Family Christmas Card--2013

So, little Miss Bella was a doozy today...she refused pics with Santa yesterday.  Today, she cried more than smiled for family pics.  If you look closely, you can see the glistening cheek as she is sipping hot chocolate in the one photo.  Fun times....

Stationery Card

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Halloween 2013--First Year in North Oaks Subdivision

We had Andrea, Katelyn, and Kyleigh and Meredith, Donald, Libby, Gehrig, and Anna all come over for trick or treating and dinner.  We had such a great time!  The neighborhood was insane!!  SO many kids and the houses were fixed up amazingly!  Several haunted house front yards and parties going on.

Sips and Strokes with the Girls...

The girls and I went to Trussville's Sips and Strokes for a kids' art class.  They were asked to choose between "Big Al" or "Aubie" to paint.  Madison chose "Aubie" and Bella chose "Big Al".  They turned out so adorable!  I admit that I touched them up as they went :)

Bella Just Loves School!

Bella is in Pre-K at Kitty Stone this year, and loving it!  She is getting to be such a big girl...

Madison's First Game Cheering This Year

We were so proud of Madison!  It was scalding hot outside, but she didn't complain and just cheered her heart out :)  She was loud and stayed focused the whole game.  Patrick, Bella, and I, on the other hand, whined about dripping with sweat the whole game :)

Go Gamecocks!

Pat and I took the girls to JSU's first home game this past Saturday.  The girls just LOVE watching the band, so we managed to make it to half-time.  Madison's buddy, Libby, came with us.  The girls had a blast!

It's Been a While...

Now that I am back at work and at a computer most of the day, I am shooting for more regular updates.  So much has happened in the last 11 months since my last post.

We have moved into a new house, with a little more room...We moved store locations to the main square in Jacksonville, Bella and Madison both played tball/softball this past spring, the girls and Patrick went for two weeks to Iron Mountain this summer, I've gone back to work for J. J. Keller, and the girls just started school (Bella--Pre-K and Madison--2nd).