Better late than never...

These first set of pics are from Christmas morning...

Finally Jason doesn't have to take a kitchen table chair up to his office!

He loved all the angry birds he got from everyone.

I received an amazing radio to replace the one in the kitchen that doesn't work. I spend so much time in the kitchen it's nice to listen to the radio, ipod, etc.

She loves her vacuum! Let's hope she still feels this way in a few years! The pics below are from Jerry and Sheryl's house Christmas Eve. As you can see Hollynn fell a few days before Christmas and had a lovely strawberry on her chin!

If you could have see the effort it takes to get a pic. like this you would appreciate it so much more! All the grandkids, all smiling and sitting still! Bet you can't guess who the challenge is!

We all had a great time!

Quick Update

I just wanted to post a quick update. We had a fantastic Christmas. It was very busy but a blast. I have lots of pictures and will get to posting them hopefully soon. It feels like the month of December and this first week of Jan. have been the busier than Oct. (which was insanely busy). Hollynn has been running a fever since really early Sunday morning so that has forced us in. Jason and I are going on a date on Thursday and I'm VERY excited! We average one a year, I think we should make a goal of 2012 to at least get in several dates :) We brought in New Years with some good friends from church and enjoyed lots of laughs! Hudson ran around blowing a horn all night and didn't go to sleep until around 1:30. Hollynn was curled up in my lap, that's about the time she started to not feel so good. This year made the 9th year that Jason and I kissed as the ball dropped, I look forward to many many many more. Love that man!


I want to update on Hannah. Her mom, Gina, passed away on Christmas Day. Her memorial service was this past Sat. and on Sun. Hannah moved to West Tn to live with her uncle. She and I were able to spend Friday before Christmas together and also this past Thursday. My heart has ached for her and still does. I know this transition is going to be tough but I hope a fresh start will somehow help. I'm gonna miss her and I know many of the other girls at the barn are too. After 4 years with someone, you get attached! But I'm sending her along with one of my favorite horses. CC will be hers sometime in the next week or two. We had planned on her buying CC before any the accident or Gina's cancer being terminal. Of course the original plan was for CC to stay at our farm but I know she will help Hannah. On Thursday she told me that CC going with her to west TN made it so much easier. I hope so.

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.