Saturday, December 30, 2006

Oh, The Luxury....

Well, sorry if I don't post for a while but we recieved 2 sears gift cards for Christmas this year so Steve & I decided to go shopping yesterday and we pooled our gift cards and got the most wonderful down comforter for our bed so if I don't post it's because I am piled up in bed still. :) Thanks Uncle Marvin & family for the great excuse to never get out of bed again. sorry no pictures, I don't want to get out of bed to download them. HA !!!!

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

A Florida Christmas

We went to Florida for Christmas
to see all of our family, it was
in the 80's all week with a
little Florida snow( rain) mixed in.
Lauren had a great time playing with her cousins
and we all had fun seeing each other again. Japanese dinner with the Kelley crew
Cousin Kim teaching Lauren piano
Off to Church Christmas eve
The 4 Dudley grandkids ( Brittany, Shannon, Kenny, Lauren)

Monday, December 18, 2006

The Big 2

Lauren is 2 years old today,
we started out the day with
pancakes, then for lunch we
had her favorite meal of
spaghetti, followed up by
chocolate cupcakes. yum...
She has changed so much
since last year, she is saying
a few more things, but is also
very busy, she likes to hop,
jump and run now. she also
will cut her eyes at you if you tell her no. :)
Wow, what a difference a year
makes in a precious baby girl.




Sunday, December 10, 2006

Festival Of Trees

Children's Healthcare of
Atlanta puts on a festival of trees
fundraiser every year, we took
Lauren & Ryan Saturday night
and had a great time, they
rode the carousel and then
the train ride andthe super slide.

A few of the trees, there were hundreds of decorated trees for sale
Lauren & Daddy ready to ride the horsies
Ryan & His Daddy ( Darrin) ready to ride the horsies
The mommies got to ride the train with the kiddos.

A Visit With Friends

Our friends Vicki & Darrin came
from Nashville this weekend to visit
with their son Ryan, we had a great weekend full of fun, we
went to the Georgia aquarium and
then to the festival of trees. We
are grateful for good friends
to spend fun times with.





Monday, December 04, 2006

Lauren's (UN) Birthday Party

For those of you who have seen
Alice in wonderland, they had an un birthday party in it, well, Lauren's birthday is not until
December 18th but we decided to have her party while the families were here at Thanksgiving, so we had Chuck E Cheese do all the work and we just went and played. Lauren and her friends had a lot of fun so it was a un birthday party sucess.




Wednesday, November 29, 2006

A BIG Family Thanksgiving

This year we hosted Thanksgiving
at our house, we had 26 people
come and for those of you who have never been
to our house it's only about 1800
square feet. :)
We all had plenty of food, fun and fellowship
we even had a friendly game of
Trivial Pursuit 80's Edition
between the cousins and Steve
and I lost but not by much. We
have plenty to be thankful for and
are glad we had lots of family here
to celebrate with. Pre Dinner ball playing outside
Lauren sharing with her cousin Jerrell



Monday, November 27, 2006

Thanksgiving Present & Past

Here's a few pictures, the first one is Lauren
Thanksgiving 2006, the second one is
Thanksgiving 2005, the day after we
came home from China. She is wearing the same outfit in both pictures
It says " My Little Turkey" :) what a difference
in her after just one year home.


Saturday, November 18, 2006

A Day At The Zoo

We took Lauren to the Atlanta Zoo today for our belated family day celebration, we all had a great time. Do you see the baby attached to the momma gorilla? Atlanta zoo has 3 gorilla babies
Our own little monkey
Lun Lun the panda had a baby girl recently, no name yet
lauren has to ride the carousel wherever we go, she loves them.

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

WOW !!! What a year

I cannot think of last year at this time
without standing in amazement
at what a year ago today has brought to our family.Thanks be to GOD for his indescribable gift. 11/14/2006 -22 Months old
11/14/2005- 10 months old

Friday, November 10, 2006

Proper Equestrian Attire ?

Not sure if this is proper horse riding
attire but this is what she likes to
ride her horse in, a diaper and a princess
Ariel hat. Cousin Heather, what do you think
will she qualify to compete in equestrian
events ? :)



Sunday, November 05, 2006

More Auburn Pictures

Future Auburn Graduate. :)
A tradition at Auburn is to TP Toomers Corner if Auburn wins



War Eagle

We took Lauren to her first game in
Auburn Saturday, she had a blast
she fell asleep at the 2nd quarter and slept
until the end of the game, but she did
enjoy the crowds and the noise. Auburn
won 27-0. whoo hoo.


Lunch at the Tiger Den
Jordan Hare Stadium

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Trick Or Treat

Get these ears off of my head
Trick or Treat
I cannot believe my parents did this to me
Dinner break and a second plea for ear removal