Thanksgiving 2009

We had 29 family members at our house for Thanksgiving! It was a little chaotic, but so much fun. Jarrod fried two turkeys and everyone brought their favorite dish to share. We also continued our Thanksgiving tradition to see who would win the "Big Turkey" award. My step-brother, Michael, won this year as he gained almost 6 pounds before and after dinner. Mason won in the 12 and younger category!! We also celebrated Mason's birthday a few days early!

We have so much to be thankful for...we love all of our family members!!

Playing in the Leaves

There's just nothing better than kids playing in the leaves without a care in the world...

Jamie and Courtney's Baby Shower

So, I'm a little behind on this one...but 2 weekends ago we can a couples baby shower for our great friends, Jamie and Courtney. Their first baby, Jackson, will be arriving anytime between now and December 3rd!! Congratulations, Jamie and Courtney, y'all are going to be GREAT parents!!

The parents-to-be


The proud Daddy!


The glowing, mama!


This is awful...I'll get that child something orange, soon!! :)




Kimberly and Caroline...I love these girls!


Terry and Jess

When Jarrod and I are Home Alone....

We do stupid things like entertain ourselves with our dog, Porkchop!!



And some of you totally had your mind in the gutter...stop it!!

Jarrod's BMW Driving Experience

Jarrod got the opportunity to go to the BMW Driving Experience because of a contest they were having at his work. He and a few other co-workers got to spend the majority of the day last Friday at the BMW plant in Spartanburg driving cars that we'll only dream of owning!! One of the cars he got to drive was a $130,000 car!! That's just crazy to me. He said it was an unbelievable experience though...

Halloween 2009

I feel like we celebrated Halloween for a week! Seriously, we started on Friday and didn't stop until LATE on Saturday! Friday MacKenzie and Mason enjoyed their school parties, and I got to go help as a "room mom". Then, we headed to Greenville to ScanSource to trick or treat with Daddy and all his co-workers. Finally, Saturday was the "real" trick or treating. Our next door neighbors came over for pizza, and the guys took the 4 oldest kiddos out in the rain for MORE candy!! Tonya and I stayed behind to pass out candy and take care of their new little one!! We then stayed up WAY too late playing games and talking and just having a great time. Unfortunately we went to bed so late that we didn't really take advantage of the one hour extra sleep!! HA!
My little Spiderman!


Minnie Mouse!


MacKenzie's class


MacKenzie and her best friend, Abby


Mason and his best friend, Caleb




Mason, MacKenzie, Mollie and Peyton

Sweet baby, Grayson