Snow!!

This post is for all of our southern friends... I took these pictures this morning. I think we got about 5 inches total, which we can't complain too much as it has be a very mild winter!

Lunch at Burger King

Out of the mouth of babes...

I was putting Madison to bed tonight and like every night we always pray together. Normally her prayer is something similar to this: "Dear Jesus, thanks for this day, Amen!"
Tonight, however was much different, she said:

"Father God, thanks for this day.
Help me not to have a nightmare like I did last night, it was scary.
Help Braylon not to puke, bless him from the tips of his feet to the soles of his toes.
And Lord, please put the Holy Spirit in my heart!
Amen!!"

I could barely take my turn and pray. How sweet yet to the point...that's my girl!

Christmas Eve

I hosted Christmas Eve at my house for all of my family plus Matt's parents. Anytime we are all together, we have a great time! Here are some snap shots...

We all chipped in and bought my Mom a luggage set...she is planning on going to Africa again in July, this will come in very handy!

My parents bought this for Madison. Here is the conversation after it was opened:

Madison: Oh (gasp) my (gasp) goodness (another big gasp)...
Sarah: Wow, Madison, do you like it??
Madison: (a real big) YES!!!
Sarah: (thinking a minute) Do you know what it is?
Madison: (with a confused look on her face) NO?!?!?!

Needless to say, we were all laughing then!

Zach and Dwight enjoying the 3D books!

Don't you wish you had glasses like this?

Mama and the girls passing out presents to everyone.

Madison, Hannah and Macie being silly!

The Yates

A couple of weeks before Christmas, our dear friends of 20 plus years, the Yates came to Ohio to visit. They have been close friends of our family since I was 5 years old. We have sooo many wonderful memories and hilarious experiences with them. They currently pastor the Nashville Cowboy Church in Nashville, TN. Joanne is Johnny Cash's sister (doesn't she favor him?). Their grand daughter, Jennifer has been my best friend all through my life.
I love and miss them very much!

Kid's Christmas Program

Madison was in her first ever Christmas Program at our church. I couldn't get any close up shots as we were pretty much in the back. The kids sang "Emanuel", "We're Not That Far From Bethlehem" and "Go Tell it on the Mountain". If you look closely, Madison is in the front row, in a white dress standing next to a little boy with a green sweater on. Once she finally found where we were sitting, she kept waving and blowing kisses. After their part was done and she sat down with us, I asked her if she was nervous up on the stage; she looked at me, puffed out her chest and proudly said "Not at all!"

Christmas Parade

Santa Claus came to Wadsworth!!! Saturday was the annual Christmas Parade.
We had a great time.

The High School marching band....
we especially loved it when the drummer's past by, we were all dancing!

Our cute little town.

Cheesing it up! :)

You can't quite see everything you want when you are only 39" tall.
Sometimes you just need someone to hold you!

Waiting for the parade to begin. (Yes, those are Gary's bare toes!!!)

We were sharing hot chocolate...

Madison and Gary (Matt's cousin) ...

Grammy and the kids...

The boys...hanging out in the local coffee shop.

The four of us took a carriage ride through downtown Wadsworth ( it took a whole 5 min!) I have this weird look on my face because the man taking our picture couldn't quite figure out to hold the camera, I was trying to instruct him while smiling at the same time.

Grammy and Madison... not only was it the parade day, but it was also Grammy's birthday. Happy Birthday Grammy!!!!

My babies...

"These boots are made for walking..."

This is my personal housekeeper. She JUST overcame her fear of the vacuum...

Madison, having breakfast with her best friend Dora...

This smile is going to do extreme amounts of damage!!!

Fall time...

Madison loves to jump and play in the leaves!!

What a great little helper!

This is a really big yard for such a little boy!

Halloween

Madison and Braylon, (I mean Little Mermaid and the giraffe) really enjoyed dressing up for Halloween. Madison would walk up to the people's door and proudly say "Trick-Or-Treat, smell my feet!"
Being the health conscious mother that I try to be~ when the kids went to sleep that night, I threw all the candy away! :)

"Boys in the Hood"

Daddy and his "bud"...aren't they cute??

Pictures form the weekend,,,

This weekend we attended our friend Amanda's, bridal shower. Below are some snap shots taken at the shower.

Hannah, Mom and Me...

My little sister and I.

All the girls of our family....

Abigail and Braylon, in their coats they look like little marshmellows walking around!

Braylon LOVES to try on shoes!

Stylin' and Profilin'!

Field Trip to the Hobert Farm

On Thursday, Madison's class went on a field trip to Hobert's Farm. The kids had a great time! It was so cold (39 degrees) and the day before it was in the 60's! Wouldn't you know!

Above is Madison's entire class sitting in the hay barn!

The little boy sitting next to Madison ALWAYS runs to Madison when she gets to school to say hi! :)

Taking a tour through the barn.

Running through the hay maze...

Madison and her signature pose. Whenever I try to take her picture and say "Smile Madison", her arm goes up and she immediately takes this pose!

On the hay ride, the kids would crack up laughing everytime they saw a tree with a face. It was hilarious!!

She searched and searched for the right pumpkin!

Us on the hayride...

Friends... it was a great afternoon!