Two-Two Birthday

Tonight, we celebrated Cooper's 2nd birthday with a Two-Two Train theme. We had pizza, spaghetti & cupcakes. Thanks to all our friends and family for celebrating our special little boy's birthday. We are so proud to be Cooper's parents ~ he is truly a blessing from God. His smile can light up a room and his personality can fill it!

The party supplies

Balloons were placed on the mailbox Table decorations

A perfect use of Cooper's name train

We had a sign made in his honor

The kids' table

Cupcake cake #1

Cupcake cake #2

"Let's get this party started!"

He even had a special train cup

Keira, Reagan & Cooper ~ enjoying their pizza

Is there more?

Delicious!

Papaw, Mamaw, & Ms Deb

Mr Gary & Mr Ronnie came to celebrate with Cooper

A sword ~ now he doesn't have to use the vacuum cleaner attachment!

A bulldozer from mamaw & papaw

The Fulton's and Cooper

A Magna Doodle from Ginger & Alan

Handy Manny

A Bubble gun from Ms Beth

All the kids enjoyed the gun

I love the expression on his face in this picture

Reagan thought Mr Ronnie needed a good bubble shower

Time to blow out the candles

mmm!

finger lickin' good

Reagan liked the cupcakes too

Cooper even cleaned up after himself!

Cooper trying to wipe her hands on Ms Shawn & Daddy

Ms Deb helping Cooper wash his hands with soap

Ms Deb, Seth, Kim & Cooper

Cooper, daddy, mommy & Reagan

After the party, the girls cheered for the TN Vols

Cooper ~ all clean and ready to play

Cooper got in on the action

Go Tennessee!

More time to play

Go Diego, Go!

Bath time for the girls

Fun at the Park

In an effort to keep quiet in the house while the birthday party boy was sleeping, mamaw and I took Reagan and Keira to the park. They were able to run out some energy and get some squeals out too!

Reagan had fun showing Keira what she likes to do at the park

So fun to play with a cousin

Driving the school bus

Reagan, mamaw & Keira

Going down the big slide

climbing the bean stalk

She made it to the top!

Christmas in the Making

Today, Reagan and I went back to the Art Shop to finish up some Christmas presents for some very important people in her life. Just a sneak peak...don't want to give the surprise away!

Thanksgiving with Family

Today is the day we celebrated Thanksgiving with all (almost all) our family. Gigi & Bubba, Ginger & Alan, Mamaw, Papaw & Keira all came over from Tennessee to have dinner with us. We cooked the traditional Sandidge Thanksgiving feast of salad, steak, shrimp and baked potatoes. Ginger made her delicious homemade apple pies for dessert. A great time was had by all.

Reagan colored place mats for everyone

The adults' table
Reagan also made the centerpiece

Reagan, Mamaw & Keira

Playing doctor's office

It's more fun at the kids' table (that's why I sat there!)

The grown ups

Cooper and mommy making funny faces

Reagan and Mommy

Reagan, Keira, me and Cooper being silly

handsome

Time for ice cream

Ginger, Reagan, Cooper and Alan

Cooper has discovered he has pockets

the girls decided to have a practice birthday party

one of the last days that he'll be one

Thanksgiving at Home

This year, for the first time in several years, we spent Thanksgiving at home...just the 4 of us. We lounged in our pjs all day, had a delicious lunch, took naps, and played outside (& did a little house cleaning for all the festivities to come later in the weekend!).

Our Thanksgiving lunch was grilled chicken, sweet potatoes, green beans, broccoli & corn. (yes, the kids are still in their pajamas at lunch time!)

While Cooper napped, Reagan went for a ride in her jeepWatch out world, here she comes!

Next, was a little bike ride

Glamour shot!

Then, she decided she wanted to exercise with daddy

Daddy had to give her some tips on the proper technique to lift weights

After Cooper's nap, he took time to read to the babies

We have so much to be thankful for this year...our family, our friends who are like family, our jobs, our health, and most importantly the love, mercy and grace given to us by our Saviour, Jesus Christ