Christmas 1984

This is my absolute favorite picture of my sister and I. She was born on Thanksgiving that year and my mom had one of her friends dress up as Santa so that we could get our pictures taken together. I love how my face is basically saying: "“Hey there, I got this little sister a few weeks ago, and I really love her. See, see, see. Take a look at how cute she is.” Me holding her hand is the icing on the cake! I was so in love with her from the minute I saw her at the hospital.

I love you Meghan - here's to a hundred more Christmases together!

Oh Mexico . . . .

We all have a lot to be thankful for! We took our annual family vacation to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico over Thanksgiving. My mom and dad, Meghan, Cammy, Jeremy and I enojoyed laying by the pool, sipping cocktails, laughing out loud and just being together!

Sunday Smorgasbord

Since we will be out of town over Thanksgiving, we had some friends over for a smorgasbord last Sunday. We celebrated Meghan and Katie's birthdays and enjoyed spending time together while eating WAY too much! Here are pics of some of my favorite kids:

Lovin' my Levi!

Besties forever Maddie and Sydney

Pretty sure Maddie is going to be a Pirate cheerleader when she grows up - such perfect form already . . . .

Maddie Loves her TerryNell!

Madelyn runs into both of my parents' arms any time she arrives at 120 - it is so precious to watch. She knows where she belongs and who loves her! We are all so thankful to call her one of us!

Beck Boys!

The Beck boys came to the Sunday Smorgasbord. They are both just too cute - Riley looks just like Erica and Logan looks just like Russell.

Logan enjoying his exer-saucer time.

Riley loves his Papa Ray!

. . . and looking out of the back window.

Dashie Day

I worked from home the other day and I got a glimpse of what Dash does while we are at work . . .

Three of My Favorite Little Girls!

Here is the best picture (out of about 10!) from Halloween of Maddie, Olivia and Ava together. They are three of the sweetest little girls in the world - thanks to their wonderful mothers (of which are three of my favorite big girls!) who set such a great example.

I love you all!!

Halloween 2009!

Halloween brought several of my friends to 120 for trick-or-treating. I love seeing all of the kids dressed up.

Maddie and Olivia are so in love with each other! So cute to see two two-year olds interact!

Sweet Ava was the cutest little doctor ever!
Maddie loves her TerryNell.

Dashie wasn't thrilled to be a hotdog for Halloween . . . but he sure was cute!

Last real pool day of the summer . . . .

It is always so sad to close the pool. We all just have such a nice time hanging out together! Levi and Maddie were really the only people who could stand how cold the water was this late in the season . . .

Love his smile!

Maddie crashed out basically sitting up on her TerryNeil's lap.

He looks like he is up to something here . . . .

Maddie loves lounging on the stairs!

Madelyn's Birthday

We all got together to celebrate Maddie's second birthday on October 3rd. She was surrounded with wonderful family and great friends.

Happy Birthday Madelyn! I love you!

This is the beautiful cake that Trevor's mom made for Maddie! Too cute!

This is my absolute favorite picture from the day. Notice the look on Maddie's face exactly matches the one on her mom's face . . .

Sweet, sweet MaCallen McMillian. Loving the hat!

Beautiful Olivia! Cake smeared face and all!

Little Pumpkin is turning TWO!!

Madelyn is turning two on October 1st, so we took a few pictures for her birthday party invitations. You should have seen Erin and I running around trying to make her laugh so we could get the perfect picture!

This one is my favorite - you can see the happiness pour out of her!

This one ended up on her invitations - sooo cute!

Levi!

Levi, Mickey and Amanda are usually at Sunday Supper at my mom's every week. I am so thankful to have them in my life - they all three of them bring so much joy! Here are a few pictures of Levi being his cute self!

Happy Birthday Bear and Allen!

So, Jeremy and Allen have the same birthday (August 9th) and we decided to have a few friends over to the pool to hang out. I was trying to figure out a way to do two separate cakes for them . . . and the idea for the BOOB cake was born. It took me at least an hour to get the flesh colored frosting just right using red and yellow food coloring. I think it was a success! If nothing else, we all got a good laugh out of it! I think Erin did a great job "modeling" it.

Dashiki

Anytime I do laundry, Dash waits at the top of the steps for me to bring the basket of hot clothes up. The second I set the basket down, he is digging in the clean white towels to find the perfect spot! Sometimes he gets so hot in all of those towels that he starts to pant and we have to fish him out. That dog is crazy . . . but I love, love, love him!

Pineapple Princess Indeed

Rachel had Ava's birthday party over the weekend. The theme was Pineapple Princess Luau - so much fun! We had a limbo contest, great food, pineapple cupcakes and lots of laughs!

Here is Ava with two of her besties - Ava Marie and Schuyler - playing limo! Apparently it is next to impossible to get a good picture of all three of them together . . .

I love this picture because we all have the same expression on our faces.

The cutie-patootie Doughty family . . .

Sweet Barett - he is the perfect combination of his parents Scott and Jenelle in looks and personality! Love his adorable face and sweet smile!

Big E Doo is going to be THREE!!!

So, Ava is going to be three on the 21st - which I can't believe. I was there the whole step of the way when Rachel was pregnant with her, and I plan on being there for Ava every step of her life. I remember the day Ava was born and what joy we all felt. I am honored when she calls me "Aunt Sass" and I try hard to set a good example for her and all of the other little girls in my life.

I bought her this adorable romper for her birthday and I thought it would only be appropriate to take her birthday pictures in my parents' backyard - here are just a few of the highlights. I am proud to say that I took these pictures myself - I think they turned out great! I mean, easy to do when the subject is 100% adorable, her mom is a perfectionist and had the hairbrush and hairspray out between every picture!

I love you Ava, Happy Birthday baby!

The Fourth of July

I love the Fourth of July! I love the food, sunshine, friends that come along with it. Here are a few highlights from the celebration at Pool 120 . . . .