Brown Christmas and Ears

Saylor had to have tubes put back in because she could not get rid of the fluid that was on her ears without them, she also had her adenoids taken out. Dr.Sisk did it all and it was a breeze!

Here is Mawmaw holding her before we got called back to pre-op, she was in great spirits considering no morning milk :)

Daddy and Say, "I love my Dada!" she says it all the time!

We hosted the Brown Christmas at our house this year and everyone came and stayed the night, we played Dirty Santa and let all the kids exchange gifts. It was so fun, I love having all these kids in my house!

Freckles gave all the kids a nose like Rudolph, Grayson (12), Hudson, Liam (7) and Harrison

Nanny did Nana Claus with all the kids, they always look forward to Pop and Nanny's gifts

Hudson got some shaving cream and immediately had to go shave ;)

Our sweet girls! Lucy (12) and Saylor (2)

Super Stacker

We had a fun first few weeks of the Christmas season and did some usual traditions. I say it every year but each Christmas is more fun with the kids getting older and into the whole Christmas story.

Our Sunday School class got to ride in our teacher's Wagon in the Laurel and Ellisville parades. It was probably the coldest day on record for December but that is what makes it memorable.

These two are bff's and I had to document how they sleep inside. They have tried to both fit in the crate together but there is just too many legs.

I got to hold two new blessings on the same day, Avery Eavenson (right) and Russ Moore (left) they were both just perfect :)

Harrison had a great surprise for us, he came home with this trophy and a letter from school one day. He won the "Fastest Stacker" award for the whole West Jones Elementary Kindergarten. Out of 170 students! We had NO idea this was even going on much less that he was a pro! 

Santa made a special visit to Nanny's house one night and Harrison told him he wanted Battroborg, a bow and arrow, and a robot dinosaur.

Liam told him he wanted Battroborg and high-count Lego sets.

Hudson asked for  a new bike, a bow and arrow, and a fishing pole.

Saylor didn't want to talk to Santa but as he was leaving out the door she yelled (in what sounds like baby spanglish) "A bebe y cahseat y strollah!" (a baby, with a carseat and stroller)

Lolli and Mercy, cousins

Thanksgiving 2013

We hosted the Pierce families for Thanksgiving this year and had a house full. We had 6 kids and 8 adults. Joel smoked the turkey on the BGE because a dog WE (not just me, she's mine when she's in trouble) own chewed the pipe from his propane tank to his gas smoker. We then went to Jason's house where my family was and visited there and back to the Nelson's! Here are some pics from that week.

Joel gave the boys the wish bone to try.

Watching the Macy's Parade until Santa arrives! (Saylor and Kayla)

The kids table :)

We got to be reunited with Dwayne and Lindsay for a couple of hours, they rode to Jason's with us!

The boys went on their first hunting outing of the year with Pawpaw! Saylor wasn't feeling it.

They jumped in huge piles of leaves at Mawmaw's and Pawpaw's and I videoed it in Slow-motion on my iPhone and its awesome.

This sweet boy got WJE Student of the Month! GO Hudson!

Saylor went to a Gingerbread House decorating party at Mary Collis Patrick's house and had a great time!

Live tree

This picture below is the essence in which we see how different our twins are. It was book fair week at school and they really wanted to go buy a book. So I send them each with $10 and this is seriously what they bought. Hudson :  a book on the account of the first thanksgiving, which he is still carrying around and looking at just about everyday. Harrison: a  $9.99 plastic toy puppet that was never looked at again after this car ride home. He said, " I can't help it, I just LOVE toys". He is hilarious and keeps us rolling :)

Here are the cousins at Kayla's 5th birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese's. It was so cute and a great day to go. They all had a blast!

Here we are at their Thanksgiving feast at school, they showed us how to go through the cafeteria line and where to sit. 

Here is their precious class singing some songs for us after lunch, as you can see the princess took her seat by Mrs.Benson.

Here we are after choosing our tree (its getting netted in the background) this was honestly the easiest 10 minutes ever. 2 men followed us out to look we found it, they bagged and loaded it. 

Here it is before the grand reveal. Our tree skirt is one my granny made years ago and I just realized its awesomeness and sentimental value a couple of years ago and I'm so proud of it!

Tiny Tigers and Tornadoes

For the Laurel Tornadoes last game of the regular season (against West Jones) we sent Saylor to Nanny's and I took the boys to the game to see Daddy! We went with friends who live close enough to walk to the stadium and it was a great game, Laurel won by 1 point in overtime!

Sissy caught a lizard at Nanny's and sent us this picture!

Here are all the kids we took to the game!

L-Town

It was cold but the kids had the best time!!

In other news, the Tiny Tigers went undefeated this season thanks to Coach Edwin. It was a great team and season!

The three amigos, or "the triplets"

Halloween 2013

Here is what we did the weekend of Halloween 2013!

Saylors first Halloween that she was really excited to participate in, she chose her costume and Minnie of course :)

Harrison was "Crusher" a Skylander and Hudson was an Army Ranger.

We went to my brother's house down in the Oaks District in Hattiesburg and I tell you, that place was awesome! It was like the neighborhood on Halloween I without the murderer, kids running everywhere, people all outside on their porches, halloween music and sounds coming from the houses, leaves falling everywhere. Perfect.

We went to the Sauls' Crestola Farms fall festival and had a grand time together.

The Antique Mall (where we have a booth) had their Christmas Open House and it really got the holiday festiveness kicked off! Great day, saw lots of people!

Here is a pic before school and I laughed out loud when I reviewed them, this is exactly what our lives are like, not picture perfect but our kind of perfect :) These boys are crazy!

First field trip!

The boys' class went to Mitchell Farms on a field trip and Saylor and I tagged along!  They have the sweetest classmates and I loved getting to see the faces of the names I hear about everyday.

Mrs.Walters and Mrs.Benson stop for a pic with Hudson :)

Harrison was so proud his sissy came to hang out with his friends, one day this will probably change.

Hudson is an ostrich.

These two are BFF's 

Carving our pumpkin patch pumpkins!