Pinewood Derby

Cub Scouts Pinewood Derby was pretty non-eventful this year.  Neil and Bennett made his car into the shape of a wooden spoon.  It wasn't a winner and Bennett really wasn't into it.  Henry got to race Bennett's card from last year and it came in dead last every time.  We are good at a lot of things, but card building ain't one of them.

Adding the melted lead to the car 

Super Dad right there!

Watching their cars come down the track

3rd place!

Carter, SK, and Henry

Henry was TICKED that his car kept losing!

SK and Carter (Ellison's brother) are both 2 and love seeing each other at school events.

She drags him around every place they see each other.

:(

They both got participation ribbons.  One was happy and one was not.

Kyzer, Ellison, and Kade all came over to play for the afternoon!  

Muffins with Mom

We started a new DADS Club at school this year.  DADS stands for Directing Awesome and Dedicated Students because we never wanted kids without dads to feel left out.  We wanted to reinforce the importance of men on campus and the success has been outstanding!  

Neil stepped up to the plate and organized the entire event with the help of a couple other guys.  He left the house before 6am to get everything ready for all the moms!  They had photo opportunities, entertainment by the Strings department, and even decorations by the art classes.  What a wonderful event!  We had a great turn-out and I was so proud to be there!  Dad came to the house to keep Henry and SK so I could go enjoy one on one time with Bennett.

Love this!

Look at this TOP DAD!

Thanks, Neil and James, for a wonderful morning!

Amy took this one!

Lindsey is 35!

I had such a great birthday this year!  I felt so special, had so many calls/texts/social media messages and had fun!  Neil and I went to 2Johns for dinner.  We celebrated with family at Grub and with friends at Don Juanz....all my favorites!  

2Johns!

See how great this picture is?  It's because it was taken with my new camera that Neil, Janine, and Richard gave me!  How lovely!  Sarah Kathryn kicked my camera on the floor at Henry's Christmas program so it was ruined and I was so sad!

My friend, Merideth owns Sign Gypsies in Ruston and delivered these signs to Amy and Amy set them up!  I was SO SURPRISED to see this when we left the house that morning!  It is so much fun!!!

Henry had his follow-up at the Pediatric Endocrinologist where we learned that he will need a 3 hour IV test for his growth hormone.  AHHHHHH!  And also, all the kids were out of school for MLK day!  Happy birthday, Mommy!

Thanks to Amy for planning my Don Juanz birthday lunch!

Leslie was so sweet to provide Nothing Bundt Cakes for my celebration! It was so sweet! Rebecca picked them up and brought them to the party.

Family pic!  Neil happened to be in town and met us.  He took all the kids to the other patio so we could have a quiet, girly lunch! :)

So cute!!

My childhood friend, Sarah posted these pictures she saved of me!  hahaha!  Love them!

Annual Christmas Tree Bonfire

We drove straight in from Houston, dropped off Sarah Kathryn with a sitter, and headed to the camp for our bonfire.  We had 15 Christmas trees to burn and it was oh so hillbilly fun!  Andre made some gumbo and everyone brought snacks and stuff.  People loaded up Christmas trees and brought them out for the fire, too!

These deer stands were a perfect place for "clubhouses."

Big crew!

Neil using Erin's koozie. :)

Houston Weekend

Random Playdate with Henry's friend, Davis at Chick-fil-a

We had so much fun in Houston celebrating Ethan's 3rd birthday!  I can't believe he is already 3!  What a sweet boy he is!

We ate BBQ, made Ethan's favors, and enjoyed family time. They were watching Curious George and were enthralled!

Both 2 for only 6 more hours!

Sweet hugs!

 Before we went to the party location we stopped by Lemm Acres.  It was tons of fun seeing the animals!  It was FREEZING so we couldn't stay out long.

 We headed to Bouncing Bears for the party.  Such a fun place for a party!  My babies all loved it!

Knee socks were falling!

Couldn't get a good one of Henry!  He was moving and SO HAPPY!

Aunt Carolyn and Maci

Jousting!

Cousins!!!

Me, Gammy, and the kids

These were Ethan's Festive Favors!

Mom decided to stay in Houston an extra day.  We left early from the party to head home for our annual Christmas tree bonfire.  Since I was driving all the kids home alone, we stopped at Target for lunch and bathrooms.  I've heard that is way safer than stopping at a gas station alone with kids.