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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

what a weirdo!






She takes after her father!

Better late than never

We had a wonderful Christmas in Atlanta with my family. Here are a few moments of the weekend.







intense game playing




Our "Happy Birthday to Jesus" cake




Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Farewell My Sweet Old Girl

We had to say goodbye to our wonderful girl today. At almost 14 years old, she was such a blessing and companion in my life for nearly 10 1/2 years. We're really sad and miss her so dearly.

During the girls' naps today, Logan and I had some doggie s'mores (if you will): Hershey kisses, mini marshmallows and dog bones. For this picture, I was holding a marshmallow on my forehead.


This next video is a repeat, but such a good one!



Sunday, January 1, 2012

Muellers came to Hotlanta

The Muellers, our dear friends from Paris, came through Atlanta for a few days and it was such a treat!!! Our kids are exactly the same ages and really loved playing together.


Working on our Advent ornaments. I downloaded an ebook called "Truth in the Tinsel" that gave us a wonderful way to daily engage in the Advent season and learn to wait and prepare for Christ's birth. On another note, Alan had just arrived home the same day from Mali. He brought us wonderful treats...dresses for the girls and a baguette and my favorite french bakery treat from Paris (he had a 8 hour layover there).

These are our homemade ornaments that we made daily with stuff from around the house

Decorating cookies....yummy!


Playing beauty parlor with the princesses while the little ones napped.

All dressed up, must have a tea party. All princesses were invited.

These girls could sit here playing for hours... two peas in a pod, if only we could live closer to each other.
Going 3 for 3 together, Sarah is due in just 3 days. I can't even imagine what the house will be like the next time we get together....6 kids 3 and under!! Apparently I didn't take any pictures of the Dads....they were there the whole time and even took all the kids for some outings to give Sarah and I some much needed time chatting over cups of tea.

Here's a sampling of the madness, I mean fun...

Gingerbread fun.....or not so much

"Oh, Mommy, this is so much fun. I love christmastime!"

Hard at work....Martha Stewart has nothing on our masterpiece!

Before we were even finished, the whole house came crumbling down....so sad.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Silent Night

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - lots more pictures to come!

Saturday, December 10, 2011