War Eagle!!!

A BIG War Eagle to the Auburn Nation from Tampa FL! It was so awesome to watch our Tigers win the National Championship against Oregon on Monday night. It was a bit of a sacrifice as we stayed up till 1:30am, but such an exciting game! Definitely not how we would have predicted it playing out, except for us winning in the end! Down here in Tampa we've been getting congratulated from people all over, even random folks in the grocery store, like we did something ourselves to win. We just tell them War Eagle!! :) We may just leave our 8 foot inflatable Aubie in the front yard till next season!

Thank goodness this football season lasted so long so I coul get out my "AU Baby" shirt so I can say I wore it with all 3 babies!

Cruising into the New Year

One New Year's Eve day we took a little cruise out into the Bay on dad's boat. It was a beautiful sunny day with just enough breeze to keep us cool, but now enough to rock the boat too much. It was a relaxing day on the water, snacking, spending time together and enjoying the beautiful place where we live.

If my children don't grow up to LOVE the open water, it's not from lack of exposure! They are both "boat babies" and Lincoln is still talking about "taking the boat on the water with Grandad". I can't wait till they're old enough to swim, fish and get to experience the water more than just riding on it!

It was a sweet way to end an amazing year for us, and hopefully will set the tone for 2011- smooth sailing! :) We can just pray and wait to see what the Lord will do this year! Happy New Year to you all!

Christmas 2010

What a fun and full Christmas we had this year! It was so great to be in our own home and get to start new traditions here. As we got the house decorated, Georgia was a little worried about the bareness under our tree- "we need some presents under our tree, mommy" she told me. (At least she didn't say SHE needed presents under the tree!) Well, Santa, family and friends came thru for her and our kids were thoroughly spoiled and blessed by their bounty of gifts! They've spent the days since Christmas morning exploring and discovering all their new treasures- ALL across the house! ;) Thank you to all who made our Christmas so much fun! It was a true celebration of our Savior's birthday in our home, and we hope in yours as well!

I have about a million pictures, and won't post all million, but put up as many favorites as I can, so this post may be a bit long!

Our little gingerbread house

Stockings hung with care...

St Nicholas was here! They found Lincoln's tool bench first, which kept them occupied long enough for mommy & daddy to get breakfast in the oven!

Then on to the rest of the surprises...

Lincoln kept going back and just wanting to play- there was a loose screw under here to fix!

MORE tools!!

A new princess to love- Beauty & the Beast.

An Auburn cheerleader for Georgia!

Making sure Grammie can get her presents open.

Ohhh! A Cinderella princess dress!!

BOOTS!!! (And she hasn't taken them OFF since this moment!)

All my cars!! (A clear favorite this year. They go everywhere with him- all 57 of them!)

So we really love this new truck to load them into!

Georgia got a giant Barbie dollhouse from Nana & Papa! "Wow!!" she said as we uncovered it!

Little brother's gotten to play with it too...

he thinks his truck likes taking a nap in there!

Georgia got a new rug for her room from Grammie & Grandad- perfect since the dollhouse now sits about where she is in this picture!

Enjoying a FL Christmas with sunny weather and short sleeves! No white Christmas down here!

Then it was on to Grammie & Grandad's to unwrap the goodies under their tree!

These noisy noisemakers from Grammie! The lawn tools will have to stay outside!!

Christmas night we had a fabulous dinner prepared by Grammie and got to share even more presents with Uncle Wes & Aunt Jen since Jen worked at the hospital all day. To end our fun day we sang Happy Birthday to Jesus and had (cheese)cake!! The kids truly enjoyed celebrating this special Birthday, and we loved having such a great day with loved ones. Merry Christmas!