Will and Jake waiting patiently for the Christmas parade to begin.
Matt and his boys at the Parade
Me and my boys at the Christmas Parade
Will devouring the cotton candy in less than 5 minutes!
This is Jake 2 minutes after the Parade
This is Will 2 minutes after the Parade
Will and Jake going to church with the blazers NaNa got them.What a fun-filled weekend we had! Saturday morning I got up early and fixed some sausage balls for the boys and Matt. Matt loves these and so I make them fairly often in the winter time. I went and got a one hour massage on Saturday morning. My parents got me 6 one-hour massages for my Birthday. They were Heaven sent. So, believe me, I plan to use them b/c Lord knows I need them!
The Franklin Christmas parade was Saturday and so we were very excited to take the boys to their very first parade! We got their early enough so that the boys could have a great view of all the floats, cars and candy throwers! Although it was a bit chilly, it was very much a great adventure for the boys! They absolutely loved it! Will's favorite part was diving into the street for all the candy that was thrown from the floats. Jakes favorite part was listening to all the bands coming by playing Christmas music. It brought back so many memories for me as a kid growing up in a small town. My family and I had a great tradition of going to the Tullahoma Christmas parade. It was always on a Friday night (it still is...) so my Mom got off work early that day and went and parked the car to"save our spot." Me, Paige and Dad would go meet her to pick her up. We did this a few hours before the parade began. We always parked it in the same area. It was our tradition to meet my parents friends, Donald and Marilyn there too. Mom and Dad got us Hot Chocolate and cotton candy. My dad always bought us the crazy plastic dolls and toys that were way over-priced hanging from those rickity carts. It was so much fun!
Of course I had to buy the boys some cotton candy, but I just couldn't bring myself to buying those crazy over-priced toys...Sorry Dad! Will ate the whole cotton candy bag in a matter of 5 minutes. His face, hands and tounge were as blue as could be! Jake didn't particularly care for the cotton candy; he couldn't get used to the texture of it. Only time will mend that. Who doesn't like cotton candy???? After the parade was over, we hurried back to the car to drive home. We weren't in the car 2 minutes and both the boys were sacked out!
Saturday night Matt and I got to go out to eat by ourselves and then go Christmas shopping for the boys. Our neighbors and good friends, Bonnie and Nancy came to babysit. They are wonderful. Always helping us out. They wanted to come keep the boys so that Matt and I could have a night out by ourselves and get some shopping done. They won't let us pay them for babysitting. We just trade services when the need arises. Great huh?
We got home around 9pm and Bonnie and Nancy looked worn out and the boys looked like they had been playing their hearts out! They love Bonnie and Nancy!
We got up and headed for church this morning. My Mom bought the boys some blazers from the Gap and this was the first Sunday it was cold enough to wear them. They looked adorable! I was so proud to show my handsome little boys off! We had another great sermon today from Pat Bills and Albert Lemmons. Pat is our Youth Minister and Albert is one of the ministers there too. Albert is quite amazing and so is Pat. So needless to say, the sermon was out of this world! They are both so inspiring and speak exactly what needs to be heard. We had a double baptism today. It was a husband and wife who were newly weds. Albert married them on Thanksgiving Day. He has been studying with them for a while and wanted to start their marriage off with baptism! It was very emotional. We are so very blessed to be going to this church and have our children at a church like this. I can't wait for Will to begin the UpStreet for kids. He will start that when he is in Kindergarden. Upstreet is a ministry designed to lead children to know, love, and follow Jesus by having an environment where they have Bible study, worship and connect relationally through small groups.
Paige and Lance came over after church today to visit. I made a really good homemade soup for lunch and they wanted to take some home with them. The soup was good. It was called Chicken and Wild Rice Soup. Very simple to fix. I got it off the Southern Living website.
Well, I am so worn out from this weekend. I need to go have my grape juice with Matt. Maybe I will get a shower before bed. That would be great! Ha...Ha.......
Write more later......
Of course I had to buy the boys some cotton candy, but I just couldn't bring myself to buying those crazy over-priced toys...Sorry Dad! Will ate the whole cotton candy bag in a matter of 5 minutes. His face, hands and tounge were as blue as could be! Jake didn't particularly care for the cotton candy; he couldn't get used to the texture of it. Only time will mend that. Who doesn't like cotton candy???? After the parade was over, we hurried back to the car to drive home. We weren't in the car 2 minutes and both the boys were sacked out!
Saturday night Matt and I got to go out to eat by ourselves and then go Christmas shopping for the boys. Our neighbors and good friends, Bonnie and Nancy came to babysit. They are wonderful. Always helping us out. They wanted to come keep the boys so that Matt and I could have a night out by ourselves and get some shopping done. They won't let us pay them for babysitting. We just trade services when the need arises. Great huh?
We got home around 9pm and Bonnie and Nancy looked worn out and the boys looked like they had been playing their hearts out! They love Bonnie and Nancy!
We got up and headed for church this morning. My Mom bought the boys some blazers from the Gap and this was the first Sunday it was cold enough to wear them. They looked adorable! I was so proud to show my handsome little boys off! We had another great sermon today from Pat Bills and Albert Lemmons. Pat is our Youth Minister and Albert is one of the ministers there too. Albert is quite amazing and so is Pat. So needless to say, the sermon was out of this world! They are both so inspiring and speak exactly what needs to be heard. We had a double baptism today. It was a husband and wife who were newly weds. Albert married them on Thanksgiving Day. He has been studying with them for a while and wanted to start their marriage off with baptism! It was very emotional. We are so very blessed to be going to this church and have our children at a church like this. I can't wait for Will to begin the UpStreet for kids. He will start that when he is in Kindergarden. Upstreet is a ministry designed to lead children to know, love, and follow Jesus by having an environment where they have Bible study, worship and connect relationally through small groups.
Paige and Lance came over after church today to visit. I made a really good homemade soup for lunch and they wanted to take some home with them. The soup was good. It was called Chicken and Wild Rice Soup. Very simple to fix. I got it off the Southern Living website.
Well, I am so worn out from this weekend. I need to go have my grape juice with Matt. Maybe I will get a shower before bed. That would be great! Ha...Ha.......
Write more later......
1 comment:
The parades are fun. Cookeville had their's this past Monday night and L. and C. loved it. Unfortunately, they don't throw the candy here.
By the way, I was serious about you posting your Poppy Seed Chicken recipe or emailing it to me!! I am starting to crave it! :)
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