My adorable godson, Caden!

Dusty and I are privledged to have Cady Brady Davis as our godson. When he was in his mom's belly, Dusty and Nicole asked us to be his godparents. They described the title as a special relationship in which, out of all their kids, we specifically pray for Caden. We go to special events. We take him on special dates. We SPOIL him:) Nicole was the first of my friends to have a baby and I felt so special being a godmom to her firstborn. I got a upfront seat to watch how things were done. Caden is the COOLEST! He is such a first born and I love watching it play out. He is careful and is always watching out for others. He wants to make sure people are following the rules. He is fun and such a great big brother and cousin. He includes everyone. He is smart and creative and a GREAT storyteller. He loves Jesus and has already accepted him into his heart which we are SO proud of. We have cherished watching him grow up and loving on him. This last week we went to his kindergarten Christmas performance. Well OF COURSE he was the cutest kid up there. He did such a great job and we were SO PROUD! Love you Caden Brady!

Cute little red nosed reindeer:)

Doing his motions...he was so into it!

10 months old!

My little peanut is growing up so fast. I am super behind in this post, that Connor is already almost 11 months old! HELP! STOP TIME! My little angel is getting more and more active. He is pulling himself up all the time and "cruising" in between furniture and toys. He LOVES to laugh and dance. We are also pretty sure his first word is Jax. What the heck?? This was Dillan's first word too! We are still working on mama and dada:) I seriously just love this nugget more than I could ever describe to you in words. He has me wrapped around his little finger....that is for sure. I have been rocking him to bed before I lay him in his crib and I TREASURE that time with him. He is just the sweetest! I sing to him and we laugh together and he snuggles me and just lays his head on my chest. Melts my heart. I can't believe I am starting to plan your 1 year birthday! Where has the time gone little love? I am loving each day of watching him grow up. Love you Connor Charles!

I am 10 months old!

 Hi mom! I love you:)

Smiley pants

Stop! In the name of love.....

Biggest boy

Mom....you crack me up!

Handsome  boy

7th Annual Christmas Party

We had our 7th annual Christmas party this last weekend. Nicole and I decided to start this tradition when she was pregnant with Caden. .....now here we are, 7 years later with 5 kids between us! We have moved the location around many times since we first started, but we were at our house again this year and it was a blast! As all of our friend's families keep growing, and so does our annual party! We decided to do lasagna again this year and it was a hit! We had lots of yummy appetizers, sides and desserts. Dusty D's Christmas quiz did not disappoint (I actually won!) and the White Elephant gift exchange was hilarious! All in all it was a great night and something I look forward to doing with my dear friend every year!

Mom and Patti

Brad and Connor

Dad and Brady

Dusty, Jim, Sarah, and Chuck

Dillymon

Drew and Mike (and Wyatt)

Hostess' with the mostess'

My favorite boys

How lucky am I????

The Dusty's giving the answers to the

infamous Christmas quiz

The gang

Just what Damon always wanted:)

Shredder

The Lawson's

Papa getting some help from Caden 

and Gavin

Holly will be living her "best life"

CCCHHHEEESSSEEEE!

Case and her kimono

Mom and son matching doo rags....YIKES!

Blaire's granny panties

Supper Club....Christmas style!

It was time for supper club again and we had come full circle and were back to the Lawson's who started the whole thing. Since it was close to Christmas, Meg decided on an ugly Christmas sweater party with a "family style" meal. Good 'ole fashion cooking. We had filet mignon, beef tenderloin, cream corn, green beans, crispy potato casserole, and lots of wine and cocktails! It was a blast to be together and after dinner we headed into the Christmas light neighborhood for a brisk stroll and to see all the pretty lights. It was a great night. Dusty and I were decked out with the help of my mom and dad, Pattie, and GG. THanks for wearing ugly clothes back in the day! HAHA!

Decked out in our gear! Nice

pants Dust!

Meg's pretty table

Scott, Parker, Mike, and Dust

Lauren and Meghan working in the kitchen

Let's EAT!!!!

Heather and Lucy

Wierdos

and goofs....good combo

Love me some MM

Lawson's and Fords

Love birds...Parks and Erin

The Host's! 

Girls being silly

I love this pic of Meghan

Kim, Meghan, Megan, Erin, Angel, and Heather

Dusty cracking us up with his dance moves

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Well, not really considering it was 90 degrees outside when we went to pick out our tree! But you get the sentiment! The season is upon us and we were anxious to get our lights up and tree decorated! Let me just say that my husband is a PRO at putting lights up. He rents a HUGE extension ladder from Home Depot and goes to town! I love watching him do it, he is soo good and it is a total turn on:) Haha! Anyways, while daddy was putting the lights up, the boys and I got all our decorations down and started decorating the house. We got the nativity set out (unfortunately, we experienced a baby Jesus catastrophe last year and he is no longer with us), but we replaced him with Dillan's "Little People" baby Jesus... It fits right in with my beautiful porcelain set:) Once the boys had their bath and their cozy Christmas jammies from Yaya on, we put the Polar Express on and decorated our tree! This is such a fun family tradition for us, especially now that Dillan is old enough to participate. He calls all the ornaments "his." "Oh! There's my candy cane" or "there's my pickle." It is so cute. Connor, has to be "rerouted" several times a day as he heads to dismantle my tree! I love this stage....I am pretty sure he eats dog food on a daily basis:) Anyways, we got a beautiful tree that smells so good and looks beautiful. This is sure to be a very fun Christmas! We have Christmas tree lightings, gingerbread house making, visiting Santa, our annual party, Garrison St, work parties, and more! All the while celebrating our Savior who was born in such a humble way. I just love how God orchestrated how His son came into this world. I came across the following and loved it! Merry Christmas!

Christmas~ the unfolding of God's wonderful story of redemption, which reached it's crescendo with the birth of Christ Jesus. What a humble, quiet way for Him to say "I am the King of Kings" and have brought the power of my kingdom with me.

Dilly and Conman picking out our 

tree in their shorts and t-shirts!

 Watching Polar Express

Christmas Jammies!

 Cutie Patootie

Me and Con

Our tree!

My mini me

Guess I didn't do a very good job at taking any pictures of Dust....he was there! I promise:)