Oh the weather outside is frightful......

Two snow storms in one week! I think this is a record. Wednesday night it was all over the news that Atlanta was going to get a "big" snow storm, that schools and business's would be shut down. You'd think we were going to get 10 feet of snow or something, but no, we got about 1/2 of an inch. They still closed school for the day. Braxton was very excited!

Storm number 1

By friday all of the snow from the first storm had melted. But they were predicting a bigger storm to hit us Saturday. Braxton had basketball practice friday night, and that was all everyone was talking about, the BIG STORM! Saturday they canceled all of the basketball games, and people were going out and getting supplies in case the end of the world was on it's way. So around 10am Saturday morning the flakes started to fall and by 2 pm we had about 3 inches on the ground. The kids were so excited. Living out here in Georgia, you don't really need the proper snow attire, so we didn't have much to put on the kids. They went out and played in it for about 20 minutes until they couldn't stand the cold any longer.

Next Michael Jordan!

Well, I think we've found Braxton's sport. He does ok at everything he plays, but basketball........he's really picked up on it. Braxton is pretty good at making baskets, passing the ball to an actual person, stealing the ball from the other team, almost like he knows what he's doing. It's fun to watch him do something he's actually good at. The funny thing is, we play for a Methodist league, and most of our team are Mormon kids from our old ward. So it's fun to watch them play. Braxton loves being on a team with friends. Today's game was especially exciting because every single kid on our team made at least one basket.
After the game I told the boys that they looked like little Michael Jordan's on the court and they all looked at me like I was crazy.....am I really that old?

At the beginning of the game they have a spotlight going, a fog machine on and they announce all the players names as they run onto the court. There's Braxton running out.

Look at that defense!

Braxton seriously stole the ball from this kid right after this shot.

Braxton making a basket.

Braxton pointing out to his team mate that he's standing on the line.

Braxton making another basket.

Making yet another basket.

A week late, but a miracle non-the-less!

Anyone who knows me, knows that every year I have the same wish, a "christmas miracle" is what I like to call it, that it snow here on Christmas day. Well, we've lived here for 9 years and not once have we had snow on Christmas day. I've heard that the last time it happened was in 1996, so I know it can happen. Well, on New Years day we went and saw a movie and on our way home from the theater it started to flurry. By the time we got home it was "blizzardy" looking, ok for Georgia it was blizzardly. It didn't stick to the ground and only snowed for about 20 min, but good enough. So we are getting closer..........maybe next year.

Taken out our front door....

The destructive duo strike again!

Happy 2008, everyone! The past couple of New Years we have opted to stay home and have a quiet evening with the fam, but this year we invited the Maddox's and Sampson's over for dinner and games, that adds 8 kids to our 2 kids which = mess! Don't get me wrong, it's always a lot of fun to have everyone here, especially for the kids.

Hailey and Gabby alone are a handful by themselves....as soon as Gabby gets here they usually run up into Haileys bedroom and get as many clothes as they can to change into and then proceed to get every toy they can get their little hands on and who knows what they do with it all, but it's always a huge ordeal to clean it up. Well when everyone was getting ready to go home, I went up into Hailey's room to look for Gabby's clothes and noticed that it was all clean. I was shocked, but also a little suspicious.......so I went into Hailey's bathroom just to see if there was anything in there and this is what I found..............

I guess I should count my blessings.....at least they didn't turn the water on.

Hailey's Birthday!

I grew up with a sister, who shall remain nameless, that resented the fact her birthday was so close to Christmas. With the hustle and bustle of the holidays there were times when her birthday was kind of lost in the shuffle. I now have a daughter who is in that same perdicament. I am seeing Mike and myself pulling gifts out of her Christmas stash and setting them aside for her birthday, because we don't want to go shopping between Christmas and New Years, and we've forgotten that her birthday is coming up. I'm sure the older she gets, the wiser she will become and this will no longer be acceptable.

Her birthday was on the 28th of December, which fell on a night that Mike had to work late at the hospital, so we didn't even tell her it was her birthday until the following day. She had a great day though. We opened gifts and went and saw Alvin and the Chipmunks as a family. We decided to do birthday cake on new years eve, when our friends would be here to celebrate with us. Her buds Gabby and Seth were here to enjoy the cake and play all night long.

Hailey enjoying some of her birthday presents..

Hailey blowing out her birthday candles....notice the princess castle cake....yes I made it myself and yes it looked just as crappy in person as it does in the picture. Hailey loved it and that is all that matters!