Christmas

We had Christmas at the house on the 18th.  It was a lot of fun.  Logan had his 2nd basketball game that morning so Alan and I got up early to go to it.  He's still kinda clueless about what's going on at this point so it's really funny to watch him play.

Jamie, Tennille, and Maddy came over a little early so I could take Maddy's 6 month pictures.  I can't believe she is already 6 months old...here's a few of my favorites...

We had finger foods to eat and then opened gifts.  Logan was so excited.  He got some games for the Wii, clothes, a remote control car (that can go on snow, ice, water, land, etc.,) an iron man mask, some board games, and his big gift was a new basketball goal.  It was nice

to get to spend time with everyone.

 

Logan lovin' on Maddy

Wearing his new TN hat Sissy and Michael got him

 Alan's gift..from Nicole and Michael

 Maddy opening her present

 Mom playing on her new computer

Logan and Michael wrestling 

I love my family and I love spending time with them.  Every time we have a family get together I always leave thinking the next one can't come soon enough.

Sunday-I really can't remember what we did or where we went.

Monday-we went to see GARTH BROOKS...I am going to do a  separate post on that.

Tuesday and Wednesday night I worked...

Thursday morning when I got off work me and Brittany went to Judy's and got a pedicure.  I was so nice/relaxing.  After that we went and got our lab results from the hospital for our wellness program.  Everything looked fine and I will just have to maintain everything for the next year.  I spent the rest of Thursday resting and getting things ready for the weekend.  Alan and I watched a movie that night and I actually stayed awake for all of it.

Friday around 3 we went to his Ma's to see her and Alan gave her her present.  She is going on a cruise and he got her a camera so she could take pictures.  I think she was pretty excited about it.  She said she hadn't had a camera since she was 16 years old.

After we left there we went to my Granny's to have game night.  This is the 1st year we have done this so everything didn't go as smooth as planned but we still had fun.  It was me, Alan, Ashley, Brad, Tess, and Ryan.  We played minute to win it, mad gab, and imagine if.  Granny even played a few games with us.  We stayed at her house until 10 pm and then went to Nicole and Michaels and then to John Thomas' for a while.  Alan and I spent the night with Nicole and Michael.

We got up around 8am on Christmas morning to get to the house before Logan woke up.  We knew he was getting a new 4 wheeler for Christmas so Nicole and I decided to do a  scavenger hunt for him.  Once he woke up we went downstairs and he started opening presents.  He didn't really have anything big under the tree b/c he had already gotten a basketball goal and he was getting a 4 wheeler.  He opened presents and then we gave him his stocking (which is where we put his 1st clue to his scavenger hunt.)  He went thru his stocking and never even noticed the envelope.  After we asked him what was in it he opened it and read it to us.  We had him looking all over the house (in shoes, the freezer, under his bed, on the back of his door, and in the Christmas tree.)  His last 2 clues where outside.  One was all the way at the mailbox and the other was on the tractor.

His new 4 wheeler was parked behind the building and he was so excited when he saw it.  He immediately wanted to ride it so they started it up and let him ride.  After a few minutes he was cold and we went inside to eat breakfast.

Logan had no clue but he was getting one other big thing for Christmas but it hadn't been delivered yet.  Jamie and Tennille had to bring it.  It was a mini RZR.  We took him outside to see it once Jamie brought it over.  I think he was kinda shocked and wasn't sure it was his at 1st because he was like...ok, can I ride my 4 wheeler?

Once we explained that it was his and that it was made little for him he was excited about it and had to take us all for a ride on it....

We spend some time with Jamie, Tennille, and Maddy and then it was time to go to Granny's for dinner.  We had our usual stuff and it was wonderful...like always.  I don't know what we'd do without Granny's dumplin's at Christmas!

Alan left Granny's before I did so he could go see his ma.  After I made it home we went down to his dad's to visit him.  They exchanged gifts and then we watched a movie with him.  By this time we were all worn out so we headed home.

On Sunday we bundled up and headed back to the house.  I had left all of my makeup at the house and it had snowed.  I wanted to take Logan sledding like we did last year.  So we made it up there, put on lots of clothes and then headed out sledding.  Richard rode his 4 wheeler and Nicole and Michael came on the RZR.  This was the 1st year we let Logan go down by himself and he loved it.  We didn't sled too long though because there was a lot of traffic.  Once we got to the house we warmed up by the fire and then Alan and I headed back home.

Alan and I didn't really exchange gifts this year.  I got him a new bow and he payed for part of my computer and got me some clothes/boots that I had picked out so we've both had our gifts for a few weeks now.  I really liked that we pretty much picked out what we wanted but I didn't like that we didn't really have a Christmas together (just the 2 of us) and there were no surprises for either of us.  I guess next year we will have to do a mixture of both...

And....my mom has all the pictures from Christmas so I will have to post them once I get them...

Randomness...

I've got nothing exciting to say....

This is what last week looked like for me...Work @ hospital Monday and Tuesday night, come home, sleep, get up, drive to clarksville to spend night with alan.  We did a little shopping and had dinner at O' Charleys and then went back to the hotel to get some rest.  Woke up Thursday morning, headed home, made a pit stop at Green Hills to do some more shopping, ended up getting mostly things for myself (2 pair of jeans and a shirt from express and some urban decay foundation), got home, slept for a couple hours, got up, went to work at the hospital, came home Friday, slept, got up and got ready for our Christmas Party!

This year we had it at Brandon and Blakes.  We had appetizers and desserts and everything was delish.  We played dirty santa.  I ended up with some cute Tennessee socks and an air freshener for my car.  We decided to go out after the party and all headed to Rodeo Bob's.  This was the 1st time I've been there and I was quite disappointed.  I've heard so much hype about it so maybe it was just a bad night.  We payed $7 a piece to get in and stayed...........maybe 5 minutes.  We then headed to Wooly's.  Always a good time there.  Had some drinks and stayed until last call then headed home!

Saturday night and Sunday morning I worked at Nick's.  It's nice to be back there.  I miss seeing everyone.  I came home Sunday and it started snowing!  Alan and I had to run to town to go to Electronics Express and Wal-Mart.  After we got home we sat on the couch and played Donkey Kong on the Wii and then watched a couple of episodes of One Tree Hill we had on DVR.  

Alan didn't go to work on Monday b/c of the snow and so he was here all day.  He made me breakfast which was super sweet and I laid around most of the day b/c I had to work Monday night.  It is now Thursday morning and I have worked the past 3 nights.  I am usually in bed by now on nights I've worked but I came home and cut squares for a rag quilt I'm helping Kim make for Eli.

So tonight I'm working at Nick's, shopping with Sam in the morning, then working at Nick's, hopefully going to Logan's game on Saturday and then CHRISTMAS AT THE HOUSE Saturday evening.  I'm so excited.  Logan LOVES Christmas and this is Maddy's 1st Christmas!

I'm off to bed...and hoping my Victoria Secret package comes in soon.  It was shipped 4 days ago but the tracking info still isn't showing up on USPS website....so frustrating!

Monday is GARTH BROOKS...

and we got tickets to see Jason Aldean and Eric Church in February.  I'm so excited.

As you can tell, I LOVE ME SOME COUNTRY MUSIC!!!

Just wanted to write about Thanksgiving weekend so I wouldn't forget...

I worked Monday-Wednesday again.  So I didn't get home until Thursday morning about 8 a.m.  I slept until 10 a.m. then I got up, took a shower, got ready and headed to my Granny's.  We had a wonderful family dinner complete with Chicken 'N Dumplins.  Granny's Chicken 'N Dumplins are the best and they are the staple for pretty much ever family dinner.  I think that everyone was there these year except Trish (she was working) and of course, Luke and his family.

I really can't even begin to describe how much I love my family.  I feel so lucky to have them and I truly believe I have some of the best family in the world.  This Thanksgiving was also Lilly's birthday.  I thought about her off and on all day.  I miss her so much and just hope and pray that we will get to be a part of her life again someday.


I stayed at Granny's until everyone had left and then laid down for a nap before I went back to Cookeville.  Friday, I slept in and Alan went hunting.  Later on we headed to Knoxville to do some shopping.  The rest of the crew (Brit, Thad, Jo, Blake, and Brandon) got there a few hours after us and we all went to eat at TGI Fridays.  It was delish...as always.  After dinner we went to our hotel room, got ready and then called a cab to go to the Tin Roof.  There was an awesome band named Clayton Anderson playing and we had a great night and too much fun!  The best part of the night was when we ICED the boys.  We did this on the cruise so we weren't sure that they would fall for it but they did and it was awesome.  Since there were only 3 girls we could only get 3 of the guys so Blake, Brandon, and Thad were the lucky ones.  It took all of them a minute to realize what was going on...then they got down on one knee and chugged their smirnoff.  It was AWESOME!  We stayed until last call and then headed home...after practically dragging Blake and Jo out of the bar.



Once the cab dropped us off at our hotel me, Brit, Jo, and Blake decided it would be a good idea to go swimming.  So we hopped in...we were swimming away when they came and kicked us out of the pool, so to the hot tub in the room we went....all 4 of us.  SO.MUCH.FUN.

Saturday, Jo and I got up and went to the mall for a quick trip, came back to the hotel, got ready and headed to the game.  We had pretty good seats and Tennessee beat Kentucky.  I love, love, love UT football and I especially love going to the games.  The atmosphere at Neyland Stadium on gameday is something everyone should experience.

After the game, Alan and I headed to the house (in D.L) for Thanksgiving dinner there.  Dinner was great and after that we put up the Christmas tree.  I love spending time with everyone at the house together!  And of course, spending time with Maddy.  She is oh so sweet!

Tot and BMay came over for a bit later on.  It was good to see her and catch up.  I'm hoping to make a trip to Birmingham to see her soon.  After they left we headed back to home.  I can't even remember what we did on Sunday but I'm guessing we didn't do much.

Overall, it was a GREAT weekend.  Thanksgiving always makes me super excited for Christmas because I love having all of our family together!!!