Christmas - Part 2 (The Lomaxes)

We went down to Mississippi to spend Christmas weekend with the Lomaxes (Granny, Dandaddy, Kelly, Suzanne, Will and Katie). Katie (above with girls) will be a Lomax in April when we go down to Florida for their wedding, but she made the trip so we include her as an "honorary" aunt for a few more months! It sure was fun to have EVERYONE together at the same time at Granny and Dandaddy's house!
Will, the future groom with the girls
The boys (and their wives, almost Katie!!!) with Julia and Gracie. Presents were opened after this picture so it got a little wild-definitely the calm before the storm!

Christmas - Part 1 (The Roys)

We had Christmas with the Roys (Neena, Pappy, Sara Nan, and Adam and Mel) on the day before Christmas Eve. We had lots of presents to open and entertained ourselves with dancing (a MUST for Julia)!
Showing off her Christmas ("I am SO excited that it's Christmas") dance!
Posing for a pic with Neena with the snowman plate that they picked out at Macy's for her! Stay tuned for more - next up, Christmas with the Lomaxes!

Polar Express

We took a little trip this weekend to Chattanooga to ride the Polar Express. We put on our jammies, got on the train on Sunday night and headed to the North Pole to see Santa and his workshop. The girls were just a *little* excited!
Santa hopped on the train car and got our last minute additions to our Christmas lists!
We assured him that we had been *very* good this year!
After our train ride, we slept in a train car and we even got tucked in by two of Santa's elves! We are now ready for Christmas and can hardly wait for Christmas Eve!

Playschool Christmas

Today was Playschool Christmas program day (as well as Julia's REAL birthday). Both sets (MWF and TTH) of Playschool children were at the program today so there were 96 two, three and four year olds and they all did GREAT! Here are some picture highlights of our children! Julia was happy to see us in the crowd!
Gracie was a great performer for her first Playschool program! She is getting ready to ring her bells for "Jingle Bells"
We stopped for a picture with Mrs. Penny before everyone had to leave. Wish we could have made some pics with some of our other favorite teachers, but there were people everywhere!
Santa even came at the end for the party! We made sure that he had our most updated Christmas lists! Hopefully he will make a stop at our house this year-we've been mostly good!!!! :)

Playschool Birthday Celebration

Julia's actual birthday (12/15) will be Christmas party day so she got to celebrate early at Playschool with birthday snacks. She got a cute sticker to wear all day, the children all sang to her and she even got a cute little "certificate" from the teachers to celebrate!

She and one of her best buds, Meredith, from 3 years of Playschool both got to celebrate their birthdays together! Their birthdays are just a week apart! Happy birthday sweet girls!
Posing with Mrs. Penny and the "Happy Birthday" sign that they get to put their birthday number on! We love us some Playschool and are so glad that we got to celebrate with all of our friends and Playschool teachers!

Birthday Girl is FIVE!

Julia had her FIFTH birthday party on Saturday and we had a great time! We invited all of our friends to bring their favorite doll and we had an "American Girl" style tea party! Even though it was cold and rainy outside, everyone was warm with wishes and fun inside!
Birthday girl hard at work on her crafts!
Little sister posing with her doll-thanks Neena for the matching dresses for the babies!
Cute pic of all the girls at our house (yes, the babies are our girls too)! Julia gets a whole week of birthday celebration so stay tuned for more pics of the celebrations!

Storytime with Santa

We got a chance to go see Santa at the Bank of Jackson on Tuesday! He made a visit to check up on the boys and girls and to read them "Twas the Night before Christmas" while he was there! The girls enjoyed seeing him and visiting with their friends! I thought that this picture was adorable of Julia and her friend Andrew-they are getting ready to hug!!! :)
Letting Santa know all that we want for Christmas!
Sweet girls listening to the story from Santa and his helpers. Merry Christmas everyone!

Rebel Football

Well, it was a really tough season, but we sure did have a fun time down in Oxford on game weekends! The girls are great cheerleaders and dancers and made lots of new friends with the Rebelettes and Rebel cheerleaders this year! I have a feeling that we will have two little girls that are going to grow up wanting to be a Rebelette or Rebel cheerleader! :)

Enjoying some time playing on the stage (their FAVORITE activity) before the Rebelettes performed!

Where we spent most of our day on Saturdays in Oxford!

Julia cheering for the team as they run onto the field! This girl really got into it before the season was over! :)

Thanksgiving Day!

What I am THANKFUL for! These two beautiful girls!

Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! We sure did-we got a chance to be with BOTH sides of our family (we missed YOU, Will and Katie) and enjoyed just all being together!

Thanksgiving Feast 2010

Thanksgiving time must mean one thing - it's Thanksgiving feast time at Playschool! Julia really had her heart set on being a Pilgrim girl this year since she was a little Indian last year! Wouldn't you know, the teachers have a system in place and her group (4 year olds) all got to be Pilgrims! Such the cutest little Pilgrim girl, I think!

All the little Pilgrims sitting around the campfire across from their Indian friends! Notice ALL the little Pilgrim girl hats and the TWO Pilgrim boys!!! :)

Julia minus the Pilgrim hat-back to school time!!!!

Ole Miss Homecoming Weekend

We made a trip down to Oxford last weekend for Ole Miss homecoming. We missed Daddy (he had to work on Saturday), but had a great weekend watching parades, cheering with the cheerleaders and getting an Ole Miss WIN! Those are harder to come by this year, but we still have fun on our trips!

Gracie waiting on the Square for the parade to start

We got a chance to cheer with the cheerleaders at the end of the parade! What a treat!

Gracie takes her cheering with the Rebelettes SERIOUSLY!

Zoo Boo!

We went the Memphis Zoo last weekend to their annual Zoo Boo and had a great time trick-or-treating with all of the animals! All dressed up and ready to go!

Ryan, Gracie and Julia with the "tooth fairy" lion at the entrance of the zoo!

Hanging out with the gorilla "Spiderman"

And with the polka dotted alligator! We sure did have a great time and will definitely have to do it again in the future!

Punkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago and had gorgeous fall weather! What a fun day to enjoy and get our pumpkins that we will carve for Halloween! Pose for the camera sweet sisters!

With the pumpkin "man" and pumpkin "lady! :)

Look at all the pumkins that we got!

Sharing our stash with Daddy!