Christmas Card Bloopers

They matched, they were cute, they were happy, but it just couldn't happen!

 This next one could have been cute.

So, that is how we wound up with two separate pictures on our Christmas card.

Christmas Parade

Ed and I took the boys to the Alabaster Christmas Parade.  The boys enjoyed watching the whole 2 hour parade from their Mardi Gras seat!

Santa Picture 2011

We visited Santa at the boys'  school the past Saturday.  There was no line and we got to spend a lot of time talking to Santa.  The girl taking the picture along with the other "elves" in the room were all teachers at their school so there was no hesitation on Eamon's part.  He jumped right up on Santa's lap and talked to him for about 10 minutes.  He told him what he wanted for Christmas along with a bunch of other things, including that we had just seen him at the parade on the firetruck and that MamaMarie was making stockings for him and Brady - a firetruck and a train - and that they would be ready for Christmas.  Brady was having nothing to do with the man in the red suit, so I got in the picture too!

The way to a Mama's Heart

You always hear about how to get to a woman's heart - chocolate, diamonds, etc.

Let me clue you into this....  A way to a Mama's heart is to love her kids. 

And that is just what my friends did when we met up in Anniston on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

My friends from Auburn are now spread out all over the country.  Denver, Charlotte, Nashville, Knoxville and Birmingham.  Amy Grana was in town for Thanksgiving and we had the opportunity to meet up.  She met Eamon when he was Brady's age and had never met Brady!

 One friend had the great idea to meet up at a park, which was WONDERFUL!  The kids were able to play and we were able to visit for 3 hours - try doing that in a restaurant!  

It was a great morning and...my kids were loved.

 Ashley handing out bread for the ducks.

 Trisha rationing Eamon's bread.

 Baby Snuggles!

 Eamon and his little buddy, Rowan.

 Rowan said "Eamon, we need to stay away from the water"

Rae, K, Stacy, Ali - We missed you!

Thanksgiving started with a little bit of playing in the leaves.

 And some Daddy snuggles

 Our crazy cousins from New Orleans came to visit.

 There were so many of us there, we wound up eating in 3 different rooms

 Amy's sweet potato biscuits are SOOO good!

 After dinner, Emily and Brady played for a while.

 Eamon played a little game of "Squish Ian's Face"

 Uncle Ely was found in the kitchen, coloring by himself!

 A little cousin snuggles!