birmingham christmas

on christmas day michael and i drove to birmingham to have christmas with his family.   i woke up feeling nauseous and felt that way most of the day.  of course, everyone wanted me to take a pregnancy test that day.  {definitely not preggo!}  it was just crummy not being able to eat all the yummy food!!

sweet mallory...

 tripp loved his horsey...

3 generations in their matching pjs...

 tripp sporting all his gear...auburn uniform...auburn band-aids....golf club set...and a game...

 megan and mallory at the family christmas party....

oh, and i might as well post a picture of our 1st christmas card...

we had a wonderful christmas season.  but i must admit,  i am glad to be back to a 'normal' routine where things aren't quite so hectic.  

a greensboro christmas

for my family's christmas this year we decided to host everyone down in greensboro the weekend before christmas.  this was something we had never done before --- usually i only see my cousins at thanksgiving, christmas, and maybe easter and for only enough time for everyone to scarf down their lunch.

everyone arrived on saturday and michael took the guys shooting.  it was pretty funny as i have never seen my cousin or brother even hold a gun.  much more of the golfing type.  but we are in the country now and had to show them a true redneck country christmas.


had lots of christmas treats...

this game was a huge hit...

we were exhausted after it was all over.....

iron bowl 2011

dani and i made our annual trip to the iron bowl this year.  while the outcome wasn't ideal we still had a great time.  

now the countdown has begun for our annual girls trip in april!

thanksgiving 2011

for thanksgiving we did our usual routine.  decatur/hartselle for lunch {my family} then birmingham for dinner {michael's family}.  

maggie checking on the mac n cheese....

doing what 14 year olds do.... :)

sweet jackson...

back in birmingham...the jamisons came over from atlanta....

mallory was cracking me up...

frank cooked a delicious non-traditional thanksgiving dinner....

we had surf n turf...steak...grouper...shrimp...salad...veggies....yum!!

then it was bath time and bedtime to get ready for black friday shopping...

trick or treat

michael and i were invited to a couple of halloween parties this year.  however, in typical fashion, we waited until the last minute to come up with a costume.  we went to halloween spirit in tuscaloosa a couple of days before halloween and of course everything was picked over {and packed with kids looking for costumes to their date parties}.  so on to plan b.  thanks to pinterest {where i have been spending all of my time lately} i saw a 'deer in headlights' costume.  so that's what we were.  everyone loved it and we had a great night.

we started the night at archie's party in demopolis.  here we are with archie, the 'illegal alien'...

then it was back to greensboro to hit up buzzy's party....

it was over the top complete with a dj/karaoke...

big bad wolf, bambi, gangster...

full costume...

maybe we'll be better prepared next year!

a concert and a bbq

friday evening we went to a concert at our church put on by three fellows to help raise money for horseshoe farm.  mary and frank came down for the weekend also -  so we were thankful we just happened to have some entertainment that night!

garwen and josh performing

ella singing ava maria

garwen, josh, ella

michael, henry, frank, and mary

then on saturday we had the fellows and their parents over for lunch.  and so thankful mary and frank were there and able to help out - we had no idea it took so much to host a simple bbq!

michael and jodie{doing the infamous michael pose}

bill

josh {fellow}, amy {fellow}, melanie, caroline

john, garwen, and her parents watching a clip from the concert

we had a busy but great weekend!