Merry Christmas Morning!

This has been a great Christmas!  Started off with Disney World and finished with presents on Christmas morning.  Kids are pretty spoiled!  Emma got a new ipod and a big dollhouse.  Rick got wall tracks, and cars and legos.  They were both really happy with what Santa and Mom and Dad gave them.  Nick got more tools and clothing, I got my Honda Rebel (early) and a new guitar.  We are surely blessed with a great family.   So grateful for this time of year and the birth of our Savior. 

Christmas Time

We had a busy month for December.  Lots to do and people to see before the move.

Dec 3rd, Jingle Bell 5k run for Arthritis.  I ran with friends and young women from the ward.

We ran through down town Franklin and it was just fun to walk and run with good friends (Aimee, Munni, Laura, Amber, and a bunch of YW)

Later that day I took the kids to see the Parade with Flora Strawbridge and the kids

After the parade I then went out on my first ride on the Rebel, we rode through down town Franklin and into traffic and traffic lights.  Its was a little scarry, but I handled just fine and it was a lot of fun! Busy Day!

The Magical World of Disney

December 20-24 we went down to Orlando to visit DISNEY WORLD.  A wonderful trip that Nick planned for us and it was AWESOME!!!!  We all had such a great time and by far our favorite vacation.  Such a magical imaginative place where you get to be silly and its just fine, although me and Nick's sillyness did embarrass Emma a little bit, but its Disney and you should be silly (wait til that girls a teenager, its going to be fun to embarass her!)  We spent a day at the Amimal Kingdon, a day at Hollywood Studios and a Day at the Magic Kingdom.  Even though it was Christmas time, we still saw and did everything. 

We had such an amazing FUN time in the magic kingdom.  It really wore us out in a good way.  The last night we were there in the magic kingdom, both kids fell asleep before the electrical parade started at 9pm, One of the mice from Cinderella tried to wake Emma up and she wouldn't budge, she was out, I can't understand how the kids can sleep through all the noise.   Best Vacation....so far!

A Nashville Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year I bought tickets to take the family to see the Radio City Christmas Spectacular featuring the New York City Rocketts!   We enjoyed a traditional thanksgiving meal with just the family, and it was so nice to spend it together.  Then we headed to the Grand Ole Opry for the show.

The Show was AMAZING this year, Rick loved the singing Santa Clause and the kids just

loved the show.  I love the end of the show where they do the live Nativity and use real animals, brings a great spirit to the start of the season.  So grateful for this time of year and for my family.

After the Show we walked over to the Opry Hotel to see the Christmas Lights,

and Shrek and his friends were there.  

Then we took a ride on the river boat.  Such a great day!

Halloween Fun!!

The month of October has certainly been full of FUN!  Here is all the Halloween Fun that we've been doing, got to dress up a few times and went to different parties.  Its just fun to dress up!  Halloween is my favorite time of year!

Party Bus rolled out again this year on Oct 22

The girls all dressed up!

The Men all dressed up!

Jesus at the Wheel! (right after we got on the bus and started on our way to the restaraunt, Tambi

put on some music and it certainly fit the situation, "Jesus take the Wheel"

Taylor Swift and Popeye (Kathy K and Shannon)

Olive Oil dancing to Thriller on the bus! (Aaron)

Charlie Sheen and his Goddess!

Good friends Aaron and Shannon!

Hilarious as Popeye and Olive Oil

Jesus and Bo Peep, guiding the lost sheep.

Good friends and fellow motorcycle riders Dever and Tambi

On Oct 29th, We went to PumpkinFest in down town Franklin, had a lot of fun dressing up as the INCREDIBLES!  We had a lot of compliments as we walked the streets and enjoyed games and entertainment.  Then we went to our Ward halloween party!  

One INCREDIBLE Family!

My creative friend Cassy and her Hawk Girl costume that she made.



Rick and his Bud Tyler



Rick with Zac and Xander



Emma and Roxy (or Padme)



Minute to win it!  I was to get an oreo from my eye to my mouth, couldn't do it, but it was fun!

Making haunted house brownies! Oct 30

On Halloween, Rick's Preschool class rode the bus to Ring Farm for a field trip!
They played, had a tractor ride, corn maze, cotton maze, and learned how to milk a cow.


Myla, Donovan, Will, Rick, Tyler, Makai, and Nicholas (Elliot missing)

Kids playing on top of the giant tires

kids going down the giant slide, they loved going down! and parents too!

I dressed up as Sally and Rick was a skeleton (close as we could get to Jack Skellington)

I was the only parent to dress up, all in the name of FUN!

Pumpkin Patch, Rick picked out a great pumpkin!

Here are the kids right before we went trick or treating!

Skeleton and Vampire!