...

 

but she was back to school and almost 100% on her actual birthday so we hosted friends

and celebrated with cupcakes

fun arts and crafts to use at the make-up party since they were not going to be able to make it...

 

and more on the OFFICIAL party coming soon....