2 Little Cuties!
Happy Birthday Jesus!
A neat little tradition we have started is having a Birthday Celebration for Jesus and this year we wanted to have it in Springdale with Uncle Matt, Aunt Chris and Caleb. Uncle Matt made a yummy cake and icing with a little help from his assistant! Aunt Chris was in charge of icing the cake and Gracie and Caleb were suppose to oversee putting the sprinkles on the cake. I think for every sprinkle that made it on the cake at least half a dozen went in the kids mouth! Of course after the cake was completed Aunt Chris taught both Caleb and Gracie the art of properly finger licking the icing bowl!
Gracie's 1st Pony Ride!
We all loaded up and went down to the Fayetville square. This is a very memorable place for the Kings, seeing as how this is where Matt proposed to Christy. So it was really neat to see for that reason! Gracie's favorite part of the adventure was going on a pony ride for the first time!
Dress Shopping!!!
I joined Holly and her 2 bridesmaid's at Davids Bridal today for a little dress shopping! We had fun looking and watching Holly try on many different gowns. We didn't find the ONE for her but did pick out the bridesmaid dresses. It was fun and made it that much more real seeing her in all of the beautiful gowns!
Snow fun in KC!
Well we finally made it to Kansas City and boy did they get a lot of snow! Gracie and Caleb were right out in the middle of it too! The made a snow slide out of some stairs that were covered in snow, climbed up drifts "snow mountains" and hiked across a snow covered field
! I think Caleb was quite impressed with all the snow since he doesn't see snow like this in Arkansas. It was a lot of fun!
Christmas Morning!
Gracie was quite surprised when she woke up Christmas morning to the sound of Santa's sleigh bells as he was leaving our house! She rushed in the living room to find a Barbie Doll House, all 7 of the Princess Barbie Dolls, a new stroller for her baby
, and her stocking stuffed to the brim with all kinds of goodies! She received many other neat presents as well. Mommy and Daddy gave her new dress up clothes, her first camera, barbies, and board games. Uncle Derek gave her a barbie guitar which she hasn't put down yet! Daddy also got a new guitar for Christmas, so they have been jamming out together! The Arensdorf Family came over to eat Christmas dinner with us and the girls were quite excited to help Gracie play with all of her new toys! It has truly been a wonderful Christmas. Now we will just have to wait for this blizzard to let up and we will be off for a some Christmas celebrating in Kansas City with Derek, Holly, Caleb and Tanner. Then we will be headed to Springdale to celebrate with Papaw, Aunt Chris, Uncle Matt and little Caleb!
Goodnight to all, and to all a good night!
Well we have been very busy today around the house. We have been wrapping the last of the presents, preparing for Chistmas lunch tomorrow, and lastly but most importanly baking cookies for Santa. Gracie is just beside her self in anticipation to see what Santa brings. So now that the socking are hung and Gracie and Tim are snuggled in bed I am going to head that way too. Can't wait to see what my socking is filled with as well!
A nice day for a bike ride!
Surprisingly we have had a few nice days of weather. So we have been taking full advantage and taken several bike rides and even made a trip to the park. Sure wish this nice weather would stick around a little longer!
Christmas Party
Well we used the Holidays as a good excuse to get some of our closet friends together and have a little party. We had a great time and shared lots of laughs!
Gracie's Pre-school Christmas Program
The Program was absolutely adorable! All the kids did so well. Gracie wasn't to much of a ham up on stage!
Hi Mom!
Hi Mom!
Making her presence known up on stage!
Gracie and Daddy after the show
Mommy and her little star!
Homemade Christmas Ornaments
We had a fun afternoon making Christmas ornaments! Gracie had a few friends over and they went to
work rolling, cutting, baking and painting.
Here are a few of Mommy and Gracie's Ornaments!Salt Dough Recipe
1 cup salt
1 1/4 cup warm water
3 cups flour
Mix water and salt. Slowly stir in flour a little at a time. Nead into a ball, roll out on greased wax paper. cup out with cookie cutters. Bake on 200 degrees untill hard. Cool and paint!
Few snap shots from Thanksgiving weekend!
We had a lot of fun visiting with the family and I know the kids sure had a blast
! We managed to get some black friday shopping in and that was quite the adventure. We also made a little day trip down to Helena to see Gigi and Gracie was quite excited to get the truck loaded up with presents from Gigi and Aunt Dottee. Papaw also joined us for a Thanksgiving celebration at Gramma's house. We are certainly looking forward to being able to spend more time with him at Aunt Christy's for Christmas!
Thanksgiving in Cabot
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Cabot with some very dear friends. We were able to go and see Mommy's best friend Lauren, or as Gracie calls her "Aunt LaLa". I can not put into words how nice it was to see her. I left only wishing we had only had more time to spend together, but we made the most of the day and a half we were there. Did a little shopping, caught up on old times and joined her family for Thanksgiving dinner. Got to see a few other old High School friends Lindsey (Aunt Lizzie) and Sarah. It was a lovely day and we had a wonderful time. Big Thanks to Cheryl, Richard and the Davis/Lindsey/Young family for having us!
Monday Night Football
Gracie and Daddy have a little bit of a ritual on Monday nights, during football season. They veg out on the sofa from dinner till bed time. Gracie even has a few cheers and chants!
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