Church Christmas Program

The girls did so good in the Christmas program this year. Emma Claire sang her heart out. Farrow Kate lasted through 2 of the 3 songs before she ran down screaming "Mommy".

The Birthday Party

Jim and the girls threw a birthday party for me complete with decorations and hats. I don't know who chose the spelling of "Momma" for the cake, but it was delicious.

The Marathon

Before....

After... The ending wasn't pretty (at least for me) but we got it done. Yeah for team Jorden and all the kiddos at St. Jude. We actually got to run through the St. Jude campus this year. That was a truly moving experience.

Christmas cookies

This year we added one more helper to the kitchen. Farrow Kate was very excited to join in on the fun. This was just our first batch. Papa T ate all of them, so we have many more to go!

Thanksgiving at Tara's

Tara and Patrick and family moved in the week of Thanksgiving and still managed to host it at their house. I didn't get many pictures once everyone got there, but we had all our family and the Nations family and great food.

Dress Up at Gramsby's

The girls and I spent the whole week of Thanksgiving in Jackson. We got to do lots of visiting and playing. This is one night when the girls raided Gramsby's "dress up" box.

County Fair for Emma Claire

A little looking back on Emma Claire's first birthday

This one was around 9 months. I didn't have a digital camera before then, so her birth is not on the computer.

Emma Claire turned four in style. She had a "County Fair" style birthday party. We had tons of great kiddos having a great time.

This is Emma Claire with "all her Hannahs" (from left Hannah Sanders, Hannah Gray, Hannah Harmon, and Hannah Sullivan)

Thank you Kelli Phipps for the adorable and delicious cake.


activities included the hay ride...

games...

funnel cakes by Tara...

face painting...

corn dogs, and cake and lots of fun.

Black-eyed Bug

The Bug was very proud of the shiner she acquired. No one would be surprised to know that Emma Claire tripped over a rocking chair and fell into a table. I guess it runs in the family.

Pumpkini Carving

Once again, Jim carved a pumpkin with the girls. This time they both participated.

Their favorite part was digging the "goo" out.

What a Hairdo!

We woke up to this Sunday morning. No, I didn't do anything to it. That must have been some good sleep!

Powell Pumpkin Patch

This was our second annual trip to Walker and Camille's house for pumpkin picking. We all squished through the mud to find some pumpkins. What kid doesn't love that!!

These are from left to right (Emma Claire, Farrow Kate, Anna Bishop, and Joseph)

Thanks again Powells for a great time at the "pumpkin patch"

Farrow Kate Gets Decorated

Farrow Kate is such a good sport. She is constantly the subject of Emma Claire's decoration.

I went outside to find Emma Claire using the "sidewalk chalk" on her sister instead of the sidewalk. Farrow Kate was laying perfectly still.

This time it was fingernail and toenail polish decoration.

... and stickers.

First Day Of "School"

The picture is not very good, and Emma Claire looks like she is on drugs, but today I dropped them both off at "school". Farrow Kate is in the 2 y/o class this year, and Emma Claire the 3 y/o. They never looked back when they got out of the car. They couldn't stop talking about it when they got home. Great first day for them, sad day for Mom and Dad.

Parasailing?!?!

More Pics.....

This last picture of that little dot in the air is Jim and I parasailing. My parents surprised us with that trip. It was sooooo much fun even though we broke the pulley while in the air (quite a story with that). Obviously, we did finally get down!!

Beach Again!!!

We just got back from our last beach trip this year. My parents went with us this time. They were a huge help. Emma Claire learned to love the waves. Farrow Kate tolerated it. We all had a great time and good weather. Thanks again to Jim's Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Charlie for letting us stay at their condo.

Lonely Water Park

The girls wanted to go to the water park one more time while it is still warm. We had the place to ourselves. They had a blast.

Jim's Birthday

The girls made a cookie cake for Jim's birthday. We took it to him at work with balloons to embarrass him.

Happy Birthday Daddy!!!