PreSchool Christmas Program

Sam, Graham, Keely, and Grace---the Fantastic Foursome----after the program

Keely and Graham

Keely and Daddy

Laney and Anna

JayJay, Laney, Daddy, and Nannie

The girls did a great job singing their Christmas songs. We were so proud!

Boat Captains

Here are a few pix of the girls from our visit to Mooresville last weekend.
The girls got to take turns driving Pop-Pop and GramB's boat on Lake Norman.
They LOVED it!

Keely didn't quite understand why she had to wear a life jacket. Pop-Pop tried to explain to her that she can't swim and the life jacket would help her float on top of the water if she fell in. She patiently responded, "But my daddy can swim!" So cute how Daddy is clearly her hero!

Roan

[Since we are on a quarterly posting schedule, I figured I'd go ahead and update the blog before we move to a semi-annual posting schedule.]


On the way back from Mooresville this past weekend, we made a pit stop at one my favorite spots. I had been wanting to get all the ladies up there, but was little hesitant on Laney's hiking ability as well as my ability as her personal pack mule. It was worth it....here's a few pix.

Happy Birthday Dada!

Happy Birthday to the best daddy in the world!

XOXOXOXOXO

Keely is 4!!!

The Birthday Girl!!!

Keely had her 4th birthday party picnic at the Eastman Recreation Area with some of her favorite friends! It was a beautiful day and everyone seemed to have a great time!

Christmas in Mooresville 2008

Here are a few pictures of our Christmas visit to GramB and PopPop's house in Mooresville. Keely and Laney got to see Great Grandmama Parker and play with their cousins, Jeyaraj and Prakash.

Here is a picture of 4 generations of Parkers...
back row: GramB and Cousin Lynsey
front row: Ashley, Keely, Laney, Great GM Parker, Prakash, Cousin Christie, Jeyaraj

And let's not forget Uncle Tommy, the kids' FAVORITE toy! They couldn't get enough of him!

Keely's Christmas Program

Here are a few pix of Keely at her Pre-school Christmas Program....she was an angel! :)

This is Keely with one of her best friends from school and playgroup, Graham!

Merry Christmas to all of our friends and family!!!

Visit with Santa

HO HO HO!!! Happy Holidays to everyone!!!!

We took the girls to see Santa and Mrs. Claus on Saturday in Jonesborough, Tennessee. GramB and PopPop went with us too and got to share the Christmas excitement! Of course, the kids were probably more excited about the other special friends they got to see at "Santaland", like Mickey and Minnie and Elmo! :)

A Visit from the Bowens

Here is Lulu with her new best friend, Joy! She couldn't get enough snuggling with Joy! (which is not like Laney at all! It was cute!) And Keely played all weekend with her new favorite friend, Will. She keeps asking when he is coming back to play!

A Visit From Aunt Les

Last week, we had a short visit from a super close friend of ours from Indiana. Aunt Les was here for 2 days and we felt obligated to show her EVERYTHING that Kingsport has to offer. This made for a busy, but quite fun, visit! First, we started with "Open Gym" at our local gymnastics place. I think that Aunt Les had more fun on the trampoline and in the foam pit than the girls!
Then it was time for some outside playtime (tickling) at Castle Morris....

..followed by a visit to Pals, a popular local hamburger joint, with the BEST sweet tea in the world! (Laney and Keely love their sweet tea...)

After naptime for Lulu, a challenge after all that sweet tea, we were off to Bays Mountain to see some animals. It was the first time ALL the animals were awake and easy to see, including the wolves and the river otters! Then, a stop at Nannie and Papa Lee's house turned into a dinner visit so that Keely could "finish" her nap!

We ended our Tour De Kingsport at Discovery Ice Cream, a cute downtown ice cream shop, where the girls put in a token and get "ice cream from a robot". This place just so happens to have the BEST cake batter ice cream on the planet! Then, we took our ice cream out into the downtown streets for "Bluegrass on Broadway", where the kids showed Aunt Les how to cut a rug! It was so much fun to have such a great friend share some of our favorite places with us! Come back soon, Les! We love you!

.....Of course, that was last week, before Laney got pneumonia! We have since been stuck at home with a very miserable child! Fun times!

Happy 4th Birthday Jay!

We made a day trip to Winston-Salem for Jay's (second cousin to Keely and Laney) 4th Birthday Pirate party. Here are a few pictures:

Some new 'boy' toys to play with;

A little Pirate treasure hunt;

Some musical entertainment;

and a picture with Great Grandma Parker (holding the newest great grandchild: Prakash)!