A Savior is Born...Christmas Day!!

Thank you God for the greatest gift in the world...your only Son.   Christmas Day we celebrate YOU!!
Which is exactly what we did!!
With our precious girls....

With our families...

And with our Angels...

"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." -Isaiah 9:6

Love,

Melissa

Christmas Eve

We had a perfect Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.  I was so excited for this Christmas...It was so much fun sharing the magic of Christmas with our two sweet girls.  Briley is at such a fun age and really gets it.  I love the holidays!!
We started Christmas Eve off with our Children's program at church.   Here is our little ham singing during the preschool choir part.  

I love working for our church and I had a blast putting this program together...but I was glad for Candlelight service to start because it meant the children's program was over ;)  It was a great program!!  All the kids did so good even after missing a rehearsal because of the ice.
My sweet Delaney Hope

This was the best picture I got of the 3 of us girls.  Briley was over pictures if you can't tell!!

Our church's candlelight service was packed and absolutely beautiful this year!!

After church we headed to my Grandaddy and Granny Nell's.  My Mom had a BIG surprise coming her way at their house!!

A sweet baby pug named Lucy!!  She has been wanting one for a LONG time and my Dad finally made it happen.  Lucy and Briley are already best friends!!

Love this picture of my Mom and her girls!!
After Grandaddy and Granny Nell's we came home, put on our Christmas PJ's, and set out cookies and milk for Santa.

And he did NOT disappoint!

Stay tuned for our Christmas Day post!!
Love, Melissa

Halloween 2012

We had a fun and PACKED Halloween day!! We started the morning off with getting ready for preschool and Briley's costume parade.  They were able to wear their costumes for the parade and Briley was so excited.

  We were able to come to the parade and she was SO excited to see us.  I was a little worried how she would do when we left but she walked right back into her classroom.

 She was done taking pictures by Halloween night!!  She was ready for trick or treating!!

 She asked her Auntie to be Tinkerbell awhile back and of course her Auntie did not disappoint!!

  Cousin Logan came to see us!!

 Briley's favorite part was passing out candy...unless you were scary, then she wanted nothing to do with you!!

We were glad Papa and Auntie came to celebrate and we missed Gigi, Pa, and Mega.  Gigi was sick :(

Love my sweet family!!

 Experiencing a holiday through a child's eyes is SO fun!!  Can't wait for Christmas this year!!

~Melissa

Fireworks and Family :)

On the 3rd our subdivision put on its own firework display so we had family out for burgers and to watch the "booms" as B calls them :)

(Somewhere between cooking and hanging out with family my eye swelled up randomly...not sure what from but please ignore the no makeup and weird eye...lol.)

We have had family out every year to see these fireworks since B was born...

I LOVE keeping traditions like this :)
~Melissa