Visitor from the North Pole & Breakfast

 He's BACK!!

 And he brought some yummy treats ... Reindeer and Snowman Donuts!

 Lydia was so excited when she discovered Elfie this morning! And even more excited to see what was in his red box!

 "Hey! What's all this elf excitement about?!?"

 Lydia reading her letter Elfie wrote her. =)

 Showing off Rudolph =)

 This kid CRACKS ME UP! He was shoving his donut bites in his mouth so fast and I told him to chew and this is the face I got! Nice, huh?!? Never a dull moment with him around.

 Not quite as excited about his letter from Elfie!

So excited to celebrate the Christmas season with these 2. Hoping we can keep Christ as our focus, make a lot of memories and have tons of fun!

Fall Fun

 Just a few pictures that my sister-in-law Leanne took while we were in Searcy ...

Hanging Out

One of the things I love about going to Searcy is hanging out with family. We had the best time after Thanksgiving! Love getting to watch Eden, Lydia, Harper and Jack Henry play together. I am sure by the time we leave Mom and Betty are ready for some rest! It's non-stop fun when we are all there! ;)

 Eden and Lydia had so much fun "cleaning" for Mom before we drug all the Christmas stuff out! It was so fun to watch them mop and dust! Hopefully they will still like to do this in a couple of years!

 "They call me the fireman ..."

 Silly girls

 Hanging out in Gigi's bed watching cartoons after nap one day.

 Granna with her 2 decorators!

 These two were SO cute with all the ornaments. Everyone Mom gave them, they had some sweet comment about them. 

 Harper wanted in on the decorating action, too!

(As does naked Jack Henry who is getting into the tree behind her!)

 Love this wild boy!

 And this sweet girl!

 All dressed up with sparkles on their cheeks and lip gloss on their lips.

 Jack Henry was not too sure about this dancing Christmas tree. He would sign for more when it stopped, but he kept his distance!

Can't wait for more family time in a couple of weeks when Craig and Tiffany are in town! Wish Matt, Beth and Brisco were going to be here. =(

Thanksgiving Fun

We did not get to see all of our family (or get pictures with everyone we did see) over Thanksgiving, but we are so thankful for each and every person. One thing I love about this crazy time of year, is getting to spend so much time with our family. People probably think we are crazy about how much we love spending time with our family ... and maybe we are, but are so blessed with wonderful, loving families!

As you can see, Jack Henry was totally not interested in taking pictures!

He wanted to be down running around!

Chilling with mommy (for a minute!) and watching the parade. =)

Making a playdough tower with Mimi. Not sure what he is trying to tell Mimi, but his face cracks me up in this picture!

100% Momma's Boy ... and I love it!

(Even though getting a break when Daddy's not around would be nice!)

Mom and Michael and his piled up dinner plate!

Such a cute picture of the Clay siblings =)

Almost all of the "cousins". These guys had SO much fun playing with each other! Wish we could get together more often.

Sweet Caroline and Lydia

These girls are OBSESSED with Uncle Randy!! (I think he kind of likes them, too!)

**Thanks Aunt Pat for taking so many pictures and sending them!!**

Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ...

Getting our house decorated for Christmas has seemed like such a big project this year! I feel like I'm never going to get done! Hopefully I will before Christmas gets here! Lydia has been a great helper getting things done. She LOVES decorating the trees.

Her pink tree before ...

During ...

Love her sweet smile!

And after!

It kind of blends in with her pink curtain, but it's the best place for it right now.

I don't have a finished picture yet, but here is part of Jack Henry's ASU tree that she decorated! I LOVE the football ornaments that I found at Hobby Lobby! They are exactly what I had pictured in my head for the past year and I was so excited when I found them.

Decorating the BIG tree.

Such a silly girl!

Jack Henry didn't want much to do with the tree at first. He kept his distance for a few hours ... but now he LOVES it. =)

She loves playing with these 2 ornaments. =)

The sleigh ornament is from my 2nd grade teacher. Can't believe it's 23 years old!

Posing with her purple tree she decorated at Mimi's house!