Brooklynn at Build A Bear

She is warming up the heart to put it in her puppy!

Putting the heart in the puppy

She got most excited about the cell phone for the puppy

Here is her puppy once it got dressed, Brooklynn also loved the computers!

Brooklynn and Hailee

Brooklynn

Hailee

We spent all day Saturday with Michael's family. We went to a pizza place in Alexandria and saw Grandma and Grandpa Perdue for lunch.

Carlos O' Kelly's

We went to our favorite Mexican Restaurant Carlos O' Kelly's. We had a lot of fun, we did not all get to sit together since there was 17 of us on a Friday night, but we really enjoyed the food!

Kathi, Dad and Jesse all talking

My sister Sommer and my brother Jason

More Presents

My brother Jesse and Bryce

My Dad

Sommer made scarfs for Kathi, Cami and Madison

My sister Sommer

Sommer made a shadow box with stuff from my Granny Forrester. I Loved the necklace, earrings and glove that was inside of it! There is a picture of my granny from when she was young in there also. There was a poem taped to the back of the shadow box about my Granny and the rosed that have come into her life. It was a very special gift that I will cherish forever!

Presents!!!!!!

We got Madison a sterling silver bracelet

Caleb, Justin, Cody and Jacob all got itunes gift cards

Bryce got a jacket with his name on it

Getting Pampered

Caleb and Cody bought me a massager for Christmas with their own money! Caleb gave me a massage, and it felt great...thanks Caleb and Cody, Uncle Michael will be using this on me often!

The Kids

This is all of the kids...they are getting so big! I already miss them so much.

Home Sweet Home

Michael and I drove all night to get home. We left at 2:30pm our time and pulled into my Dad's driveway at 9:30am. It was a hard drive, but we were pretty much running on the excitement of being home. When we got to my Dad's house he came running out and gave us a hug. They had a sign on there door that said Welcome Home. Kathi said they would have done a banner if they had more time. We were so glad to be home!

Virginia Here We Come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will not be posting anything for a while. Michael and I are leaving for Virginia tomorrow around 2:30. We can not wait to go see all of our friends and family! LOTS of posts are soon to come after the trip!

Friends + Starbucks = Good Christmas Fun!

Starbucks was also open on Christmas day!

Christmas Adventure

This morning when Michael and I got up we decided we would call Cracker Barrell and see if they were open. I called 411 and got Cracker Barrell's number. When they answered the phone I asked how long they would be open today and the lady told me all day long. We were very excited and called Brandon and Emily to see if they wanted to come with us. We all got in the car and drove into town. When we pulled into Cracker Barrell there were no cars in the parking lot. I could not believe it...the lady said they were going to be open all day long! We all then realized I must have called the gas station called Cracker Barrell (See picture to the left)! We drove all around town and found a Chineese Buffet. At least we found SOMETHING that was open!

Merry Christmas From Louisiana!

Merry Christmas! To all of our family, we can not wait to see you! Here is a picture of some lights across the road from us. I thought it was pretty classic...alligators pulling Santa!

Christmas Eve

Michael and I went to the Nealys house (Brandon's Parents) for Christmas Eve. We had a really nice time. Jeff cooked filet mignon on the grill and we had all kinds of good sides. Michael and I are thankful for good friends. This is a picture of the fire Michael started at their house. Do you think there is enough flames going on?

Christmas With The Nealys

Jeff and Rachel

Emily and Brandon

Michael got a Coffee Grinder

Adeline got a cute little rocking duckie!

Christmas Baking

I did some christmas baking last night. These are the only ones I took a picture of...I also made lemon squares, Chocolate cream pie with homemade whipped cream and a flourless chocolate cake with ganache. It was all really yummy!

Street Performers

There are lots of street performers in New Orleans. These are a few of the picuters I have of them. Our favorite one is the fairy. If you give her money, she takes glitter out of her flowers and sprinkles it on your hand!