Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!

We started all the festivities with a fun McKenzie Christmas Eve breakfast...

It's a cousin pajama party!

Such sweet little faces!

Trouble!

Grammie, I think I'm going to like this Christmas stuff!

Mimi, Bubba and Kelley joined us for a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner.

I LOVE my new kitchen!  Thank you Mimi and Bubba!

We can't wait for Santa to come!

Can you find the cute labrador?

WOW!  Merry Christmas morning!

She wanted to open all her presents in her new chair!  :)

A Very Fun Birthday

I enjoyed a very fun birthday this year!  Don surprised me in the morning with a great scavenger hunt...and my treasure at the end of the hunt was finding Lilly!  So cute!  That night we enjoyed lots of good food and laughs with family.

Lilly came and visited me at school for a fun birthday treat!  The kids LOVED seeing her!!!

Some pink ladies at the birthday party!

The Gibsons are always ready for some birthday love!

I'm so glad Mimi and Bubba could join us and enjoy some Guiness as well.  :)

Our birthday family photo....Lilly was NOT interested.  :)

Thank you, Don, for putting together such a WONDERFUL day!

XOXO

Breakfast with Santa

I'm ready for the party!  Do you think Santa will really be there?!

I'm not really sure about all this....he seems like a nice guy.

This party is great!  There is coloring, stickers, trains and Santa and Mrs. Claus!

Daddy, can we have lunch and dinner with Santa too?!

Happy Birthday Erin

So this is how I work right.  What should I get for Erin???  Hmmm I will ask Google... so I googled "Happy Birthday Pictures of Erin" and this is what came up...  (there is a video here)




So it turns out I could never make a video that cool, so I just used his.  Also, doesn't Erin look great with the dark hair?

So that Google Search was fruitful but not quite what she would want.  Thus, I then Googled "birthday gift ideas for Erin" and here is what I found...   
1) Tiara
2) A receptionist desk bell
3& 4) Beer goggles & magic wand.
5) a wine glass that holds an entire bottle of wine
6) Chocolate Cigarettes.
7) Mr. Perfect (hopefully she already has this)
8) Awesome dance moves


Personally I think there is something to be said for a nice Tiara and to my knowledge, she does not have one.  I am nervous she won't be up to snuff on her sharing skills with Lilly.  After all she is one year older and further away from those sharing toy days. The Beer Goggles and Magic Wand look sweet, but where does one find a good deal on a magic wand these days.  Those damn Harry Potter movies really spiked the price on wands.  

So what was "dons birthday gift for erin"??? the google machine clearly resulted in "her mother said there would be no presents".  

Happy Birthday Erin!!!  


*PS - I did get you a present... I swear!  And I definitely bought it (most of it) before your actual birthday. 

Sugarplums!

Visions of Sugarplums danced in their heads...

Minnie let's pretend to sleep...maybe Santa will come!

(Lilly and Minnie playing one of her favorite games -- asleep...AWAKE!)

Wait Until Next Year!

Hey keep smiling bears fans, there's always next year! (why does that sound so familiar?)

Happy Bday Little E

Happy Bday Emily!!!!

The Cake before the Cake

Let's Sing to Emily!

Now let's DANCE!!!

What a party!  I need to reapply my lipstick. 

Yes, Erin is still pregnant!

No No Daddy, I can't color right now I am talking to Jean Jean.

So Much To Be Thankful For!

We are so very thankful this year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Fancy girls

Ashley and her crew (We missed you, Brad!)

Wyatt is such a happy, snuggly baby!

Howdy Partner!

We enjoyed the Glen Ellyn Christmas Tree lighting again this year.  Lilly was thrilled seeing Santa light the Christmas tree!

We loved having so much of our family with us!  All the Gibsons came this year!

The Casey Crew

Our very first Black Friday purchase...

Never really thought I'd be excited about a mini van, but I love it!

Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay
Um diddle diddle diddle um diddle ay
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Even though the sound of it 
Is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough
You'll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

Celebrate Good Times, Come On!

This month has already been busy with birthdays, a trip and goofing around...

Bath time is SO much fun!

Grammie went to Disney World with Auntie Jean and Molly.  They brought me back such nice presents!  I LOVE my new Minnie Mouse!

Don celebrated a birthday recently.  We were hoping Lilly would join in the singing...

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

As an anniversary gift to each other Don and I took a trip to Florida for a weekend.

The best way to relax... in the sun with a good book!

(just needed a margarita)  :)

Need to be sure and keep up on our growing belly pics.

 

Happy Anniversary and Birthday, Don!

Don't worry about me, Mommy and Daddy.  I'm making new friends while you're away!

Tessa watch out!  The Halloween decorations are coming down and going crazy!

Someone enjoys "sleeping in"

What a great way to wake up...with milk, a book and my Daddy!

This week we went to visit Bubba at the office.  All three of us have good looking teeth!

Halloween Bedrock Style

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Yabba Dabba Dooo!!!

Fun Fall Weekend!

This past weekend we took advantage of the fantastic fall weather!

 

Family photo at the pumpkin patch!

Lilly went into the Animal Farm at this pumpkin patch.  She loved seeing all the animals and even fed two giraffes!!!!  (Wish we caught pictures of it!)

Enjoying the animal sculptures.

Sheep say, "Baaaa"!

TIGERS!  Oh my!

The kangaroos must have have had a wild night because they were all sleeping.  :)

Molly, what do the kangaroos and Auntie Erin have in common?!  

Daddy and Lilly standing in front of the zebra cage...the zebras only wanted to show us their back sides so they didn't make the photo opp.  :)

WOW!  So many pumpkins!

Can I have two?

Hmmm...where does this go?

I love this place!

Apple cider donut and my very own pumpkin to hold...I love the pumpkin patch!

Another fun day this weekend!  We are at Boo at the Zoo today!!!!

Oh no, Daddy what happened to your head?!

A sly tiger

A silly piggie

One happy zebra

A surprised peacock!!!

One thrilled seahorse

Our delighted giraffe...can you tell how much she loved these?!  :)