Christmas Decorating

Christmas decorating time is here. We did our tree last night and had a great time. As a new family we are creating new traditions that we will look forward to each year. Clark and I hung a few ornaments, but just let the kids have at it. And despite all the red eyes in the pictures the children were angels.

Also, my mom was in town this past weekend to help us make our house a home so we decided to paint the den while mom worked on drapes, pillows, etc. You can see a peek in the background. It looks AMAZING and we LOVE it!! Clayton asked if we were painting the den just for Christmas. Hee hee.

Haven for the dogs

Jack and Rockstar are pretty much outside dogs now so I asked my Dad if he was up to building a dog house for us. He built us an awesome dog house that has a raised floor and is insulated. Thanks Dad!! Doesn't it look great? (I was thrilled despite this less than attractive picture of myself). Watch the slideshow or click the link for a few pictures Dad took today. http://picasaweb.google.com/mamiewnc/DogHouse

Katie's 8th Birthday

Katie's 8th birthday was yesterday (Nov. 12th). We celebrated Saturday at our house with family. Today, she and Ellie had a surprise birthday together at Ellie's house (her birthday is Nov. 14th). Both parties were a blast. You can click on the link if you can't view the slideshow or want to see larger versions of the pictures. http://picasaweb.google.com/mamiewnc/KatieS8thBirthday

Grandpaw and Ali's Visit

Grandpaw and Ali came for a visit this past weekend. We started with soccer games and then went home for fun around the house. We played lawn games (football, new helicopter toy and sun catchers from Grandpaw and Ali, Bocchi ball, croqet). We also busted a pinata. Katie also opened early birthday presents. Check out the pictures in the slide show or click on the link for larger images: http://picasaweb.google.com/mamiewnc/GrandpawAndAliSVisit

Flag Football

Clayton invited some friends to a flag football game. They had so much fun, but we think the grown-up boys had more (of course they were all limping and complaining of body aches when they left the field).