Congrats...

to my dear friend Meredith and her new sweet baby girl, Lily.  I know she will turn out to be as pretty as her mama! I can't wait to meet her! Meredith has sent me a ton of pictures and the one below is the only one I can get to work on blogger...crying or not, she is beautiful and is definitely in what I think is the most beautiful baby girl outfit I've ever seen!!  Congratulations Meredith, Jonathan and Mac...can't wait to see you!

Paxton

A big congratulations goes out to the Overstreet Fam!  We are so glad Paxton is here safe and sound. We got to meet him on Sunday and the funny thing is that we had already planned to have our little Christmas together that afternoon and I guess he just didn't want to miss it!! =) He is precious!!  And a very lucky little guy to have such a great mama and daddy and big brother!  We love you guys! Click here for the full story! =)

Christmas 08

We really had such a great Christmas. The best part was getting to spend so much time with our family. It was so nice not to be in a hurry and to have more than 48 hours (a weekend) to visit! We left here on the 18th and got back this past Sunday. We loved every minute of our "Christmas vacation" =) From Christmas with my parents to his from the Kennedy extended family Christmas to the Baker family Christmas it was a blast and we enjoyed it so much. We are so blessed!


The teenage mutant ninja turtles (Adams & Merritt)
with Kennedy and Baird...
let's just say they love the TMNT just a little bit =)

The Baker's (Lanny's side)...with the two
precious girls in pink, Maddie & Baker

My mom and dad and Stephen came up on Christmas day and we all had lunch together....

The Kennedy Clan

And last but not least....a picture to prove that yes I did go duck hunting one morning. I've never been and I had to see what "the fuss was all about!!" Meredith Sledge (her dad hunts with lk's dad) and I have been saying for years that we were going to go and we finally went...for the first and last time =)

These are a few of my favorite things....

So I just had to brag a little bit on two of the most talented people I know!  The first one is my mother-in-law, Lanny and the cute wreath she made for us! She wanted to make a "fun" wreath for inside and our laundry room door is the perfect place for it.   It's the first thing I see every time I walk in the back door. I l-o-v-e love it! =)

Second, my sweet friend Andrea made all of the families in our small group an adorable frame with each families initial on it for Christmas.  She is a super busy person and still has lots of orders to fill before Christmas so for her to take the time to do this meant so much to all of us! Thanks again, Andrea! =) See her cute business here....

And speaking of favorite things...I have to say that I am lovin having a laptop now.  Right now I am really liking the fact that I can blog sitting at the bar in the kitchen.  Larkin has been wanting a Mac for a while now so Santa came a little early and made the special delivery.  We are loving it.  Wireless=nice =)

Ice cream addiction

Welcome to the Kennedy's newest holiday addiction...Edy's Peppermint Ice Cream.  If you like peppermint and love ice cream then you will absolutely love it and eat a whole carton in 4 days like we did!!  No, it's not too pepperminty at all and it is super yummy! =) It's their limited edition flavor so stock up before it's gone....you'll be glad you did!

Nashville

Larkin had a Healthcare conference in Nashville last week at the Opryland Hotel so we headed up there last Monday and got back on

Thursday.  We had never been there before but had always heard how beautiful it was and that fact was definitely confirmed!  Highly recommend going there when you get the chance and especially recommend it at Christmas.  Although, I hope you don't end up with the stomach virus while you are there like Larkin did:(  Of course, it's always two times worse when you get sick away from home but he made it and is much better.  I only wish you could have seen me trying to communicate with the housekeepers that didn't speak English, though. Talk about a new kind of sign language!  You would have thought I was trying to tell a wall that I needed disinfectant of some sort...That's another story for another day!  As I said he is much better and I can't believe I haven't gotten it....It was a week ago today that he had it so maybe I am in the clear...now that I have said that I probably will wake up with it tonight!!

Apart from the sickness part of the trip, I must say that the highlight of the trip was getting to see Rachel!  We did all get to hang out the first night we were there and I beat everybody in Rummikub...ha--yeh right. We had a blast and the dinner was delicious!  Wished we lived closer so we could do it more often!! =) 

The pictures really don't do it justice so I guess you'll just have to go see it in person.  Sorry there are no "people pictures."  Oh well, there's always next time...

Thanksgiving in the big city

My family came to Booneville for Thanksgiving and we enjoyed every minute of them being here! They got in on Wednesday and left late Friday afternoon. It felt kind of strange for us not to be on the road but I must say it was kind of nice! This was our first Thanksgiving to have at our house and we loved it. Mom & Dad brought a few things and we made a few things and it was great. A very relaxed few days that was much needed for us all. Loved having y'all and can't wait for you to come back! =)

Arkansas Game

We went to the Arkansas game in Starkville a few weeks ago. It was Camp's birthday & we were able to see him before the game and give him with a little MSU gear to sport on game day. A hat with Bully on it definitely hit the jack pot and the football he is holding didn't hurt too much either =) After that we headed to meet Larkin's parents at the Bulldog Deli (which by the way is my favorite place to eat in Starkville and all my good friends from college know this and remind of my obsession quite often=) We also got to see Jordan & Saunders for a little while which was great and then headed to the game only to sit two rows behind my little cousins. It was great seeing Elizabeth & Jon, Anna Margaret & Hayden. They are so cute and sweet and we don't get to see them near enough because of our distance, but Liz and I have decided that we're going to work on that..we have way too much fun when we're together not to get together =)

So long to football season in Vegas....May next year bring just as much fun with friends and alot more checkmarks in the "W" column...