Christmas in Tennessee

Rockwood Stockings
I love my farm!


I'm not so scared this time with Mamaw holding me.
Climbing on the pews with Papaw.
Me and cousin Matt
Me and cousin Mendy

It has been a very busy 9 days! Lake was so fun this year, he loved to open up his presents. (Actually, he loved the boxes and paper better than the actual presents.) Lake got to spend lots of time with his Mamaw, Papaw and Uncle Wyatt. Here is just a brief summary of things we did: Sunday morning we went to the Methodist Church; this is the church I grew up in. Lake really showed out during childrens time; he stood in front of the congregation and clapped his hands the whole time. That night we went back for a covered dish dinner, the children's program and a visit from Santa. I just love getting those brown sacks with a orange, juicy fruit and few nuts and a candy bar; it brings back such good memories for me. We spent Christmas Eve with Uncle David, Aunt Karen and Mendy and Matt. We went to the Christian Church to hear Matthew sing and right after Matthew sang, we cut out early. Lake was having a hard time sitting through the service; he was trying to crawl under the pews. Christmas morning, Santa came to Mamaw and Papaw's house. I told Lake Santa only comes to Tennessee; not Texas! (Fellow Rockwoodians who have the homemade santa stockings, check out the picture of Lake and Jeff's, I was so excited to find a woman at a craft show who made them!) We went to Brentwood to spend Christmas Day with my Dad's family. The rest of the time was spent visiting friends and family all over! Jeff and I did get to go to the movie and dinner one night and we went out with Uncle Wyatt on Friday. We're off to the airport tommorrow morning at 4:00 am. It was a busy trip but I really enjoy spending time in Tennessee for Christmas; it just feels like home.

I love my dog!

Lake loves to hug his dog; Buddy. It is so cute to hear him say "Dog" and "Buddy".

Day with the Twins

Lake got to spend the day with a friend of mine's 4-year old twins. They love "Baby Lake"! They carried him around all day and of course fed him everything. He wants them to come back to visit very soon.

Ready for school.

It actually got cold enough in Texas last week for Lake to wear a coat. I get excited when a cool frot comes through. It didn't last long; today it's 83. I miss Tennessee weather.

Men of my life!

I just love this picture. All the boys; except forLake, went to the big UT/A&M game the day after Thanksgiving. Gig em'Aggies!

Here comes Santa Claus....

Well, I tried to get Lake to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas........The result was not so good! He screamed the whole time. He was so scared, he didn't even want to stay to make an ornament or sing Christmas carols. I told him I guess we'll just have to write a letter to Santa instead so he will know what he wants.

A Great Weekend!

This one one of my favorite Thanksgivings yet! My Mom, Dad, and Brother drove all the way from Tennessee to spend Thanksgiving with us. Lake loves spending time with them. He ate turkey, green beans, broccoli rice casserole and sweet potatoes, and for dessert, pumpkin pie. Mom and I headed out at 4:00 the next morning to get some bargain shopping done. I have realized I am getting too old for this. The lines were too long so we left and went to Panera Bread instead! We also took some pictures to use for Christmas cards. We all were taking turns trying to get Lake to smile. Lake loves crawling under the Christmas tree; although it made Mamaw and Papaw nervous. I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving.

Pictures

We finally got the CD back with all our pictures. We love them! It was hard for me to pick out which ones to post but these are a few of my favorites.

My First Haircut

After
During
Before

It was way overdue. Lake really needed a haircut. I kept his pretty curls as long as I could. His Papaw kept asking me if I had gotten it cut yet; so I took that as a hint. My friend Holly cut it Friday afternoon in my classroom. Lake did such a good job, as long as he's eating, he's happy! He looks like a big boy now.

Portraits

The photographer who did Lake's one year photo's and our family portrait sent us a few samples of our pictures. I can't wait until we get to see all of them!

Happy Halloween!

Lake's Pumpkins

A chicken eating chicken!

No,this is not mommy, but she sure is pretty!


Would someone please fill my bucket?
Trick or Treat
Babies in costumes, how cute...
Yes, this is a real pumkin I am holding!

What an exciting evening! Lake went to a costume party with 15 other infants tonight. He had such a good time. He stayed in his costume the whole night. He even won the "Best Costume" award. He was happy all night; especially when he got to eat some candy. Our "Little Chicken"really strutted his stuff for everyone to see!