Photo Shoot

We had a few minutes to spare before church this morning (Imagine that!?!), so I had the girls pose for a few pics. They thought they looked like rock stars...I just thought they were pretty darn cute - even if they are mine!

Karsyn thinks that if she's "modeling" she has to have a serious face -- she's just a mess!

Great Idea

This was such a great idea - I had to share!

Email for Kids

I just set up accounts for my girls. I think I will print them every year and add them to the back of our family scrapbook. I know how much they love to hear stories about themselves now and I can only imagine how special it will be to them to have letters from their family to look back on.

New Years Day

We had a low-key, but fun New Years Eve at our house. We had 5 girls (8 and under) and 1 boy over. They were all super sweet and had so much fun!

This was the best attempt we had at a group picture!

The girls slept in until 10 AM on New Years Day (a record for us!) and we just laid low the rest of the day. It was super cold! We ordered pizza for dinner and then put Lamar's new fire pit to work. We roasted marshmellows and then came in for hot chocolate. The girls were way more interested in lighting the marshmellows on fire than eating them!

Both of the girls have an interesting fashion sense when we're at home. They know what matches and always match when we're out in public, but when we're home...all bets are off!! You'll notice in the pictures that Karsyn is wearing a princess gown with piggy pj bottoms--it's usually worse!

I have no intentional resolutions for 2011. I've never been good at following through and like most people, I give them up quickly. I have done a few things so far though that I'm happy to be doing so well with. No matter how tired I am, the girls lunches are packed the night before and I try to pick out their clothes the night before too. Our mornings have gone so much better because of those 2 little things! It's lasted 2+ weeks so far and I'm hoping to keep it up.

I'm looking forward to seeing what 2011 holds for our family!

96 Years YOUNG!

After Christmas, we celebrated December/January birthdays with Lamar's family. Most significant is Grandmommy Jane - she is turning 96 years YOUNG on January 8th!!! We took family pictures with her to celebrate this milestone. 5 grandchildren were missing and 4 great-grandchildren were missing, but it was still a great turnout! I'm so thankful for the memories that we made over the break!!!

Christmas Morning

We often travel before or after Christmas Day, but we decided a few years ago that we would always be home for Christmas morning. We have a few neat traditions with the girls...Santa's "Magic Snow" (baking powder and Lamar's giant shoes) and PJs from Santa are just a few.

I had a BIG surprise on Christmas morning. Lamar got me a new fancy camera - a Nikon D3000!!! I was shocked to get it! These are just a few of the 300ish pictures I took over our Christmas celebrations.

Santa brought Landrie a art studio (easel) and Karsyn a digital camera which suited them both perfectly!

We also let the girls shop for each other and for us this year. Lamar took Karsyn to pick out a gift for me and Landrie. And I took Landrie to do the same for Lamar and Karsyn. Karsyn picked out a dress and a bracelet for me and a game for Landrie. Landrie gave Karsyn a Barbie and Ken doll and sunglasses and picked out Ghostbusters 1 & 2 for Lamar. I think that will be a new tradition for us too! Next year we'll switch kids though.

We had such a fun Christmas this year and I hope you did too! I can't believe our break is over! Before too long it will be Spring Break!