Merry Christmas 2008

Shame on me. I think I'm the only mom in these United States of America who did not take any pictures of her children on Christmas! I'm sorry. Here's my lame excuse, my camera eats up batteries and I actually ran out of batteries on Christmas Day. My camera died and therefore no pictures were taken. I went to Sams today and bought a 50 count pack of AA batteries! Maybe I'll just buy a new camera.

I hope everyone enjoyed themselves. Lindsey and I will be traveling to Virginia for Leah's baby shower in January. I promise I'll post pictures after the trip!

Happy New Year, 2009!

Nan and Ray

Lindsey and Ashley's Nan and Papa Ray were able to visit us this past weekend! Lindsey helped mom and I make Paula Dean's Ooey Gooey Pumpkin Cake, which is a wonderful dessert for parties! Lindsey had fun doing the "Christmas dance" with Nan and enjoyed wearing Ray's Virginia Tech hat!

Trimming the tree...

This was the first year that Lindsey really enjoyed decorating the family Christmas tree. As you can tell from the photos, she took the job seriously.

Ashley and Summer are having fun as well!

Some have asked why Lindsey looks so "rough" sometimes. Well, I'll tell you why! She hates having her hair brushed and if we get it styled- usually a ponytail or pigtails- in the morning, after nap it's all over the place. Notice the upside down visor? It was from Emmi's birthday party in Denver! I must say, she is a lot like me, in that, she doesn't really care about her hair too much.

Thanksgiving in Roanoke

We were very thankful to be able to travel by CAR this Thanksgiving. Say what you want about long car rides, but I love being able to pack what I want (without having to pay for it), and I love not having to rent a car! We have a DVD player in my van so Lindsey and Ashley get to watch cartoons on the long car trips.

These are pictures of Lindsey playing with my dad. In the first picture she is signing "more" rather forcefully. She had a lot of fun!