Christmas Parties and Mother's Day Out Program

This past week was full of fun things. Ty had his Mother's Day Out Christmas Program at Church on Tuesday, and Emma had her Christmas School Party on Friday. We had a blast at both of them!

Emma's teacher, Mrs. Nance, talking to the class.

Emma working on a craft.

Ty singing loud and proud at his program.

All of Emma's younger life I loved putting bows in her hair, but this year I was quite perturbed at the bow in the little girls hair right in front of Ty--it kept covering him up :)

The Best Christmas Present of ALL!!!

Saturday night we were given tickets to a Christmas musical at a local church. The youth minister had given Jeff tickets at a youth ministers meeting and I had heard it was really good, so we decided to go as a family--I am so glad we did! The whole musical was about a little girl and at the end she asked Jesus into her heart. After the pastor came up and led everyone in a prayer, Emma asked Jeff if she said that prayer would Jesus be in her heart. Jeff said, " Well you know that you're a sinner and that Jesus died on the cross for you and rose again, the only thing you haven't wanted to do is make Him boss of your life (we have talked about this alot at home), are you ready to make Him the boss?" Emma said yes and Jeff said, " ok we can talk about it more at home." Emma said, " No, I want to do it right now." So right there during the offering Jeff got to lead Emma to the Lord. WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR HER. She was so excited about it and has decided to get baptized next Sunday. She told one of her friends about it on the way to school and then her teacher told me she told her about first thing this morning. What a great gift, a long prayed for and awaited gift.

I posted this pic b/c it was the only one I took at the musical--they had live camels--although now that doesn't even compare to how the night ended!!!

Christmas Lights--Mississippi Style

This past Friday we all loaded into the van with the kids in their jammies and hot chocolate in hand. We went to go look at a few lights that we had heard about and boy some of them were very interesting!! The first house we went to, the yard was FILLED with blow ups and lights, They probably had over a hundred blow ups just in their front yard!! The second house was the last pic and was beautifully done. The middle pic and our last house of the night (after we looked at Graceland) was a house that had lights programmed to music on a radio station that they had posted in their yard!!! They've done this for years and even had traffic officers to help with the crowd. It was a fun family night.

In the van before we left

House with at least 100 blowups

House with radio lights

Beautifully done yard!

Little Gym Award Night

Last Thursday was award night at the Little Gym for Ty. They showed us everything they had learned about Football, Basketball, Soccer, and Bowling. At the end they received a medal and had a medal ceremony--it was too cute!! Ty was so proud.

Thanksgiving, Decorating the Tree, and Visiting Santa

For Thanksgiving this year my parents got to come in town and we had so much fun. Wednesday night we went and visited Santa, and then Thursday we had Thanksgiving lunch, took naps and then went to the movies. After the movies we got our tree out and decorated it. The next morning (after going to bed at midnight) my mom and I got up at 3:45AM to go hit the sales. We went to Penney's at 4:00, then stood in line at Circuit City until 5:00 then went to Target and stood in line until it opened at 6:00. We did get great deals and we had a blast making memories!!!

Emma's Field Trip to the Enchanted Forest

Emma had a field trip right before Thanksgiving to a place called the Pink Palace and at this time of year they have an area called the Enchanted Forest. We got to watch an IMAX movie called "Santa vs the Snoman" and go through the Forest, where there were all different kinds of decorated trees, gingerbread houses, and Santa at the end. This isn't Emma's whole class, but the ones we were walking around with.

Boots--the best kind of dog to have!!!

This dog is the best kind of dog you could ever have! It's actually our neighbor's dog and most days, when he hears us come out back to play, he'll crawl under the fence--hole made by a mole grrrr :( and then plays with the kids for a while. He even can fit under our gate and when we're out front he'll come around to play there too. He's great b/c we don't have to feed him, or take him to the vet, or any other dog duties, just play!! Last night was actually hilarious though---Ty was playing his drums in his room right before bed and after he quit, he and Jeff were praying before bedtime. As they're praying Jeff hears boots right outside of Ty's window barking b/c of the drums. Ty's bedroom is not even on the same side of the house as boots, but he heard it and came to tell us about it. Crazy, and a little scary that Ty's drums are so loud that you can hear them outside on the other side of our house!!!