A few days after Christmas day we loaded up the sexy van and headed to the Sham to spend a few days with Shane's family. Thankfully, the drive there wasn't near as horrendous as the drive we had there back on the day before Thanksgiving. I would dare say the girls did better than they EVER have in the car on the way up. Thank you Jesus :)
Immediately after arriving it was open presents time! The girls gave the Christmas ornament that they made Uncle Bryan and Aunt Marcia Lynn....
and Uncle Lance and Aunt Julia (SOOOO sad that Aunt Julia wasn't able to be in GA until the day we left :( We missed you so much!
Gigi's turn....
Gigi giving Jocie a thank-you hug for their Christmas ornament....
The girls "helping" HayHay open his gift :)
Then the girls decided to open some of theirs....
and they had a crowd watching them :) We were excited to find out that Marcia Lynn's sister, Joyce, and her son, Collin, were there visiting. SO great to see them!
Baby strollers!!!
Christmas socks!
Ripping them open!!
New pink sparkly shoes!!!
Helping Gigi :)
and HayHay....
HayHay modeling his new jacket...
Fun games from Uncle Lance and Aunt Julia!
Gigi showing off her new exercise shirt....
Gabbie loves her new headband....
Ladybug sleeping bags, tents, and flashlights! Yea, they were pretty excited :)
Cute new outfit....
Time to help Uncle Bryan :)
Last but not least.....
A kitchen!!!
They were mesmerized!
Time to bake some cookies :)
After they played with some of their Christmas presents, they headed upstairs to check out the playroom that Gigi had set up for them....
Feeding their babies :)
The bunnies had the tea party already set up and ready to go :)
Excited about the baby carriers....
Then it was time to cook again....
Uncle Lance & Uncle Bryan volunteered to put their new tents together. Fun times :)
They have always worked so well together ;)
Letting Gabbie go in and try it out....
She wasn't very excited.... ;)
Time to put tent #2 together....whoop whoop!
Jocie thought it was so cool that she could see out the top...
Gettin' comfortable....
Marcia Lynn and Joyce freezing their booties off :)
Goin' for a spin....
The 3 stooges....
Taking their new bears for a walk in their new strollers....
Uncle Bryan gettin' Gabs....
HayHay's yard and landscaping looks almost as good as ours...haha ;)
Play-doh time...thanks to Uncle Bryan and Aunt Marcia-Lynn!
It was super chilly while we were there. The girls def. don't have to get bundled up like this very often in Mobile....
Jocie giving me the "I love you" hand signal :) Not sure where she learned it, but she does it all the time now. SO cute.
Camp-out time!
On New Years Eve, we took the girls out to the high school so they could run around the football field and expend some of their ridiculous amount of energy. It was an absolutely GORGEOUS day to be outside....sunny and upper 60's. PERFECT!
It's so very cool that the field is named after Shane's dad. He told the girls about it when we got there :)
Hey...it's never too early to start making them run stadiums.... :)
When Gabbie saw the mascot sign she yelled out, "Daddy!! There's a scary pirate inside that house!!" :)
Picnic time!
Shane teaching the girls some football moves ;)
They loved it....
It's so neat to hear Shane tell stories about growing up and being on the football field with his dad everyday since he can remember. Such special memories.....
Gabbie refusing to look at the camera....
She finally gave in (well, kind of :)
Sweet Jocie...
Going to walk on the "wall with the willy big sword!"
Later that day Aunt Beth stopped by to visit and brought Linda a homemade "Redneck wine glass"....SOOOO cute!!
For the past several years, Bryan and Marcia Lynn have a New Years Eve party at their house. Last year was the first one we have gotten to go to and it was SO fun because we got to see several friends that we had not seen in years. This year was equally fantastic!
Low-county boil....AMAZING. Big shout out to Donny Ballgame for cookin' this up for everyone!
Uncle Lance....focused. :)
Happy New Year pic...several hours early....cause this mama and daddy don't stay up till midnight since the kiddos rise at the buttcrack :)
Some college friends, Matt & Carrie got to come this year and we got to meet their 2 daughters, Lucy & Molly, for the first time ever. Molly and the girls hit it off. They made up all kind of games and activities together....jumping was involved in most of them, of course :)
Molly would jump off the stool and do a complete belly-buster/face-buster onto the pillows. It was hilarious.
And we must not forget the "take every pillow from the house and stack it up against the wall" game :)
Their finale: Ring around the Rosies, of course!
Whew!!! Time for a breather!!
Shane with Mama Blu and Donny Ballgame. Love these two! (I mean, three if I'm counting Shane, too :)
There just not much better than hanging out and catching up with friends, especially ones you haven't seen in forever....
HayHay & Gigi!
Me and Kimmie!! Kim was in my first discipleship group I had here when we came on staff with C.O. WAY back in the day.....GEEEEEEZ. I am old. Oh, Kimmie, SO fabulous to see you!!
Iris & Kim. Iris will be getting married to Brad George sometime this year! Congrats you guys!!
All the fellas....
Silly boys...
And the girlies....
What a fun night!
We headed back to Mobile on New Years Day....but not before the girls helped Gigi make some biscuits!!
They are gonna be pros soon :)
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it was so good to see ya'll!! fun times for sure!
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