Christmas 2011

We had another wonderful Christmas. We left around 10am on Christmas Eve and met Great Grandma at the Pizza Inn in Pittsburg for lunch and then headed on to Daingerfield to Great Granny's house.

We unloaded all the presents and then took a little rest before dinner and church.

My usual self portrait.

Anne realizes Santa is coming tonight!

Anne and her stilts.

Thank you Sofia and Emily for my very own Baby Moby!

Mom on her new bike.
Anne offered to let her borrow her helmet.

Uncle Jay sent Abby a Baby Alive.

She was excited!

Anne's Tangled wig

Great Granny breaking into her presents

The Mystery Crew

Anne's first painting on real canvas.

We headed home Christmas evening to meet Gran at our house for a little more fun!

We ended the day with a family movie night (How to Train a Dragon.)

It was a wonderful Christmas!

Christmas Cookies with the Johnsonss

Ashley invited the girls over to make Christmas cookies.

THEY HAD A BALL!

Anne could have made cookies all day long and she has decided to open her own bakery.

I got to have some one on one time with baby Lauren.

Thank You Ashley!

Winter in the Park 2011

We made it to another Winter in the Park.

The girls had a fun time this year. Abby still isn't quite tall enough to go down the snow slide, but she did get to ride the ponies.

Getting ready for a snowball fight.



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Anne's Christmas Palooza

I am the

ROOM MOM

for Anne's class.
It seemed like a good idea at the time.

Actually it hasn't been to bad. Once I figured out what to do for her class Christmas party it was pretty smooth sailing thanks to the help from my mom and my former second grade teacher. Quite a few parents came and helped and the kids had a blast. Here are a few pics from the festivities.

We had lots of Christmas goodies thanks to our generous parents.

The Craft

The Dream Team

Merry Christmas!

Abby's Christmas Party 2011

The Christmas party at Abby's school is pretty low key compared to their Thanksgiving Feast. I dropped in to take a few picks before I had to be at Anne's Christmas Palooza. It was lots of fun to watch the kids interact.

Notice the choke hold Christian has on Van. He is supposed to be hugging him and cheering him up. Abby is giving him a nice pat on the back. She loves Van.

Guess who?

This is Anne's rendition of a popular president from the past. She has never actually seen a picture of him, but after listening to some Adventure's in Odyssey episodes this is what she produced.

Who do you think it is?

Sylvania Family Chirstmas

This year was the first time Anne was old enough to participate in the children's Christmas choir at our church and boy did she love it!

Here are a few clips from her big performance.


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Thanksgving 2011

We started off our Thanksgiving holiday with a little Gran time.

We had our big meal at Great Grandma's house.

Anne caught two fish!

We ate turkey not fish.

I didn't really cut the turkey, just posed.

Anne Abby loved petting Semi.

Anne is carrying on the olive finger tradition Cousin Allison!

A little tryptophan nap.