Big Brother Little Sister

From the day Mac met Lynnlee he was in love and he was reaching for her.

He always wanted to hold her and love on her (and still does). Lynnlee, however, is not always as enthusistic or completely willing to reciprocate the 'LOVE'. ha!

June 2012

July 2012

September 2012

February 2013

March 2013

He still tries to hold her or pick her up but it's usually by her head or neck so not really a good photo opportunity there. They do like to sit together...which is much better for taking pictures.

June 2013

So Last Thanksgiving...

we had a great time and ate lots and lots of great food that I am still trying to work off. We traveled to MtP and then to Mena. Here are some pictures from our holiday visit!

Mt. Pleasant:

iPad time with Nana

Sandi making sure her presence is known

Catching up on the happenings in Mt.P

LP with Daddy

LP with cousin Neeley

LP and Mama

Mac, LP, and Mamaw

Mena:
We went up the mountain to ride the train on our visit to Mena. Mac loved it!

Jimmy, Mac, and Judy

On the train

Mac the Conductor!

Checking out the old train

Lynnlee's First Express Game

August 23, 2012)


We took the family out to see the Express play, joined by our good friends Amanda and Thomas. We had a great time. Mac loves Spike, the mascot, and LP got to experience her first game!

**On a side note if you have a baby and you have 3rd (or possibly 1st) base line tickets the sweet ushers will move you to behind the net at home plate so the baby doesn't accidentally take one to the face. So helpful! haha

Mac loves popcorn!

And his Dad!

I think she loves baseball. She would have liked it more had she had on the proper attire but while we were there she became the proud owner of a pink Express onesie, picked out my Jimmy :)

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King of the Castle

(These were taken in December 2012)

CHRISTMAS IN JULY!: Part Two

Still catching up on Christmas 2012...

We packed up the Prius, packed as in we were pretty sure we might lose the oil pan if we took a speed bump or pot hole at the wrong speed packed. I had enough floor room in the front seat for my feet, literally. I basically packed myself into the car (that is the moment we decided we had 11 months to find a good deal on an Expedition).

I remember being stuffed into the Prius but since I didn't immediately blog this and it's been 7 months I don't exactly remember the trip timeline. We went to MtP and then to Mena to see Jimmy's family and then back to MtP for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

The night before we were going to head to Mena it snowed and iced over. There was no electricty at my parents house so the options were to brave the highways on ice or head to town to my Mamaw's house and delay the trip to Arkansas. We(Jimmy) decided that the Prius' all wheel drive could take on snow and ice. Obviously I am blogging this so we made it. It was probably the worst trip ever experienced by anyone that has ever taken a trip. Ok it wasn't that bad but a two hour trip turned into a 6 hour trip and at one point I became Brittany Spears and that is when Lynnlee, then 6 months old an no longer willing to be strapped into her car seat while the car was NOT moving, came to sit with us in the front seat. God bless the person(s) responsible for inventing the portable DVD player as that is the only way we survived the trip with Mac and a baby.

We finally made it to Mena and had a great visit. It had snowed a lot more up there and Mac got to play and chase Jimmy all through it. This was his first time to get to play in snow!

Mac and Lynnlee had plenty of cousins to play with.

And got to see Grandma.

After a couple of days we went back to MtP, the snow was gone and the trip took the normal 2 hours. Thank goodness!

We spent the rest of our time in MtP. We enjoyed visiting with the family and even though it is always hectic, Christmas Day was a blast. I love our traditions and being able to pass them on and share them with our kids!

Getting ready for Santa:

Christmas Morning... (and Lynnlee's first)

More pictures...

Oh and it was a White (slushy, soggy) Chirstmas for us...

Hope everyone got what they wanted!