Bushmans Christmas Event

Tonight we went to Bushmans for a Christmas event. I was thrilled to learn that one of my favorite Christians bands would be there...Luminate! The kids got to see Santa and the Grace Drum line was there. Santa passed out gifts to the kids....the giftbag included a pack of markers and greeting cards to fill out for our troops. I loved this idea.

A Special Day for Paisley

Today the 1st graders were awarded a Bible during church service. At the end of church service Paisley went to the front of the church to share with everyone that she has accepted Jesus as her savior and wants to be baptized. She has been wanting to do this for weeks! Mom and Dad are very proud. After church we went to an American Girl tea at the Public Library. Not only did the girls get punch, tea, and cookies but they got to participate in a style show.

Our Turkey Day 2009

We had a very quiet Thanksgiving Lunch today. It was fun though. Each of us got in the kitchen and prepared something. Hayes made the Pistaschio pudding.

Paisley made the Swiss dressing.

Here is our first Traditional Thanksgiving meal to cook all by ourselves.Yum, Yum...taste that swiss dressing! My 11 yr old doesn't like anything but corn on the cob. It still is an effort to make him try a bite of everything.

After lunch we found Alvin our Elf in the freezer trying to eat popsicles. About an hour later he was up to mischief TPing the kids bathroom. I'm glad we caught him before he used up all our toilet paper! We also did a family craft today. We tried to make felted soap...who knew it would take sooo long! You rub and rub and rub and rub and rub and.......RUB!!! I don't know if we ever got to the felting process.

However, we did find some time to make it fun.

Guess who got me back! We smelled so good.....very Dovey.

We've added 4 feet to our family!

Introducing Mocha Frappachino Daugherty!

We found her on Sat. from the Rescue organization in the Petsmart parking lot. Her owners were unable to take care of her and her 4 sisters. She is a miniature pincher and 4 months old. She is tiny but was twice the size of her sisters. The first night we brought her home was hard because she cried all night......however, the second night she didn't make a sound. She just learned how to use the doggy door today. We think she's gifted. Oreo hasn't stopped wagging her tail since Mocha arrived.

The kids are thrilled!

The Office

Okay so I encouraged our office to dress up for Halloween. Here are the photos!

Andy, aka Joe DirtPhil, the JasonStephanie, the Good WitchDwaine, the bossGail, the crazed Casino stalkerBrenda, the cute Flintstone

(Janie the clown and Jenilynn are in the first photo but didn't get their own photoshoot.)

I dream of Paisley Genie, Jenilynn Jones, and Daugherty, Hayes Daugherty, the spy

The Gang...minus the Whitmans and Jeters (they had not arrived yet)

Genie Paisley and Queen Mary

Maw Maw was squeezing Hayes' cheeks and he wasn't sure what to do about that.

Look...there's mawmaw and all the kids!

Bingo!

Look at all the moms....we still know how to have fun!

Paisley's 7th Birthday Party

Today was a beautiful day.....a perfect day for a teddy bear picnic!Paisley blew out 7 candles today! She had many friends join us with their teddy bears.
Here she is opening a card from a friend. She got so many neat things such as: a dog tag necklace kit, a personalized P necklace, a best friends necklace, bottle cap necklaces, littlest pet shop, mini camera, American girl sleepover bag and stockings, Hannah Montana dress up, and more...She got a couple of build a bear gift cards and we went straight there to build yet another bear! Fun stuff!

Above the girls are building their own bear cards.