Merry Christmas!

We had a wonderful Christmas once again and hope everyone else did too! I am enjoying my time at home with the boys. The pictures are of our various Christmas activities. Wishing everyone a very happy New Year!

Christmas

We are decorated for Christmas! Actually, we have been since the day after Thanksgiving but since I'm a Facebook addict now, my blog has taken a back seat:) We have always put our tree in the dining room since we moved into our new house but this year we put it in the living room so we could have a bigger tree. However, when we put the tree up and had to manipulate it to stay up and be straight we were reminded why we stopped buying big trees. So far, it hasn't fallen. Griffin has been taking the stockings down and wearing them as socks as you can see.
I went to the holiday market Thursday night with some friends and got some more of my Christmas shopping done. I still have a lot to do though. Oh, the other picture is from the last day of school before Thanksgiving break. Griffin had to dress up as either an Indian or Pilgram. I know the feathers should have been in the front but he didn't want to wear it that way.

Deer Hunting

After many hunting adventures, Gage shot his first deer Thursday. It's a doe but it was pretty big. He was very excited but not so much about having the blood rubbed on his face. Gene insisted it was a ritual that had to be done. Gene killed a buck a couple of weeks ago. He's having it mounted and thinks it's going on our wall. I, however, have a different opinion about that.

Catching Up!

I am happy to announce that I have the internet back!!! I never realized how much I did on the computer until I had to spend a month without it at home. Anyway, I'm trying to get caught up with some pictures. Griffin and I carved the pumpkin for Halloween. As you can tell by the look on his face, he was surprised to see the inside of the pumpkin (he sees it every year but I guess he still finds it gross). He dressed up for Batman for Halloween and Gage decided to go as himself this year. The other picture is of the boys roasting marshmallows in our living room, that was so much fun. We went to the game this past weekend to watch the Gamecocks dominate Arkansas. It was a good game, just a little cooler than we expected. I don't think we'll fair so well this week against Florida.

Gene is 30!

I'm running a little behind with my blogging but Gene turned 30 on Thursday! We gave him a gun safe and a cake then we took him out to eat before Gage's baseball game. We're having a party for him next weekend. The other pictures are from last weekend when Emery spent the night with us. We took her out to eat at Sumo's and she loved it. Whenever she's around it's more like having a baby doll with us. She's never bad or whines and she does what ever you tell her to do while she just sits around and looks cute. The only problem we have is getting her to leave the slide.

Happy Birthday Griffin

Griffin turned 6 on Sunday. We had his party at our house. Griffin wanted to have it at Bounce Around but after two years in a row I decided it was time for a change. So, we rented a bounce house and did a pirate theme. It turned out really cute and Griffin said it was "the greatest birthday he's ever had". He made out his own guest list and wanted to invite his whole kindergarten class but we were able to narrow it down to his closest friends and family. The only problem we had was with the cake. He just had to have the pirate ship cake, so after searching at 4 different stores we finally found one that had the kit to make it. I ordered the cake to be picked up on the day before the party and when we woke up on Sunday morning (party day) the cake had split into three pieces. I called the grocery store in a panic and luckily they were able to make us a new cake and we picked it up to make it back home about 5 minutes before the first guests arrived. So, moral of the story is no more fancy birthday cakes for us!

Go Gamecocks!

Against my better judgement, I took Gage and Griffin to the game Thursday, which means they didn't get in the bed until after midnight on a school night. We tried to leave the game early but they insisted we stay until the end. They were so good and were having so much fun that we let them talk us into staying. They even got up when I called them on Friday morning. We took them into the stadium early and they were able to talk to some of the players and I took their picture with Ryan Succop, which is my personal favorite on the team :) They can't wait until the Georgia game.
On Friday we went to Mallory's birthday party. Griffin's birthday is Sunday and it is sooo hard to believe that my baby is going to be 6!