Christmas with Boppy and Dawny Bear

Boppy, Dawny Bear, Kyle, and Kaci came to LR today to visit and have Christmas with us. We had a great time getting to seeing everyone and just having a relaxing day together. We're so glad you guys came and we love you bunches!! Thanks for the perfect gifts. We missed you Ash and Davis...hope Day Day is feeling better. FYI, Sydney did most of the picture taking so I had to post lots of pics for her.

Syd just being Syd!
Boppy, Dawny Bear, Cameron, Ryan, and Kyle

The girls and Carsy-Man

Kaci and I (ignore my crazy hair)

Carson's "cheese" faceCarson and Bubby...Carsy's yelling "Football"

Learning to text at a very young age, and there's nobody better to teach him. ;)

Syd and her Bubby

Kaci and Carson

Gingerbread House

We decided to make a gingerbread house last night and had so much fun making it together. Sydney was good about telling Carson where to put things and he actually followed exactly what she said. Yes, we took the easy way out and bought a kit but it still turned out pretty cute.

Syd and Carson finishing up.
The finished product!

UALR Mascot

If you're wondering why I am putting a picture of the UALR mascot and some random cheerleader on my blog you should read the post before this one. This was the only picture I could find of their mascot online and I didn't take one myself today.

Come on, wouldn't this scare you if you were a little kid?!

UALR Basketball Game

Today was Miss Sydney's big cheer performance at the UALR basketball game. They looked absolutely precious and their routine was perfect. Below are several pictures from the day and I'm working on getting a video of them on here. It might take me a few days but I'll figure it out.

Syd is all dolled up and ready to perform.

Above and below are during their performance.

Sydney and Micah (her cheer coach)

If you'd ever seen UALR's mascot you wouldn't be asking why Carson has such a terrified look on his face. They're the Trojans and he could quite honestly be the scariest mascot I've seen. Carson was definitely not a fan!

Sydney and her Mommy

In keeping with anything that Sydney does, she had quite the fan club. Boppy, Dawny Bear, Lolli, Pop, Uncle Ryan, Aunt Ashley, Davis, and of course Carson, Cameron, and I were all there to cheer her on. Below are some pics of a few of her #1 fans.

Uncle Ryan, Syd, Aunt Ashley, and Davis

Boppy, Carson, and Syd

Syd also got to do some more singing in church this morning. Our adult choir did their Christmas Musical and the children's choir got to sing two songs with them. The whole thing was just beautiful...our church has been blessed with some amazingly talented singers. It really reminded me of the reason for the season. How lucky are we to have Jesus' birthday to celebrate! I hope everyone is having a great holiday season so far and I hope you all have a great week!

Syd's Big Weekend

Sydney had a very busy, yet exciting weekend. Her birthday is actually this weekend but we celebrated early. We kept going back and forth when deciding what to do as far as a party and stopped on the fact that she had too much going on for a big party. No, this was not my decision! I was trying to work it all in somehow when Sydney finally said, "Mom, I just have too much to do." We decided to have her friend Landyn come home with us from school to spend the night. Syd had a dress rehearsal cheer practice Friday after school and then we headed to Larry's Pizza. The pizza was great as usual and the girls had a blast playing in the game room. Next, we headed home to wait on Cameron to get in from FL. The girls drank hot chocolate and pretty much just danced the night away. The next morning was cooked a big breakfast and introduced Landyn to chocolate gravy and biscuits, our favorite. After breakfast and showers Sydney, Landyn, and I met Mimi at the pottery place to do some painting. They both did an awesome job painting the fairies they chose. Syd had to be at the church for her Christmas musical dress rehearsal by 12:00 so we hurried over as soon as they finished painting. Their rehearsal was finally over around 2:30. Sydney took a much needed nap before blowing out the candles on her birthday cake. She has the best Mimi in the world...and did I mention a wonderful cake decorator. Below is a picture of Syd's made to order cake. She requested a green flower, a basketball, pom poms, and a purple heart and that's exactly what she got.

After church on Sunday we went to Barnes and Noble for Fulbright's book fair. The cheerleaders performed and did an amazing job. Micah, their coach, is unbelievable with those girls. They are getting ready for an even bigger performance this weekend at the UALR basketball game. Sydney is a flyer so cross your fingers that there are no falls. Below is a picture of Syd in her uniform and one right before their performance.

Last but definitely not least, our church Christmas musical was Sunday night. They have been practicing for weeks and did everything perfectly. This is the only picture I was able to get because I was busy video taping. Sydney loves Mrs. Nancy and the other leaders and being in the choir.

You must be tired after reading all that so you can imagine how wiped out Syd was come bedtime Sunday night. We're so proud of our little star.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND WE LOVE YOU SYDNEY!!!!

Thanksgiving 2008

Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures of our Thanksgiving festivities this year but we had a wonderful time. Much of our holiday was spent driving as usual but it was great to see everyone. We went to Lolli and Pop's (Cam's parents) house Wednesday night. Cameron's little brother Haydon, his girlfriend Bree, and Bree's sister were there too. Bree and her sister are from California and are going home for Christmas soon so they spent Thanksgiving in Nashville. We had lunch at Cameron's granny's house, then headed to DQ for dinner with my mom and grandparents. We headed home early Friday so we could spend some time relaxing at our house and putting up our Christmas decorations. Cam leaves for Florida Monday morning to work for the week and I guess it's back to school and a busy 3 weeks for me. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!

My beautiful baby girl is almost 8!

Sydney Brooke

Syd's 8th birthday is December 12th and I absolutely can't believe it. It seems like she was Carson's age just yesterday. She is just so beautiful and getting very tall. I took some pictures of her while Carson was playing in the yard the other day and thought this one was pretty cute. She is loving cheerleading at school and looks precious doing the dance they're learning. She will be performing at a UALR basketball game soon and she's so excited. She also has a part in our church Christmas musical next Sunday. I'm so proud of how well she is doing in school and what an awesome sister she is to Carson. We are so blessed to have such a sweet girl!!