This is what we have been up to and I will TRY to post photos and more details at a later date, but don't hold me to that. Sorry.
November 12th, 2011
We had Bayleigh's 7th birthday party at the Waldron Baptist Church. The theme was a Luau and the turnout was amazing! Bayleigh's friends from school that came were: Kaylee, Josee, Kylee, Maggie, Avery, Silas, Nolan, Chaille, Brooklyn, Allie, Trent, Mason, Cendall, Caroline, Caden, Max, McKayla, and Stephan. LOTS of family and friends were there too. We served a ham dinner and played lots of games. She got lots of neat gifts that ranged from books/DVD's to beads, craft kits, and Barbies. She also got money to go toward her KINDLE that her Grammy bought her and iTunes gift cards. It was a lot of fun.
November 22nd, 2011
The Waldron PTO hosted a field trip to That Fun Place in Greenfield, IN for the kids that sold 3+ boxes of candy bars to raise money for the PTO. There was about 60 kids that went and it was fun. I got to meet Bayleigh's little friend Lucy that she talks about all the time. She is a very sweet little girl and her and Bayleigh get along great!
Ahhhhhh, Thanksgiving and Black Friday! FUN! Our families came to our house as an annual event! Then Black Friday actually kicked off at 10PM on Thanksgiving night. Talk about being TIRED! Bayleigh, Kim, and Kaitlynn and I hit the stores and did some MAJOR damage, but got some GREAT DEALS! Probably our biggest deal was our Cricut Scrapbooking machines from Michaels that run $199.99 and we got them for $69.99! SCoRE! Kim and I bought one for each other. (we are so much alike it's crazy).
December 10th, 2011
We went over to Ohio and shopped and stayed in a hotel with my friend Jennifer (Goob) and her two sons. Her husband was going to go, but they ended up needing a major home repair so he stayed home to fix that. We hit IKEA and huge home furnishing store and the Bass Pro shop. Met up with Goob there and then went to dinner and then hit the hotel next door to swim and sleep. The next day we went back to IKEA with Goob and also a store called Jungle Jim's which is a huge grocery store with anything and everything you can think of. Wish David was with us, but I'd like to make it an annual trip as well. Here is the free pic with Santa from The Bass Pro Shop, The bedroom Bayleigh picked out at IKEA, and the Owl Beer and Cheese from Jungle Jim's.
Oops! I'm a little out of order
December 3rd, 2011
We took Bayleigh to the Greenwood Park Mall to see Santa. Here are the pictures from that.
We made our annual trip to Wasatch Lake Cabins. It was a ton of fun, but we were frustrated because the owners wouldn't let us use the lodge and were VERY RUDE! They kept running their 4 wheelers on our property ALL NIGHT LONG and we were trying to sleep and they were just annoying. I think we might try to find a new cabin to go to next year. Santa came again and the kids were excited to get their gifts. The weekend over all was relaxing and it was a good time.
Then, the 18th, Bayleigh had her Christmas Program at Mt. Pisgah Church. She sang a solo part in the program and did great!
December 21st, 2011
We made our annual trip to Christmas at the Zoo. We typically go with my Brother in Law and Sister in Law, but Rach was sick so we went and picked Max up and took him with us while she got better. :) It wasn't as cold as it has been in the years past which resulted in a crowded zoo, but it was a great time.
Saturday and Sunday December 24th and 25th.
Christmas Eve we went to Kim's as we always to. It was FUN! The crowd wasn't as big as usual do to some family not making it home, but Kim did a great job with Dinner and just spending time together was nice. When we got home Bayleigh headed up to bed and Larry read her Twas the Night Before Christmas and then not long after she went to sleep we did as well.
My mom and Larry's dad came over for Christmas morning. His dad spent the night. Bayleigh wanted Bongos from Santa and was excited to get those. She also got clothes, a karaoke machine, a mic and stand, Monster High barbie, a toy puppy, money, and movies. I think she made out like a bandit. She passed out the gifts and when she kept finding her name she would get excited and at one point said BOY, I must be spoiled. :) It was funny and cute.
This coming Saturday we will spend with Eric and Rachel and exchange gifts with Max and ring in the new year. I am excited for that. :) I am pretty sure I won't blog again before the new year so I will close by saying this...I hope your 2011 was filled with many blessings and I hope your 2012 is as equally blessed. :)
(I am sure this blog is FULL of typos, but I am sorry. Also, as you can see I was able to squeeze SOME pics in).
Thanks for checking in. God Bless! I will try to do better about keeping up. As you can see...our weekends have been PACKED and time has been scarce!
