Boing, Boing, Boing!!!

Last night we took a trip over to Julie and Brian's house for a little cookout with them. We had such a fun night just hanging out, relaxing and playing some games (David and I apparently are NO GOOD at 80's trivia, but Brian rocked it out!). We had great food. Brian is a master at kabobs and Julie has a new signature dish in her potato casserole, if you ask me. :-) The highlight of Ally's night, though, was getting to jump on the trampoline with Jillian. She LOVED it and we had a really hard time getting her off of it when the rain started. We will definitely have to do that again soon. Jillian is such a pro at jumping already! It took ally a little bit to get used to it, but by the time it started to spinkle, she had really gotten the hang of it. She had the best time! Thanks to the Martins for hosting such a fun evening!

Ryan is 6!!!

I cannot believe you are six years old already! Boy has time flown by since I first held you in my arms...you were so, so tiny! You are such a sweet boy. We love you, Ryan and hope you have a great day!

Get off the roads!!

Our beautiful niece, Kayla, is 16 years old today! Yikes! How could she possibly be 16 already? Where does the time go?
We hope you have the greatest 16th birthday ever, Kayla! We love you!

A Birthday Dinner Celebration

Today we went to Dave and Lori's house to celebrate Dave's birthday with a yummy lasagna dinner (well WE all had lasagna and the birthday boy had prime rib...either way, who loses? Yum! :-)). We had a large crowd (large enough that we are outgrowing the kitchen table!), which meant lots of noise, but lots of fun. Even David's Aunt Karen and Uncle Brian joined us and it is always great to see them. After dinner there was some drawing and Wii playing and wedding planning and all sorts of good stuff. It was a nice evening. I hope you had a great birthday, Dave! So glad we could be a part of the celebration. We love you!

Hi No!

As we were finishing gift opening tonight with my parents, it started to snow. Ally and Dylan were having the best time standing in the glass doorway watching the snow fall (and getting their grubby little hands all of over memaw and papaw's front door) together. Ally would yell, "Hi No!" and Dylan would just grin and clap his hands. So cute!!

Second Christmas Stop....the Truitt House

After we had our bellies sufficiently stuffed with the best Christmas food ever, we hop, skipped and jumped down the street to David's dad's house to spread some Christmas cheer over there. Grandaddy and Uncle Jerry were in town and it is always a pleasure to see them. We exchanged gifts and Ally and Jillian played with their new toys and had lots of fun. The girls were real troopers through all of the holiday madness and napless days this year...they really are great kids! Lori was excited to receive the Wii we all gifted her with this year and we even broke it out a gave it a try while we were there.

Merry Christmas...again!

An Italian Christmas

Stop #1 on Christmas day is to Grandma Lang's house. David's Grandma makes a HUGE and wonderfully yummy Italian meal every Christmas day...and it is all handmade. She makes her own sauce, meatballs AND pasta! We look forward to it for months, it is just that good. In addition to the food, though, we always look forward to seeing the family and the last couple years have brought several additions to our family, so it is fun to see the little ones all running around. Ally had so much fun playing with her cousins. We filled our bellies and are already looking forward to next year. Merry Christmas!