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Letter to Santa, cookies we made with Lynn and Madison, and milk all for Santa! Letter to Santa. Lacey wrote her name. I helped her with the rest of the letter.

Christmas at out house!

Michael and ChasityGracie and Cameron

Granny and Chasity

Christmas pictures

Fishing pole from pawpaw!

Lacey dancing.

Daddy and Lacey Christmas morning.

The 3 Girls!

Lacey, Madison and Ivy at the Christmas Party!

Christmas presents

From Santa: Lacey's favorite toy, the snowcone maker!Thank you to everyone for all the nice gifts. Lacey was truly blessed with gifts this Christmas.
She loves every present and couldn't wait to play with them all!

I forgot to add these pictures back to my blog. So here they are...

Just acting silly! Me and Lacey at the fair, riding the "steering wheel"

Lynn and I enjoying a Girls' Night Out in Montgomery! After a long day of shopping, it was nice to sit outside and enjoy dinner and then a movie.

Changes

Lynn and I have been rearranging pictures, columns, etc to my blog. Therefore, some things are a little out of order. If anyone knows how to move posts please advise! Otherwise look further down to see the newer posts. Those of you who are following my blog will have a ton of new post in your comments page. Sorry, trying to get things fixed.

Pumpkin Patch

Lacey, Lisa and Madison

Our trip to Niagara Falls

View from our hotel room.

Lacey and Zane at night at the fallsZane acting silly!

Us sitting in front of the American FallsThe mist gettng to Lacey!

The Maid of the Mist

The rice krispy wreaths that Lacey and I made for daycare. Lacey loved licking the bowl!Lacey wrapping presents for all of her friends at daycare.
Daycare presents.

At the mall in Dothan waiting to see Santa

Santa at the mall

Lacey giving Santa a picture she made for him.
She wasn't scared at all!

Getting ready to go see Santa!

Mommy had curlers in so I wanted curlers in too. Got to get ready for Santa!

Thanksgiving with Grandpa

Lacey with Grandpa

Thanksgiving 2008

The Weekend!

What a busy weekend we had! First of all we went to see Santa Friday night. Lacey was soooo excited. She loved seeing Santa. She stood at the side rail and just gazed at Santa waiting her turn in line. She even brought Santa a picture she had made at daycare. When it was finally her turn she ran up to Santa and hugged him with the biggest hug I have ever seen. She hopped up in his lap and told him everything she wanted for Christmas. (I took pictures, I'll add them tomorrow. I haven't taken the time to download them yet.) After seeing Santa we had to ride the Merry-Go-Round, but not with Daddy, but all by ourselves. Lacey is starting to be little Miss Independent and wants to do everything by herself. Next it was on to the escalator! What mall trip wouldn't be complete without a ride on the escalator? By this time it was 9 o'clock and our little girl was hungry for some dinner. So, we went to TGIFridays and I think she ate the most spaghetti she has ever eaten....and enjoyed every bite of it! It was all over her face. Before we even made it out of Dothan on our way to Andalusia she was down for the count! I know that was only a little family outing but it was a wonderful time just to enjoy the little things like spaghetti, the escalator and riding the Merry-Go-Round. We got to Andalusia pretty late but not too late that we couldn't make the Pancake Breakfast Saturday morning with Carolyn. (And I wonder why I gain weight, hummmm?) Once again another one of Lacey's favorite foods....pancakes with lots of syrup! Then my mother and I had to cater a wedding....that's another story another day.
Oh, I have to mention this too....Lance (Uncle Cookie, as Lacey calls him) taught Lacey all the chess pieces and how to line them up on the chess board! Amazing! But instead of calling the pawns, pawns she told me they aren't "lakes" mommy, they are "ponds". Silly me, I should have known better. What do I know about chess?
So, it was a busy but nice weekend with a lot of life's simple pleasures! I hope everyone takes the time to enjoy some of the simple things...next time you're in the mall and things are busy go ride the escalator and think of my sweet darlin!

Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving day was absolutely wonderful. I couldn't have asked for anything better. I had my husband, my daughter, my dad, MaryLynn, Ian, my mother-in-law (Carolyn), Lance, my brother and his 2 babies all over for dinner. I had prepared all the side dishes the day before so they were ready to pop in the oven...BUT....hadn't cooked the turkey. My dad said, "no problem, we'll pop it in the oven that morning and it will only need 4 hours or so to cook." Well it took about 6 and a half, but let me tell you that was the best turkey I have ever eaten. It was so tender and juicy. It was well worth the wait. I think I starved everyone before the dinner that they inhaled the food on the table. Everyone said it was delicious and I think it was for my first Thanksgiving meal. Even Lance liked it and I thought he only liked meat and french fries. After dinner we all laid around and watched tv and hung out outside with all the children. What a nice ending to a somewhat stressful day. By stressful, I mean just the anticipation. "Is it ready yet?"
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving day with their family and friends!

Thanksgiving

Well it's almost Thanksgiving and I am so excited. This will be the first time that I have ever cooked a full Thanksgiving meal from the turkey, the dressing, the veggies and the desserts! Yummy! I am going to have a full house too and I can't wait. My dad, his wife, my step brother, my brother and my neice and nephew, my mother-in-law, and my brother-in-law will all be coming to dinner. I have my grocery list ready to go shopping tomorrow and all of my recipes laid out. Lord, I just hope I have enough dishes for everything and enough patience to deal with cooking 10 different things at once. No, really, I think it will be fun and I am really looking forward to it. I do think I'm going to take Lacey to the babysitters on Wednesday because I know she will want to pull a chair up to the counter and help. She loves doing that! Well wish me luck and I hope that everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving with their family!