Sam's Fam: 2015

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Christmas with Jojo & Pops and other Christmas Activities!

This past weekend was so much fun! My mom and dad (Jojo and Pops) came up and we celebrated Christmas with them. This is the first year we aren't going down there at Christmastime as a family, so they came to us! The first day they were here we played, had dinner, and then opened Christmas presents. Then the next day we cut out and decorated sugar cookies, went to the playground, cooked and ate a huge, delicious Christmas dinner, and then went and looked at Christmas lights. We had such a good time with them and were so thankful they took the time to come see us. :) I have lots of pictures, but before I get to those let me backtrack to what's been going on the past several weeks since I last posted. A few weeks ago we had some friends over and actually made sugar cookies and ate pizza. It was lots of fun until I rushed out at the end to get Thomas to urgent care before they closed. He'd been a little sick, but had declined quickly. Turned out he had a yucky case of RSV. :( Thus began a very long week of steroids, antibiotics (for his ears which were both badly infected), breathing treatments, and sleepless nights. And it didn't help that Josh was pretty much MIA. :( But I'm glad to report he is 100 percent better now! On the weekend that we were dealing with RSV, we got super lucky (please note sarcasm) and Bryant was sent home with his class "pet", Patch. When Patch comes home with you you're suppose to do fun things with him and document them in this book. Well…obviously we had nothing fun going on since Josh was working all weekend and Thomas had RSV. But, I made the best of it and I think Patch ended up getting to do some pretty fun things…as the pictures below will show. :) This past week Bryant had his Christmas Program at preschool. It was cute. Then the next day both kiddos had their Christmas parties at school. It was lots of fun for both of them! I think that pretty much covers everything. Below are lots and lots of pictures. :)

Making sugar cookies with friends. My kids were the main ones who loved this part.

Decorating time!

The boys, all 10 months old!

Bryant actually sat with Santa at school.

The beginning of our weekend with Patch!

Bryant's best buddy from school came to play while Patch was visiting.

Patch went bike riding with Bryant.

Ice cream. Yum!

Patch got to watch our favorite Christmas movie…Elf!

We took Patch up to Josh's work.

Patch and Bryant got to meet UGA's new head coach, Kirby Smart!

The last thing we did with Patch was take him to see this house that has TONS of Christmas stuff!

Taylor had dressed herself… ;)

And Bryant didn't even have on shoes… What can I say. I was in survival mode.

9 times out of 10 on days I pick them both up from school they are playing together on the seesaw. :)

Christmas program!

Bryant's on the far left.

Christmas Par-Tay!!

Bryant and Coleman at their Christmas party!

Sweet boy wants some of that yummy bread…and the lasagna to go with it!

Jojo and her youngest grand…until January that is. :)

Dance Party!!!

Two of my boys.

They all sure do love Pops!

Bryant was so proud to hand out the presents. :)

GO DAWGS!

Of course Thomas needed a little help.

SO fun!!

Taylor loved her Skye costume and princess shoes!

Zoobs are awesome for all ages! :)

Putting together the Marble Run Castle!

Sugar Cookie time with Jojo & Pops.

Sweet boy

Christmas Dinner! We even used the fancy china. ;)

Our second visit to the awesome lights. The kids wanted to show Jojo and Pops!

LOVE!

Writing her letter to santa. She wrote like 10.

Ho Ho Ho…MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Until next time…

Heather

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

NC Trip, Thanksgiving, Trip to Opelika, Santa, etc.!!

The past several weeks have been filled with lots of fun and family! The week of Thanksgiving me and the kiddos drove up to North Carolina to visit my sister Shelley and her family. We were there Sunday-Wednesday. Besides Tyler (Shelley's boy) getting sick and the drive back to Athens taking 8 hours instead of 5 1/2, it was a great trip! We had fun really just hanging out. And the kids always have a blast together! Then Thursday was Thanksgiving!! We spent that day here in Athens with Josh, since he had to work that morning. We had a full Thanksgiving meal with our friends the Hartleys! It was wonderful! Then we all went to a Christmas Tree farm and picked out Christmas trees. That evening Josh left to head to Atlanta (where UGA's game was on Saturday). Then first thing the next morning the kids and I left to head down to Opelika. My sister Hillary and her family were there for Thanksgiving. So obviously I had to go see them. The fun part was that Hillary had no idea I was coming. And on top of that I had planned a small surprise Baby "Sprinkle" for her and baby girl White. She was shocked. It was great!! Then we stayed through Saturday just hanging out with them and my mom and dad. It was short, but good. Then this past Saturday Josh actually got to stay home some. So that morning we went to Breakfast with Santa. It was an event put on at the kid's old preschool that they went to the remaining of last year. It was fun! We got to eat pancakes and visit with Santa. My kids were not too impressed with Santa. Bryant was scared of him, although he did eventually walk over and tell him what he wanted for Christmas. But he did not want to sit on his lap. Which, I mean, can you blame him? It's some strange, bearded old man. Ha! Taylor did sit on his lap, but only because I placed her there, and she did not speak or smile the entire time. Thomas was just entranced by Santa's beard. So that was that! I got a somewhat decent Santa picture and called it a day! That afternoon some friends came over and we all hung out and watched the SEC Championship game. It was fun! Well, that's about all for now. Below are tons of pictures.

Last home game of 2015!

Go Dawgs!!

Tyler and Bryant! So happy!!

This girl. Climbing all over the place.

Sweet boy fell down a couple of stairs and landed on his forehead. And thus I learned that he could climb the stairs. Oops!

All five kiddos playing in the floor. Makes my heart so happy!

Trampolines are fun.

Bounce!!

Helping decorate the small tree in the their playroom.

Empty boxes are fun. :)

Craft time!! Making ornaments.

My lovely sister and her husband thought it would be hilarious to draw a mustache on my sweet little baby while I was putting my other two kids to sleep. And let's be honest…it was!! :)

Thomas loved Uncle Shawn's beard.

Sweetest. Cousin Picture. Ever.

I think it's so funny that Thomas crawls like this a lot of the time!

Thomas gives Thanksgiving a thumbs up! He got macaroni for the first time!

Silly turkey girls!

The boys playing some Thanksgiving football!

Handsome boy.

My girl. Keeping up with the boys!

Christmas Tree Farm

Hillary's flourless chocolate cake for her shower! It was pretty and absolutely delicious!! (Athens peeps, you must try out KiKi's Bakeshop in Watkinsville)