Organ Family Christmas 2013

A few days before Christmas the Organ Family gathered in Searcy to celebrate the holiday season. We had lots of food, gifts and tons of laughs, all which made for a really fun evening!

The best part about the night was that, unlike years past, we managed to remember to actually use the camera that we brought. Here are a few pictures from our fun family get together:

McKinley trying out her new Minnie Pillow Pet.



McKinley's Christmas Program & Party

Now that McKinley is in preschool, Mike and I get to attend things like programs and parties, YAY!

A couple weeks before Christmas, McKinley had her first ever school Program. I am sure that the more and more of these things we attend our excitement will start to dwindle a bit, but for this first one we were super excited!

Due to privacy issues, I can't share pictures or video from the program but believe me, it was a stage full of cuteness! McKinley sat on the front row and yelled "Hi Daddy" and "Hi Momma" while waving, which of course (to us) was super cute! The "best" part of the program was when McKinley raised her dress up and started inspecting and playing with her bellybutton:)

 The program wasn't very long, maybe 20 minutes or so. The children sang a handful of Christmas songs ending with the classic, Jingle Bells. Santa and Mrs. Claus even made an appearance at the very end of the performance.

Immediately after the program, all the parents and families were invited to their child's classroom for the Christmas party and pictures with Santa.

Here are a few pictures from the party:

 

McKinley with her sweet teachers: Miss Jeannie and Miss Katie

 

 

Towards the end of the party all the kiddos migrated over to the toy corner and got a few minutes of play time in before going home. This is how we found McKinley:)





 

 

These last 3 pictures are actually pictures of pictures. They were photos on bulletin boards throughout McKinley's classroom. I had no idea Mike had taken these until we got home and I downloaded the pictures. It was great being in her classroom and seeing the fun things she had done throughout the year.



 

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

Santa Santa- Ho Ho Ho

The girls had a wonderful visit with Santa this year. There were lots of smiles & hugs and thankfully no tears:)

Sorry for all the pictures, but some of the expressions were just too priceless not to share. 

What a fun and magical moment! Oh to be a child again!

A Little Recap

I am a little embarrassed that (with the exception of yesterday's post) I have not updated the blog in 6 months! In my defense, things have been a little crazy around here. You would have thought I had enough on my plate with taking care of a toddler and a newborn. Nah, let's add prepping and selling a house, house hunting, building a new house, packing, moving the majority of our belongings into a storage building, moving the rest of our belongings to a rental, and all of this was done around and during the Holidays!

That's right! We no longer live in our 3 story townhome, Hallelujah! We listed and sold that baby within 7 days. Our closing date was December 2nd (yep, the Monday after Thanksgiving) so we had 6 weeks to pack and find a new home. Which leads to house hunting. To make a long story short, we found a home we liked, made an offer which wasn't accepted and with the limited inventory that was on the market at the time, we then decided to build. We were so excited! We never even considered building a home and now we were, but that left us with one rather huge problem...where are we going to live until mid-April?

Enter our heroes, my brother-in-law and his wife, Phil & Amy. They have a one bedroom rental unit in the bottom floor of their home. The week before we had to be out of our townhome their current renters moved out! So they so graciously offered to let us stay until our new home was ready. Thank ya Jesus!

So we are currently in temporary housing in Mt. Juliet until April when we will officially move to our new little home in the Bent Creek Subdivision in Nolensville.

So here are a few pictures from the past few months:

Happy Fall Ya'll

Trunk or Treat:

Our little octopus and scuba diver



Baby Mia

 

First, let me start by saying this entry is LONG overdue. I actually had forgotten about these pics and happened upon them the other day.

 

My mom took these photos when Mia was just a few weeks old. I feel like these were taken yesterday, but that isn't possible because this past week that tiny baby turned 6 months old!

 

So here are a few of the newborn pics:

 

 

 

My heart is full after looking at the photos again. We are so blessed to have this sweet angel in our lives!

Mia Elizabeth Organ- The Announcement

Here it is...
Mia's official birth announcement!

It only took me 13 weeks to create and order them:) I am just thankful I was able to complete this task before her first birthday!