It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas!!!

 As we are only a few days away from Christmas we have been taking pictures of Rhodes and Piper like crazy.  We have been trying to get a few "matching" pictures of Piper to go with the ones we took of Rhodes his first Christmas.

The top picture is of Rhodes and the one below it is of Piper in the same little star that Aunt Jan sent.  Piper wanted to squirm around in it the whole time and wouldn't stay still so we did the best we could getting a picture of her.

 While baking the other day Rhodes decided he was going to make cookies using the bag of flour that was on the counter.  He was so proud of himself and kept saying he was making cookies!

 Rhodes is such a great big brother, he was showing Piper how to turn her little radio on.

 One of our sweet friends made this adorable shirt for Piper.

 After church on Sunday Rhodes insisted that we take his picture in front of the tree and then one with his sister on his back.  Here are his two pictures he wanted.

 our sweet little Christmas present!

Christmas in Ripley

We spent a wonderful weekend visiting family in TN and MS.  Our first stop was to introduce Piper to her great grandparents in MS.  They were so excited to meet our sweet baby girl and loved spending time holding her.  They were also thrilled to see Rhodes and see how much he has grown.

The rest of the weekend was spent in TN.  We loved our time with family.

Nana loved holding little Piper.

Kat and Pops with Rhodes and Piper.

our little Santa Baby!

Getting Ready for Christmas

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around our house.  The tree is up, everything is decorated, cards have been mailed, parties have been planned, and Rhodes shared the story of baby Jesus with his sister.

 Such a loving big brother.

 hanging out with daddy watching football on a Sunday afternoon

 Rhodes teaching his sister the story of baby Jesus using his little book and his nativity set.

Rhodes is so proud of his little tree that he decorated with his daddy.

Thankfulness

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus  1Thessalonians 5:16-18

We spent a wonderful Thanksgiving week at the beach.  It was such a great time to reflect on this past year and all of the ways we have been blessed.  We have truly been blessed beyond our means!

 sweet little cousins loved spending time together

 Morgan thought Piper's head tasted good.

 Rhodes is such a wonderful big brother, always wanting to do everything with his sister.

 checking out the sand for the first time

 

too much fun in the sand led to a little nap

Kat and Piper on the beach

Weekend in Alabama

Our weekend spent in Alabama was packed full of fun activities for the kids.  We went to 2 pumpkin patches, celebrated Kenadie's bday with a party in the park, a Fall Festival, lots of cousin play time, and celebrating Kenadie's birthday on the real day.

Rhodes waiting patiently to go through security so he could fly to see his cousins.

 Trying to get everybody to look at the same time is pretty much impossible with two 3 year olds, an 11 month old, and a 4 month old.  Piper was not too fired up about having her picture taken.

sweet cousins

 We have taken this same picture for the past 3 years.

 On the hay ride out to see the animals and pumpkin patch.

 Kenadie's 3rd Birthday party.  We celebrated Kenadie's birthday at the park with some of her friends. Rhodes loved that we spent the whole afternoon at the park and he could run and play as much as he wanted.

 They both loved the tunnel slide.

 Trying to take a cute picture of Rhodes and Kenadie after church was a pretty big task and these are the silly faces we kept getting.

 Aunt Carolyn with the birthday girl on her real birthday.

 All dressed up for the Fall Festival.

 Zachary was a cute little tiger, Kenadie was Nemo, and Rhodes was Spiderman.  They all looked really cute and had a great time playing games and getting candy.

 sweet little Zachary so badly wanted to be where the big kids were.

 Kenadie and Rhodes doing the popcorn dance.

 Sweet little Piper turned 4 months old while we were there.

 Pony ride at one of the pumpkin patches, he loved it!

 Rhodes inside a big combine that had been turned into a slide.

 This pumpkin patch had a hay maze and a huge box full of corn for the kids to play in.  Rhodes had a blast!