Digital Story of the Nativity

The Digital Story of the Nativity

Our Saturday Night

Last night Justin and I watched our niece and nephew. We had fun. Ella and I watched the Princess and the Frog while J and Grayson played PS3. After watching 30 minutes of the movie, Ella decided she didn't wanna watch it anymore, a 3 year old right? So we headed to the kitchen to make a yummy cake. All the while Grayson playing his heart out on the PS3...And while the cake was in the oven we finished decorating our Christmas tree.

And then you know Aunt Lauren couldn't help but play with her camera. : )

1993

Today in 1993, (I was in Kindergarten) my grandpa went to be with Jesus. I wish he could have been around for so many things in my life. Though I may not have been alive for many years before he passed, I know he loved me so much. And I know he is watching from heaven.
You know before my wedding, there had a been a drought all summer. A few days before my wedding I heard the song "Hole in the Floor of Heaven" and laughed to myself and said I would have to just know that they were watching considering the drought...well low and behold it rained and rained on my wedding day. Grandpa and my other Grandpa had to show up and let me know they were watching.

Missing my Grandpa today...

Christmas Comes Early

This past weekend was a blast. I was totally in the festive Christmas mood the whole weekend. Saturday morning Cambrey, Joe & the boys flew in from D.C. to spend the weekend with everyone celebrating Christmas. Justin surprised everyone and came in for the day to see everyone before he had to drive back to the well Saturday night. We went and ate at Koppe Bridge for lunch and hung out at Taylors before going to Target, Wal-Mart and Hobby Lobby. It was quite the adventure once everyone left and it was just Taylor, Cambrey and Me. I lost my keys in Target and had the whole store looking everywhere for them- Taylor & Cambrey were great and didn't complain at all or call me an idiot which I kept calling myself. Of course, as soon as we leave (we had given my name and number to the people at the front desk- thankfully we had driven separately), Target calls me to tell me they found my keys. PRAISE JESUS! : ) I had so much fun with the girls.

Sunday morning I got up and went over to Taylors to ride with them to the lake to celebrate Christmas. We got there and started cooking and enjoyed just being together- and another surprise visit from the hubby who drove in again!! The day seemed to fly by and before we knew it- we were opening presents from our siblings and taking pictures. Brad had me as his sibling and he got me a 8 piece wall verbs thingie for the wall that has a bunch of picture slots in it- however when I opened it, he had put pictures of HIMSELF in every picture slot. FIGURES!! It was really funny though. The last time everyone was together was 3 years ago!! We took pictures and this time it was much more difficult that last time. 3 years ago there was not so many grand kids!

So now a recap in pictures...

There was a lot of this.... and this...and of course a wrapped up 2 year old. : )

All the Grandkids- all 8 of them. (and Kason & Carla and J and I haven't even started having kids yet and the other siblings aren't finished either!) Taylor, Eric, Cannon, Gunnar, Grayson, & Ella Joe, Cambrey, Adam & Zachary Brad, Ragan, Avery & Kinley Kason & Carla J, Me & Pip- The WHOLE gang- kids with spouses- all the women in our matching shirts- Hope & Joy to the World the boys in all their shirts which all matched them perfectly- Justin in his "wake me when the holidays are over" because he never sleeps because of his job, Eric was "Bah Humbug", Dan in "Lighting Engineer", Joe in "Feliz Navidad", Brad in "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree", and Kason in "Naughty or Nice"

picture overload- love it! : ) The Holidays have begun!!! I so enjoyed having Cambrey and her family here. Love it when we are all together!

: )

"Dogs aren't my whole life, but they make my life whole."

Out of the Mouths of Babes

"If you drink coffee, you'll turn black. My grandpa says so."

A- "We are going to Mexico for Christmas"
Me- "Oh yeah, what part?"
A- "The old one, not the new one...there is a new one ya know?"

P.S. This was my 600th post! WOW! Crazy I've been doing this since 2007!!

Trim the Tree

Yesterday was so much fun. When I got home I went over to Kelly's and hung out with her and baby Jake. He is adorable and I love how pretty his big blue eyes are!! He is so cute! After that, I came home and got ready for our "family" photos. We went over to Taylor & Eric's and took our family Christmas card photo. : ) We had a lot of fun! Here are some of them that I played with editing:

Thank You SO Much Cokers!!

For your Eric posing & Taylor's photography : )


After photos, we came home and Justin put the lights on the Christmas tree and I hung the ornaments. We only have a few but the ones we do have are very special.