Shed Raising...

My family and friends are so so so so wonderful. First, we were able to purchase a awesome new shed. Well, through the wonderful kindness and help of Pop Pop, Granny, Uncle Jason, Aunt Sonja, Jason G., Aaron, David, the Missionaries, and Tommy, it was put up two Saturdays ago. Auntie Erin, Emma, Shelby and Wendy came to chill out with us while they worked! That Saturday was just, for lack of a better word...Fabulous! Thanks to Pop Pop and Uncle Jason, we had everything we needed to get the shed up that day. Just gotta give a big shout out to all of those that helped us, you guys are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =0)

Zaidy was a little jealous of Ed, my Dad's dog. Ed listens and is a good dog, however Zaidy, is still learning. =0)

I wish he would do this all of the time, however Cavan, just does not want to sit up. He'll do it for a couple of seconds, and then lean and fall over. Poor kid. He does have rolling down to a T.

Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...Gabby's favorite song...

We had a wonderful Holiday Season...

starting with Cavan eating his first pizza crust...yum!!!

We went to see Santa, and Gabby was so excited...until she was

2 feet from him...

not so happy then.

Cavan was excited though!!

We opened clothes from Paw Paw and Grandmaw Thursday night...

Gabby loved the blue outfit

and her pink, silver and red sparkly shoes!!

Christmas Eve was fun with family and friends!

Christmas morning started at 7am and went by way too quick!!

We went to Paw Paw and Grandma's for Christmas lunch,

and then ended up taking Cavan to

the night clinic at 6:30, because he had a horrible cough and

was so tired and moody.

Thankfully, he only had a cold, so then we headed down to Granny and

Pop Pop's around

8:30pm, and spent a late Christmas night with them. We enjoyed

opening up gifts from them

and Aunt Katie, Uncle Brian & Galina! We loved all of the

awesome presents.

That night it started to snow, and it kept snowing until Sunday evening...

it was awesome!

We went out Sunday afternoon and played in it. Of course,

Pop Pop, Uncle Johnny and I had a

little more fun, with snow ball fights...of course! =0)

The kids were in the house within 20 minutes...ha ha!!

It was Cavan's first Christmas, which it is so hard to believe

that he is 6 months old now...he'sgetting so big!!

Julia's birthday party was Sunday, and it was fun, as usual!! =0)

I got the opportunity to make Julia's cake, and so I used the cool cake

stand Granny gave me...it came out cute!

The icing was coming off the sides a bit...so Pop Pop put it

in the freezer for a bit,

hilarious!! =0) Gotta love Julia's face in her pictures, so funny!

The day we left, Gabby didn't get up till 9am, which is new for her...

she was so worn out from our Holiday Fun!! =0)

Cavan enjoyed smiling and sitting with Pop Pop too,

and some looks from Ed, the big dog...he is hilarious!! =0)

Beautiful family and yummy food!

Lovely Parade!!!

Oh my, lots of pictures!

Gabby finished off her birthday festivities with a party at the park with friends from Church. She thoroughly enjoyed the food and company!!

A few pics of some of her presents.

Her cake...

fun friends, food....

delicious cake...

and more wonderful friends.

So...so...so...fun!!

Aunt Mi mi and her gang came to visit. Aunt Mi mi, is very much a active Aunt. She had the kids outside playing whenever she was around. Here everyone is picking pecans...Aunt Mi mi's new fetish.

Some good leaf pile jumping.
(Pop pop was working hard on putting up the front of the house...it looks great!)

Julius's first time...he didn't seem too thrilled. =0)

Wish they were still here...Thanksgiving pics coming soon...yay!!!

Contains a lot of Purple and Gold....Aaarrggghhh!!!

We had awesome seats (Thanks Paw Paw and Grandma-ma)!

I think his prayer was answered in the end.

The picture above and below are for those who have not seen or did not know (Katie =0)) that the ECU stadium added on at the far end where the score board was originally. Of course, it is still there.

She made this face a few times during the evening's events!

My old high school! Go Southwest High!!

It was homecoming, so the stadium was full of high schoolers. Awww, those were the days!

Touchdown Pirateeeesssssss!!! (Off to the right, under the field goal!)

This soon stopped, because my heart kept stopping thinking she would leap over at any minute.

There goes a field goal, top right!

Awesome coach clapping!!

Ended the night with none other than...candy. Yummm....yep!