Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Fun with the Mill's

Friday night we went to the Mill's home to watch the Bama game and to hang out with some friends. It was a lot of fun, as always with them! We were happy Randy and Mandy joined us, too! Lily Grace loves spending time with Ty. He is a good bit older than her but she adores him. He is the cutest little boy. And she does everything he does! He got a Wii for Christmas- SO MUCH FUN!!! I really want one now! I wish I would have took pictures on the characters he created for us. Lily Grace's was precious! Thank y'all for inviting us! We love y'all!
Every little think Ty did, she did it, too.


She thought the Wii was neat, too. Ty would say, "Could you move please."
Playing with Mr. Randy and Mrs. Mandy
Me and Heather
Cowgirl

I was pretty good at bowling but horrible at tennis. It was really hard and I was even sore the next morning! HA!
How sweet!
Morgan had some friends over and Lily Grace decided it was girl time and went to sit with them in her room.

Happy New Year!

New Year's Day we went to Cullman to spend the afternoon with the James family. Brandi cooked all the New Year traditional food. It was a delicious dinner. Thank you for inviting us! I think it is so great to get the kids together as much as possible! A wonderful way to start the new year off. I hope you all had a blessed first day of the year!

Braiden got the ride and bounce pony that is interactive with the television. Lily Grace really like riding it.

Awwww!





It took her a while to learn how to bounce up and down. She finally got it!!

Marty and I had a great time playing with Madi and Brennon's new games. Madi got a playstation and we danced a lot on the dance mat game. And Brennon got an XBox 360. Marty got to play football games with him. Thank you all for a great time! Love y'all tons!

A Day with Uncle Ripp

Last Tuesday, we went to visit Uncle Ripp. It was a great day! It is a very long trip but it is very worth it! He is such a great man and I wish we could see him more. This Thursday is actually his 87th birthday, so Happy Birthday Uncle Ripp!!! We love you more than you know!

It was very surprising when Lily Grace went to Jeff, Uncle Ripp's son!


Lily Grace loves her Pop!

Lily Grace made Uncle Ripp laugh all day!
She kept carrying this candle around and thought it was a crayon. She kept saying "colorererer".
We love to eat at the River went we go visit. It is neat to watch the big boats go by and they have delicious slaw and catfish! Lily Grace loved seeing the big boat. She kept waving at the man on it and he waved back to her. She liked that a lot.

What a wonderful day with family! We missed Marty, Kirsten and Tucker. Hope you all can go with us next time!

Outside Fun

Lily Grace is really enjoying her four wheeler! She loves playing outside and now she has a new toy to play with! In the pictures it looks like her hair is blowing in the wind. How cute!





Danni Kate

We finally got to meet Danni Kate! With Lily Grace being sick there for a while, we didn't want to go see her and chance getting her sick. Finally we were all well and we went for a visit.
Holley and Rodney, she is beautiful!!! We are so happy for y'all and so glad she is now home and healthy. We love y'all!



Lily Grace's Weekend in Berry

The weekend Lily Grace went to stay in Berry, my family all went over to the club for lunch. I wish we could have been there! I know it was great food and it looks like they had lots of fun! Thank you Angie and Kendra for the pictures!


Granddaddy the Cook (one of the best!)

Lily Grace and Ben playing together

All the gals
All the boys

Day After Christmas

The day after Christmas we of course went shopping with Grandmommy. Then she came down to see all the goodies Lily Grace got for Christmas. Then she took Lily Grace back home with her for the weekend! It was so nice. Thank you Grandmommy! Marty and I got to spend some time together and have a "date day" in Prattville all day Saturday. We got to eat out, shop and watch a movie. It was wonderful but we still really missed Lily Grace!

Lily Grace loves her dancing Brobee. She thinks he is so funny and she doesn't get mad at him like she does at Elmo!

Christmas Afternoon

After the movie, we went to spend the night in Berry. We finally got to do Christmas with my family! Lily Grace got a Barbie four wheeler from them! She loved it! She did not want to get off to open the rest of her presents. We should have saved the four wheeler for last! She knew exactly what to do and it was her first time to ride a "motorized" vehicle. She would push the button and fly. It was too cute!

Checking her new ride out

Thank you Grandmommy for my new four wheeler! I love it!


Aunt Kirsten gave her a Doodle Pro. She loves to draw, so this was perfect! She is busy writing away here.


Look what she wrote! WOW!! hehe Thank you Aunt Kirsten!
A new hat! Yea!!

Thank you Pop and Grandmommy for everything! The painting is gorgeous hanging in our bedroom! And we love the Auburn and Alabama platters and all the extra goodies and stocking stuffers! Y'all mean so much to us! We love you all!

Christmas Lunch

For lunch on Christmas day we always go to Uncle Joe and Aunt Margaret's house for lunch with the extended James family. There were quite a few that could not make it this year and we missed them all! Lily Grace really had a fun time playing with Micah and Heidi. They are such cuties! Lunch was delicious and the company was great. Wish we could see you all more often!

After lunch, Lily Grace was so tired she fell asleep before we were out of Brent to go meet Grandmommy in Tuscaloosa! And she hardly ever sleeps in the car!


We go see a movie every Christmas with my family. Grandmommy, Aunt Kirsten and Tucker met us there. It is always a fun tradition. While I was growing up, we were about the only people at the theaters on Christmas day. The past few years, it seems more and more people are starting to do it. This year the theater was packed!

Christmas Morning

This year Christmas was lots of fun! Lily Grace was so excited and it was such a blessing seeing her that way! It was definitely the best Christmas we have ever had! And we know each year will be even better than the last.

Santa was extra good to us this year!

Lily Grace loved all her Y0 Gabba Gabba toys!


She got a basketball from Daddy. As soon as she opened it she said, "Catch Daddy!" How sweet!

She loves playing with her new kitchen! And you can see she got a Tickle Me Elmo in the picture above. We think he is hilarious to watch but Lily Grace gets so upset when he falls down. She keeps saying "Uh-oh!!" and tries to pick him back up but he won't stay up and it makes her so mad. Too funny!
Taking a rest from all the playing!
She loved her tent. She sat in there for about 15 minutes. It gave Daddy and Mommy time to open their presents. It was great!
Peek-a-boo
We are so blessed! It was such a special time for us to be together. It was truly wonderful! Lily Grace's favorites were her new beebees (that is what she calls her babies), kitchen, Yo Gabba Gabba collection, tent, and more colorererers and books. Mommy's favorite was her new embroidery machine!! I was so excited and had NO clue I was getting one! So 'Do It Cute' will have a new line of products soon! I also loved my Willow Tree figurines, my clothes and pj's, new cell phone and pink camera. Marty always does so good and too much! Daddy's favorites were his new suit, dress shirts and ties, and very pretty watch. It was so much fun and a time we will never forget!