Smackdown: Homeschool Recess

 

Just because!! You've got to blow off steam somehow!!

 

 

Monkey Joe's Visit!

 

We scheduled a play date after school on Wednesday so that the siblings could play together for a little bit! R picked up T at school and dropped by for pizza and fun. I love it when we can get the siblings together for a visit. They're all growing up so fast, I want them to know each other well enough to continue their relationships into adulthood!

 

First steps at 10 months, 1 week of age!

R with her firstborn!! He's growing up so fast!!
 

Beach Trip!

For the last 3 or 4 years we have gone the beach for Martin Luther King holiday weekend. Union County Schools throw a workday in there as well, so Scott gets extra time off. We stay at the Dunes Village Resort, which has a great indoor waterpark. It's the type of room we can't afford during the summer as it is about $250 a night. In January, however, it is an affordable get-away for us! I didn't get many pictures, but we did have a great time!

9 Months Old!

I totally failed on keeping up with the Monthly Onesie stickers....oh well, life got in the way! I really did have good intentions, but failed to follow through. Anyway, I am going to attempt to catch up and try to find pictures  I took closest to her monthly birthday. This was right after she turned 9 months....when she was crawling and beginning to get into EVERYTHING!

 

 

Christmas Memories....



A Pre-Christmas photo.....what a sweet girl!!!

Christmas morning before the reveal.....

Surprised by the air hockey table and checking their stockings for loot!

Sophie loves music and really enjoyed scattering playing with the snowmen!

Stephen a.k.a Mario Expert, got a new DSI

It was a Duck Commander Christmas!! Yes, we LOVE Duck Dynasty!!

Silas Robertson, "Uncle Si" is our Silas' new role model.....OH MY!!!

Such a GREAT big brother!!!

It wouldn't be Christmas for Stephen without MARIO!!

A DOLL!! This is different for us after two boys!

 

A Family iPad!!!!



It's all over until next year......

Christmas Photo Shoots!

 

I ordered these John Deere shirts and Sophie's hoodie from Zulilly. LOVE them!

I did this shoot to get pictures for our Christmas card, which I really didn't think was

going to happen. I dressed the kids late one afternoon at the beginning of December, and

managed to create a card on the CVS website.

How sweet is this smile?? I mean really....

Silas and his yard decorations! Perfect photo spot!

The finished product....with a couple of  Disney photos thrown in too!

This was right after church on the 23rd.

Don't you just LOVE her Mud Pie bow???

Bass Pro and Santa!

 

This is our third year going to see Santa at Bass Pro Shop. It's fitting, we ARE rednecks as Silas so often states! The photo is free, and they let you take some with your own camera too, so you can't beat it! The boys LOVE to play all the games they have set up, and yes, they're FREE too! This year we met friends there as well: Leah and Kinsley came, as well as Beth and her four boys, Carter, Landon, Cameron, & Brady. Yes, that's 3 moms and 8 kids! We survived!

 

Santa asked if "Grandma" wanted a picture of just the baby on his lap! Santa, it's sour milk and stale cookies when
you come to THIS Grandma's house!! BAD Santa!

Kinsley and her little buddy So-tree, as she calls her!

Sophie clapping as I sing Jingle Bells!!

Kinsley would not sit on Santa's lap without her momma, and I think Santa liked it! LOL

Boys will be boys! Carter posed, but his brothers wouldn't!

Beth and Silas trying to figure it out, and twins Cameron and Brady sticking close to Mom!

The boys love the train that they can play with.

Posing in the lobby in front of the huge fireplace

A successful first time on Santa's lap!