RaNdOm CaRsOn PiCs

I helped Mommy cook some New Year's Eve

snacks in my new Razorback apron.

Our winter break has me way off my schedule...I couldn't

even finish dinner without needing a nap.

These toys boys in the box have so much fun together!

Christmas 2009

Beware - Way too many pictures below!!

We had a fabulous Christmas and feel so blessed. I'm so thankful to have such a wonderful family to spend time with over the holidays.

Sydney and I started our Christmas Eve by making some cookies for Santa, and us of course. It's so fun now that she can pretty much do it all by herself...I just supervise. We baked our favorite, M & M oatmeal cookies.

Carson didn't have a hand in the cookie making but was definitely available to lick a beater.

The finished product...

We had a great Christmas Eve service at church. While we were getting ready to go, I asked Carson who's birthday we were going to celebrate tomorrow and he replied, "Jesus' birthday. I wike Jesus. He's my boy!" How cute is that?!

I love these two precious babies.

After church we drove around to look at some Christmas lights, then headed back to the house to get in our pjs. We all had hot chocolate and watched Santa Clause 2. Carson wouldn't keep his finger out of the whipped cream on top of his daddy's cup.

Daddy read us The Christmas Story and Sis read us The Night Before Christmas.

Carson is obsessed with Santa's reindeer so we put some food in the yard to feed them. Every time I talked to him about getting to see Santa (he came to Carson's school) I would ask if he was going to sit on Santa's lap. Instead of answering my question he would ask, "Can I sit on his reindeer?" He also pretended to be "Baby Rudolph" for the past month.

After feeding the reindeer and watching the news to see where Santa was, the kids headed to bed. Sydney woke us all up around 7 to get our Christmas day started.

Santa brought Carson a remote control train and a black cowboy hat this year. He LOVES them both. Unlike the train and hat, his Mimi brought him a present that he is terrified of...see picture below.

This is his reaction after opening his coon skin cap. I know I'm terrible for finding his complete and utter fright quite hilarious, but we seriously could win America's Funniest Home Videos with this one. Mimi was video taping it and is afraid it didn't turn out because she was laughing so hard. Every night since he got the hat we've had a meltdown at bedtime. We have to put the hat in a box in Daddy's closet and let Carson shut the door so that he knows the "raccoon" can't get him.

Santa brought Syd a DSi for Christmas. She has pretty much been playing since she opened it, well except for while Bubby or Cameron were playing. They are just as bad as she is!

Carson has quite the git-up here. His pjs, Cars house shoes, cowboy coat (he calls his vest this because the bull riders he watches wear a vest when they ride), and cowboy hat. I have no idea where he get his desire to be a cowboy, but I think he'd make a pretty cute one.

Ryan, Ashley, and Davis came over to play and open presents with Mimi and Bubby.

Mimi cooked a yummy lunch for us, and then we spent the rest of the afternoon visiting Cameron's family at the hospital. We are so glad Lolli seems to be getting better and hope she goes home some. We're going to wait and have Christmas with his family when she gets out of the hospital so there are many more pictures to come.

We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and wish you a Happy New Year!

Happy birthday, Jesus!

Huckabee's Christmas Party

Cameron and I went to David and Lauren's Christmas Party last weekend. I love my kids dearly but it was great to hang out with adults for a little while. We had a great time!

*Thanks for having us over, David and Lauren!

*Thanks for coming up to keep the kids, Mimi!

Also, please continue to pray for Cameron's mom. She is in the hospital again here in LR. It stinks to be in the hospital anytime, but especially at Christmas. We love you, Lolli!!

Early Christmas

We spent last Saturday in De Queen having Christmas a little early with the Atkins family. It was great to see everyone and the kids had a blast. Thanks for rearranging Christmas a little so that all of us could be there!! We love you guys!

I may be bias, but...

Are they cute or what?!?!

Our friend Eric Dousay took these pictures for us.

I thought they turned out great and had to share.

Happy 9th Birthday, Sydney!!

My sweet baby girl is 9 today! I absolutely can't believe it. I know everyone says it, but it really seems like she was born yesterday. We had her party a week early because it's always hard getting several girls together as Christmas gets closer. We haven't had a "real" party in a few years, so we decided to do something big. We had 8 girls sleep over at the Embassy Suites. They swam, decorated pillow cases, had pizza and cake, got their fingernails and toenails painted, and watched movies. Oh and did I mention...stayed up WAY too late!

Sydney's cake request was a pretty tall order but Mimi came through as usual. It was perfect!! Thanks for another great cake, Mom!! You're the best!

Here are a couple pictures of the wild and crazy girls.

We have to thank Aunt Ashely for spending the night with us. She was a huge help, especially getting the girls to finally go to sleep. *Thanks Ash!*
My friends Anna Carol and Kerri were awesome too. They painted lots of fingers and toes. Thanks for hanging out and helping. We love you all!!

Sydney requested waffles for her birthday breakfast this morning. Since we'd already done birthday cake, we decided to do candles in the waffles. Cameron, Carson, and I sang "Happy Birthday" and Sydney quickly replied, "Thanks but BTW, y'all should never join a choir." Thanks for your honesty, Sis. We love you bunches and hope you had a fabulous birthday!

Behind...again!

Once again, I'm way behind on my posting. Life is busy, but good.

Here are some pictures of what we've been up to.

Sydney's cheer squad performed at halftime of a UALR basketball game. There Christmas performance was precious! You can watch the performance here.

We had a great Thanksgiving. It was a bit different than usual due to my mother-in-law being in the hospital. It really puts into perspective how blessed we are and just how much we have to be thankful for. She has been diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer and your prayers for her and the rest of the family are greatly appreciated.

Kirby spent some time with us during Thanksgiving.

He and Carson did a little "yard fishing" at Nana and PaPaw's.

This pictures is from Thanksgiving at Nana's, too.
Just thought it was cute and decided to throw it in.

Davis stayed with us while his mom and dad went to a concert recently.

Sydney got to practice her teaching skills with two star pupils.

Sydney has also been playing lots of basketball.

This picture is from a tournament at UALR that her team, the Mighty Bluebirds, won.

Other than that we've just been busy with life itself. Cam has been traveling a lot for work and school for me is always busy this time of year, not to mention trying to get my Christmas shopping done. I don't even want to think about it!! Looking forward to two weeks off soon.