Did this really happen???

Thanksgiving, that is!!!  While most are posting about Christmas related happenings, I'm proudly going to do a Thanksgiving post, with no shame :)  Let's just make it a true "throw back Thursday!" :)

Just a few days ago, ahem, approximately 28 days to be exact, we celebrated a little holiday we've come to love and know as Thanksgiving, and this is how it went...

My favorite brother and his sweet family were here!!!

 My mother prepared a most delicious feast!!!

 Berkley got to sit with the grown-ups :)

 But, she would have probably much rather been with the big kids, she's just a little untrustworthy in Kay Kay's bar stools!

 Also, in the same gathering, we celebrated Aunt Joy's 21st birthday!  Okay, so maybe it wasn't her 21st, but doesn't she look all of 19!!!

 4 cute little Hall cousins!

 And, wouldn't you know, we also celebrated Christmas the same night!!!

 That's how we do things around here :)  

 We sure wish they were coming back from NC for Christmas!  A Thanksgiving/birthday/Christmas combo will just have to do for now though :(

 Stay tuned!  Hopefully another post to come soon!  When I print this blog book for 2012, I want it to make sense and I want the proper holidays to be printed in the proper years' book :)

Halloween Take 2

Once again, moving forward as if Halloween was yesterday :)  Kenadie was able to dress-up in her costume at school on Halloween, and seeings how she received the most adorable Dallas Cowboys cheerleader uniform for her birthday, and also seeings how I didn't know how our "official" costume would hold up for a day at school, and one more "seeings how", we were trying to take care of our costume so that it could make it on our trip to Disney in a couple of weeks, we thought it best to go as the cheerleader to school :)  I think this is why mothers have such a tiring job...we have to think through EVERY single tiny detail of life, even our Halloween costumes :)  Or maybe that's just me liking to have my thumb on things :)???  Oh well, call it what you may, but she was one cute cheerleader AND we still have our princess costume in mint condition to take to DW with us!  Mission accomplished!!!

 Our adorable friend, Ally, the Southern Miss Dixie Darling :)

 Halloween night, we attended the "Pumpkin Party" at our church.  Side note funny: When I was fixing Kenadie's hair in a bun, upon her request, she said she wanted a "big, fat bun like Cinderella has."  Bless her sweet little tiny hair heart!  She has maybe had a total of 2" total cut from her hair.  Fast hair growth is just not "our thing!" :)  Still aspiring to have hair "like Rapunzel" though!

 Berkley was so brave getting her face painted, just trying to keep up with sister, who FINALLY for the first time would get her face painted!!!

 Aghhh.......!!!  

 This was K's reaction to our lifelong family friend, Mr. Sam, bowing to her :)  He's so funny!  Seriously he is one of the funniest people I know!

 Yay for horse rides!!!

And that was our Halloween for ya!  Fun times :)

My Little Ladybug

I'm just going to pretend that Halloween wasn't over a week ago and post this as if it happened yesterday :)  First on our dress-up agenda was taking Berkley to Mommie & Me.  How adorable are these toddlers in their costumes!?!  We had a bumble bee, Charlie Brown, 2 ladybugs, a monkey, Little Red Riding Hood, a Tennessee Smokie and a Hippie :)

This would be costume #1.  Costume #2 coordinated with Kenadie's, however, as a solo, Berkley is cutest as the ladybug :)  Her favorite part was the red sequined shoes!  

Kenadie wore this costume when she was 1 :)  

 All of our friends!  A fairy and a  lion joined us for this pic.

21 months old

We love the dinosaur song, perhaps it's because we don't own any toys of this variety :)

I just had a thought...oh my goodness...this was Berkley's last Mommie & Me dress-up day :(  Oh no :(  Sure wish I had made a mental note of that while it was happening... :(

Fabulous 5!

The past two weeks are literally all a blur!  Every day I had a "to do" list that was just to get me by to the next day.  I was totally just treading water trying to get through it all!  But, somewhere in the middle of it all, my precious angel turned 5!  Whoa!  Just doesn't seem right!!!  She's so much fun and we had a great time celebrating her.  I think we FINALLY finished :)  We had her party on the 27th, the Saturday before her official birthday on Tues. the 30th.  

We had a Little Mermaid themed Stretch n Grow party, and it was way too much fun!  She loved her cake! Precious "total awe" smile when she saw it :)

Bella, Kenadie & Miriam

Ally & Joiner

Even Berkley participates :)

Sweet sisters :)

Weeeeee...

Miriam, Ally, Kenadie, Bella, Joiner, Berkley & Kate.  We had one more little friend here with us, she just wasn't so sure about everything going on.

Happy Birthday, Kenadie!!!

Can't have a party without Cheetos!  Or, at least not to her anyway!

Presents = pure chaos!

How adorable is this Dallas Cowboys cheerleader uniform from Aunt Paige, Uncle Drew, Dylan & Conner who have recently moved to TX!

Love my family!

Happy Birthday, Kenadie!!!  We love you and have so much fun with you!!!  Can't wait to see what all fun things we will get in to this year!  Have fun being 5!

My Rhinestone CowGIRL

Who doesn't love a little cowgirl???

Especially when she's this cute!

And...she has a pretty adorable class too!

 The week we were in Atlanta, see post below, was the week Kenadie's class was doing a cowboy unit.  She returned to school on the day that they could dress-up like cowboys, so I was happy she didn't miss that, however, I hated to break it to her...well, actually I just didn't tell her, that she missed 3 whole days of cowboy/horse related activities!  The girl has a serious passion for horses!!!  I definitely see horseback riding lessons in her future!  And Papa, if you're reading this, she says you are getting her a black horse, to be named "Blacker", for her 10th birthday!  Don't know where that came from, but she's not backing down!  She throws it out at random just like anything else she tells me :)  

Have a happy weekend!  I know we sure will!  We've got a special little girl's 5th birthday to celebrate!!!