Santa visit

My mom brought an advent treat to my house for the kids and hung them up in the kitchen. She had 25 bags for Elle and 25 for Jay---one for each day before Christmas. The kids have loved opening up a new present every day.

Santa stopped by our house the other night after school and paid the kids a visit. Elle was loving him. Jay was unsure at first but then he opened up and started talking to ole santa.

They got a gingerbread house kit and movies. Elle got Peter Pan and Jay got Mickey Mouse.

Meredith and I took the kids to historic downtown Hburg to see Christmas lights and go on a carriage ride. It was fun and a pile of crushed goldfish from these 4 angels was just an added bonus in my car!

Elle's dance class had parent observation day where we got to see what they've learned this year so far. They were so cute!

Thanksgiving 2013

The kids both had Thanksgiving programs at school last Friday. Jay was dressed in his outfit sitting up front acting great until I walked in the door. Saw me and had a total meltdown and wouldn't perform his songs. Kept telling me he wanted to go home!

After Jay's disaster, we went to Elle's class and watched her perform. They were so cute and she did great! I didn't get any good pics b/c I was wrestling with Jay trying to keep him in my lap!

They had a traditional Thanksgiving lunch after their performances. Jay ate his roll and Elle ate the turkey. My kids are not vegetable eaters so they weren't having any of that other food!

On Thanksgiving the kids and I went to the coast to have lunch with family. Josh headed north to Starkville to watch the Egg Bowl. Go dawgs!

I took Elle to the movies to see Frozen 3D. She loved all the snacks and the movie!

Sweet kids before church

We had our hanging of the greens church service last sunday night where the kids bring in all the christmas decorations and sing Christmas carols. Jay sat in my lap and kept yelling out "Elle" when he saw her walking down front.

Trick or Treat

On Halloween night it was threatening to rain so we loaded the kids up in the back of Meredith's sequoia and set out a little early to Trick or Treat. We got to hit about 10 houses before the bottom fell out so it worked out good!
Excited


Jackson and Elle

My mom took the kids to Ocean Springs to the Peter Anderson Festival while I had a dental meeting in NOLA. They loved getting their faces painted.

Elle came downstairs dressed for school like this!

Working on her golf swing

2013 School pic

Fall Festival

We went to fall festival at canebrake this Sunday night. They had pony rides, jumpy houses, a dunking booth, games, hayride, pumpkin patch, cotton candy machine, and food for days! I don't know who had more fun---Josh or the kids! I couldn't get any of them to leave.
Elle riding the pony

Sack racing

Hayride

Picking out his pumpkin

Go Jay!

Field trip and the Fair

Elle's class took a field trip to Swan Creek Farms in Monticello, MS so I took the day off to go with them. They had all kinds of animals: Camels, Zebras, donkeys, goats, turkeys, chickens, parrots, hedgehogs, etc. They got to feed the animals and take a hayride to a pumpkin patch. Elle's favorite part was holding the ferrot. So fun!

They had this big tire swing merri-go-round that was so fun


Elle and Wilkes

We went to the Laurel fair that afternoon after the field trip. Poor Jay was 4 inches too short to ride anything but he wanted to badly. He stood at the gate of the rides watching Elle and wanting to get on. His daddy had to go buy him a corndog to enjoy while everyone else rode.
Jay feeding the animals at the fair

Elle and MC were "high on life" at the fair. You've never seen 2 little girls soooo excited about every ride. They have NO fear----especially when they are together!

Friday night Josh played in a spooky scramble night time golf tournament and Elle went to a "rock in" at Dancesouth so I got to have a date with this guy. We ate goldfish and watched Shrek the Third. Great night!

Jay's 2nd Birthday

We had Jay's 2nd birthday party at our house last Sunday night. It was a costume party with a jumpy house and lots of spooky decorations. We had chili, nachos, hotdogs,cake, and a GOOD time!
Elle and Caroline aka "Pinkalicious"

My Sweet little birthday pirate

So stinking cute

Elle invited a few of her buddies so she could catch up with them and play.
Elle and RJ

This was starting to look like Elle's party but there were about 15 kids there that were Jay's age but I never could keep them still for a group pic.
Elle, MC, Marley, Caroline, AC, Rylee, RJ, and Wilkes

A table of Jay's friends: Ryder, Robert, Jackson, and Rob or Park----( one of the cute twins that i can't tell apart)

Elle and friends

My brother got married this past weekend at the train depot in Laurel. Elle got to be a flower girl and she thought that was the greatest thing ever. She can be OCD sometimes and made sure those flower petals were all spread out just so!
Jay, his cousin Branton, and his daddy, Jared, in the background

Mama Myrick and Jay playing with the little tubes of bubbles

My kids danced until almost 10pm! The band was really good and Elle kept requesting for them to play "Get your shine On". It was hilarious!

Sweet girls Elle and Caroline

Elle trying out the drums

Elle with my brother, Brad

My pretty girl

Jaybird got his first haircut. He had a sweet mullet going so it was time to trim it up. He was not a fan at first

His daddy got in the chair and then he chilled out and starting enjoying it

We've been working on Elle's manners at mealtimes so I made her a behavior chart. She loves trying to get the stamps each meal so it's actually working.

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Seaside 2013

We took our week long annual trip to Seaside with Josh's family and had a blast. The weather was great. We got there on the Sunday before Labor Day and there were alot of people in town but most cleared out by the next day and we had the town to ourselves!
Elle building a sandcastle and hoping Jay doesn't come knock it down

Watching the firework show from the 3 floor tower at our house

Matt brought some of these Chinese lanterns that you light and make a wish and then release them in the sky. They were way cool

We went to Baytown Wharf one day so the kids could ride the carosel, feed the fish, and play on the playground

Josh's mother brought this blow-up catepillar and it was a hit but we left it at the pool and came back and someone had popped it! Needless to say, Elle almost had a meltdown over this so her daddy had to run to dollar general and buy a giant Nemo to float on!

We were working with Elle on her dive and Jaybird couldn't stand it and had to show her up! There is nothing that kid won't do to be like his sister.

I got a photographer named Jessica James to do a portrait session in Watercolor while we were there so here is a few of the pictures. They were all so good it was hard to choose!