Time for some B-ball

January brought us a new year but no excitement.  We came upon February which brought us Clarissa's one and only prime time basketball game.  Usually she would practice and play on Saturdays, but the kindergarten teams had a chance to show their stuff at the half time of the varsity girl's game on Friday, February 6th.  She had so much fun, but she will tell you that she was a little nervous.  She will also tell you how tired she was having to run the full length of the court rather than just half!

Merry Christmas!

The day is finally here!  We were expecting an early morning, but we woke up before the girls.  The girls finally woke up after Randy jumped in the shower.  Natalie was excited about the presents she spied under the tree.  Clarissa woke up and said, "Mommy, my heart is so grateful!"  Needless to say, we had a great morning.  

The First Snow Fall

It's December---so where's the snow!?  Well, in Tennessee, we usually don't get our first snow until January or February.  On the night of December 11th, we had our first snow fall!  And to top it off, our first snow day on the 12th!  The girls had fun making snowmen and snow angels.  It was a winter wonderland!

Columbia Christmas Parade

The first Monday in December is set aside for the annual Columbia Christmas Parade (unless it rains).  It is also set aside for what seems like the coldest night of the year!  So we bundled up and braved the cold all to see Santa and Mrs. Claus.  It's officially Christmas in Columbia! 

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a very busy Thanksgiving day!  After church, we decided to fore go the roasting of the turkey at home and had it at Cracker Barrel instead.  It was nice not to have to clean up!  Afterwards we headed up to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel to spend the day.  We first went to the Ice exhibit.  There were hundreds of figurines carved from ice!  I knew it would be cold inside, but was unprepared for the temperature to be 6 degrees!  Luckily they gave us an extra jacket to put over the ones we were already wearing.  The kids were a little scared of the Grinch but the ice sculptures were beautiful.  They also got to slide down an ice slide.  We ended our day watching the Rockettes in the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular.  Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa for all of the fun!

Thanksgiving Feast

The kindergarten classes at Zion treated parents and grandparents to a Thanksgiving feast.  The girls were pilgrims and the boys were Indians.  They did a little program and then we had a complete Thanksgiving lunch.  Come to find out, the principal and some of the staff made all of the food, including cooking 7 turkeys!  It was all so good!

Happy Birthday, Clarissa!

November 16th brought Clarissa's sixth birthday.  We first celebrated with her kindergarten class.  Clarissa and I made a big cookie to share.  The kids loved it!  On Saturday, the 15th, the family went out for pizza at CiCi's and then up to Build-a-Bear Workshop to create a new friend.  Clarissa made a bear and Natalie made a moose named Lily.  To top off our birthday trip, the girls got to talk to Santa!  What a birthday!