star of wonder

last week, our kiddos at LPC put on their christmas program, star of wonder.  once again, they did a fantabulous job!  i have to admit that right before thanksgiving, i wasn't sure that we were going to be able to pull it off.  but, we have some talented kids that made sure we got it together.  plus, they are all pretty dang cute!!

ready to rock and roll!

reed doesn't look excited here, but he did sing his heart out.  he didn't put on quite the show that he did the previous year, however!  :)

the best picture i could get of wes from my knees while i was dancing down below the first pew!  (my best friend and i were in charge of the dancing!  apparently, we are the ones with the moves!)

my rock star!

way to go, kiddos.  i'm resting up my legs, and i'll be ready to get my groove on next fall!

the halls are decked

this happened the weekend after thanksgiving, but who's keeping up?  we got everything looking like christmas around here and still have the 70 degree weather!  i'll take it!

wes was once again in charge of the nativity scene.  and once again everybody is all up in the stable getting as close to baby jesus as they can!

abe likes our tree!

all the little people got their ornaments for the year.  william got a baby grand piano, wes got barney fife, and reed got some M&Ms!  each one fits each kid perfectly!!

and all that decorating (term used loosely) can really a wear a boy out.

i guess he's just getting some energy for the weeks to come!  the push to christmas is on!

my fisherman

the 2nd grade learning fair is in the books.  i'm pumped that they changed it to the first week of december instead of the second week of may.  much less chaotic!  wes had to make a board on the story "the fisherman and his wife."  he loved his outfit....jeans and a vest!  ha!  we went all out!  he was the perfect fisherman!

thanksgiving at the beach

i know it's december and everyone has moved into christmas mode (somebody help me...not my favorite time of year), but i need to back up and give thanksgiving a shout out.  we spent the week at the beach with the entire henson side of the fam. 

it was a little cool the first two days, but the rest of the week was toasty warm and in the 70s. 

the heated pool was a hit again.  all day long.  every day. 

we had lunch in seaside one day and spent the afternoon playing in the sun. 

(reed in the middle of breaking his legs while showing off his whip/nae nae.)

we also played at alys beach one day before having lunch at george's.  yum!

late one afternoon, chase and i took our crew to play laser tag.  we had a blast!  it was only 7 minutes per round, but it's a great way to work up a sweat in those 7 minutes!!  and for the record, this delta girl put a whoopin' on everybody and led the way with the most kills by almost double.  ahem.  thank you very much!  :)

there was also a mirror maze.  i'm not as good at mirror mazes as i am with a weapon.  but it was fun (funny?) to watch my kids try to figure it out!

we hit up downtown rosemary beach because no trip would be complete without a visit to the sugar shack.  (at least according to wes...)

and of course there was plenty of beach time!

 

there were multiple card games daily.  uncle frank taught us new games, and uncle chase isn't above making little kids cry when they don't follow the rules!!! 

there were water balloon fights.

and lots and lots of food was consumed!

we have all since recovered, and now we are ready to hang with these people again over christmas break!  hopefully those little people grow some tough skin between now and then because i hear that uncle chase is bringing his card-playing game face with him!