Christmastime Festivities

We had our monthly supper club to celebrate Christmas last Friday night at Brian and Mary Ivy's new house. As usual the night was filled with laughs and the guys ripping on one other. Nothing says Merry Christmas like being made fun of by your friends. Really though, we always feel blessed by our friendships here in Huntsvegas.



This is usually how it goes...

Showtime!

Tate and Miller had their preschool Christmas show tonight which was absolutely adorable. Miller was an angel and Tate was a shepherd. Tate had been practicing the last couple of weeks being a sheep but somehow just before the show started he was promoted to a shepherd:) Tate was also concerned about Miller being an angel since angels are supposed to be girls, but I told him that most of the angels in the Bible were boys:) They both did a wonderful job and Travis and I were so proud!




Tate and some of his buddies (Hayes, Caroline, Ayers and Addie Grace)

Turkey Time

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Georgia with the Alstons. The boys enjoyed playing at the farm and seeing the butterflies at Callaway Gardens. Of course, we did our fair share of eating also. It is always one of my favorite holidays!


The boys in the "farm truck"



Miller checking out the butterflies

All the Boys

Our friends Brent and Julie came to visit this weekend with their son Boone. Travis and Brent were college roomates and we do our best to see them as often as possible. Boone is almost two so all three boys had a great time running around together.

Tate turns 4!

We celebrated Tate's 4th birthday with a Spiderman party complete with a moonbounce in our backyard. We invited all of the boys from Tate's preschool class, and of course his cousins. There were a few bumps while bouncing and a handful of tears, but overall it was a success!




We also celebrated with brownies at Tate's school. This is Tate with Ellie Kate, one of his favorite friends:)

Trick or Treat!

We had a great Halloween night of trick-or-treating with Spiderman and our little turtle. We went around the neighborhood with a few of our neighbors and their children. So fun!



This is Miller's way of telling us he is ready to go home...

Samford Homecoming

Yesterday we traveled to Birmingham to celebrate SU Homecoming. We cheered on my friend Amy as she rode in the parade to commemorate the 10th anniversary of her crowning as queen. It was so fun to get our children together and relive our glory days. We even PAID to eat in the caf and visited the bookstore. An older man asked Travis if he was playing in the game, assuming he was a current football player. It was a nice boost for his ego:)


The boys and Owen in the caf

Tate and Lolly who just celebrated her third birthday