December Fun

Josie is very excited about her Me Board for school (she calls in a knee board!)

The letter of the week was J.  So, Josie and her friend Joel created Me Boards with lots of family pics!

LOTS of fun Christmas happenings going on around here.

 

 

We made ornaments!!!

 

 

I had a great helper this year while I decorated the tree...

 

My cutie........

 

 

Children's Christmas Parade around the town square (gotta love a small town!)

 Look!  Baby Graham and Baby Reece joined us!!

 

 

 

Cousin Jack was there, too!  They loved riding their bikes!

We even got our picture made with Santa, but I forgot to download it :(

I will do that later!

 

 

 

We found Bryan and Claire, too!  Sweet friends!

 

Aww!!!  Josie LOVES Jack :)

Thanksgiving 2012

Thanksgiving week has come and gone.  I'm just a little behind :)

 

Here's my little turkey....

(When did she become such a "teenager" with that pose?!!)

 

Josie & Baby Raine

 

 

Silly cousins....

 

 

We enjoyed a  delicous dinner with Josh's family on Wed. night and then a great lunch in Jackson with my family on Thanksgiving day.  It was fun being with everyone and creating fun memories!

However, as our life goes these days, Josh was quickly back to studying for finals and this is where we found him most of the weekend (and this past week).  Finals start Monday morning (Prayers appreciated!!!)

 

Unfortunately, our little gal was sick over Thanksgiving weekend.  She finally crashed Thanksgiving afternonoon!  If you know Josie well, you know that she NEVER slows down much to nap!  So, this was a big sign that she was not her normal self :(

 

 

We are gearing up for Christmas around here!  Josie and I enjoyed a few Christmas activities this weekend while Josh was studying (I will post details soon!)

 



Halloween

 

We had  a great Halloween with our little cowgirl!!

Josie had  talked about being a cowgirl for Halloween for a LONG time!

 

 

 

 We started our Halloween out on Oct. 30 at Sugar Creek, which is where my grandmother lives.

We always love going to trick r treat there and Josie especially loves handing out candy to the other kids that come by to see Mott Mott.

 A few of our friends showed up at Sugar Creek, too!

Hooper was a very cute dinosaur!

 

 

 Cousins Addison and Raine arrived looking adorable!

 

 Mary Houston, Elise, Olivia and Josie had fun hanging out in the hallway checking out their candy!

 

 Halloween Night!!

 

 First, we went to the Methodist Church to see many of our friends from daycare! 

We were glad to see Whitt!

 

 Look out!  It's CJ, the fireman!!!

 

 Then, we headed to our church for more fun!

Lauren Raines and Josie

 

 

 Lilly and Josie

 

Ms. Vicki!!!

Nonni & Popee's Birthdays!

 

Welcome back :)  I took a long break from blogging.  There just haven't been enough hours in the day lately!  However, I'm glad to be back and I hope to keep the posts coming regularly!

 

We celebrated my parents' birthdays back in October.  Mom's birthday is Oct. 14 and Dad is Oct. 21.  They were gone on a trip with friends the week of their birthdays, but we did a belated celebration as soon as they returned!

 

We made one of our favorites.... Coke Cake and Josie made it EXTRA yummy with LOTS of sprinkles :)

 

Happy 65th, Nonni & Popee!!!!!!!!!!!



Vacay!

 

 

I had a FABULOUS week off this past week and we had so much fun!

I enjoyed spending extra time with my family and getting lots of things checked off the good 'ol never ending  to do list! 

 

 Josie & Baby Raine

 

 

 

 My "dress up diva!!"

 

 

 

 Pumpkin Patch with sweet friends

(Josie, Thomas and Whitt)

 

 

 

 Lovin' this extra time with my sweet girl!!!

 

 

 Us with Sharon, Thomas, Mary and Whitt

 

 

 Josie picked out a pumpkin for each person in her family!!!

She specifically loved the little "baby" pumpkins!

 

 

 We got to spend some fun time with the Taylor Twins!

Poor Reece was such a good sport while Josie tried to push him around in the baby carriage!

Precious Graham was smart and took a nap to avoid this torture :)

 

 

 

 We had a birthday party at our house this weekend for JJ & Granny!!!!

These two cousins were quite the party animals!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 Painting pumpkins!

 

 

 

 JJ was such a great sport to wear the birthday hat for Josie :)

 

 

 We even made extra time to cheer on Hooper at his soccer game!!!!

Maybe Josie will want to play next year....???

 

 

 

 One of our fave activities from the week.... a carriage ride in downtown Memphis!!!

 

 Oops!  This picture is out of order... more art projects!!!

 

 

 We had such a great time going to watch the Peabody ducks, a fun carriage ride through downtown Memphis and a delicious dinner at Huey's!! 

LOTS of fun memories made!!!!!!!!!!
Now, back to the daily grind........
All good things must come to an end :(

Have a great week!

Baby Raine & Slumber Party!

 

We welcomed our very first nephew into the world on Wednesday, August 29.

 

Look at this precious boy!

 

Meet Raine Whitelaw Shearon....

 

 

Josie was very excited to meet her newest cousin!

Congrats, Matthew & Shanna!

 



We were excited that this also meant that Addison (the new big sis!) could come over for a slumber party!!!  These silly girls had a blast!!

What else is a "good aunt" to do?!!?  Late night snacks :)

 



 

So.... we put these wild girls to bed at 10:00 that night and they were STILL giggling at 11:30!  ha!

So, we had to split them up and put Addison in the pack n play at the end of the bed.  They went straight to sleep (until 7:15 the next morning!)

The first slumber party was a big success!! :)