Quick trip to New England

Mommy had a business trip in Providence and so Caroline and mommy had a really fun trip visiting Nana, pop pops and the Marshall's! Mommy went to work while NAna and Pop Pops spent the day with little Caroline.

She had a blast being an only child for a few days and loved the attention.

She got to go ice skating, see Santa and just do all sorts of fun things.

Disney on Ice... Awesome

Disney sure does know how to put on a show!! They never disappoint, that's for sure.

We took Grammie and Grandad to see Disneys Rockin Ever After and I think everyone really enjoyed it!

Maddie spent the entire first half on Grandads lap while Caroline liked being a big girl and having her own seat.

Maddies favorite part was Belle and Caroline's was Ariel... And both girls dressed like Ariel for the show. :)

singing angel

Maddie performed with her children's choir at church a few Sundays ago and was absolutely perfect. She looked beautiful and made is so proud!!

our first parade

We felt kind of famous.

The girls and I got to march in the Holly Springs Christmas Parade last weekend with Sonshine Gymnastics. It was loads of fun. Caroline bailed out about halfway through when she saw Jim on the street, but Maddie did great and even did cartwheels to the cheers of all the fans on the street. It was super cute.

topping the tree

We went against tradition this year (the littlest puts the star on the tree) because Caroline declined.

Maddie stepped up and did the job quite well.

so worth the money!

Another afternoon enjoying our bouncy house. So happy we have it! Lots of fun!

found this picture on my phone...

Hilarious

Christmas tree!!!

Yippee!

It's the most wonderful time of the year once again and we picked out our tree last weekend.

The girls loved running through the rows of trees and we loved the sweet sleigh they had set up for pictures. Love it!

Duke with friends!!

What's better than Duke game? A Duke game with our buddy Will!

Go Duke!!!

lake work day

The day after Thanksgiving we decided instead of trying to brave the crowds at the stores, we would spend a peaceful day at the lake helping with a few house chores and cleaning up.

The lake levels are the lowest they've been in decades so it was really interesting to see what was washed up on the beach. Particularly all the clams!!! Some of the shells were really beautiful!

Most of my day was spent feeding the fire. We cleared out the brush between the lake and the house and burned it. Nothing like staring at a fire for 8 hours to really relax you!! Love it.