Friday, December 21, 2012

"Some December Happenings"....







EB's nutcracker that he painted - perfect table decoration

At the Capitol City Christmas parade with Bebe and E-daddy 

Loving the parade 

Loving my "cousin time" with my cousin and best friend, Lauren 

The Capitol tree 

She loved every second of the parade - was slightly overstimulated when we got home and was up nearly all night! 

Ellison wanting so much to give baby Lainey some "love"

Miss Priss dancing the night away 

Slowed her down just long enough to grab a quick picture, and then she was off again 

Breakfast with Santa the next morning 


Yep, that's my girl - eating everything in sight, right off the table

He was loving the puppet show 

She was too 



I thought this was such a precious face he was making 


Very proud of the ornament he made 

The was the best attempt at a family picture! 

Ringing the Salvation Army bell at Wal-mart 





Our 1st attempt at making "salt dough ornaments"  - thought we would try something besides making cookies and sweets this year




Waiting for the ornaments to bake - this is a very familiar scene in our house 

Finished Christmas tree ornament - make by EB 

Bell made by EB 

Teal angel made by mommy 

Another new tradition that I highly recommend - the Jesse Tree.  I have enjoyed doing this more than anything else this year. 

Just a sampling of the 25 ornaments that will be placed on this tree by Christmas Day - all pointing directly to the promise of Christ's coming through stories of the Old Testament (as of today, we have 21 ornaments on the tree). This will definitely be a new tradition in our home.  

3 comments:

Lauren W said...

Love love love these pictures! We had a blast with y'all at the parade. And I need to know more about the Jesse tree. What a great tradition. And I have to say that I am loving watching Ellison's personality shine through. She cracks me up and she is just so joyous and full of life. It shines through in every picture. I think I need to see your kids now!

Mary said...

Your ornaments turned out so well. We might have to try that next year. I remember doing the Jesse tree when I was little. What a wonderful tradition.

Edward said...

Wow, Erin. Blown away at the beauty and comprehensiveness of these pictures and words. Love, Dad