Eleven Years Ago..

This sweet baby girl was born.  Her arrival was such a blessing to me and Hudson, nothing has been the same since and we wouldn't change a thing. Life was no longer solely about us as a couple, but about the precious miracle God blessed us with.  

She was such a pretty baby. :)

We were in love with that little bundle.

We weren't the only first-timers, Nana and Papoo with their first grandbaby, they now have 9...which will be 10 this fall!

Ganmamma with granddaughter #3!

We are so proud of you Olivia!  God has blessed us with a smart, loving, compassionate and beautiful daughter.  Keep trusting in Him and seeking His will!  We love you!

Aruba

Hudson and I escaped to Aruba last week, while my mom kept the kids, we had to deal with this view for five days. Tough. I know.

Our first night in Aruba, we enjoyed this view while enjoying dinner on the beach.

 

 Hudson enjoyed Tuna.

 And I had some yummy Chilean Sea Bass.

 At lunch one day, we had a visitor...actually a lot of them!

 Heading to dinner our last night.

 Our last view of Aruba, from the plane awaiting takeoff.

I had to include this...sweet, sweet brother.

2011 BCS National Champions Auburn Tigers!

I was a bit presumptuous. Following Auburn's win over LSU in October, we ordered tickets to the Tostito's BCS National Championship.  After watching Cam Newton's Heisman clinching performance, I knew he, nor the rest of the Auburn Tiger's football team would be beaten.  I'm thankful we were able to witness, in person, five games played by this championship team.

Of course, the biggest game we witnessed was the BIG ONE!

The venue, the University of Phoenix Stadium

Under Armour hosted a pregame party for Tiger fans. Fun Stuff!

Our players during their warmups and stretches, if you look closely you can see Coach Chizik having a discussion with the Defensive leader, Josh Bynes.

The AU Marching Band-pregame. TIGERS!

THE CELEBRATION!

This was taken about midnight MT after a looong and exciting day!

Merry Christmas!

 I tried to get a good picture of Abigail in her sweet Christmas dress, however, she refused to put the football down. Brought tears to my eyes...haha.

Trunk or Treat 2010

We had a wonderful time at our church's Trunk or Treat this year.  The kids had a lot of fun on the rides and visiting with their friends, they also ended up with way too much candy! Abigail really enjoyed collecting all the candy and politely told each person thank you after receiving it.  Olivia and Maxwell ran around and played with their friends.  It was a great time!

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Our Beach Vacation

We spent a great week at Orange Beach this year.  It was wonderful to spend time with the family and catch up.  The kids had a great time playing with their cousins and wore themselves out every day.

Poor Abigail, she did not love the sand and was very unhappy. Maxwell tried to make her happy with a seashell. :)  She did warm up to it though, by Thursday she was shoveling sand into a bucket!

Daddy to the Rescue

Poor little baby, she didn't want to sit still and pose for a picture.  So sad.

Then with perfect timing, my pocket starts to quack.  I reached into my pocket and pulled my phone out so that Abigail could talk to her daddy.  She has just now started to talk on the phone like a big girl.  Before, she was always too timid..she would only talk on the phone if there was no one on the other end!

Our Lego Maniac

Maxwell is a bit addicted to Legos.  He loves them!  I'm sure he even dreams about them.  He has built most of the Lego Star Wars ships so he's moved on to Lego Atlantis.  He bought this one today with his birthday money.  This is the Atlantis Typhoon Turbo Sub.

Here's a brief (if you consider 8 minutes brief) video of him explaining his largest Star Wars ship.  He built this ship last month.

Excuse the quality please, this was taken with my iPhone.

Future Olympian?

Abigail loves the pool, she would float in it all day long if she had her way.  She also has a new found love of jumping into the water.  We think we may have a future Olympian on our hands, she has great form for a 2 year old and is very dramatic about the whole thing.  I think she's a perfect 10!

Preparing for her jump.

Check out that perfect form....and those sweet toes. :)

Eyes closed while she holds her breath hoping Daddy is there to catch her!

A Day on Lake Lanier

Hudson's parents were in town this weekend so we decided to head to Lake Lanier for a day of fun.  The weather was perfect and we had a great time!

Pure joy. He couldn't keep the smile off of his face!

 Abigail (with her Papoo) would have floated in the lake all day if she had her way; she loved it!

Olivia had a lot of fun swimming and tubing!

Maxwell got up on the skis the first time, I told him next year we were dumping the training skis for some big boy ones!

Sweet baby, pretending to be asleep.

Me and my waterbugs!

Daddy enjoying some much needed relaxation.

Maxwell and Nana at lunch.

Not pretending here, Abigail passed out on Nana's lap..notice the Twix bar she had a deathgrip on!

Heading to the Movies

The kids have been wanting to see "How to Train Your Dragon", it hit the dollar theater a few days ago, so they sweet-talked Papoo and Nana into taking them.  Fun!

disclaimer: The little one with the pigtails did NOT go to the movies, she's way too busy for that.