Just a few pictures

Lots of fun is taking place around our house. Rhodes has a new Santa hat that is more fun to play with than to wear.

Our little Santa baby!

Playing with his toys while holding the Santa hat.
Dressed up for church.
Walking around the house with a moose attached to his leg.

Christmas Decorations

We began the Christmas decorating process when we got home on Sunday night. It was very quickly evident that we have a little helper in our house. Last year all he wanted to do was lay in the floor and look at lights, this year he wants to be hands-on and help with everything.Rhodes found a roll of ribbon and decided to decorate Rebel with it. He was so proud of his dog decorating and Rebel was such a good sport about it.

wrapping himself up in ribbon
This roll of ribbon kept him entertained long enough to get all of the ornaments on the tree.

The tree is finally finished. Instead of it being a Christmas tree Rhodes is learning that it is a "no no" tree. Every time he gets close to it he hears the words "no no" No ornaments broken yet...we are only on day 3.

So many things to be thankful for......

Thanksgiving is such a wonderful time to get together with family, eat lots of food, and give thanks to God for all of his wonderful blessings. We are very thankful for the blessing of Rhodes, he brings such great joy to our lives. It is an honor that God would give us such a precious little boy to raise, he definitely is a treasure!

so thankful for his happy spirit and all the loud noises and giggles that come with it.
thankful for wonderful grandparents that love this little boy so much.
Kat and Rhodes sharing a brief moment together, he doesn't like to be held for very long.
Uncle Tyler and Rhodes hanging out together.

thankful for such a yummy Thanksgiving feast. He ate ham, rice, mashed potatoes, and bread. Aunt Bonnie supplied the Christmas bib which will also be worn the entire month of December.

More Weekend Pics

More pictures from this past weekend with Rhodes and Kenadie
playing with their feet, this is before Kenadie tried to steal Rhodes' snacks
trying out Grandmoma's new rocking chair

Rhodes and his PaPa
Duchess..aka..Aunt Jan with Rhodes and Kenadie

Surprise 80th

This past weekend was spent celebrating Grandmoma's 80th birthday. The party had been planned since June and surprisingly the secret was kept and Grandmoma was very surprised to see friends and family from near and far. The party took place at First Presbyterian Church in Santa Anna, TX which is our family's "home" church. I remember running around that church at family reunions as a little girl, what fun memories. Music has been a very integral part of my grandmother's life so the party began with an old fashion Hymn sing. After the music it was time to eat and fellowship. The cookies, cake, and finger foods were all so very yummy! It was a fun day celebrating a special lady!

Grandmoma with her daughters and granddaughters
Grandmoma with her granddaughters and great-grands
Cathy and I were so lucky to get to spend the day with both of our grandmothers. Mimi and Grandmoma.

It was so sweet of Anna and Eula to fly in from South Carolina for the party.

Monkey Rhodes

For Halloween this year Rhodes dressed up as a monkey. The first time he put the costume on he wasn't too sure of the hood. He rarely wears hats so he isn't used to things being on top of his head. He pulled at it, licked it, and then finally decided it was ok. He was the cutest little monkey!

He carried a banana shaped basket to collect candy.

Mommy and Rhodes at the Harvest Festival. He loved playing in the bounce house for about 5 minutes and then he was done.

Playing on his toy car at home still wearing his monkey pants.

Pumpkin Carving

I wish there was sound to go with these pictures so everyone could hear how excited this little boy was about playing with a pumpkin.
Watching daddy dig all of the yucky stuff out.
Looking through the carving design book to help pick the perfect one for daddy to use.

putting the lid back on the finished pumpkin.