Christmas 2012

The boys had a great Christmas! I hosted my family this year at my house. First we went to our church for Christmas Eve service and communion, then home to cook, eat, watch Christmas Vacation, and open presents! On Christmas day we journeyed to Selma to spend time with some of Jamie's family, stopped in Lownesboro to pick up Rebecca and Caroline, then headed to Opelika to meet my parents, grandfather, john and amii, and mark and haley! Had a great time and we dodged tornadoes on our way back to Tuscaloosa that night! (praise the Lord we made it safely home) Then we all played for the next two days before I had to go back to work for a day.. boo! The weekend met us with a trip to Pine Hill to Jamie's parents, grandmother, and Jason, Crisi, and Bailey. Another great time! We've had a great holiday celebrating with family!   WARNING: LOTS OF PICTURES!!

 This is my present!

Church Christmas Programs!

Both boys participated in our church programs for Christmas this year! They both did wonderfully! Eric even volunteered to be a Shepherd... so proud of him for stepping up and taking a part!
The Preschool Choir performed first and they did an excellent job with their songs! JE smiled so big and was so excited to be on stage!

 

 

The Children's Choir presented "The Christmas Cupcake"  They did a great job with it!

 

 

I just noticed that both my boys seem to be surrounded by girls... hmm... should I be worried?

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Eric's 8th Birthday Campout

Eric has been planning his birthday for nearly a year now... since joining cub scouts he has wanted a scout themed party, so we started planning a party. Initially I thought we would have a sleep over, but that didn't happen. Instead we planned a back yard camping event, complete with tent, campfire, hot dogs, and smores!

The building of the fire pit!!

"yea, I'm 8"

Look out world, he's armed and ready to go!