We are Living in a Material World....

and I am a (30 year old) material girl. My cousin Erin and I got to celebrate our 30th in style... we were born just a few weeks apart in January of 1980.... so it seemed only natural for our respective spouses to throw us a rockin' 80's bash. We sang karaoke....we drank Bartles and James. Thanks Brice and Blair for the awesome party!

Two Children and a Wedding

Porter and Riley were honored to be the ring bearer and flower girl in our dear friend's wedding. Haley and Will are such a beautiful couple and they had quite the lovely wedding. I may be a bit biased, but her wedding party was exceptionally good looking. Porter's dance moves earned him the name "Soul Man"... Lizzie relished her role as the "princess of the wedding" and Riley can tell you exactly how many petals she dropped. Success.

Fa la la

Our Christmas was filled with miracles... snow in Mississippi in December, and Santa somehow located Zhu Zhu Pets despite the drastic shortage nationwide. Sure hope he didn't pay those e-bay prices! Merry Christmas!

Thanks..

to Riley for being such a good Indian in her program,to Aunt Katie for the adorable hats,and for taking lots of pictures like these...

and to Porter for learning to play his DS upside down, and to KK and Poppy for the beautiful house we all got to stay in for Thanksgiving so we could all be together and take family photos like these!

Thankful

for these two...

You sunk my battleship!

Ask any kid in den 11 and they'll tell you that 1/2 the reason they wanted to be a cub scout this year was to get the chance to spend the night on the USS Alabama in Mobile. So, when Brice couldn't go because of a previously scheduled trip, Poppy came to the rescue! None of us may fully understand the joys Poppy experienced sleeping on a cot suspended from the ceiling on a WWII era navy battleship with 70 first and second grade boys.... we'll let him share those memories when he's fully recovered and emotionally ready to tell his story. But until then, thank you Poppy for giving of your time and energy! Porter will never forget it!