The House of Lights

Since the kids and I were in Indiana for Thanksgiving, we got to see the 1st night of this year's light show that my sister Kelly and her husband Jeremy display on their house.  This has become an annual event and this year, they added a fountain to the front of their house so of course that had to be lit up as well.  

Please excuse the car noises in the videos. They live on a very busy street.

 

One day, AJ will do this to our house because the boy loves Christmas lights.  Last night he strung lights all up and down our hallway.  He was then watching me put ornaments on the tree and I asked him if he was going to help me.  He say, "nah...I'm the lights guy." Earlier in the evening he told me the first thing he was going to buy when he got to the NBA was a car. Then he quickly said, "wait, I'll have to get body guards first." I said, "because you will be so popular." He said, "yep" with a huge grin on his face.  That kid just cracks me up sometimes. 

I Believe in Families

We love Show Hope and we love children finding their forever families!

Pumpkin Smashing

The kids and I spent Thanksgiving with my family in Indiana.  Matt had to stay home so he could help care for his Dad.  On Saturday, we decided to help Grandpa and Meemaw decorate for Christmas.  That meant we had to dispose of the fall decorations.  What better way than to have a pumpkin smashing contest!

Chloe

Essie

My sister's foster kids wanted in on the action too (of course)!

The goal was to smash them into as many pieces as possible so my Dad's chickens could enjoy them as a treat.

Chloe's toss

Essie

We thought the cows may like them too.  They were not as excited about the whole things as we were.

Kids' Thanksgiving Program

This a a post primarily for the grandparents, as our kids had their Thanksgiving program at school last week. 

The girls were up first and of course everyone had to get their waving out of the way first. 

Next it was AJ's turn.

Good Morning, Ladies

I was greeted with a spectacular sunrise the other morning as I went out to let the ladies out for the day.

Our Beautiful Kids

Here are some of the individual shots we had made of our kids in our 2013 family photo shoot:

A.J. - age 11

Not many boys can rock pink quite as well as A.J. can.

Essie - age 8

Every year we let our kids select a location/pose for their individual photos.  Essie always has a cute idea for hers.

Chloe - age 8

Couldn't help but notice the similar pose Chloe struck, unprompted, that resembled one from our first family photo shoot four years ago.

We have got some crazy, fun kids.

Some New Family Photos

Last month we had some new family photos taken by our friend AJ of Wells Photography.  We had them taken right here in our little town of Wilmore.  We'll post some more of the kids later, but here are some of our group photos: