Last Hike of 2008

CHRISTmas 2008

Sorry for all the post but I have been behind lately. We had a wonderful Christmas and Happy Birthday Jesus!! My mom and step dad came and stayed through the week of Christmas with us, which we had a wonderful time. We baked a Birthday cake for Jesus, sang Happy Birthday( you can see it in the video below), and had some wicked rounds of yahtzee. We made an M&M wreath and with

the weather so nice played a lot
outside. We also did our traditional eat at Waffle House on Christmas night.

We drove home the day after Christmas and stayed for a couple of days to see all the family. It was wonderful to visit with my Grandparents and the whole family. We played games, ate great food, and lifted the Lord on High!! We feel so blessed and what a wonderful year this has been with just a couple of bumps in the road. We feel so undeserving of what He has given us and are so thankful.

To see more pictures please see the Dec. photo album.

Ty's Birthday Party

We went up to Chattavegas for the weekend to celebrate Ty's 3rd Birthday. We had a wonderful time as usual and the kids really enjoyed themselves. The video is of Ty & Lula playing in the tub, they did not give us a choice because they were covered in sand from playing in the sand box.

Phoebe's Doc Appointment

So our little peanut is 18 months and had to get four shots this appointment. She was brave and did not even cry with the first two but was screaming by the next two. Pheebs is still very tall coming in at 98% and weight at about 50%. She is talking more and more every day. Everything her big sister does she wants to do it too except she is lacking the fear gene. We caught her the other day standing on top of the dining room table which is all new to us because Lula is such a cautious little thing.

The Pink Pig

Yesterday was a good day, although I still have my moments, it was great to finally get out of the house. Anthony had the great idea to take the girls to ride The Macy's Pink Pig and do some shopping... I still have to take it easy but we did have a great afternoon. Anthony has done a wonderful job at taking care of all us girls, which is no easy task.

Phoebe is talking more and more these days.... the video below is funny because she has the hardest time saying Lula, enjoy! The girls truly bring us so much happiness! =)

Tonight we have a date night and are going to dinner and a movie. I am really looking forward to it. I have updated the December album to the right too. Thanks to everyone for all the kind words, offers, and prayers. We do feel so blessed to have so many wonderful people in our life. THANK YOU!!

Thanksgiving......

We had a wonderful Thankgsiving...Praise God for a very blessed year!! We had wonderful food, great visiting with family, and safe traveling.

Lula enjoyed playing with her cousins and wore herself out...with out a nap for the entire day!

We went out to lunch with Anthony's dad and then had another afternoon lunch at my dads house. We had a surprise Birthday party for Granny Bert, turning the big 89, and a surprise baby shower for my cousin Chrissy.

We did go shopping on Black Friday but were still able to get doorbusters at 10am. So thankfully we had it easy and still got what we wanted.

Saturday we went to Alabama to my Aunts daycare to have another Thanksgiving dinner. It was so much fun and even got a dance game out so the fam got to bust out some moves. Lula fell down and got a good shinner on her eye but cousin Chloe is the one that looks unhappy in the picture. And Lula went another whole day without a nap. We were kicking Alabama redneck style by watching the game on a big screen TV with rabbit ears....too funny.

The girls were exhausted after such a crazy but fun Thanksgiving!! To see more pictures please check out the November Album.

Toys

Toy penguin for Phoebe to chew on $1....
Play room filled with various toys $3000....
Getting to ask Santa for more toys...
PRICELESS!

I have been tagged by Amy

I have tell 7 crazy things about me...........

1. I have ran a marathon pregnant, they ran out of food at the end and boy was I one mad hungry prego!
2. I use to have my belly button pierced.
3. I was a big fan of NKOTB and was excited to hear they are back. =)
4.When I watch TV I totally focus in on it and do not pay attention when people talk to me....it drives Anthony crazy.
5. Everyday I play music and the girls and I dance like crazy for as long as we can last.....I am sure my neighbors think I am crazy because the windows are open and all they hear is music and see people dancing and running around. I know they think I am running a zoo at times.
6. I have no sense of direction and it is so bad that if I venture out further than about 15 mile radius of my house I inevitably get lost and usually have to call Anthony to find my way home. It happens more times than I like.
7.I love being a stay at home mom, it is the most challenging thing I have ever done but worth every minute of it.

Playing in the leaves

Weekend

Anthony had Friday off and worked on the back deck. Lula took her tools out with him to "help" him with the project. Phoebe watched while having a snack.

Friday night we went for pizza and playtime at Monkey Joe's. The girl had a blast and worn themselves out. We came home for family movie night to watch Kung Fu Panda, which is very cute. Below are some pics and video of the action.

Saturday night my sweet husband took me out for date night and it was so nice to go out to eat and only worry about myself for a change.... =) Unfortunately Anthony had to fly out Sunday evening and is gone for the week. Lula cried when he left...it was so pitiful but we are going home to visit family this coming week and have lots of fun things planned so hopefully the week will go by fast.

One Nation Under GOD

Fun Fall Weekend

Here is a cute pic of the girls! Friday night we had family movie night and popcorn. We watched Wall-E, thanks to the Coulter's for the copy, and hung out as a family.

Lula was invited to Julia's Gymnastics Birthday Party on Saturday. The girls had so much fun as you can see from the pictures.

Then we went to Uncle Shuck's Corn Maze, Hayride, & Bonfire on Saturday evening. We went with our Sunday School and their families. We went through the maze first and realized Phoebe had lost a shoe so we tried back tracking but to no avail. Once we got out of the maze we asked the office and the shoe had been found. So then we did the hayride and roasted marshmallows by the fire. We were all tired from such a busy day.

I have updated the November Album to the right with more pictures for your veiwing pleasure.

Trick-Or-Treat

The girls had a really nice Halloween. We went Trick-or-Treating in the neighborhood and then had some neighbors over to hang out afterward around a warm fire. Thanks again to Nana for making the girls costumes, they were great! While we were trick-or-treating a little old lady down the street gave Lula a pack of cheese crackers and Lula took them out of her bag, handed them back to the lady and told her that she did not want them. I was so embarrassed but it was really funny. The lady was sweet and pulled out a Reese's and Lula was satisfied.

We went to a Halloween party at Julie's house which was really fun. We all had a good time and as you can see from the pic there were a lot of children. Thanks Julie and for that yummy spider cake because it was a big hit at church!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Have a safe and fun Halloween!!
For a little History on Halloween check out
http://www.history.com/minisite.do?content_type=Minisite_Generic&content_type_id=713&display_order=1&mini_id=1076

New Edition, Trunk or Treat, Carving pumpkins etc...

So here is Baby Masters' #3. We are very excited and feel so blessed. Baby is due May 27th 2009.

Halloween Costumes by Nana. Little Bo Peep and her little lost Sheep. They are great and a BIG THANKS TO NANA!!!

Family Pic after church.

Carving pumpkins!

Here is a video of Daddy carving with his girls.

Lula in Olympic training. So cute. I have added October Photo Album to the right so check it out.

Hilton Head Island

Hilton Head was so much fun!! We took Anthony's dad, who had never been, and the kids. We saw dolphins, light house, built sandcastles, went crabbing at night, and all you can eat buffet! It was a great trip.

Here is a video of Lula with some of the crabs we were catching. To see more pics check out the Hilton Head Album to the right.

Dinner with the Shih's, Mandy's 30th, & Visit with the Harpers

Dinner with Grant, Emily, & Megan on Friday night at a great little authentic Chinese Restaurant. In the picture below the girls are dancing while we were paying the check and yes that is Grant in the background dancing too(we can't take him anywhere)! We all went out for ice cream afterwards and it was yummy.

Mandy turns 30 in style! We all went to the Grau's shrimp boil in Chattavegas on Saturday and had a great time. Happy 30 Mandy!!!

Harper's B&B
As always we stayed with the Harpers and had a wonderful time. Thanks for letting us stay the night and getting to visit with you all. We enjoyed seeing the little ones too(Big Boy & Marley Mo).

This pic was taken about 5 minutes after we returned home. We all were exhausted! Thanks to Mamaw for keeping the kiddies overnight for us. It is always great to have a night without kids. Thanks for having a wonderful lunch cooked for us too.

Lula & Granite

Today Lula wanted to wear her rain shoes to school...it is not even cloudy but she insisted she

wear them. She looked so cute I had to take a picture.

The Granite guys finished up yesterday but Anthony stills has to do the plumbing and I still need to finish painting the cabinets white. We also want to frame out the mirrors and then we will be finished with this project.