A Stone Mountain Christmas!

Mea was in awe at the snow princess
We went to the 4-D Polar express Christmas movie. It was wonderful. Benners fell asleep and Charlie was SO mad that the reindeer spit on him!!

Snowball throwing time


Craft time with Mrs. Claus. Mea was LOVING this.



We ended the night with a parade. The kids were so grateful to go and spend a fun day at Stone Mountain.

Playin' with the kiddos...

This past weekend I watched a friends girls so she and her husband could get away. I loved having little girl's in the house and Mea LOVED having little girls to play with. She and Emma (the oldest-she's 3) stayed up late each night reading books and laughing. Mea was in sister heaven for two days. Benners and Nelle had a few issues (she's 2-so is he...enough said!!) but the two days really were a blast and the girls are so sweet. We were right off the heels of Halloween so we had a TON of candy. Here we are eating candy and laughing at the Tootsie rolls in our teeth!

Charlie learns to ride a bike w/out training wheels!!

Trick or Treat...

Ben would walk up to the door and take his hat off and say, "Trick or Treat"! He was so adorable!!



James was a wild man! I let him out of the stroller and he was like a wild tiger on the loose!!
James and Hudson would occasionally fight over the sucker. (They both had their own...it just depended on who ate theirs the fastest!)
Charlie was so tired at the end. He just wanted to chill in the stroller and eat his candy. Ben and Mea could have ran around and got more candy for hours!

Here are some photo's of the kids trick or treating. We had lots of fun with the Rogers and we got SO much candy. We're so grateful for our friends. (and lots of candy!!)

I couldn't get Mea to stand still so their are no front shots of her. She was Mulan, Char was spider man, Ben was a cowboy (or bad guy as he says) and James was Tigger.

Happy 4th Birthday Charlie!

This was the gift he was waiting to open ALL day. He kept telling me all week that he just knew I bought him the dinosaur that moves his head and makes loud noises. I wrapped it and he knew the shape of the package. He kept saying, "Can I open the striped one...PLEASE"! You can see on his face that he LOVES it!

Auntie and uncle Kris and the boys got Char a civil war hat. He LOVES it!!

Gramma Dee-Dee got Charlie Spider Man for his B-day and for Halloween!!
Char LOVES playing baseball and always says, " mommy and daddy will you give me some pitches"? So, we bought him his very own tee-ball stand!

He also got a race track for his cars.

The Bauer's came over for a little cake and ice cream. Char LOVES dinosaurs and loved the T-Rex they got him!!

Benny wanted to help Char blow out the candles. Char wasn't to fond of that idea and we had to light the candles twice so Char could do them all by himself! Thank God for little brothers!!



Happy birthday Charlie boy! Mommy and daddy love you so much and are so grateful to God for you. When you were in mommy's tummy we thought that we might not get to see you until heaven. The doctor's told mommy that there was a strong possibility you might not live. Mommy and daddy prayed for you each day that God would make you strong and that mommy would be able to have a healthy baby. When mommy found out you were OK and that I was having a boy God filled my heart with so much Joy. I wanted you to be just like daddy. Daddy is adorable and you are adorable. Daddy was a big baby (10lbs 13 ounces) and you were a big baby.(8 lbs 13 ounces) You were the BEST baby and had the nick name "CHUCK POPE" because you were just content to chill and do nothing. You bring mommy and daddy so much joy. The funny things you say, the adorable smile, the ways you lay down your life for others by sharing all your cars and dinosaurs and the joy you bring to mommy and daddy each day by being our son. You are a blessing Charlie and we love you. Happy 4Th birthday!!