Christmas Pictures

Okay, here are the only pics I got before my camera went dead. We really had a good Christmas. Hope yours was good as well.

Krysten and Kaitlyn in their Christmas dresses.

Krysten in her Christmas dress.

Kaitlyn in her Christmas dress.

A quick family pic.

Kaitlyn stopped for a moment to take a picture. I can never catch her standing still.

Krysten is so photogenic!! She loves to pose.

Santa's gifts! Kaitlyn's barbie was actually taller than she was. It is hilarious to watch her try to carry it around. Krysten got her Nintendo DS.

Kaitlyn loves playing on my computer. She is so smart! On starfall.com, she can actually play the alphabet games. It is so fun to watch her. She just laughs at the little cartoons.

Krysten playing on her laptop (well, mine, but I gave it to her for her new room). She will sit and play on it all day long if I don't stop her. I bookmarked 7 different educational games websites.

Internet Withdrawals

I have been without internet for a week now because I had my computer switched to my bedroom. The cable guy just showed up today to "activate the outlet" in my room. My camera went dead after my first picture of the girls on Christmas Eve, so all I have is one picture of them in their outfits. The rest will come as hard copies when we return to school. I have ALOT to catch you up on in the Townsend Soap Opera. I think I'll email you and let you know. That will save a lot of time once we return to school. See you soon

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Thanksgiving night, we spent the night with MeMe and PaPaw Bud so that mama could go shopping for Black Friday. PaPaw read me Curious George....


and then I read it to him.


Black Friday afternoon, the girls knew what awaited them. On the day after Thanksgiving, we always put out our Christmas decorations. Believe it or not, the girls decorated ALL by themselves this year. They put most of the decorations out. All I did was help them reach the high areas once they told me where to put it, and I helped them set the table. It was so fun explaining each of their ornaments and watching them hang them on the tree. So, here are the pic s of their decorations that they are so proud of...

The bathroom cabinet


Bathroom cabinet and top of potty


Kaitlyn sat perfectly still and loved the story of Jesus' birth. I explained who each person represented in the manger scene were. Her favorite character was the donkey.


Krysten's and Kaitlyn's stockings


We stopped for a moment to pose for a shot.


Our Tree!!!


We even hung ornaments on the lamps.


Our card holder

Santa: He says "May the magic of Christmas live in your hearts"

Our Christmas afkin

Kitchen window

Light up tree in the kitchen

Over the stove

Our table

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a time for new beginnings in our family. Despite everything that's going on, the girls had a great time visiting relatives. Here are a few shots of them.

Cassie and Kaitlyn eating with their babies.


Aunt Dana and Kaitlyn


Aunt Mel and Krysten


Aunt Mel and Kaitlyn


Just us girls


Krysten modeling the new Thanksgiving dress that MeMe made. MeMe delivered it to our house at 3:00 a.m. that morning when she finished sewing it, so she could wear it to her Thanksgiving Day Luncheon at school.

Time-Out

Kaitlyn did the funniest thing this morning on the way to daycare. I started singing with the radio and she yells from the back seat..."No! Stop singing!" I said "You're such a meanie. You're a meanie weanie". She laughed and said "I'm not a meanine weanie, You're in time out." So I acted like I was throwing a fit and crying and said "Waah, I don't want to be in time out!". She said "No, stop crying!" It was just too cute. I guess she hears it enough that she knows how to boss it. heheh

Miscellaneous Pics

Since I'm just now beginning to blog, I thought I'd catch you up on some recent photos. From here on out everything will be in date order.

Krysten on her dad's new Harley Sportster


Krysten with her dad

Kaitlyn on her bike. She was scared to get on daddy's bike.

Kaitlyn and Nana

Just some miscellaneous photos of me. These are actually the only two pictures I have of me I think. I'm constantly taking pictures of everybody else.

Me hosting my sister's housewarming.

This one was taken around 10pm one night.

Halloween 2008

My mom made the outfits. They were too cute. The girls actually made some pretty good pictures at the Pumpkin Patch this year.

Krysten - age 7

Krysten and Kaitlyn

Pumpkin Patch photos

Me, Krysten, Kaitlyn, my sister-in-law Dana, her husband Adam, and their kids Luke and Cassie. Dana and I are cousins by birth, we married brothers, and our kids are now double-first cousins. Kinda-cool. We go to pumpkin patch every year together to take pics. It's our tradition.