James Henry is 6!

This week our precious James Henry turned 6! We woke him up with breakfast in bed on Thursday morning.

Before school he opened a present.

James and I took him Chick-fil-A for lunch and we shared donuts with his class to celebrate!

That evening was filled with opening more gifts and dinner at Chuck e Cheese.

 We all had fun! He racked up big on saved tickets!

On Saturday, we had a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle party at Extreme Martial Arts.

 It was a fantastic party and the boys had a blast bring ninjas for the day.
Since it was James Henry's birthday he was a black belt for the day and was the teachers assistant.

 The boys did a lot of "training"

front kicks

yes, that is my husband and Chris getting in on the action

sword fighting

running laps

 Everyone signed a board and then James Henry broke it! He also rang the gong 6 times in honor of his day!

blowing out his candles

Everyone thought it was awesome when he cut the cake with a real sword!

It was a great time celebrating James Henry this week. We love him so much, he is such a joy!

Thanksgiving 2014

We have had an amazing Thanksgiving week!

James Henry sang in the preschool choir at church last Sunday. It was precious.

                                       

 Next he played the part of an Indian in his kindergarten Thanksgiving play.

 We celebrated James' dad's birthday.

On Wednesday night James fried turkey's at his moms house. They did a fantastic job.

 We had a total of 11 people over for Thanksgiving. Our family of 6, both sets of James' parents and my mom and dad. It was a first for us all to be together and it was a great day! We were so busy we only got one picture of the 6 of us.

 James, my mom and I braved the crazies and shopped on Thursday night.

 Then James and I did some early morning Black Friday shopping complete with a visit with Santa.

 James and the older kids did some early shopping on Saturday and had breakfast out.

 Saturday afternoon was full of tradition. Gumbo made from leftover turkey and decorating for Christmas.

 There was an even a first ornament put on the tree this year, what a blessing!!!

Sadly, all good things must come to an end and Thanksgiving break left our family battling the flu so here's to good medicine and sleep!

James' Birthday!

Yesterday James turned 33! He sat a goal for himself to roll 33, 3 minute rounds of Jiu-Jitsu. Well, he did it!

He even did one to grow on!

I squeezed a round in with him,too!

I am so proud of him. It was hard work but he committed himself and saw his goal through.

We had everyone over for dinner to celebrate. We had pizza, wings & his favorite ice cream cake!

I am blessed to be his wife and I am so glad we were able to celebrate his special day in a big way!! 

Hunting Trip By James

Allison has let me do the blog about my annual trip to go hunting.
Christopher and myself left Amarillo a day early so we could be at the Place the night before we were originally supposed to be there so we could get on the deer stand by day break and not have to wake up at 4 in the morning. We arrived at meme's house,ate a bite and left for Bradley. I was able to spend some time with my cousin Kris Baxter this year because he came out Thursday night and stayed the night with us. Pop and Uncle Dave have worked so hard since last season building us a cabin to sleep in. It is wonderful and huge! The pictures do not do it justice. Even though Pop told me to bring a heater I decided not to and paid the price. It was COLD!!!!! I guess even at 32 I still have a lot to learn from Pop. Me and Christopher jumped on the stand and hunted Friday morning. We didn't see anything but it was a great time. Pop and Uncle Dave came Fri. morning and we got to spend time out at the Place by the fire. Christopher is just at home at the Place because there is no one looming over him and he gets to walk around with his gun. He gets to cut things and keep the fire going all by himself. Sat. night I went back to Shreveport to spend some time with My MEME. We went to see a movie and she even took me to dinner at El Chico. I believe Jesus made El chico dressing just for me! I did get some to go and brought it back to Allison. We went all weekend without seeing any deer and were pretty discouraged. We decided to give it one last chance and we went and sat in the cold rain and our luck finally paid off. I saw a buck and a doe and did something I never do and MISSED. I couldn't believe it. I will just blame it on the rain. Uncle Dave on the other hand shot a nice 9 point buck. I probably scared the deer over to him, so we will just say we both killed it. We skinned it and Christopher finally got to use his skinning knife he saved his own money to buy. I would have liked to have killed a deer but it really is more than just hunting. One day I won't be able to sit by the fire with my Uncle and my Grandpa and son so I will just relish in the moment. Meme even came to the rescue one day and brought us some soup and cornbread. My great grandpa owned that land and sat by the fire just like I get to do and there really isn't anything better than family. Here are a few pictures from our trip. I know this one is longer than Allison's normal blogs but thanks for reading.

crossing the state line

me and Christopher in the stand

a view from one of our stands

bubba got to try his first MRE, thanks JT

he wanted to wear camo paint like Uncle Dave

Meme saving the day

a rare time Christopher left the campfire

I can just hear his mom saying how dangerous this is

The men of the Family

this is another stand

meme and I on date night

say cheese

Christopher was more excited than anyone

hand washing station

the Cabin, It's like the Tardis its way bigger on the inside

picnic area

Uncle Dave 

Halloween 2014

Last Wednesday we went to the carnival at our church's north campus. The kids had a blast!

We came home with cakes, soda, candy & tattoos! The kids had fun playing games and enjoyed the hayride.

On Friday night we celebrated with a  Halloween party with our Sunday School class. We love our class and here's why..

Yep, that's a whole lot of kids! We had a blast riding around to trick-or-treat.

Makayla was Robin.

James Henry was Superman.

Christopher was the Flash

Have you guessed the theme?

Yes, we were a Superhero family this year!

It was a great Halloween!