Snow Day!

We had a snow day on Thursday...well sort of.  By 2:00 p.m. the sun was shining, the temperature was 42 degrees and almost all the snow had melted.  But, the kids got a day out of school and had fun during the morning hours playing it.  This is my kind of snow day!  :-)  By tomorrow, all will be back to normal!

The best part of getting snow...snow ice cream!  We found some good, clean snow and mixed it with milk, sugar and vanilla extract.  It was yummy!

Our backyard looked like this...

The kids had fun having snow ball fights.  Even Roxy joined in on the fun! :-)

Lately

Cole started basketball last week and seems to be enjoying it.  I think soccer is his favorite sport so far, but we continue to let him play them all.  Team sports are so good for kids so I like for him to be involved in all of them that he wants...for now anyway! :-)

On Wednesday we met some friends at the mall for a little playtime.   Hayden and Logan riding the overpriced, cheesy rides in the mall.  :-)

Then it was off to the jump place.  Our mall is not a very good one, but it does at least have a bounce house place.  And when it has rained everyday for a week, this is a great place to get energy out!

Having fun...so much fun that all the pictures are blurry because he wouldn't be still!

Then it was off to Krispy Kreme!  These are some lucky kids!  My friend Jessica had a bunch of coupons for free donuts that were about to expire and we didn't want them to go to waste.  :-)

 And yes, I eat the same kind of donut as my 4 year old son...chocolate icing with sprinkles!  Crosby and I really enjoyed it...and so did Cole!

We have a had a fun week despite the crummy weather!

Crosby's baby shower celebration

Last Saturday, the 12th, two of my sweet friends (Jen and Amanda) hosted a baby shower for Mr. Crosby.  I was so blessed to have so many show up to celebrate him and I am so thankful!

Cole being silly as I took a picture before I left.  31 weeks...

They did a brunch (I love breakfast food!) and everything was so good!  

The theme was Alabama...hence the houndstooth and some of the decor.

Me with the hostesses, Amanda and Jen.

Misty and Francis came down for the shower and I am so glad they did!  I loved having some family there to celebrate with!

My sweet neighbor (and good friend!) Jennifer and her daughter Chloe.  Cole and Chloe are BFF.  :-)

Me with Misty and Francis.

The gifts!  Crosby racked up on some super cute things and lots of new books courtesy of the guests!

Jayne (my neighbor), Amanda (my neighbor and hostess) and Kelly.

And me opening some of my things...

Chanie was so sweet and got me a gift too! I love the houndstooth wallet.

Reading through This Little Elephant.  Such a cute book!  My friends know me well because Crosby received alot of Alabama goodies.  

Love this sign (ignore my facial expressions!).

And he got a fun Jumperoo and froggy bouncer.

The shower really was a special day and reminded me just how blessed I am.  We are anxiously counting down the weeks until we get to meet Crosby.

Happy New Year!

We really lived it up on New Years Eve (insert sarcasm here)!  Jonathan and the neighbor went and bought some fireworks and the kids had fun shooting them.  Poor Roxy was traumatized from all the noise that she wouldn't even go outside to potty!

Eating a PBJ before the festivities begin.

The boys all bundled up.

Cole and Chloe having fun with the sparklers. 

Messing with the fire...like father, like son.

About to roast a marshmallow.

Cole's BFF Chloe.

We had a few close calls with the fireworks, but we all came out unscathed.  :-)  None of us made it up to midnight, but then again, we never do!  

Here's to a great 2013 as we await the arrival of baby Crosby!

Christmas 2012

We started our Christmas festivities with a visit on Christmas Eve from my mom, stepdad, little sister Courtney, older sister Stephanie, her husband Jay and their three kids, plus my dad.  We did this last year too and it worked out great so we kept it up for this year.  

I made a big lunch with the traditional Christmas food and we all ate and hung out. It was really a great time!

Cole and Aunt Courtney.  He is a little crazy about her!  :-)

Cole and my dad after lunch.

Let the present chaos begin!

He loved his dragon from Grandmommy.

My mom and her girls.

My family left Christmas Eve evening then it was time to get ready for bed so Santa could come!

And he did come!

Jonathan's present to Cole.  I wasn't overly involved in the purchase of this, but Cole was excited!

Cole got his first gun...a Red Ryder.

He is into Power Rangers right now so he was excited about his book.

Ready to go for a quick ride before getting ready to head to Alabama.

It was so nice to be in our home on Christmas morning, but also get to be with family too.  We left about 10am and headed to Jonathan's parents to spend the day/night with them.  

Cole with his Aunt Misty and Uncle Josh.

The three (or really 4!) of us!

Happy boy!  He had such a thankful heart on Christmas day which was really a blessing to Jonathan and I.  

The movie Brave and a cool new football.

Where is Roxy?  :-)

More cool toys!

We had such a great Christmas with family and most importantly celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ.  We have so many blessings to be thankful for and it is my prayer that I never take those blessings for granted or forget to give God the glory for them!

Seeing Santa

I'm playing catch up on the blog, but since this is my scrapbook I don't want to miss anything. :-)

The week before Christmas Cole and I headed to Tupelo with a friend and her two boys so the kids could play at Chuck-E-Cheese and then see Santa at the mall.

Having fun playing.

The mall in Tupelo has a nice indoor play area so we let the boys run around before seeing Santa.  

Silly boys...Cole with brothers Hayden and Logan.

Sitting with the man in red.

We sure had fun time with friends!