Gingerbread Houses!

For as long as I can remember, my family has always made gingerbread houses together every Christmas. We would actually make our own "village" and it would become the centerpiece on our dining room table for the month of December until the first snow, when all of the neighborhood kiddos would come over and we'd have a demolition party. So last week we continued the tradition and made gingerbread houses with our new families...the boys LOVED it! They'd eat a piece of candy, then place one on their house...the best way to decorate!

Coleman and I decorating:

Jared was out of town, so Uncle Dave helped Carter decorate his house:

Rebel helped supervise and plan his strategy for next year:

Our finished products:

Playground

Coleman and Carter LOVE to go to the playground by our house. They are such big boys now, and they climb up the stairs and slide down the slides, play in the sandboxes, and just run around like madmen when we are there. Thank goodness it is fenced in, but I do feel like I am back on the soccer field playing zone defense when I watch these two...I make sure I can see both of them at the same time and at the perfect angle!

Christmas Time!

I love Christmas and the amazing story of how it all began. There are so many awesome programs and events this time of year that we can't possibly attend them all but we sure seem to be trying to! Here are some pictures of some fun things we have done this month so far with our munchkins...I can't wait for our family outing tomorrow to go and pick out our Christmas tree!!

Hanging ornaments on the Christmas tree in the sunroom:



We went to Christmas in Bethlehem at my parent's church last week and enjoyed seeing how the city would have been at the time of Jesus' birth. We also wath




We also attended another church's Christmas festival and petting zoo:





And I was able to go with Jared on a work trip to Nashville where we went to the Opryland Hotel to see the beautiful lights and Christmas displays.

Happy Anniversary to us!!

It's hard to imagine that Jared and I have now been married 4 years...it seems like 40! Not that we are old fogies when it comes to living an exciting life (although staying up past 10pm seems more and more difficult these days...), but to think back on all of the life experiences that we have had over the past 4 years is more than I can truly rack my head around. We've been through the good, the really good, the bad, and the really bad, and through it all I can't imagine having another person standing by my side holding my hand. We have made some pretty incredible lifelong friends and exceptional memories along the way...as well as two pretty cute little boys. We are blessed beyond measure, and I can't wait to see what year number 5 has in store for us!

Family Pictures

We took some family pictures last month that I absolutely LOVE. They were taken at a polo field on a chilly October morning, but the boys did great and I want to pretty much frame every single picture of them. Precious. Here is a slideshow of our day for you to enjoy (make sure your volume is on!).

Click Here: Familypictures

The Commercial

Yay! The commercial is now airing on HGTV during Property Brothers. The production company sent us a link to forwarded on to friends and family, so you don't have to worry about when it will come on to see it. :o)

Note: The link does require flash, so you will have to view it from a computer, not a phone. Also, we had some trouble loading it on Mozilla firefox, but if you have internet explorer then you should be totally fine!

Click on this link: Chase Slate Commercial

Let's Go Falcons!

My brother was sick this weekend and offered Jared and I his tickets (you know he's sick when he can't go to a football game!), so we decided to take Coleman and Carter along to see the Falcons play. They had not yet been to a professional game of any sort...although I did go to a game with my Dad when I was pregnant with them.

I have to admit...I was a little nervous as to how they would do but they did GREAT!! They were up and down and all around at the game, but they stayed within their little two foot radius and didn't bother anyone around them (that I know of!). Coleman loved when everyone would clap and he could join in, and especially when the music would come on after a big play...he has some serious rythm! Carter tried to reach the banner hung underneath our section and pull it up...never a dull moment with these two! They ate popcorn, clapped, and had a great time up until the 4th quarter when they decided they had both had enough. It was off to the Varsity for a yummy hotdog before heading back home. What a great family fun day!








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I think it's safe to say they had a lot of fun too!