Christmas 2011

We had a great Christmas this year! I didn't get out of school until Wed, December 21 so we weren't able to get down there too early to be with family. Luckily, Papa came and got the kids the weekend before I got out of school and the kids were able to go be with their grandparents for several days without mom and dad, they LOVE that!

We celebrated with all of our family, like every year! On Christmas Eve we go over to grandma's for dinner and gifts...love getting to see all of our extended family there! Christmas morning we were woken up at 5 am by a very anxious little girl, she couldn't wait to see if Santa had come! Michael, the kids and I got up to see if Santa had come, and yes he had! The kids loved their gifts from Santa! We let Papa and KK sleep in, although I know they heard us in the living room! We went to church at Coolidge, it was a very sweet service, then back to the Keown's for lunch and gifts with KK, Papa, Matthew, Christina and Colt. We enjoy that time as well!

After naps, because we were all tired we trekked over to my dad's house where we ate dinner and gifts again with them. The kids love going over there to see their Uncle Chandler!

We really had a great Christmas! God has blessed us this year and I look forward to seeing how he will use us this year!
  

Carrie and Bralyn at Grandma's Christmas Eve

Look what Santa brought!

Opening gifts from mom and dad

Legos

A Fijit friend

Grandaddy with Carrie and Andrew

Our Christmas Tree 2011

We were finally able to put our tree up this weekend! With basketball season in full swing our lives revolve around when there is practice and games. Michael didn't have to be anywhere until Saturday afternoon so we went and picked out a tree Saturday and decorated it on Sunday afternoon. I wasn't really in the mood to decorate for Christmas, but once we got everything out I felt better!
Carrie was really into decorating the tree this year. She wanted to know the stories behind ornaments and I enjoyed telling her about the different ornaments. We have so many ornaments, and most of them have a story behind them. One tradition Michael and I began when we were dating was getting each other an ornament each Christmas that represented something that happened during the year and we do that with our kids as well. We have accumulated a lot of ornaments over the years! Some of my favorite ornaments are ones that we got when we got married. I also love remembering why I gave the kids certain ornaments, brings back memories!
I do love this time of year...I love the meaning of Christmas and spending time with family!
  

Andrew hanging ornaments

Carrie

Our beautiful tree

My sweet babies in front of our tree

Love these two!

Celebrating Jesus' Resurrection

We had a great Easter! The kids woke up to find Easter baskets left by the Easter Bunny filled with a few pieces of candy...Carrie got finger nail polish and fake nails, and Andrew got Buzz light year plus some baseball cards.
After checking out the Easter Baskets we got ready and went to church where we had a good worship service! After church we went and celebrated Easter and my 30th birthday at our good friends, Steve and Kathy Meadows' home. The kids had a blast playing with Seth and Luke and hunting eggs.
After a short nap, Carrie and I went up to Ms. Ginny's house for more egg hunting! We had a great day together with friends and family!
We did miss our family back in Thomas County, but we know they all had a great Easter as well!
God is so good to us, thank you Lord, for your son Jesus!
 
 

Look what the Easter bunny brought!

Carrie and Andrew

Mommy and Carrie

My handsome Andrew

Mommy and Andrew

My beautiful, Carrie

Mommy and Carrie

My sweet children!

My silly husband and son picking their noses!

I love my babies!

Michael and Carrie, and Andrew being silly

Giving Daddy and big hug

One of my favorites

The kids table

Kathy had a beautiful table spread

The Keown and Meadows children

Christmas Pictures

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! We traveled south and had Christmas with family! On Christmas Eve, like each year, we went over to Michael's Grandma's house to be with extended family! It's always a blast to be with the aunts, uncles and cousins!

Christmas morning we woke up to find what Santa left for the kids at KK and Papa's house. They were so excited to see what he had brought for them!
After lunch we headed to my dad's house for more Christmas festivities! We had a great time being with my family too!
It was a busy day, but we made some great memories!

Getting ready to open presents

Michael and me

Carrie got some Junie B. Jones books for Christmas

My sweet girl and me

My handsome boy and me

Christmas morning

Our future GA Bulldog

Chandler with his girlfriend, Bonnie

My younger brother and me

Kristy and Alyse passing out the gifts

Our Christmas Tree

Carrie is so excited about Christmas

My precious babies had a blast putting the tree up!

They can't wait!

They love each other!

Halloween Happenings

For Halloween we went to a friend's house for a Halloween Party. We had a blast! The kids got to wear their costumes, we got to fellowship with friends and then the best thing of all, they got to go on a hayride to trick or treat! Man did they get some candy!
The kids loved it and we had a great time too!

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Carrie dressed up as Jessie from Toy Story

Andrew dressed up as Optimus Prime....the only reason was because the costume was "COOL"