Our Lil' Cupcake Turns 2

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We had such a great time at her cupcake party yesterday. It was so much fun having friends and family over to celebrate Madalynn's birthday. We had a cupcake theme and it so fun watching Mady open all her presents. She loves all of her new toysies. Mady is constantly amazing me everyday with how much she is changing, growing, and learning.


January 12, 2011 - Happy 2nd birthday to my beautiful Madalynn! The little girl who immediately loved purses, sunglasses, tea parties, doll babies, and sparkling shoes...and who knew without being taught how to put them on the right feet! The girl whose first word was Daw Daw, the child who eats non-stop by saying, "wanna eat more mama." Who is little ..."Miss Independent" until she's not, and wants to cuddle. The child that will let you know what she wants when she wants it. Who knows when she's ready for bed will wave nite nite, and say "Uve You, and see ya in the morn." The little girl who adores her brother yet aggravates the snot out of him. Another miracle that we thought we would never have...Thank you Lord for our Madybelle and these 2 amazing years with her. What a true blessing she is to our lives.

More Snow in SC! Can you believe it!

It's hard to believe that in less than 1 month we have had snow again in SC. The first time we had snow the day after Christmas and we got 4-5 inches. Today we got maybe 2 inches and it wasn't the nice powdery kind but it was still pretty. We had today off from school and Daddy was finally able to come home, and enjoy it with us too. Dawson built a snowman while Mady walked around eating gold fish!! LOL! That child is always eating.

We have already been notified that we will also have tomorrow off from school. Guess we better live up these days because we will be missing them come Feb and March. It has been so nice enjoying this time off with the kids. We played out in the snow, rode around on the golfcart, and then finally came inside by the fire. We ate grilled cheese sandwiches, and watched movies all afternoon. We already had a shorter week having 1/2 day Thursday, and Friday and Monday off...but this week just keeps getting shorter and better. :)

Christmas Memories 2010

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It's hard to believe another Christmas has come and gone. As we put up the decorations I can't help but get a little sad. Dawson was very upset when Mr. Jingles (our elf on the shelf) had to head back to the North Pole. I tried to console him and help him understand that he will be back next year. As I did that it was like I was trying to help myself even understand. I know the holidays always fly by and it bums me out too. Christmas is my favorite time of the year. Can I say that again..it's my FAVORITE time of the year!!! :(

At least we got snow this year, which is a first ever at Christmas here (which is what I heard.) Pretty soon, we will be back to reality with our everyday lives and jobs. I am truly blessed and each day is a new blessing from our Savior! I am so thankful for all my family because they are truly my best gifts!

All Aboard!!

What a great trip we had once again to Bryson City and on "THE POLAR EXPRESS." I was expecting it be much colder Friday evening but it wasn't bad at all. The kids were very anxious to board the train and see Santa. We rode by Santa's house, saw where his reindeer live, and even where the Elve's make all the toys. I was so thankful that Mady didn't cry this time when Santa spoke to her. (She usually doesn't like men with beards). The hot chocolate and rice krispy treats were delicious. Troy and I always have just as much fun as the kids do. :) After the train ride we visited the train museum. Dawson loves to do this each time. We always have to walk through the whole thing, and push all the buttons to turn on all the displays. By now we were all pretty tired so we headed back to the cottage to watch the Polar Express movie while eating some popcorn. It was the perfect end to a perfect day. We had to cut our time short in the mountains to head back home to see our Gamecocks compete in the SEC championship game. When we went to leave though it had gotten so much colder over night. It was now 33 degrees and sleeting outside!! All we could say was BRRRRR and glad we went the night before because today in the mountains was going to be pretty cold and nasty. As we drove away, we all waved good-bye and said we will definitely be back next year.

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Kindergarten Thanksgiving Parade

My sweet little man all dressed up and making his way around the school. :)

Christmas Decorations

Okay so I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet, but we just couldn't wait to begin this holiday season. So, we decided last night to put up our Christmas tree and decorations. We have a very busy Thanksgiving week scheduled, and we wanted to be able to enjoy it and not have to rush with any of our other plans so it just made sense. The kids had a blast playing with the our new Polar Express train, and we only had one broken tree ornament. LOL!!! I just love Christmas and celebrating it!

Happy Halloween!

Seeing how we live out in the country and won't get any trick-or-treaters, we decided to take the kids to Red Bank Baptist's annual "Trunk-or-treat." Before we headed there, we made sure to stop by Mimi and Papa's for pictures. Once at church, it didn't take us long to go through all the cars, and it was so funny watching Madalynn's expressions with everyone! We loved going on the hayride but we were ready to head back to our house to play with Tucker and Riley.

Dawson and Tucker were a hit as Mario and Luigi! Madalynn and Riley were cute as can be too as a ladybug and Rapunzel. :)