What We Love About Sundays

Every Sunday we head to this place.  Not many people know about it.  It's not hidden.  It's not far away.  It's just a quiet, unoccupied place that we visit often.  One day, we'll be there more often.  But for now, we visit.  When we go, we always take Maddie and Maisy.  This past Sunday, others joined us.  Berkley brought Hansel and we were watching Jake for my mom, so he came along too.  Boy did they have a great time!

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Maisy, Jake, and Hansel ran and ran..
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While Maddie stayed beside me and begged for me to hold her..
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Berkley burned off some energy too..
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And they were all happy puppies when we left!.
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Who Needs a Baby Gate?

When you have this...That's right- a laundry basket!
Maisy had a hard time figuring out how to get out of our laundry basket. The sad thing is, she can jump four feet in the air! She's just not smart enough to figure it out.That is, until Maddie decided to taunt her... Then, she quickly figured the whole thing out...

Brittaney

Hockey, Snow, and Prayers

This has been a busy week! I feel like I haven't stopped since we returned home from Atlanta Sunday night. I am definately going to enjoy this long weekend by resting a lot!

Tuesday, our school went on a field trip to the Cottonmouths game. The kids loved it and I always enjoy a good field trip!Gavin was nice enough to help chaperone. Who am I kidding- Gavin pass up a hockey game? Yeah, right!
I've also been working on these this week:
I decided to experiment with these onesies, and they turned out pretty good. I think this is going to be my gift of choice for all of my friends' kids.

In other news, my long weekend was made even longer by this:

That's right- snow! It started snowing Friday morning, so we were dismissed from school at 12:30. I rushed home to throw on my snow clothes and play.
The dogs were too funny in the snow. Maddie kept grunting and growling at us for making her stay out in it.
But, Maisy absolutely loved it!
Wait- was there an extra dog in that picture? Yes, we are also dog sitting Daisy for Beth and Brett this week while they are at Disney World.
After the dogs had had enough, we headed to Auburn to play in the snow with some friends. Unfortunately, my little camera died before all of the sledding began. But, I did get some pictures and video with my phone. After sledding, we headed back to Kim and Ward's to pick up my Canon. We decided to go to Samford Hall for some more pictures.
I have enjoyed the snow, but am glad it is starting to melt. I'm definately ready for warmer weather!
Now for the prayers. One of our student's father was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon. We were notified of this on the way back from the field trip. A few of us stayed with him at the school Tuesday afternoon until 5:30 when someone was able to pick him up. He hasn't returned to school and no arrangements have been made because the police are still investigating the incident. He is such a good kid and I hate that this is happening to his family. So, will you please pray for him and his family? That God will wrap his arms around them and comfort them through this difficult time? It would mean the world to me.

Brittaney

Where's my Daddy?

When I came home from work today Gavin wasn't home, but his car was. I knew that he had gone somewhere with his dad, but this blew Maisy's mind. I let the dogs go out in the front yard and when Maisy saw Gavin's car she went crazy! She started crying and begging at his door. It was the funniest thing. I ran to get my camera to get a few shots.She did this for a good 5 minutes. Poor thing missed her Daddy!

Why I Love My Dad's

For starters, I get to wake up to this:Walk on the docks with these guys:And watch Maddie enjoy the water...Enjoy homemade stuff like this:From these little monsters:Go on dates: And hang out with these people, whom I love dearly:

Waiting for Santa

Since we mailed our Christmas cards out last Thursday, I'm pretty sure everyone has received them by now. So I'd like to share our precious picture that we used for this year's card:Happy Holidays!

One of Those Days

Yes, it's been one of those days. You know the kind- rainy and cold. One of those days when you stay in your pajamas all day.So, that's what we've done. Stayed in our pajamas all day and been lazy.

Finally, this afternoon I decided to get some stuff done. Gavin took his brother to a hockey game, so I decided to get to work on the Christmas presents. First, I made labels for the presents.

Then, I wrapped a few.

Hope your Saturday was as relaxing as ours!

Say Hello To My Little Friend

I just had to put this picture up. I was playing with my camera this afternoon, and caught this shot of Maisy. I thought it was just too cute to hide from the world!

Christmas Comes Early!

It is here! My new camera. OK, so let me backtrack a little bit. I absolutely love photography and have many different cameras. The problem was that all of my cameras were relatively small and didn't offer all of the settings that I wanted. So, after months and months of begging Gavin, he finally agreed to let me order a new camera. I looked at cameras forever to make sure I really got the one that I wanted. It's a Canon EOS Rebel XS and it has finally arrived!Unfortunately, the battery had to charge before I could use it. After patiently waiting for a few hours, I finally got to bust the thing out! I took a million pictures of random stuff, but I'll spare you with all of that and just show you a few...

I still have a lot of work to do to learn the ins and outs of the camera, but I am excited to have it!

In other news: I have done all of my Christmas shopping online this year due to the fact that I hate shopping in stores. Two presents that I ordered early in November just came in. They are for our neice and Beth and Brett's little boy. I can't wait to see their cute little faces in these!