Tis the season!

Hannah as Mary in the church play ;)

Christmas fun

The Big Disney Reveal...??!!

THE BIG DISNEY REVEAL.......... was not so "big" :).  They were surprised but it wasn't the all exciting, yipping, and hollerin' type of reaction I thought we'd get. LOL! It all started sinking in as we packed up to leave the hotel in GA.

This is how it all began...as a lie! ha! A white lie though, don't you say? 

We told the kids that we were going to the beach with Mimi (my mom) and Aunt LaLa (my sister) to celebrate Mom's retirement, Laura's birthday and Hannah's birthday.  We told them we were going to a "different beach" and staying in a hotel. What beach? Well "Georgia Beach" of course. :)  We picked up Hannah up early from school and picked up Mom and La and got on the road to GA.

We woke up and went down to breakfast in the hotel. As we were eating, Jon said he had to "get something out of the van", and went and picked up the "surprise box" I had wrapped up & packed for them for the reveal. He put it in the hotel room and came back downstairs.  We all went up the elevator together back to the room. Here is the video of what happened. You may need to turn it up loud to hear. They were super quiet.

Fours class doodles by Ethan!

So proud of my Ethan's hard work in the Four Year Old Preschool Class. This is big because we don't get to see much of this at home; protests around us. Amazing what a little change in environment will persuade a child to try! I'm not used to a child not wanting to draw or write or not have any interest in it! So...we are very happy and proud of our lil E for working so hard! Yay! And a lot of sighs of relief from his mama-teacher who couldn't figure out how much he knew because of his protesting. ;)

Some summer videos...

Hula-hoop contest at the beginning of summer pool party! She is awesome, what can I say! Takes after her mother in her hooping skills. ha!

My sweet lil boy...tried to sneak up on him while he was "supposed to be sleeping". I got caught at the end. LOL....I just wanted to remember what it sounded like while he was playing on his own. Lots of imagination these days!!

Hannah dancin...enjoy!

Summer highlights...

I have fallen behind on my posts! (Shocker!) But here is an attempt to catch you up on our summer events in a picture montage!They are most certainly not in order and I may add some more later as I find them :) Enjoy!!!

Sleeping in and snuggling time! 

Merry Go Round fun!

 Puddle walkin!

Cousin time with Cate!

Ethan is all boy!

Fourth of July in Franklin! Fireworks!

Being silly!

Mimi brought us hats from Dallas!

 Mommy did the Electric Run with her awesome bestie Ashleigh!

Reptile Adventures at the Library

Hannah, my artist, had so much fun drawing and creating this summer!

We had construction on our street...the boys were lovin it!

Fun dressing up Jessie. 

Sidewalk chalk!

 Parking lot with ABC's for Ethan, made by mommy!

 Camping out (in the pouring rain) at Papas house.

Mimi joined us for "Dress like a Cow Day at Chick-fil-a!

Roller skating with Mommy

 Fishing with Ty, Eli and Mrs. Tina 

 Spraygrounds at the park with the Reeder boys

Bike riding...

 Cardboard house makin...

 New pet fishies..."Wave" and "Blue"...update Wave met his maker :( 

Soccer camp at the YMCA!

Pool fun!

 Movies and Krispy Kreme with Colton, Brylie and Mrs. Stefani

American Girl Doll Camp with Madelynn, Hannah's bestie

 Chickfila, sundaes!!!!

Found out Hannah is allergic to horses....sad day for her but a day she enjoyed up until the allergies kicked in. Poor girl!

 More gymnastics for my flexible crazy girl!

 Ethan's 4th Birthday!

Most fun toy of the summer for Ethan...besides his trucks/tractors of course...

 Spend the night with Maddy and Kalli