Christmas!

 We had a fabulous Christmas this year!  Lots of fun at our house as we remembered Jesus' birthday!

 Santa made a stop at our house and we all must have been REALLY good this year!

 Julia showing off one of her new gifts!

 I caught them hugging after they gave each other their gifts that they picked out for each other!  How sweet!

Gracie showing off her Lalaloopsy doll (her favorite gift)!

Christmas Fun!

 

We had a fun weekend of Christmas activities!  We started out on Saturday morning ringing the bell for the Salvation Army.  We had two little singers and dancers that helped to fill the kettle!

On Saturday night, we had the annual Dunagan Christmas get-together.  One of our favorite activities of the night was that we got to get "rolled" with Pappy as we became a snowman! :)

On Sunday night, we went to Memphis to the zoo to see the Zoo Lights and then over to Shelby Farms for Starry Nights.

Cute little panda bears (in lights!).

Merry Christmas from us!

Julia's SIXTH Birthday Party!

 We celebrated Julia's sixth birthday with a ballet party on Saturday.  We had a fun time learning ballet from a real ballerina and doing our own ballet moves!

 Everyone getting warmed up!

 Concentrating on getting it *just* right! :)

 Group shot of all the little girls and our sweet friend, Anne Elizabeth the ballerina!

Happy sixth birthday, sweet girl!  We love you SO much!

It's Christmas Time!

 We had one of our first Christmas events, Family Advent night at our church, last week!  There were crafts, face painting (a favorite), games with friends and we came home with our family advent wreath! We had a great time with our friends and are blessed with such a great church family!

 Gracie working very hard on decorating her cookie!

 Julia showing off her flower!

The girls made little boxes of goodies for shut ins and others that need a little "joy."  These two sweet girls are definitely my JOY this year!

American Girl High Tea (at USJ)

 We went to the High Tea with My Doll & Me at the USJ Holiday Mart on Saturday.  We met our friends Mary Payton and Eady and all shared a table with our grandmothers.  It was fun seeing all of the American Girl "dolls" at the tea and we came home with an autograph book that all of the dolls signed.

 "Emily" and Gracie pose for a pic at the tea

Julia, "Kit" and Gracie-what a fun morning to spend with some of our favorite people and characters!

Field Trip to the FARM!

 A couple of weeks ago, the USJ Kindergarten class took a trip to Donnell Century Farm, a local real working farm.  We had a beautiful fall day to explore the corn maze, play in the corn box, slide down the tube slide and of course, we took a hay ride!  Here is Julia and Mary Payton (friends since Playschool) ready to get our day started!

 Julia, Mia, and Gracie (who got a chance to go!) after playing with the water faucet duck races!

 Gracie posing on the wonderful fall day!

Mrs. Vicki's 2011/2012 Kindergarten class!  They are such a fun, sweet class and we enjoyed our day on the farm!  Thanks Donnell's for a great day, the Roys will be back next year!

Trick or Treat!

 We had a wonderful night for Trick or Treating this year!  We started early with daddy (since he was on call) and got the whole neighborhood covered in one hour.  Came back to the house and did another round with our neighbors, but don't worry, we only got candy (and lots of it) on the first round!

 Julia (Ladybug Girl) checking out her princess pumpkin

 The cutest little Bumblebee Girl and Ladybug Girl you ever saw!

 Trick or Treat!

"T" girls (Gracie, Madeline, Julia and Corinne), plus Emily (pink crayon)

We had our best Halloween and it was SO much fun! We are so thankful to live on such a great street with lots of fun friends and neighbors!  The children all had so much fun together!

Playschool Halloween

 Gracie got to dress up at Playschool this week for Halloween!  She was the cutest little Bumblebee Girl there!

 Our friend Tucker was a bug catcher (ha!) so this was perfect with Gracie's bumblebee costume!

Sweet smile from a sweet girl!

Fall Party

 We took a little trip to the Falcon Ridge farm right outside of Bolivar last Sunday for Daddy's fall work party.  Of course, with it being October, the girls wanted to wear their Halloween costumes!  So, Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Girl flew in for the party!

 Cutest little Bumblebee!

 Checking in on the goats at the petting zoo!

 What's a fall party without a cotton field picture!?!?

Pumpkin Patch 2011

 We made our annual trip up to Green Acres Pumpkin Patch last Friday and had fun picking out and playing in and out of the aisles of all the wonderful pumpkins!

 Julia ready to go pick out some cute fall pumpkins

 She's got her wagon and is ready to go!

 Gracie being silly (as always!)

Hmm.....do we have enough?

 Daddy and his girls with our stash of pumpkins!  We always have a great time and love the beginning of fall and the cooler weather!

My Big Back Yard!

We took a little day trip over to the Botanic Gardens in Memphis on Labor Day and explored My Big Back Yard.  The weather was absolutely gorgeous when we got there so we had lots of fun exploring all the fun things!

 Gracie in the "tree house." Both girls loved playing with all the fun little houses, ponds, and swings!

We even got a chance to feed the Koi fish over near the Japanese gardens.  Of course, we had to stop for a picture in the bamboo!  What a fun little trip, we will have to do it again soon!

Rebel Football!

Well, it's finally here-Rebel football time! We may not have won the game, but we had a fun time in the Grove with the band, cheerleaders, and tailgating! The cutest little Rebel cheerleaders (Julia & Gracie) were hanging out in our tent!
Ready for the Rebelettes with our "shiny" pom poms!
Our friend Miss Suzanne came to visit us in the Grove! She just started Ole Miss as a freshman in the fall! Doesn't she look so good in Ole Miss red?
What a cute pair of Rebel cheerleaders! :)