Christmas 2011...

 Christmas 2011 was amazing!!  Avery enjoyed everything from opening gifts, baking cookies and waking up in the morning looking for our adopted elf "Jack".  Santa visited us in Georgia first and then we traveled to WV to visit our family and Santa made another stop Christmas morning at pap pap and mimi's house.  Christmas brought several milestones...Avery got her ears pierced, my mom retired from her job after 14 years and for once we were not rushed. We had a shopping day with Aunt Jenn and was able to spend time with her without being in a rush!  We love you pap pap, mimi and aunt Jenn!!!

 Our Tree after Santa left...

 My favorite picture...she ask for rain boots and a Jessie doll (from Toy Story)

 Avery and Mimi at Mimi's retirement...

 Avery took a ride in the State Farm car...

 Rolling pin ready for cookies...

 I LOVE this picture...Avery's hands and my mom's hands...PRICELESS!

 

 Cookies for Santa...Avery told us Santa needed coke and milk to drink and then she licked Santa's choc. chip cookie.  LOVE IT .  My little southern girl gotta leave Santa coke to drink.

Pap Pap made breakfast Christmas morning...reindeer pancakes.  Thanks Pap Pap.

 Avery helped everyone open their gifts... helping Pap Pap and Mimi...

 Our best gift of ALL!

 So tired after opening all those Christmas gifts...time to take a nap!

Went to Uncle T's and Granty's house Christmas night. Avery just had to sit on Uncle T's new bike. 

 Her is a picture of Avery in her new pj's with her matching baby doll.  This also shows her new earrings...she now has her ears pierced...growing up so fast. : (

 We also had fun with our elf "Jack"...her are just a few pictures of where we found Jack.  Great tradition to start!

Santa Visit 2011...

Avery visited Santa last night.  We had the opportunity to spend a family evening out last night at The Oaks Golf Course.  The Oaks Hosted a Christmas Extravaganza benefiting The Miracle League of Newton County. We had a fun night decorating Christmas cookies, giving Santa our Christmas list, (not a word spoken by Avery : ) we enjoyed a hayride through the golf course looking at lights and even roasted marshmallows. Last year Avery wanted nothing to do with Santa and Phillip told her she didn't have to go see Santa if she didn't want to, so we didn't go last year (broke my heart).  This year Avery tells us everyday I want to go see "Ho Ho" so she finally seen "Ho Ho" and didn't make a sound until we walked away and she told him "Merry Christmas". 

 This picture cracks me up...Phillip handed her to these guys and she never moved.

 Making cookies...Avery loves M&M's and as you can see she put one on each corner of her star cookie.

 Roasting marshmallows. 

I had to add this second picture with Santa...look at her face...she won't look at Santa but she will look at him out of the corner of he eyes.  LOVE IT!!!!

  Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and lets all remember what Christmas is really about...

"For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given: and The Government shall be upon His Shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty GOD, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of His Government and peace there shall be no end, upon the Throne of David, and upon His Kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will perform this"
(Isaiah 9:6-7).

Christmas Play NBC 2011...

This video was taken during our last play rehearsal...sorry for the ending.  

Our Newton Baptist Angels...

Angels waiting patiently for there turn...

This was Avery's first Christmas Play and she had a blast. Avery had 3 parts in the play...she started as a airplane flying through the church and then she came up on stage to stand with Phillip and I to help us out.  Last you can see she was a BEAUTIFUL angel. 

Christmas Is In The Air...

I just love this picture...I remember this memory with my daddy and now Avery is making the same memory with her daddy...Priceless!!!  Christmas is getting close and we are getting excited about going to WV to spend Christmas with our family.  We are now excited to have our new elf "Jack" as part of our Christmas season.  Jack is so exciting, we get up in the morning to see where he will be sitting, he is very creative.  I will have more pictures to post soon!!!

Thanksgiving 2011...

I am a little behind on Thanksgiving pictures...sorry.  We celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday with Phillip's family and then again on Friday with our adopted Georgia family.  I took this first picture of my sweet baby girl on Thanksgiving morning, I am so thankful for her, I just can not imagine my life without her in it.  We have so many things to be thankful for everyday of our life...thankful for my family in WV and for my family in GA.  I am thankful for the most precious church family, they are such a blessing.  I thank God for a wonderful husband...I am one lucky girl.  I am thankful that Jesus Christ is my Lord and Saviour.  I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!

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 Thanksgiving morning...SO thankful for this sweet smile everyday of my life!

 Avery and Kate...This was at Phillip's aunt Virginia's.  We had a great time with family. 

 We celebrated at David and Margaret's on Friday and we had the best day...we had a hayride, we rode 4 wheelers, go carts and even rode the tractor.  GREAT DAY!!!!

 Avery and Mary (gigi) on the 4 wheeler

 Riding the go cart...

 Blessed and Thankful for family and friends!!!  Now it's time to get ready for Christmas...WV here we come!!!!

Jump In The Crinkly Leaves...

 Phillip raked leaves last week and you know we had to jump in them.  Avery loves the leaves and she loves to be daddy's little helper.  Love, Love, Love the first picture!!!  

 This picture is so sweet...Avery and her daddy laying in the leaves laughing !!!   Priceless moments!!!

Halloween 2011...

 Avery carved a pumpkin as you can see on the back Phillip let her draw the face (he drew on the other side to make a jack o lantern ) then she took the insides out. 

 I love her face on this picture. : )

 We had our fall festival at Newton Baptist and as you can see Avery is Princess Cinderella

 We had goats and hayrides at our fall festival...Avery had a blast!!!!

 On Halloween night we took Avery to a church nearby to trunk or treat

 THE PRINCESS is exhausted!!!  Thank goodness for OUR Prince he can carry her!!!!