Santa Stopped here!

Here are the highlights from an amazing Christmas day! We spent the entire day at mom and dad's house! My mom fixed an amazing meal as usual and the Hendrix side of the family came over to join the fun! We definitely didn't go without and Jack came home spoiled of course! I love family traditions and it was a memorable Christmas spent with the ones I love the most in this world! Oh, and it started snowing when we were opening presents! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE a white Christmas!!! Jack's new smart cycle was a winner!

Chad in mom's snuggie....looks great paired with Gracie the dog!

a tense game of hungry dogs....oh yes, that is the Walgreens off brand of hungry hippos :)

Look Jack got some Usborne books....who knew!?

Santa ate our snack!!

Jack's new radio!

Santa remembered the Diego game Jack asked for! Oh...and yes that is a pulpit behind Jack...He can practice his preaching and song leading in style now! So CUTE!

I love the colors on my mom's tree...Just something magical about it!

Family Christmas Eve

For as long as I can remember we have spent Christmas Eve with the Mandziara side of the family and Grandma and Grandpa's house! It is always a fun time and now that our family is growing and growing with so many little ones it really is a lively event! So much fun!Precious Sammy!

The cheerleaders for the night, Ellie and Hannah...oh wait, Aunt Toni and Mom too!

Army play with Michael, Jake, and Dad

Jack and Michael with Batman and Robin. It is so fun to see Jack at the age where he plays with his older cousins!

Kyle...going skiing!

This was a wrapping paper tube sword fight that lasted for about 30 min.!!! They went through every empty tube available! Lots of laughing could be heard!!!!

Much aniticipated Christmas lights!

Ok so the entire time we were driving to St. Louis for Christmas Jack was talking about the Christmas lights Nana and Papa promised to take him to....after a long day of driving and then Wednesday night Bible study it was time for the much anticipated event! Scroll down to see how excited Jack was..........

Nana was pumped!

That's right folks...we didn't even make it to the entrance and he was out...when I say out, I mean out cold!!! There was NO waking him up! Oh well...we enjoyed the light display. Aunt sheshe was on speaker phone through the entire ride because she hated not being there!!!

a new friend...Jonah

I look forward to a visit from my good friend Amy every Christmas when she comes to Paris to visit family! This year Jonah was so big! It is crazy how quickly they grow! Amy says that my Jack stories remind her of Jonah...so she needs prayers! HA! He was so sweet playing with Jack's trains....Jack on the other hand didn't know quite what to think about him visiting...I think if they had a day or so they would be big buddies! It was a good day! Amy and her husband will be leaving for Brazil later this year. They have worked very hard to raise enough support to move there and teach the people of Brazil about the word of God! They have commited to five years and I admire their faith and willingness to do such a hard work!Here is a pic of them from last year...told you they have grown!

Together with Friends!

We had our traditional get together with the Cate and Weatherford families. Becky and Mindy were two of my closest friends while teaching! I miss seeing them everyday!!! They are great friends and it was a good night of fun! Thanks Mindy for hosting us!
Precious Peyton! He is the best baby ever!

The Cate family rockin it out on guitar hero!! So funny!!

Becky loved it! I think she was beating Tom here :)

Here's all the kiddos! We were missing Ashton!

Paschall Magical Christmas

Catching up on Christmas posts....buckle your seatbelts!!!

We ventured to the big city of Hazel, KY...Ha! There is a family there that fixes their house up with thousands of Christmas lights and animates it to music!!! It was so much fun! Jack LOVED the "hot, hot, hot, hot chocolate" song from Polar Express!!! It was worth going just to see his face when that song came on!

Ornament Exchange!

East Wood ladies have a tradition of getting together every year for an ornament exchange. I've never been to one, but it was so much fun!!! A little food before the party!

Danette was the hostess...she took out all the ornaments so we could see what we were up against!

They put all the ornaments in the middle and play dirty santa. It got crazy! We had 44 people there and I had the last number....my ADD was almost too much to handle by the time my turn rolled around ha! I ended up with a beautiful silver and red butterfly! Looks gorgeous on my white tree!

Santa! I know him!!!

Here are a few pics from story hour last week: Can you believe how BIG he is!?
Snack time!

Santa came to visit story hour last week! Jack was so excited...he asked him for a game for the Wii! Hopefully Santa will have a Diego Wii game in his bag ;)

Jack is Three, how can it be??

Yes my sweet boy turned three! The time is passing by all too quickly! Three years ago my life was forever changed by a boy named Jack. Each day bring something new...most days I laugh and sometimes I even cry. I am thankful for my Jack!
What's a party without Aunt Sheshe and Uncle Chad.

He was so excited about presents this year! He kept asking, "Can I open my presents now?" He was on top of the world. Jenna and Ben

The kids opted not to each the lunch served....skipped straight to the cake and ice cream!

Getting ready to blow out the candles

KK even made an appearance at the party, and brought a Transformer.

Up to no good

Jack loves his friend Austin!

Here is my homemade racetrack cake. I was pretty excited that I was able to pull it off! It was really pretty easy. I was a proud mommy!

Tacky Christmas Sweater night!

These are my Bunco girls! We meet once a month in someones home for a night of fun. Most of them are teachers....some I worked with at PES and some came along after me. This was our finest night yet...we pulled out the fun Christmas sweaters and laughed til we cried!

Gobble, Gobble!

We headed to Mississippi for the Thanksgiving holiday. We had a great few days with Chris' family! We ate like kings! Ma always cooks it up in the kitchen!!! Jack and Jesse....Jesse was nice enough to share his Monster trucks!
Jack carried this stool around with him the entire time we were there...here he is watching a little TV.

Ma and silly Jack

MeMaw and PePaw just a swingin