Fun in Birmingham

The next weekend we packed up and headed to Birmingham to spend the weekend with the Evans crew.  It was oh so much fun!  Spencer had his first t-ball game so we got to cheer him on!  After lunch, we took the kids to the zoo and everyone had a ball.  The weather was amazing and we spent every second outside.  The guys grilled out Saturday night so we were able to let the kids run and play in the yard.  They didn't stop until the got into bed.  The next day we headed to the park to play some more!  Our weekend was filled laughter, a few tears, great friends and tons of fun.  I am so thankful to have such wonderful friends who are more like family!

Spencer and Parker at the game

 After lunch - and Macie's meltdown!

Flamingos!

Sweet baby

 Riding the train

 Tigers!

 The joy of the carousel

 Feeding the ducks

When we got home we changed Macie's bed to the toddler bed.  Where is my baby going?

Worley Visit

The Worley girls came to Tupelo for a visit!  We were so excited because we hadn't seen them for awhile.  We had big fun just letting the girls play and these were the only pictures I actually took!  Goodness!  We must have just had too much fun to slow down!

 Belinda brought the pie in the face game!

 Macie joined in on the fun too

100 Days Smarter

One of my favorite project of Morgan's kindergarten year was last week.  They celebrated the 100th day of kindergarten in grand style!  First they were told to make a project of 100 things.  Morgan found some flower buttons at Hobby Lobby and decided to make a garden.  It turned out so cute and she was really proud!  Then they had to dress up like they were 100 years old.  It was hilarious!  Morgan, who is always up for an excuse to wear a costume, was really excited.  RoRo brought many items from my Grandma to see what Morgan wanted.  She chose a hat, gloves and earrings from her great great grandmother, a shirt, skirt and purse from her great grandmother, and glasses, shawl and cane from her other great grandmother.  So fun!

 Working hard

 The finished product!

 Ready to celebrate

 Morgan with Mrs. Kathy and Mrs. Kathy

 Love Love LOVE this class!

Morgan also had Perky from her class come home to complete another project that week!

Full of Love

Valentine's Day was another great day of fun!  The girls dressed in their pink and hearts to take their pinwheel valentine's to their class parties.  That weekend Mom came up to spend some time with us too!  We played all weekend!  What a great way to spend our days- with the ones we love!

 Ready to party!

 Brunch with RoRo

We loved our kitty love shirts from Bubba!

HealthWorks! Field Trip

Morgan's kindergarten class came to HealthWorks! for a field trip.  I had to work that day so it was perfect!  Her sweet class had a blast learning to be SuperHero Healthy!

 Ready to get going with the Amazing Kim

A class full of superheros

Tillman and Morgan- HealthWorks! family kids

The Comings and Goings of January

January came and we got back to our normal routine which brought school for the girls and work for me and Jeff.  While we took it easy and stayed pretty boring, we were able to find some fun too!

Jeff and I took Morgan to watch our Bulldogs play basketball!

 We had so much fun on our impromptu visit

 Macie decided she wanted a "tonytail" like Morgan before school one day

 One of the highlights was lunch with Dr. Abraham!  He organized a great afternoon with his Roadrunner and Orientation Leader alumni.  He is one of my mentors and I will always be grateful to him for helping to make Mississippi State my home.  He helped to shape me into the person I am today and I loved visiting with him and feeling like I was in Roadrunner class again... candy bars and all!

 Dr. Abraham and his Tupelo alumni

 Silly girls

 Morgan and I made it to Memphis for my Chi O Christmas!  Ella Claire, Meredith, Morgan and Claudia were able to be big girls with us.

 We all made it this year to Christina's new house!

 Love this kid

 We even had a snow day!  Look close and you'll see all the snow that shut down the town for the day.  Haha!

 I was able to take Macie to Hip Hoppers at HealthWorks! one day

One of my favorite parts of this year is watching Morgan grow every day.  She is learning to read and is just doing so great.  It makes me so proud!

Fun in Foley

After Christmas we spent a wonderful time in Foley with my family.  Carrie and Bobby were there for a few of those days too!  After the hustle and bustle of the holiday season it was really nice to slow down and relax for a time.  We all enjoyed playing and resting.  We even found a few hours of sunshine to make our way down to the beach!  I love this new tradition of our post-Christmas unwind at the beach!

 Morgan made sugar cookies with RoRo

 We even let Packe relive the old days and put Barbie stickers on Morgan's new Barbie camper!

 After dinner one night we stopped at the court square in Foley to play among the lights

 It was sunny for only a half a day!  We practically ran to the sand when we woke up!

 Morgan was so ready to put her toes in the sand...

 ...Macie was not!

 This picture perfectly sums up our beach time so far- Morgan buried in the sand and Macie on a towel watching!  Haha!

 She is so happy

 Macie was too!

 Life lessons with GG

 Morgan and RoRo playing

 And then the impossible happened!  At lunch Macie sat down and played in the sand!  There is hope yet!

 Love these two beautiful girls

 The next day we went to Mobile to see the Chocolate Exhibit at the children's museum.  I think Morgan was disappointed that we didn't eat the chocolate and just learned about it!

 New Year's Eve shenanigans

 Packe, Macie, Morgan and RoRo

 Family picture

Morgan and Macie watched the New York ball drop at 11:00 and thought they made it to midnight!  And the old folks were really proud we actually made it to midnight!