Our Five Days of Christmas!

I am a little late, but finally posting pictures from our five days of Christmas. We celebrated four times in five days. We are very blessed to have lots of family, and it just takes that many days/trips to get everyone together.

It was great seeing the kids get excited about all their presents. Payton really knew what was going on this year. He got excited about Santa coming and opening presents. Reagan just loved playing with everything and eating all the food. Both kids really enjoyed playing with all their cousins.

We are very thankful for the time we got to spend with all our family.

Deck the Stalls

Today was the Fort Smith Christmas Parade, and Payton's preschool participated with wagon floats. Each float was a different Christmas Song. There were 19 total wagon floats We were "Deck the Halls" however Payton and several other parade watchers said it was "Deck the Stalls". My "h" looks like an "s" to some people.

The kids had a great time. They did great throwing out candy to the parade watchers, and Payton even waved a few times. Both kids ate tons of candy, and we all had a great time. Payton cried when we got in the truck because he wanted to go back to the parade. Tonight he said, "We had fun being in the Christmas Parade today and tomorrow we will do it again." That statement was worth all the time making the float. Hopefully it was our first of many parades.

Reagan's First Haircut

A non-excited Reagan is about to get her first haircut!

Reagan got her first haircut today! I never thought she would ever have enough hair to cut, but she finally needed a trip to remove some of the "baby hair". One of my girlfriends from college does our hair. Stacy always does such a great job with the kids.

Reagan did great! She sat up in the chair by herself and didn't move at all. No fits or tears! Of course mommy had to take pictures for the scrapbook. Miss Stacy also gave me some locks of hair for her scrapbook too. Payton got a haircut too, and he did great as well.

Thanksgiving Camping Trip

We spent the week of Thanksgiving camping in our new camper on Lake Ouachita. Mamaw and Papaw Dumas joined us, and we had a great time. We were pretty close to Gree and Pal's house (my mom) so we went there and had Thanksgiving Lunch with family.

As most of you know, our little Park passed away three years ago this past week. Thanksgiving Day, November 22nd, was the anniversary of his passing. There is still not a day that goes by that he is not missed or in our thoughts. We love you little guy - our angel in heaven! You changed our life forever! Thanks for allowing us to be your family!

I couldn't go without saying something about him................

Park's Pen Now Has A Blog!

Park's Pen is my "hobby"/business that I sell on ebay and locally, and I now have started a blog for all of my recent shipments.
Check it Out!
www.parkspen.blogspot.com

Our "Happy" Halloween!

We had a great time last night! Our church has a great "Family Fun Night" with carnival games, bounce arounds and pony rides. They even had a little area with preschool games for the smaller kids. The kids were great and both experienced their first pony ride. It was really a fun night!

Our Great Weekend!

We had a great weekend camping with couples from church at Marval Family Resort in Gore, OK. It was a great place for the kids with a great playground and activites. I think we had around 10 families that camped and when you add in all the kids we had about 50 people together.

Saturday Payton and Mike went on a hayride and planted "magic" pumpkin seeds. Then a couple hours later Payton and I went back to get the pumpkin that had grown. He was so excited picking his pumpkin. We then took them back and let him paint his pumpkin. He loved that little pumpkin so much that he slept with it Saturday night then brought it over to our bed during the night.

Both kids had a great time playing with all the other kids. Saturday night the kids were able to dress up in their halloween costumes and go around to other campsites and cabins and trick or treat. They loved seeing all the decorations and of course the candy was great too. The Razorback game was played on a large 20 X 20 screen so we were able to set in our lawn chairs and watch the game.

It was a great weekend and we enjoyed being with the kids and our great friends!