Saturday, December 24, 2011

Christmas 2011


Be warned!  There are tons of pictures ahead!!

Christmas Eve is always held at our house with all the family.  I look forward to it and stress about it every year.  It stresses me out having that many people in our house but it always ends up being a great time and I've never heard anyone complain about being cramped or miserable :).  Even if we wanted to switch it around our very traditionalist daughter wants it at our house forever.  I actually really do enjoy having everyone there.

 I love to look back at the pictures of our Christmas Eve celebrations.  They're so bright and cheery. 




Home Alone pose...





Cousins...


Home Alone...


Roller coaster...


Me and my sis DD...


Maclaine, Aubrey, and Donovan...


My younger sister's family...

My older sister's family....




Dad and Lin


Mom and George


Paulette and John









G and Aubrey...


G and Mallory...



G and Barnaby...


Granny and Clainey....


Grandma Paulette and Clainey


Self portrait of us....





Getting ready to roast marshmallows...


Clainey, Aubrey, and Donovan...







Me and my girl...


Me and my momma...


Happy Birthday Jesus...




Christmas Morning



Good Mornin' Sunshine!  Merry Christmas!!!

Santa always leaves a thank you note for the cookies and tells her what a good girl she's been...



Checking out all the stocking stuffers...




Calendar






Money...


More money...






Guess what?  More money...




She got a computer and is totally shocked...



and happy...





The stash...



My homemade gift from Clainey...


Can you say, DUCKTAPE!!!


Grammie Lin and Papa Fred come back by Christmas morning...


She got a robe that she wanted....



and money...



I love this picture of my dad!  I wish I could remember why he was laughing...





Thanks everyone for the gifts and the memories!!!


Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

Thanksgiving 2011 was spent in Tucson at my Dad and Lin's house.  It ended up being a beautiful day and dad and Lin were gracious to open their home to not only us but also to a couple people that Lin knows from work.  It was a fabulous day!



All the cousins were together so we took the opportunity to try to get some pictures of everyone...














My sister Jamie and her Ellie girl....







Donovan and Liam...


My dad and baby Nolan...

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Fun at the Mayberry's 2011

I'm pretty sure these pictures were taken at Donovan's birthday party.  





Granny with Clainey and Aubrey



G with the girls


Trying to get a picture of everyone is not always easy

Holy Cow!  Everyone is looking!



Birthday boy!









Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween 2011


Halloween's are getting a little more different every year.  It used to be, we would go trick-or-treating with all the cousins.  We have a lot of fun memories doing that.  This year (2011) was the first year that I really starting feeling a little sad that things were changing.  The big kids are wanting to hang-out with their friends, which is totally understandable, and the littler ones (Maclaine) still wants to keep the traditions going.  She's so funny that way.  Once she feels like there is a tradition, it's there to stay.


This particular year, we went trick-or-treating with one of her karate friends, I didn't get any great pictures of the two of them so I didn't post them.


Maclaine dressed up as Little Red RidingHood....








Another thing that we've done every year is make sure we get pictures with Maclaine and her best friend, Delani.  




And of course, we had to get a few of them being their crazy selves....