Saturday, January 07, 2012

New Year's Eve 12/11








 We celebrated at home with an early "dance party" per Elise and Mal's request.  We also tried a family picture using the timer- hilarious.  2011 was the absolute best year of my life.  The addition of Lane to our family was more awesome than I ever could have imagined it would be.  She completes me, completes our family (Jerry Maguire anyone?) and I look forward to the years ahead with Brian, the girls, and that rascal of a dog.  Happy 2012!

Memaw's Surprise Party 12/11











 laney bug snoozing on daddy




We had a surprise party for my mom on New Year's Eve for her 60th bday.  We had a great lunch with our family, some folks from her work, and some of my aunts/uncles.  All of the cousins had a blast running around with each other and helping Memaw open presents.  My aunt Joyce (who is also Zippers the clown- seriously) brought some of her gear and made balloon animals.  It was a nice celebration.

Christmas at Papa & Betah's 12/11








We had Christmas dinner at Papa and Betah's.  The girls were so excited - Mallory's favorite gift was new sparkle shoes and boots and Elise's was more Little Pets.  Lane got to meet Great Grandpa for the first time.  It was very nice and the girls were very good.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Christmas Morning 12/11













The girls slept in until 7:30!  We went in to wake Lane up and she was so out of it.  The girls were so appreciative of all of the gifts that Santa brought.  Elise got the ice skating Barbie and Ken that she really wanted and Mal got a princess hula hoop that she wanted.  Their big gifts were the Leap Pads (thanks to Betah for making it possible for Santa to get those:)!

Christmas Eve In Our Matching Jammies 12/11











Our annual Christmas Eve tradition- watch Charlie Brown Christmas in our matching jammies, leave milk/cookies/magic key for Santa, off to bed.