Big Apple Circus

Last Wednesday, Tony took the morning off and we took our crew to Stone Mountain to see the Big Apple Circus. It was spectacular. The tent was pretty small, so our seats were close, even though they were the back section. It was a one ring circus, and we really all loved it. The boys really liked Grandma the clown. Tony and I had a great appreciation for the skill it takes those people to do all those great acts! And Finley...she's happy wherever she is. She soaked it all in, ate some snacks and had fun, too! Here are a few pictures...

Snow Day

How much snow did you get? I think we got about 4-5 inches! Fun stuff!

Serious cuteness...or future blackmail?

Seriously...

So, I know my Uncle Ged will appreciate this! I don't know where the month of January went! This month, we've pretty much been staying inside and trying to stay warm. Here are some Christmas pics that I promised a month ago!

Making reindeer food before Christmas!

Christmas morning...seeing what Santa brought!

Holiday Season

So, we've been super busy this holiday season and I've just neglected taking the time to sit down and reflect on all the things we've done. Here goes...I'll do pictures later. We went South Carolina for my Mama's family Christmas. We went to my uncle's house in Aiken. He has a horse and a pony...and my aunt took us out to see them. When someone mentioned going out to the barn to see the horses, Walker excitedly jumped up and said he wanted to go, Hudson looked at my Mama with this scared look in his eyes and said he didn't want to go! But, he went anyway. While out at the barn, Walker fed the pony and the horse treats and even said he wanted Pony to come out. Hudson, on the other hand was quite the opposite! We went out a second time during the evening and this time, we brought out the big horse. Hudson was quite frightened of this. (I think Walker was just a little scared, too...those things are BIG). But, Walker petted the horse, while Hudson didn't want to get close and cried a little. Although, right after he said...I did good, I just cried a little bit and I was close to that horse! My sweet guy is so self aware! We had fun visiting with family and playing our white elephant Christmas game! We also celebrated with the Stephenson family one Friday night in December. The boys always have sooo much fun playing with all their Stephenson cousins, and this was no exception! They played hard and even with dogs running around!
On December 20, Hudson sang at church in both services! This was such a huge deal because last year, he was supposed to sing, my parents drove all the way from Commerce, and even brought Papa along and the boy would not do it! I could not convince him that it was fine to go up and sing on the stage that Mommy sings on sometimes...he just wouldn't do it...he cried and cried, and I wasn't going to force him, so he sat with us while all the other kids sang. Well, this year, that kid was such a big boy. He walked in a line right up to the stage(however, he stopped at the row where Tony and all his grandparents and Beverly and Clay sat and said "I'm gonna sing again in a minute.") He also told me after that he didn't sing last year, he just cried and that he was a big boy this time. I really was so proud of him, and he beamed on the stage...so proud of himself! There were over 55 three to five year olds who sang that Sunday.
There's lots more, so I'll post more with pics and maybe video tomorrow! I can't believe that it's almost 2010!

Winner...

So the winner to the giveaway is...


And, because I have two boys, and they both wanted to pull a name, I decided to have 2 winners. The second winner is...
So, Kristy and Angela...let me know what kind, size and colors you want for your hats!

Giveaway...

So, with Christmas coming, I thought it would be fun to do a hat giveaway! I'm going to give away 1 hat...whatever color and size you'd like. I will custom make it for the winner. The choices are the Finley, Hudson or Walker hat. To enter, go visit http://www.finlindesigns.blogspot.com/ , then come back here and tell what your favorite hat style is and who you'll give the hat to if you win! For a second entry, blog, tweet, or facebook about the giveaway and then leave a second comment that you did that. I'll pick a winner on Saturday morning, December 12, so you can comment until then to enter.