The James Family: A Train Ride and Visit with Santa

Our Story

Marty and I met on a blind date September 27th, 2004 and it was love at first site! Shortly afterwards we were engaged in February and married on July 2nd, 2005. We live in Brent. We are the proud parents of Lily Grace and Cooper Preston. LG was born on May 8th, 2007 at 12:16 p.m. She weighed 7lbs. 14 ozs. and was 20 inches long. Cooper was born on October 11th, 2009 at 6:10 a.m. He weighed 9 lbs. 4 oz. and was 21 inches long. We have been blessed! About Peyton: My parents are Debbie and Randy Deavours (Grandmommy and Pop), Sister Kirsten, Brother Skyler, Nephew Tucker. My hometown is Berry, Al. I graduated from the University of Alabama in May 2007 with a BS in Elementary Education but as of now I have the best job in the world, a stay at home mommy! I also have a liitle business out of my house where I create and sell personalized gifts and invitations. See my website! About Marty: My parents are Dexine and Preston James (Grandmama and Granddaddy) and Brother Pat. Sister-in-law Brandi, niece Madilyn, and nephews Brennon and Braiden. My hometown is Brent, Al. I graduated from The U of A in 1999 with a BS in MIS with a Minor in CS. Also from Shelton State I have an AS in Business Administration and AS in Drafting Technology. I work as a Computer Office Manager at Scott Davis Timber Company. I really love my job. More about us: We are the luckiest people in the world because we have each other, the sweetest babies, a wonderful and loving family, and great friends. And we love our church family from Northport Church of Christ. We love life or our little paradise we have made together.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

A Train Ride and Visit with Santa

Posted by The James Family at 2:48 PM

December 20th, Marty and I took the kids to see Santa after church. Santa didn't come until 1:00 but we lined up around 12, thank goodness!! The line behind us was soooo long! It wasn't easy waiting so long for Santa. Lily Grace was so anxious and Cooper got really upset once but finally feel asleep. To keep Lily Grace busy, I took her to ride the train and let her write Santa few letters. She was so excited to see Santa and when we asked her what she was going to ask Santa for, she would say "A truck!". (I don't know where that came from.) But as soon as we passed through the gate, LG went hysterical! She flipped out, screaming and crying and would NOT even touch Santa. As you can see in the picture, Marty and I had to take the picture with the kids and LG is trying her best to get as far from Santa as she can by trying to rip off my clothes, ha! It was one of those very awkward family moments. It was crazy!!! And I promise, the picture they took (and we spent money on - ugh) was much worse than this one with my camera. As soon as we left Santa, LG was perfectly fine and Cooper woke up smiling, AHHHHH! But it was very interesting, a great laugh, and a memory we will have forever.

Before Santa - LG really enjoyed the train. We got it all to ourselves. It was very embarrassing when it ended though and I had to pull her from the train while she was holding on to the door with all her might!