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 !!!!

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)

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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 ? :)

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

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