{Tooth Fairy Visit} For Bexley

I cannot believe I am even writing this post about {Our Little} Girl getting a visit from the Tooth Fairy! First she is turned 5 and not even three months later she's losing teeth!!! So here's the story...we were getting ready to leave for her dentist appointment (good timing, right?) and I asked her to go brush her teeth. I heard her running down the stairs and start yelling, "Mommy! Mommy!!! Come quick!" When I met her, there she stood at the bottom of the steps with her hand stretched forward and her cute little tooth in her hand! It came out while she was brushing her teeth! I almost cried and then she showed me her smile...no longer a little girl, but a growing 5 year old! She just looked so different! She's so proud of her newest smile!

Look at the cute ring we got from the dentist!

{Christmas Card} Photo Shoot

Last year we took some pics while picking out our Christmas tree. It turned out so well, that we decided to do it again this year! While I only chose 2 pics for our card, I wanted to share some others!!!

It was snowing the whole time!!! I couldn't believe how lucky we got! (Good for pics, bad for hair ~ we had to act fast!)

I love, love, love this pic...because it was at the very end and they were still having fun!

{My 1st} Nutcracker!

So, I love the tradition where little girls go with their mom or grandmother every Christmas to watch The Nutcracker. I couldn't wait to do it with my little girl, even though I have never seen it! This year I felt like Bexley was old enough and she loves ballet so I bought tickets. I took her to the downtown Apex show, knowing it was a shortened version and all local ballerinas! Bexley had been sick the night before, but had felt better the day of the play. During the show, her fever came back! Needless to say, we had as much fun as we could...even being sick!

Looking back at the pics now, I can tell she doesn't feel well! This pose here is exactly how she stayed the whole time. Plus side to it all ~ I got to cuddle the entire show!

{Our Little Elf} Elfie!

Elfie is back and is getting into A LOT of trouble in our house! The kids are just loving him so much more this year!

When we got back from the mountains after Thanksgiving, Elfie was waiting!

TP'ed the tree the next day!

"Sprinkle" Angel, anyone?

Graffiti on the kiddos bathroom!

Despicable Me Minion on a banana!

A favorite of the kiddos!

{Carolina vs Iowa} Basketball Game

Scott and I have been talking for YEARS about going to a Carolina game. Scott mentioned that we should go when we played Iowa this year! I was so excited and decided that was the game I wanted to go to! I felt so at home with seeing the Iowa gear walking around in sea of Carolina blue! By marriage I am a Carolina fan, but was secretly happy when Iowa won the game! Go team!

Dick Vitale!!! (whoever that is!)

"C'mon Ref, bad call!!!" Camden loves sports events because he can be as loud as he wants and you can't hear him!"

Coach Roy Williams

Bexley fell asleep the last 10 minutes of the game!

{Sledding} In The Mountains!

Every year when it gets closer to Thanksgiving and I'm planning our trip out, I secretly hope it snows while we are there! One Thanksgiving we took a hike on a trail near the condo and we barely needed our coats ~ just didn't feel like it was Thanksgiving or that we were even in the mountains!

Last year, we barely made it up the mountain to the condo because of a blizzard (not really, but it was pretty snowy/icy). This year the forecast kept changing. The first day we were there, it didn't really snow, but the next day it snowed ALL day/night!!! We got out our sleds and had some fun!

Bundled up and ready to go!

Listening to Scott give tips on how to go faster as he is at the bottom of the hill! "What, Dad?!?"

I am slowly learning that Bexley is going to be a little Southern girl...she can't handle to cold/wind for too long! I have to say though, when I took this pic I was also feeling the same way! It was windy!!!

Brrr....but having too much fun to go in!

{Our Thanksgiving} Tradition

We have a Thanksgiving tradition every year of spending a few days in the mountains! We love it in the mountains because 1) It's so peaceful and beautiful! 2) Our cell phones do NOT work in the condo, so it is ALL family time when we are there! 3) Thanksgiving usually falls around my birthday so I get a vacation on my birthday...every year!

This year wasn't any different! We relaxed, we played board games, and we had our traditional Thanksgiving dinner. We feel so lucky to be able to do a trip like this every year and are so blessed with great family and friends! Happy Thanksgiving!

I didn't realize this until I started editing our pics...I guess our family likes the food photo props!

{My Wife's Birthday}

The kids and I would like to wish a special {Happy Birthday} to my wife Holly.  She spends so much of her time behind the camera documenting all of our family adventures, we often forget to feature her from time to time.  She is an amazing wife and wonderful mother.  We love you Sweetheart!  Happy Birthday!

{Preschool Thanksgiving Feast} Bexley

One of my favorite things about the 4yr old class at preschool is the Thanksgiving Feast (I mean...all of the little things they do are super adorable, but this one is REALLY super adorable)! They sing a Thanksgiving song, do a Thanksgiving prayer and then we eat! Usually it's just desserts, but this year they had it all! We are so thankful for our preschool, our preschool friends and especially our preschool teachers! Happy Thanksgiving!!!

BFF Leighton with Bexley!

The girls with their super sweet teacher, Ms. T!

{Thankful} Pumpkin

For the month of November, every year, we write what we are thankful for daily. The last few years we wrote on leaves and placed them on a tree. This year we wrote on a pumpkin (had to get a fancy one, because after Oct 31 it is impossible to find just a plain pumpkin)! I love that the kids can write their own, because it just looks so much cuter with their little handwriting! Here is our Thankful Pumpkin for Thanksgiving!!!