Merry Christmas!

Family Photos Part 2

Melissa said she just couldn't help but include tis one! She just wanted her mama!!

This was as still as we could get her with the group. The 4 grandkids on the Carney side. This made for a good surprise for Grandmom!

I think this is my fav.

I think this is our busiest Christmas yet, but I'm very excited about it. Of course we have tons of stuff to do every weekend. This is our first Christmas in our new house and we actually have room to have people over, so over the next three weekends we will have 2 Christmas parties and the Attebery Christmas here, I'm giddy just thinking about it! I love cooking and baking for others and I know the kids will love having other kids over to play with. Hopefully I'll still feel like this when it's all over!

Family Photos Part 1

We had pics taken at the beginning of November by Melissa Lewis, who took those amazing ones last year :) I will post some more of them this coming week. Hollynn was her normal busy body self so it was hard to get her doing anything besides running around. Hudson, my little charmer, was Mr. Smiles!

Thanksgiving

We got away for a few days at Thanksgiving and headed to the moutains. It was much needed and we had a fantastic time. We stayed at a fantastic bed and breakfast called Blue Mountain Mist. We didn't get into too much, a little time in the mountains, some shopping, great food, and just hanging out together which was my favorite. We stopped in Knoxville on the way back home to do a little more shopping, I love shopping in Knoxville! Jason posted a good post about our trip, check it out at http://www.jwcarney.blogspot.com/

Jason's classes will soon be coming to an end for this semester. Fun month at the barn starts up at the end of this week and after the first 3 weeks in Dec. I have a little break from lessons and then training starts back up Jan. 2. Hudson was so much fun to watch as he decorated the Christmas tree. It's been fun getting the new house all decorated :) Hollynn is running everywhere and her schedule is changing a bit as she is only taking one nap a day. I know I will like this routine once we get it down pat.I have some fantastic pics to post that Melissa Lewis took of us, I'll try to post them sometime this week. I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. I'm so thankful I got to spend it with the 3 people who warm my heart the most!

More of October...

Yes I realize it's almost Thanksgiving and I am posting Homecoming pics from October! Isn't my little cousin Ashlee so beautiful? I used to tote her around everywhere when she was the size of the cutie below! I'm getting so old!

Mr. Cheesy!

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving. Church is Tues. night and then we are going to enjoy some down time with just the 4 of us for the rest of the week. Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

October Pics...

I'm such a blog slacker, but these are a few more cute pics from October. Jason uses our computer with all the pics on it and I don't get my hands on it very often so that's my excuse for lack of posts lately :)

Halloween...

I didn't get to take many pics at our church's trunk or treat because I was chasing around a cute little strawberry, but this is Hudson's best buddy at church, Bradley. We are very thankful that he has a friend in him.

Don't let this adorable face fool you, he was a ferocious lion!

Sweetest strawberry ever!

This thing sang and danced and she thought it was quite funny!

The boys worked hard on carving pumpkins. Hudson loved it and was so proud. He wasn't sure about getting the gross stuff out but once he stuck his hand in, I think it was his favorite part. We spent the afternoon visiting family and then we came home, laid Hollynn down for a nap and I pulled Hudson around in the red wagon to some of the neighbors to trick or treat. I'm not crazy about living in a subdivision, but I did think it was cool to live in one on Halloween.

Happy Birthday Hollynn!

First pearls, thanks Aunt Dee!

This is the baby doll Hudson picked out for her, can you tell she loves it!

This is what happens after everyone leaves.

I can't believe my baby is one! We had a great birthday party this past Saturday to celebrate her and Granny Head who turned 86 last Thurs. I thought it would be cool one day for her to look back on her first birthday and me tell her about how special the lady is that she almost shared a birthday with. Their cakes were awesome! We went with the cow birthday cake for Hollynn because, thanks to Hoss' daily four wheeler rides, she LOVES cows. It was her first taste of anything sweet and of course, she loved it! She got way too many presents but has had a blast playing with all of them, although nothing seems to rival the turned over clothes basket that she uses to climb up and down off of the couch with these days. This girl loves to climb and I've watched her get up on our couch a few times without using anything to step up on to.

We are so blessed with our beautiful, sassy, funny, sweet baby girl. Happy 1st Hollynn!

Yes, that is the pile of laundry I was folding when she decided my sports bra was the best toy ever. Since this day, any time she can get her hands on some clothes she tries to put them on and carries them everywhere!

Avacodo anyone?

These pics are several weeks old, but thought some were too cute not to share. Hudson doesn't care to have his picture taken here lately so there's lots more of baby girl. I'll give a little update on all of us since it's been so long since I've said much.

Jason has been so busy with school and work. Uncle Will runs Carney Lawn Care very well, and we are so thankful because Jason has not been able to do much there except paperwork. Once his night class is over I think it will be a little easier. The youth group has grown in leaps and bounds, like one of our first Wed. nights ther were 3. Now we have over 20 on Wed. nights. We have seen over 17 youth give their lives to Christ in the last month, it's amazing! It's humbling, it's completely awesome. My favorite thing about Jason is in the middle of all of this, he prayed one night... Lord, let me hide behind the cross. I love that man! And I love that he does hide behind the cross! He just came back from a youth retreat this past weekend and has something every weekend. Busy, but great!

I have been busy with the kids. Hudson does preschool/kindergarden work everymorning after breakfast for about an hour-1 1/2 hrs. I love it most days! Hollynn, keeps me on my toes! We are in a good routine, have I ever mentioned I love routine! The barn has been busy, still training and teaching. I have a fantastic group of students. I said I wouldn't let my lessons get back up past 25 since Hollynn is still young but I'm back over 30, but the girls (and 2 boys) I teach don't make it feel like a job most of the time. The Lord has blessed me with a great career of mom and trainer!

Hudson still loves his "school work" and goes once per week for 2 hours with a homeschool group of about 10 other kids his age and enjoys all the activities they do. We have been memorizing sight words and he has over 20 memorized. We've also been working on writing, which has improved so much here lately. His favorite thing to do right now is the connect the dots by number. I have been building tents like crazy here lately as he is fascinated with going camping, of course his gun is always in the tent so he can protect me and Hollynn and kill the raccoons, lions, frogs, anything really! I told Jason he will have to take him camping one night, because I do NOT sleep outside.

Hollynn recently moved to her own room and the transition for the most part has been good. I actually am enjoying it very much b/c now we don't have to tip toe around down stairs. She has been walking now for over 3 weeks and has earned her share of bumps and bruises and I'm sure there are many more in store. Her favorite thing to do is right with her Hoss on the 4wheeler. I mean, she will try to jump out of your arms to get to him when he's on it. She loves cows (this is what they go look at), and she will moo if she sees or hears you mention a cow. She loves cats, dogs, and horses as well, and squeals at the sight of them.

I hear prissy talking in her bed so better run!