34th birthday

I'm now at the point where I can remember "30 years ago." Not a ton of memories but enough that I can say that. Wow! I have to say that I'm thrilled to have another birthday come and pass. To have the family that I have, the precious daughters that I get to watch grow up, a great job, health, and a God who loves me and provides me with everything I need. Here are some pics:

It's just not a birthday without a Cookie Company cookie cake. YUM!!!

Mom, Julie, Tucker, Eme, and Ellis came over at 10:30 to play!

The girls jumped on the trampoline, rode their scooters, and had a great time together!

Ellis LOVED the trampoline!

So cute and happy being bounced!

sweet cousins!

Addi and Eme enjoyed doctoring the horse (and riding it)!

lunch date :-)

It was such a fun day! I am so blessed!

Long time, no blog!

I've not been a good blogger lately...Here's what we've been up to (I think I forgot to blog about Thanksgiving and our trip to the beach).

family picture with Grandma, Grandpa, Jett, Dartmouth, Addi, Finley, and Makayla

sweet cousins at Callaway Gardens (John and I make sure we go every year to celebrate our anniversary since we got married there- this was our 6th!)

face-first-Finley

Weston

decorating delicious cookies

Weston and Grayson

my sweet girls

the cousins (minus Braden and Ellis)

the Butterfly House

yearly picture in the chapel where we got married

We were so glad that Emily decided to come with us! Fin loves her Emily!

PJ day at the girls' school

Lauren, Addi's elf, left these PJs in the dryer with a note that said, "Put these PJs on and get your mom and dad to take you to Sol Azteca and Zoolight Safari. Addi was so excited!!!!

Addi loved seeing Santa at the zoo!

Finley loves to "wock"

Christmas Eve with the Brock side of the family- it was so much fun getting to see everyone~

love these matching dresses that Julie and Mom found

Aunt Glenda, Emily, and Patti

Christmas morning! Finley enjoyed riding Addi's scooter that Santa brought her.

Both girls love their riding horse!

Finley got a Little People castle

Addi loves her "ball hitter" as she calls it, and is really good at it!

Santa also brought the girls a new kitchen and lots of Melissa and Doug food sets to play with!

We surprised Addi and invited Thomas to go to the zoo with us. They had the best time! After the zoo, we went to Chuck E. Cheese. On the way to take Thomas home, he said, "Addi, you look pretty," and she said, "You're cute, too!" They are precious!!!!

We had a photo shoot with baby Makayla. Not very professional (i.e. on our bedspread in horrible lighting) but it was fun! She's such a cutie!

That's all for now! Who knows when I'll be back :-)

Halloween and Santa

Addi and Finley had so much fun for Halloween this year! My sister and a friend, Kim, let us borrow their costumes which was so nice! We went to our Fall Festival at church. Here are my precious Minnie Mice! HA!

Finley had as much fun putting rocks in her bucket as she did candy.

They played lots of fun games! It was absolutely freezing!

While I worked at the pumpkin toss, John took the girls inside to enjoy some popcorn.

We were so excited to see our cousins, Stephanie, Mark, Morgan, Will, and Dylan there!

Dylan and Finley are buddies!

Randy, Mom, the boys, Aunt Glenda, Emily, Morgan, and Dylan came out to play at our house!

The kids had so much fun jumping on the trampoline.

Dylan and Finley enjoyed playing with Anders.

Sweet cousins!

More sweet cousins!

the little ones' turn to jump

playing a game of whiffle ball

tired baby girl!

Addi at bat! She hit it! YEA, Addi!

Now it's off to Bass Pro to get pictures with Santa (pre-Thanksgiving!)! Addi was so excited about going to Bass Pro. She told us that we were all going on the pontoon boat together and that she was going to take us to Crab Island.

Addi loves animals!

Addi also loves Santa! Never once has she cried when going near him or sitting on his lap. Finley, on the other hand, did not want to sit in Santa's lap. She was okay if she was near him and eating her candy cane. Finley loves her food/candy!

no lap picture for her!

I love this one!

Here's baby Makayla and her first picture with Santa!

I love this picture of Jett, Dartmouth, and Makayla!

Precious cousins! We are truly blessed!

some family photos since we RARELY take them

The girls had fun playing in the fake snow.

Finley is going to be an adventurous little girl! She hopped right on this 4 wheeler and was ready to go!

It made me a little emotional b/c it seems like just yesterday John was holding Baby Addi up to the bear like this!

Finley was fighting her hardest to get down and play in the water! She loves to swim!

We are very thankful for our many, many blessings! Thanksgiving, here we come! We didn't forget about you!!!!!!!!