Little elf and daddy....
Real reindeer! Austin loved seeing these guys- they were pretty neat, I don't think I'd ever see a REAL reindeer before either!
On the merry go round.....
Mommy and the little elf.....
An actual, real good family picture...with the snowman's head kinda cut off :)
Mr. Man and Santa!
Couple of random pics from a meetup with Santa at our library, and Christmas playdays with our mom's group at the beach..........
My husband says I am going to jinx the Saints by claiming in my earlier post that we are already planning our super bowl party for the saints......ok, so I'm taking that back- we just hope they beat the vikings!!!!! GEAUX SAINTS!
Going to try to catch up on posting my pics from December and the holidays.....some christmas photos I actually got to take of Austin at the beach!
Needless to say, we were so excited to see the Saints beat the Cardinals last weekend and we are planning for a Super Bowl party here! Austin's favorite new thing to run around saying is "WHO DAT?!". And for some reason when we were watching the game with him the name "SHOCKEY" appealed to him, so that's his favorite player now (minus Tim Tebow of course) and he loves to say it with much enthusiasm! Grammy got us some saints gear for Christmas so hears Austin sporting it all.........
After a crazy holiday season, we are back and just celebrated John's thirtysomething-ish birthday this past weekend. We had a really good day for a really great daddy :) Minus some rain that spoiled some steak grilling! Austin kept telling John really sweetly the whole day, "happy birthday dada!" We spent the morning playing putt putt and hitting balls at the batting cages and the driving range, watched the Saints whip the Cardinals, and then had a special dinner and cake at home. Perfect day for dad- We love you!
Austin in the batting cages- you know he insisted on doing this even though John and I were sure he was going to get knocked out by one of these balls! They had a slow pitch softball cage and he actually really got the hang of it and hit some balls with his own tball bat he brought along.
Showing off my helmet...........
This picture is for Granddad....He really loved hitting golf balls with dad on the driving range- he kept saying he was "whacking it!" They even gave him a real driver just his size to use. He will definately be taking his granddad back to this place when they come again for a visit :)
Helping dad blow out the candles on his cake- with my pants missing!
My big helper helping me bake daddy a banana birthday cake!
Like father like son, see below.........
We drove up to John's parents' home in Georgia this year and had a great time enjoying lots of family and some really great weather! We spent thanksgiving day at John's cousins lake house and our last night there celebrated John's parents 50th wedding anniversary with a special family dinner. We actually got a lot of pics too, so here are a few............
These first two are my new favorite pictures of him........he was getting really tired that afternoon at the lakehouse and laid down on the swing to rest....so pretty with the leaves all around him.
Again- tons of nice leaves we don't have here in FL........
Somewhat of a view of the lakehouse.....John's cousin Kelly and her husband host every year here for about 25 of us!
Playing ball with Dad and my new favorite 3rd cousin Beau!
Pitching for Granddad......
Playing ball with the boys- do you notice a theme here??!
Heliping Granddad make a fire.....
Riding a space shuttle at this great playground Granddad took us all to.....
Three of us at the big anniversary dinner.
With the grandparents at dinner.....
Eating his special big boy steak dinner- he just about cleaned his plate!
With his cousins Courtney and Craig.....
Courtney, John, Uncle Mark, and Uncle Todd....
Just kickin back in my recliner in the golfing lounge!
