Disney

Our Disney Photopass Disc, with photos from our trip to Disney World last month, just came so I wanted to share one of my favorites. I've never been a huge fan of Disney or wanted to go to Disney World but we'd go for the girls. I admit, it is a magical place. I get it now. We had such a great time. But, what I really enjoyed was nine straight days of uninterrupted togetherness with our family of four!

Merry Christmas!

Most Inspirational

Tonight we went to Mackenzie's Cross Country Awards Banquet. Mackenzie received several awards...Participation, Student Aide, Academic Athlete (all As during the season), Superstar Runner (for participating in 15/15 meets/time trials) and this one:

I love what it says! "...while fighting the good fight against the huge opposition of cystic fibrosis; your courage, determination, character, joyous spirit, and loving heart have been a great inspiration to all of us." What a wonderful description of Mackenzie, I'm a proud mama.

This is a great man! Coach Barrett. So encouraging and caring to everyone:

Blog Neglect

Pics from my phone to give you an idea of what has been occupying some our time since the last post...
Jr. High football games:
I decided to play musical bedrooms with the girls and the guest room. Pics I took during the process, still have stuff to do (hang things on the wall!!):
Razorback games:

Dance:

My sister-in-law was home for two weeks R&R and we had an early Thanksgiving and Christmas with the Jobes.

We had a visit with my Dad before he left on a trip to Vietnam:

More Razorbacks:

Thanksgiving week we spent at Walt Disney World! The first visit for all of us. This was when we first got to the Polynesian:

The first of many character meetings:

Peyton got to "drive" the boat:

Amazing lights:

This was while we were waiting on our table. Thanksgiving dinner with Pooh and friends:

We did miss this little guy while we were gone:
Our town's High School football team made it to the State Championship game. They won and were undefeated, we had fun going to the game:
Christmas parade, Mackenzie was on the dance studio's float...
...and Peyton played the recorder with her school's Swamp Band (their school mascot is a Gator):
Instead of "Where's Waldo?", it's "Where's Peyton?".

Last week Peyton had her choir and band performances at school. Warming up for her solo:

Swamp Band: