Thursday, December 25, 2008

Friday, December 12, 2008

Way Too Long...

.... since I updated this thing. It's not that we've been bored... Things have been crazy around here as usual, but the holidays are of course making things even nuttier. I still haven't reached my slow time of the year. Hopefully soon... No matter what, we have scheduled a vacation for the first full week in January. We're getting away just the three of us (maybe four if we decide to take Spike). I'm very much looking forward to it. I'll give you all the details after we return. For now, here are some photos and explanations. I can't include all that I have, but I'll try to show you all just a piece of everything that's occurred.





We had a wonderful visit from our friend Chris, and her kids Rayanne, Ryley, and Rheaunna. It had been way too long since we got together, and I hope we don't wait a year until the next time. We just played games and hung out all night. Relaxing and fun! Rayanne decorated Shawna with some mega blocks. Beautiful, huh??
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Remember a few months ago when I said my birds were leaving the nest? Well since then they had another set of babies, and even still they are living on the porch. I know all the babies are grown, but I think they've found a safe haven under our roof, which is fine with me.
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When my cousin Trish, her husband Jacob, and daughter Dakota came for Thanksgiving, we decided to take the girls out in the snow. They haven't had much in Memphis, and Harlie was always too little last year during our big snows. The girls couldn't move too well in all the layers of clothing (kind of like the movie "A Christmas Story") but I think they liked the snow as best they could at this point in their lives. As you can see in the above photo, Spike LOVES jumping to catch snowballs.
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The girls didn't pose too well for their photo together... neither one of them likes to sit still for more than a few seconds, and of course they couldn't make their few seconds match up! The bottom photo is Trishy and Dakota. They look alike, don't they???
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Just some of the Christmas photos I've taken of her. I have some in one more outfit that I need to process. I'll probably post them after the holiday. I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and New Year. I plan to spend as much time with my family as I possibly can.
Love you guys!