Frozen on Ice

Gram and Papa treated the whole family to an exciting night of Disney's Frozen on Ice right here in Fayetteville at the Crown Coliseum. What a treat it was. And talk about great seats?! They were awesome!

It amazes me to see how (so many) people can come together put on productions as big as these simply for people to enjoy. It just baffles me thinking of all the small pieces that play such an important role in the big picture. However they manage the magic, we'll never know but we are grateful for it was enjoyable. 

He looked so big yet so little sitting in that chair all by himself. 

Let it Go

Daddy totally went against our agreement not to cave into buying ridiculously overpriced Disney merchandise. Grr! I'm sure he paid close to what our electricity bill is for those three cups full of ice...ICE. He loves his babies, though, and he said he couldn't help it. He caved but I gave him grace and in all honesty his moment of "weakness" really warmed my heart. 

The kids played musical chairs all night. Michael and I held each one at one point of the two hour performance or another. 

How do they even begin to make a snow monster that HUGE!?

The Finale

And of course, what makes experiences like these even more wonderful is sharing them with some of our favorite of company. 

Thank you Gram and Papa for a really wonderful evening. 

Boys Will Be Boys

Daddy with his love (or obsession as I prefer to say) for his technological devices (his iPad or iPhone) and Josiah with his love for Daddy's love for technological devices. 

A Sweet Reading Princess

My thoughts ring loud and clear as time seems to come to a stand still...  

Please don't forget this moment, please don't forget this moment. 

Please, don't. 

Please! 

Waiting For Ants

Oh, my Gabriella. She is the sweetest girl in the world. When talking about her to others I always describe her using those very words; The Sweetest Girl in the World. I don't really feel I'm being bias either. I just do feel so. When God created her He made sure to make her extra, extra sweet and I am so very blessed to be the recipient of much of that goodness. So blessed! 

I'm so sorry for the tangent. Anyways, 

This is a home that she made for the ants. She even made and displayed a sign so that they'd be sure to feel welcome and so that they'd know exactly where to go. 

She's made a home for ants once before in our kitchen, using a plethora of books for the walls and roof. I think its absolutely precious. And her creations are not even motivated by some strange infestation of the little critters, it's just from her love of all things big and small and everything else in between. She is The Sweetest Little Girl in the World. 

The sign reads "Please.Come. In."

Morning Cuddles

Michael occasionally gets to free draw in his Tiny River class at church on Sundays. I was enamored when I saw this drawing after service one Sunday morning. 

You see, one of my favorite things about life in general has to be my cuddle time with the kiddos in our bed on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This picture (in his words) is mommy, daddy, Gabby and Mikey in mommy's bed. (I'm guessing Josiah must have still been sleeping.)

Just thinking about the fact that he, perhaps, loves cuddling me as much as I love cuddling him completely melted this mushy mommy heart of mine. Is there anything else I could ever want in life? Surely not!

A Random December Sunday Morning

Is there ever a good reason not to take a picture of these cutie-pies?!?!

Thanks to Bro. Butch's awesomness, its almost impossible to leave a service in Little River without candy. Oh the candy!

Christmas Tree Decorating

The kids were so excited to get the bit of Christmas decorations we have out and were so eager to get the tree up and decorated. It feels like Christmas comes and goes so quickly, it's nice to have it around for a long as possible. 

As soon as Gabriella saw me bringing the Christmas decor down the stairs she disappeared into her room and returned wearing what she felt was appropriate attire to decorating the tree in.  I'm not sure if she remembered but that was the very same dress she wore last year when we took our Christmas pictures. AND as if that wasn't enough to tickle me, I soon realized Mikey just happened to be wearing the same sweater he had on, too. How funny!

They requested a picture be taken of them just like this. 

Last year's pictures...

  

Oh, how my babies are growing! 

Tree decorating was fun! I sat back and took pictures only interfering when needed to quite a quarrel or two. 

Gabriella was coaching and affirming Josiah all the way. He made known of the fact that he preferred not to receive help of any kind but that didn't stop his big sister from encouraging him and giving him a squeeze or two for doing such a great job. 

Josiah was very proud of each ornament he hung. I love the biggest picture in the collage below where he is showing me three of the ornaments he hung all by him self. :) 

This is another picture they posed for and requested be taken. Mike's smile is 100% genuine. I love it!

This picture was taken pretty close to the end of our decorating session. I love how the top third of the tree remains ornament-less. As they years go by I'm sure that fraction will lessen and lessen. I sure am treasuring the way it looks this Christmas for it very well may never look quite the same.