Tuesday night, we had the Christmas parade here in Abilene. It was freezing outside, so we opened up the back of the car and had tons of blankets and watched the parade being somewhat cozy.
Daddy and Maddie
Maddie and my c0-teacher Stacy...she and her husband met up with us...the kids LOVE her...even if they made them reconsider having kids. ;-)
Enjoying the parade...Wyatt, Stacy, Maddie and Garrett.The Christmas season is off at our house. We decorated the tree a couple of days after Thanksgiving. The kids had a blast!
hanging up ornaments
95 % of the time this is really how loving they are toward each other
daddy helping maddie
love my babies!
cuties!
reading "The Elf on the Shelf"...the kids found our elf "Toonin" right away the next morning!We went to my great-aunts house this year for Thanksgiving. It was a mini-reunion for the Barrett family. The kids had a blast playing with their cousins and we had fun catching up with some family that we don't get to see very often.
My parents, brother and Aunt Sharissa.
My brother and Nick
She was worn out after a full day of playing.
playing with uncle jame
Cousins!!I love everything about Christmas...I love the feeling in the air, the celebration of the birth of our Savior and the sounds and sights there are around every corner. One of my favorite things it to design my own Christmas cards using what else but cute family pictures of my two adorable kids. I have used Shutterfly for a long time to make prints of my favorite pictures, I have also used to them to make albums for myself and others. In the past I have used their site to create amazing Christmas cards and have been amazed at how easy they are to design and how quickly they are delivered. Their products are wonderful and everything about their website is user-friendly. When I saw on a friends blog that I could get 50 free prints by blogging about their company, I was so excited! Their Christmas card designs are super cute and I can't wait to design our Christmas card for 2010. It is so easy and you should look at their website to what all you can create this holiday season.
Christmas photo cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-photo-cards
holiday cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/holiday-cards
birth announcements to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/birth-announcements
new year’s cards to http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/new-years-cards
We kicked off our Thanksgiving on Saturday with lunch at Nick's parents house.We all had a blast visiting with family...and made us eager for Christmas to get here so we can do it all again!
The kiddie table...Maddie, wyatt and Hunter
It was so warm that day, so we let the kids go outside to play.
My handsome little guy.
Maddie and Carson
So big!We had "Family Night" this past Saturday with our Life Group. I didn't take one single picture of the adults but the kids had a blast playing together and I took some cute ones of them.
