In North Carolina we see warm weather even on Christmas...if you notice some of the kids are out in shorts!! It was prob. mid to lower 60's that day...but the next day we were in the 70's! Needless to say we have not seen any good snowfall amounts since Madison's birth 12/20/2004. We had a 10 minute flurry last year...which didn't even stick...and the year before that we had a slight dusting which was gone within the hour that it fell... maybe this year we will get something...at least so the kids know what snow looks like!


here is Desoray, Rachel and Kayla outside with some Christmas toys











Madison outside playing with a truck! Yes she is our tomboy!















Trey, Madison, CJ and Casey outside playing















CJ riding his bike outside at Jerry's family Christmas party

We spent Saturday before Christmas at Jerrys sisters (Stacey) house. It was nice to get the family together. The kids had a blast as always when they see their cousins! Here are some pics of that day:

here is Daniel with Madison waiting to open presents...Jerry's mom (June) is also in the picture waiting...=)










here is Kayla opening a present
here is a picture of Jerry, CJ and Madison with presents (CJ was officially adopted this year by Stacey and Mark!)

A picture of Kayla and CJ opening presents...that is the gift we got CJ...a monster you can rip apart, take his insides out and write on him...yuck!














here is Trey, Madison and Jerry opening presents....Madison LOVES the tea set...she plays with this all the time!!

the same day that Madison had her Pageant Kayla had her parents day at gymnastics. Here are some pics of her showing off some moves!

Kayla and another girl in her class waiting onthe line to get started
Kayla on the big balance beam...they did different kinds of moves...backwards, sideways, sitting down and getting up and then of course dismounting
waiting to be put into her group
the picture is sideways but she is flipping over ...tilt your head to the left...=)
learning how to do a handstand It is great to see how much she has learned in the couple of years she has taken gymnastics...and I am so excited because starting the beginning of January Madison gets to join Kayla in a regular class...instead of a mommy and me! Now instead of traveling there, being there and traveling home spending a total of 3 hours on a saturday morning at Roses...now I only have to be there for 1hour!

This is Madison in her Sunday clothes outfit
This is Madison in her school spirit wear. Can you see the orb to the left of her? I think it was DJ! This is the outfit that she really started to show her true colors...waving...having fun...it was him giving her that extra confidence! =) Hey I can hope right?
This is her getting ready to come out in her Snow wear..
this was her formal wear
Madison and Mrs. Rebecca...she is the woman that runs the pageant.

Hello Everyone,

December has been a busy month for us...with Birthdays, Pageant and Christmas we have been nonstop...so of course I have fallen behind on my blog. Here are some pics to try and catch everyone up to date...

This is Madison's Wee Miss Grimesland beauty pageant...which she WON!! She is the official Wee Miss Grimesland!





This was her first outfit...the parade of contestants...they had to walk out and say their name and contestant number.
This is her getting her trophies, crown and sash.
This was her Christmas outfit that she wore
This was her hunting/western wear
another pick of her with her trophies!

this one is a better I GOT ELFED!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1169905286

Hello everyone....

Tammi's Elfed video cracked me up!!! So I did one of me, Jerry and the kids...watch it for a good laugh:

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1169659073

Here we are sitting down and watching Madison open up her gifts...she loves them all!!
Madison blowing out her candles...the candles were neat....the flames were the colors of the wicks! I did the cake in Spongebob colors....she LOVES spongebob!
took 3 tries to get all the candles out....
Jerry and Madison at the beginning of her present opening.....

Madison's school pictures

My cousin Stewart got married in Florida...just happened to be during the week we were down there for Disney....It was a beautiful sunset beach wedding....Congratulations Stewart!
Stewart and Jessica saying their vows...

Here are the kids waiting to get into the 40 ft. excursion we had to take us home...notice Jerry is with the kids!
Kayla, Madison, CJ and Desoray in the limo on the way to the airport...poor CJ had a fat lip
Kayla and I on the safari ride at Animal Kingdom
Madison and Kayla with the Mexican dancers at Animal Kingdom
Madison and Mickey at the Garden Grill on Thanksgiving.

Here is Cinderella's castle...it was beautiful at night with all the lights....

here's a short video of the girls have a good time as we leave animal kingdom.....there was a Mexican/Asian group singing and dancing...so the girls joined in

The girls found the water sprinklers at the Magic Kingdom...they got soaked to the bone! But they had a great time....and that's what it's all about!

My neice Desoray had her 9th birthday at the Garden Grill in Epcot on Thanksgiving...it was a very nice and memorable meal.....ask Stacey!! HA HA>>>the restaurant spins around slower than a snail...but it was making her dizzy!!

almost everyone got into the picture...but there was 16 of us in Disney, my family, Jerry's sister Stacey and her family...and close friends of hers...and their kids....
the girls meeting buzz lightyear
Desoray and Kayla with Dale at the Garden Grill for our Thanksgiving dinner
the girls at Epcot at the Nemo ride....
Madison at Dinoland in Animal Kingdom...she played in here while the "Big Kids" went on the ride Dinosaur

Madison and I on the Disney steam engine train
Kayla, Madison and Daniel waiting to go into Epcot
Yes that is Madison sleeping in the stroller...it is how she got some nap time in...
the girls are all wet from playing in the sprinklers...it was close to 80 all week in Orlando!
This is Kayla at the Princess dinner in Cinderella's castle

We just got back today from our week long vacation in Disney....16 people in total!! We had a great time....The girls had a blast and loved everything we did... I am going to let the pictures tell the story of our time in Disney (I'll add more pictures this week...after I unpack 4 suitcases!):

Congratulations to my cousin Lynette!!! She has a new baby boy, Jack, in her family. Here is a picture of the new baby....my Aunt Theresa, Aunt Christy, Jack, his sister Bailey, and my Aunt Linda