Decorating for Christmas

We had to get the house decorated for the holidays a bit earlier than usual. We had the middle and high schoolers over for a Christmas party on the 6th. We had an ornament exchange and played "Dirty Santa". We had to go around a couple of times cause they just didn't want to make it fun by stealing! While we were decorating the tree the night before, Conley kept us entertained by singing karaoke (in character as Diddle, of course)! We've had several mornings with ice on the trees. It looked so beautiful I had to take a picture. We had two parties this past weekend- our church banquet and Sysco Knoxville's party. Savannah took our picture together before heading out the door to that one! Well- I'll post more next week. Can't believe Christmas is so close! AND my baby girl turns 13 on the 23rd! So hard to believe that! I guess I'll tell on myself - Gregg and I were in the car one day a couple weeks ago by ourselves and he-out of the blue- said, "In a couple of weeks we'll have a 13 year old." I just started crying! It's flown by so fast! I am not usually one to have that type of reaction, but it just really hit me! Gregg didn't know what to think! I know you are all laughing! Oh Well!

We Had A Great Thanksgiving Week!

We got back from our trip to DC and had a house full of family! Becca, Makayla, and Olivia got to our house just minutes before we got home. Mom and Dad and Aunt Linda had been staying with our dog, Rascal, while we were away. The kids are really growing up. There were very few disagreements among them! I think we were all impressed! We had a homemade pizza night and the kids got to make their own personal pizza. At the end of the week, we did some shopping, went to Cades Cove, and took the kids ice skating! We had a blast! It just went by too quickly! Enjoy the pictures!

Washington DC Trip

We had so much fun in DC last week. We kept extremely busy trying to fit everything we could into the week.

This was our schedule:

Saturday- Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Castle, and Air and Space Museum.

Sunday- Holocaust Museum and American Indian Museum

Monday- National Zoo, Renwick Gallery, and White House and Visitor Center

Tuesday- National Archives, National Gallery of Art, and Library of Congress

Wednesday- Georgetown- Outdoor shopping and restaurants

Thursday- Alexandria, VA- Quaint restaurants and shopping; also went into Christ Church where George Washington and Robert E. Lee worshiped.

Thanks to my parents for giving us a week in their timeshare in Alexandria. Enjoy all the photos! Love to you all!

Halloween and More Fall Photos!

Just wanted to post the Halloween pictures. Notice how the kids started off working on the pumpkins, but Dad and Gregg ended up finishing them. The picture of the cute baby is Cason. I've been babysitting him for about 1 1/2 months now. He's alot of fun- the kids sure enjoy him. Also I've posted pictures from the Roaring Fork Trail in Gatlinburg. More pretty colors! Love you!