Bambi

The day after Christmas I woke up early and went on a shopping trip with some friends. We were in search of some good bargains. Found a few, but not many. David and the girls stayed home and started taking down the Christmas decorations. When I got home a little after lunch, the girls were begging to go mud riding on the 4-wheeler. So around 3:00 we got dressed in some old clothes and headed out to the fields. David grabs his gun and said,"I just know we are going to see a deer." I thought "Yeah, as excited as Bailey and Payton are, you really think they are going to be quiet enough to see a deer." At around almost dark we pulled into a little spot and about 2 minutes of sitting there, we see a deer, and it just happened to be Bambi. She was looking straight at us, so of course David couldn't wait for the "big one" to come out, cause the girls were a little tired of being quiet!! It was a fun ride home with an extra passenger. But we sure are going to have some good meals in the weeks to come.

Christmas Fun!!!!

Such a busy Christmas week. Santa of course was way to good to the girls, but Christmas morning was such much fun!!! We then were off to my mom's and had Christmas with my family. The afternoon ended with a family trip to Oxford with cousins. We have so many things to be thankful for this holiday season and I have been so blessed with family and friends to spend the holidays with. I must admit I am ready to get back to a little routine in my life. I do enjoy the busy times, but I really love the routine life.

Christmas at Nanny and Papaw Richs'

Oh, how fun was Christmas Eve-Eve!!! Each year on the 23rd (which is David's birthday also) we have Christmas with David's family. Each year it seems to get bigger, next year we will add one more. The kids are in full swing and having a ball. We grilled steaks out and even had a birthday cake for David. The adults played dirty santa and the kids opened several gifts. Then we spend about 30 minutes making sure that we get all the photos taken that we need to.

Here Comes Santa!!!

May your Christmas Holiday be filled with Blessings from Above!!! Hope Santa is good to you and your family!!!

Ready for Christmas

Singing at the Christmas Program at Church

Bailey and Tristan at the bowling alley

Bailey and Payton with Papaw Jay

David and Chris and their dad


Christmas has been BUSY,BUSY, BUSY!!!! Between parties, shopping, baking and wrapping presents---I am ready for some quiet time!!! Do you think I will get that anytime soon? We have been in full Christmas mode this past week. Bailey had a dirty santa ornament swap with several of her friends the other night, we took Bailey and her 'boyfriend' Tristan to eat and bowling. They exchanged presents and had so much fun, of course Payton tagged along with us. We had the children's Christmas program Sunday night at church. They did GREAT and even had a visit from Santa. We had David's dad over for supper last night and spent some time with him. The girls are waiting for Santa and the excitement is building at our house---YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!!!!

Pajama Fun

Each Christmas I buy Bailey and Payton new Christmas Pajamas to take pictures in front of our tree for Christmas Cards. Of course this year we used Disney pictures for our family Christmas cards. But I still had to take some photos of Bailey and Payton in their PJ's. Bailey is getting a little too old for these photos, but she went ahead and did them, only because they weren't being used for Christmas Cards. I guess next year I will have to think of something different for our cards, I did use a beach photo one year, maybe that will work for next year.

Christmas Parade Fun

The church put a float in the Christmas Parade this year, and we have a great time. We even had a Jesus with an Ole Miss ear wrap. I asked the girls after the parade if the liked watching the parade or being in the parade better. Of course the Yelled---BEING IN THE PARADE!!! It was really cold this morning but we bundled up and by the end of the day, we were shedding some clothes. Bailey was Mary and Payton was a shepard. We saw alot of friends along the parade route and the girls made a great memory of the Christmas season. Thanks Ms. B for all your hard work in getting the float together, it looked great!!!

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas

The girls have been begging to put up our Christmas tree. We always put it up the day after Thanksgiving, but since I was in Atlanta it took a little while longer. We started Sunday when I got home and finally finished. I decided to let the girls have their own trees in their room this year--instead of putting their ornaments on a tree in the sunroom. They were so excited!! Each year they get to pick out an ornament they like, this year they got ornaments from Disney--Payton had Mickey playing soccer and Bailey had Minnie as a cheerleader. They were hardly concerned with decorating our big tree, but they finally decided to help just a little. Since I shopped in Atlanta this past weekend, we even have presents under the tree!! The Christmas spirit is in the air at our home.

Operation Christmas Child

What a great way to start off the holiday season. I went to Atlanta this past weekend with 8 girls from my church to work at the Operation Christmas Child warehouse. We worked on the shoeboxes that different groups had sent in to send to children in different countries. In Atlanta the shoeboxes are going to India and two countries in Africia. Having a part in knowing that your hands have helped in making a child's Christmas is such a rewarding blessing. It really makes you realize just how blessed you are. My girls have more than they can imagine. We are just trying to think of things to get them for Christmas and these children in these countries are excited over toothpaste and a bar of soap. We also spent the weekend Christmas shopping and went to see the movie "Four Christmases"----GREAT movie. We laughed until we cried. We all enjoyed the weekend and received such a blessing in what we did.