*Day 2-What She Wore Christmas Shirt*

And this is what you get sometimes when you ask a 1 1/2 year old to smile ;-)

It's beginning to feel alot like Christmas

....either because Matt was in NYC for the tree lighting or it's officially DECEMBER!! Yes Matt was in NYC without me ;-( He had to go for work and got to go over for the tree lighting! I told him that he was a "Stinker" for going without me....I also told him that I would not go without him...Baylee said "Yes you would!!!!" haha!! I think they both know that I would! Well back to my post... I am starting something new this year for Mattison...(Baylee is too old for it this year) Mattison will wear a different holiday or Christmas shirt everyday for the month of December!!! How fun will this be. Monday's are pj day at school so she will also sport her Christmas PJ's!! I will take pictures everyday of her outfit and post! And the traditions begin! So Dec 1st...she wouldn't smile for the camera which may happen alot during these photos but this is what she wore ;-)

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS

OFFICIAL SHOPPING DAYS: 23

(hey...sometimes you gotta stop at Shell for a

quick gascard as a last minute present)

*Thanksgiving Love*

We had a VERY blessed Thanksgiving this year....As you read earlier .....my goal was 100 meals from Cracker Barrel...with the AWESOME AMAZING friends and family I have we had $1250 that would be $125 meals....Well we donated $250 to Harriman Gardens (An elderly, disabled home in Roane County that had previously had a fire) SO....We handed 100 meals out Thursday in LESS THAN 27 MINUTES......WOW!!!!  I am completely amazed.  Once again I want to THANK every single person that helped me do this!  This is in memory of my Uncle Jeff and I can not believe all the support everyone is giving my family and I ...There were at least 10 of my friends that wanted to donate but I didn't get with in time....So next year.....guess what??? YEP...200 meals is my goal!! Wanna help???  Just get in touch with me between now and then!!!!

After that we spent some time with our own amazing families and gobbled up ;-)

And of course I went shopping with my sister-in-law while my AMAZING husband kept the girls and our nephew...alone! And they all survived happily!  He is amazing with kids ;-)

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!

V-O-L-S......GO VOLS GO.......

We FINALLY got to go to a Vols game!!YAY!! Baylee has had a tournament every home game so far so we were not able to go...Kinda to our advantage because UT vs Vandy was the BEST game in a long time ;-)  We sat on row 2 behind the players families....Baylee and Haveyn actually sat with the players family as you will see in pictures.  The Coach Weeklys(husband and wife) sat in that section so Baylee and Haveyn introduce them selves.  Maybe they will one day play ball for them....(fingers crossed) ANYWAYS....back to football...We had a blast and Tennessee Vols did great!! We walked out of the Stadium with Eric Gordon's parents...if you can imagine there was LOTS of noise going on!!!

 Girls

 Best Friends

 Baylee and Haveyn's seats

 Me and Ashley ;-)

Last huddle of the Night!!!!

THANKS......

We have gotten 1 down and 2 to go ;-) that is thanksgiving meals.....I love to eat so that works good for me.  My mom had her thanksgiving this past Sunday because everyone is always so busy on Thanksgiving that its hard to pick a time when everyone can hang out and enjoy each other rather than rushing off to the next stop! It worked PERFECT and the food was awesome as always!  Thank you so much for all your cooking Mom!!!

                                             

 The Boys and I

 Ricky and Steph

 Uncle Ray....This little girl LOVES her Uncle "ay" as she says

 Cool Whip Anyone???  Reminds me of Mrs. Doubtfire....loved that movie for some reason

 A girl and her Mommy ;-)

And this.....Well this is for my "big brother" again showing him my full-loving attitude!!!  I'm crazy and Matt loves it....Can't you tell!!

Blessed!  I cannot even express how blessed I am!  Between my husband, my girls, my family and my friends!   And I guess I should say Matt is pretty blessed with his wife ;-) Just kidding….(The other night I said to Matt… You know honey you are so lucky to have an awesome wife like me…He says…Yes I really am!  That’s when I said…Why didn’t I get that lucky ;-)!! Totally laughing I know that I am very blessed with a husband that goes the extra mile to make me happy) Back to my points…. Have you ever thought about no home….no food….maybe even no family or friends…. Its wild to think that we would be devastated without just one of those and there are people in the UNITED STATES….in TENNESSEE….in EAST TENNESSEE…..in ROANE COUNTY….in KINGSTON that have one or more of these problems.  You never know and will never know peoples situations but what I do know is 1 person can make a difference in someone life….Being the month of November I do more of what I should be doing all year long…..GIVE THANKS!!!!  Help someone…….While I have ALWAYS been warm and laughing when I eat my Thanksgiving meals with my family ( to be honest we normally eat 2 or 3 meals) ….Some people don’t get that…..I ask everyone or anyone that reads this blog to think for a moment about helping in so way this year to make a difference.  One of my ways is buying meals for the homeless.  My dad and I started this 3 years ago with 30 meals from cracker barrel....This year my goal was 100 and after reaching out to friends and family for sponsors.... I will for sure have more than 100. I will post after Thanksgiving and let you know!  I am SUPER excited to help touch these people's lives and I wish I could do more!  THANKS with all my heart to everyone who has helped my make this dream true and thanks to everyone that takes the time this year to help someone ;-) 

ZOO babies.....

I am a sucker for a zoo.... I love a Zoo.  Every time we travel somewhere we always try to check out the zoo.  If Knoxville zoo is the only Zoo you have ever been too...I beg you to try another because you will L.O.V.E. it!!!  I hate to say this about Knoxville in any way BUT they have the worst Zoo that I have been to so far....But I do still go from time to time...Generally once a year.  I really wish that they would keep up with it more but oh well..... We went to the Zoo Sunday with my SIL and nephew!  We had an awesome day with them!! Can't wait til the next outing  ;-)

*** My LOVES***

 Mattison is still not 100% sure about this

 And here is Abby.....Mattison has officially named EVERY Giraffe Abby...too cute

I introduce to you...... Kali the Koala

and also ........Bobby the Bear

**HAPPY FRIDAY LIL' PUMPKINS**

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!! Mattison has a pumpkin contest today at school so we decided to do it 1-year old style and paint the pumpkins so that she could actually participate ;-)  she did an excellent job with her pumpkin!  I hope my pumpkin gets 1^st place in her pumpkin contest!  If not I know she worked hard on it!  Baylee and Haveyn also painted pumpkins!!  We had so much fun!  I hope all you kiddos have a safe and fun Halloween Weekend!  Party and eat lots of CANDY ;-) I know we will……

 Mattison's finished

 Backside of Mattison's

 They are two of a kind!! L.O.V.E.

 Baylee's Finished

Haveyn's Finished