Friday, December 23, 2011

Pre Christmas Wrap Up

Our pre-Christmas week of posts is wrapping up with a couple of school related items. The first pictures are from Jacob's school Christmas party. Suzanne was one of a handful of moms who got to help and she managed to snap a few pictures while she worked. Below those are pictures from the school Christmas program. Jacob was not much of a showman in front of a large group of people but he wasn't scared either. It was certainly entertaining to see him "perform" in this setting for the first time.











Jacob with buddy Margeaux
















Jacob's teachers, Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Frosch

Monday, December 12, 2011

Breakfast with Santa 2012



The annual Breakfast with Santa, gathering--circa December 10.


Patrick and Santa did not appear to have much in common!!!
































Christmas Picture 2012


Baby William

Since it is Christmas week, I am going to do my absolute best to get us caught up on life. All sorts of happenings to report. We'll start with the quick but nice visit that Jacob and Patrick had with Baby William Clements. The Clements were in Mandeville for Thanksgiving and we got to spend a little bit of time with them. Not only is William cute, he is well behaved, much like his cousins! (Most of the time.)





Thanksgiving 2012

We are only two weeks away from Christmas and you know what that means. It is time to post pictures from Thanksgiving!!!

We had a great trip to Grenada, albeit it was cut one day short by bad weather. Still, we got in some great visiting time with all of my mother's family, plus several on my father's side. Then, we got back to see baby William Clements before they left.

All in all, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving and I was very "thankful" for many things this year!








J, P, and cousin Matt



Jacob and Matt





Patrick with cousin Anna Catherine








Patrick with cousin Parker


My grandmother Granny





Left to right-Jacob, Jordan, Anna Catherine, Patrick, McKenzie, Justin, Matt, Parker




Jacob and Pops eating lunch on the back patio




Tuesday, November 22, 2011

November Happenings

November has not been quite as busy as October although it's definitely apparent we are gearing up for yet another busy season in Christmas! Still, there have been plenty of important events to write about. The first being the baptism of baby William Clements in Birmingham. Suzanne and Jacob made the trek the first weekend of the month to attend the celebration. By all accounts, young William finds Jacob quite humorous, a clear trait he inherited from his father!!!!


About a week ago, we hosted Pawpaw at our house for his birthday; hard to believe that Pawpaw is only 39, the exact same age as Nana, Bebe, and Pops! Nana was out of town so Suzanne and KK collaborated on the feast and Johnny (KK's boyfriend) and I helped eliminate the food. A good time was had by all.




Lastly, another adventure at school which had its own Thanksgiving feast. This was an event that only a select few parents got to attend and we did not make the cut. However, our super spy Nicole Parnell caught a shot of the Little Pilgrim chowing down on a piece of turkey. We were unaware he liked anything nutritious.


Apparently, Jacob had more than turkey at some point during this day as evidenced in the picture below.



This final pair of pictures is my favorite of the bunch. Patrick has reportedly become interested in superheroes. We are not sure how this fascination took its roots. He really likes Batman! Jacob was given a superheroes cape a couple of years ago and has rarely worn it. Patrick cannot get enough of it. We caught him playing in the "kitchen" with it on the other night.







Next stop is Grenada for the real Thanksgiving feast!

Friday, November 11, 2011

Free For Fall (Part 2 Many To Count)

Halloween is long gone but it has remained hidden in the depths of my camera for the last 10 days. The Brister hosted several ghouls and goblins this year for a Halloween celebration. Nick Mills was nice enough to build a trailer to take us around the hood for some trick or treating after dinner.

One of the highlights of the night for me was taking pictures of our guests making their "scariest" face possible. Introducing the cast:



Lila "White Fangs" Parnell




Bennett "The Beast" Parnell




Jacob "Monster Mouth" Brister




"Friendly Bear" Patrick Brister


"Eerie" Elise Parnell



Myrt "Scary Fairy" Mills



Baker "Blood Sucker" Mills



"Roaring" Reece Richardson



Porter "The Pouncing Pirate" Richardson








After hiding in the closet for about 30 minutes because of fear of all the scary creatures in our house, I decided to come out and take a few more pictures while the kids were trick-or-treating. All in all, we had a blast.




















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