My second love

I love my husband for so many reasons and then I love him just because I do.  Can't put words to it and can't describe it, I just love him.  But one thing I have grown to love so very much about Chris is the way he loves and parents our kids.  He is not only an incredible husband and best friend to me, but he is an AWESOME daddy and loves our babies so fully and sacrificially.  He serves our family and I am so very thankful for the example he sets for our children in the way he pursues Christ.  He disciplines our kids with love.  He loves me in front of them and serves me.  He is a servant leader in our home.  He is a good friend.  He does his job with passion and works hard to provide for us.  He loves playing and doing crazy fun things.  He leads us toward Christ.  He pursues me.  He is a man after God's own heart.  I am so thankful Mary Jane and Caden have a daddy that will live this out in front of them.  How blessed are the children of Chris.  Here he is with his little gifts.

Fun with Daddy!

Daddy and Caden went Christmas shopping today!  They have so much fun together already.  Love my boys.  I am so blessed.

Cousin Day!

Today we got to have a cousin day!  Our nieces are staying with another aunt and uncle this week and we went and kidnapped them for a day.  :)  Daddy and Mary Jane went and picked them up early this morning and brought them back to our house for the day.  We had so much fun!  We did Christmas tree art.  We did some fun Christmas activities, made cookies, decorated them, bounced on the bounce house forever, and played played played.  Caden didn't even know what happened to our house with all these girly girls everywhere.  A few times he went off and just started playing by himself just to get away from the shrieks and shrills.  The big surprise of the day was when Mimi and Papaw Searcy surprised the kids at the front door!  They found out they were all going to be together and jumped in the car and headed this way.  They were with us all afternoon and into the night.  We ordered pizza and ate our Christmas cookies that we made.  It was a fun and exhausting day had by all.  Daddy, Mimi, and Mary Jane took the girls back to where they were staying and said bye.  Mary Jane collapsed from having too much fun.  We love you Abby and Emma!

Meme's Christmas Present

We always try to be creative with our grandparent gifts because it is so fun and the kids love it.  This year, we went and made something special for Meme!  Here is what the kids help me do at the local pottery place.  It was a lot of fun and daddy even got in on the fun.......helped me corral the kids.  Merry Christmas Meme!

Mary Jane and Saige

4 months apart and they are best friends.  These two have the best time and are so sweet and fun with each other.  Never a dull moment!  We got to go to our little cousin's first birthday party and these two had so much fun!

Cabinets and Caden

This is what I walked into the kitchen to find today.....

Jesus' Birthday Party at School

Today we celebrated Jesus' birthday at school with all of Mary Jane's friends!  Mary Jane loves school and loves her friends.  She especially loves her teacher.  We feel so blessed that she is able to be where she is going.  It was a special morning and Mary Jane enjoyed it as did I.  Here are a few pictures of our time this morning.  Notice Mary Jane is quite the ham in front of the camera.......

Here are the notes Mary Jane wrote to her teachers....too precious not to share.  She wrote those letters all by herself and wanted to draw her dancing for her teachers.  

Gymnastics

Tonight was Mary Jane's show off night for her gymnastics class!  She did so wonderful and showed us all her new tricks.  She showed us how she does a cart wheel, a forward roll after coming off her flip on the bar, her jumping into the pit with no fear, and her forward roll on the balance beam!  YAY!  :)

The Nutcracker

Today was Mary Jane's first time to see the nutcracker!  She loved it and has been carrying her nutcrackers around with her since.  They read with her, they play with her, and they even ride around in mommy's purse when she gets tired of them.  :) She has also been Clara since the day we saw it.  She dances around and tells everyone her name is Clara.  So sweet.  It was a really great performance and it was a fun memory we got to share with Meme!