Christmas at the Cabin - Part 2

On Tuesday morning, our friend, Angela, came to do family pictures for us. She is a brave soul to tackle a group like ours! Thankfully, the weather was great, so we headed down to Patriot Park in Pigeon Forge. It was a lot of fun, and I'm sure a lot of work for Angela! These are just some shots that I took (or Esther took) with my camera while Angela was working.

I think I was getting ready to say something here....kind of a funny face!
A "candid shot" of Lish's family trying to get ready for their family portrait. Nathan with his kids...Camden, Savannah, and Mariah
Camden & Nate


My mom and dad

Mom & Dad with Cierra, Asher, & John
All the Neal children - we were laughing about something!
Jimmy talking to his kids...I thought this was so sweet.

Jimmy being the "sun screen" for Nevin's family


Halle & Mommy

Esther with Dawson & Macey
Aunt Niki & Macey
Savannah & Macey
Colton giving Macey a kiss

Aunt Jennibeth with Halle

Uncle Nevin with HalleGrandma AllaDean with great-granddaughter, Halle
Asher with Halle
Grandpa Charles feeding Halle
Aunt Alicia with Halle

Briley holding Halle

Grandma Lela & Halle
Uncle Nathan & Halle
Grandpa Bob with Halle....
....& me
These next few pictures are great! My dad took the kids to Patriot Park on Tuesday night to see the Christmas lights. As they were driving back through Pigeon Forge, he saw the the Krispy Kreme "Hot Donuts" light was on. My dad just can't pass that up. Back they went to Krispy Kreme, where everyone got hats and they brought back two big boxes of hot donuts.....yummmmm! I had stayed at the cabin with Halle and Audrey (she was sick). They brought me back a hat and a donut, though. What a memory!

Halle took her first sink bath in Pigeon Forge. She loves taking a bath, just looks a little cold here!

This is all the kids camped out watching The Polar Express on the big screen tv. Fun!
Well, that's most of my pictures from the cabin! We had such a wonderful time.

This is Halle in her car seat after we left the cabin. She was smiling in her sleep.

I was having fun taking pictures of her in the car while we were waiting for something. Isn't she adorable?Stretch!

Wednesday night we went to Swan Pond Baptist Church with my parents. Nevin preached. It was so good just to be together. This is me, my mom, and my sister singing. It was so much fun!

That night, my aunt and uncle, and several of my cousins drove over and went to church with us. We had a mini "family reunion" at church. This is my Aunt Kristi holding Halle.

This is my cousin, MaryBeth with Halle.

This is Charity, my cousin Logan's wife. Thanks to all of you for coming. It was great to see everyone.

My next "installment" of pictures will be our time with Tim & Kelsey, and our trip to Georgia (we did all of this in one week!). Check back soon!!!

Christmas at the Cabin - Part 1

As some of you may know, my family celebrated Christmas early this year. My brother, Nevin, and his family were coming in from Idaho, so we rented a cabin in the Smokies for a few days and had Christmas there. What a wonderful time! I was so excited, not only to see my family, but because this was the first time any of them were able to see Halle in person, and hold her. You will see that just about everyone took turns getting their hands on Halle. I got pictures of all but one or two. This is Halle's first "trip", and we were a little concerned about how she would do in the car, but praise the Lord, she did great! I have loads of pictures. I've tried to pick only my favorites, but I'm still going to post a lot. This is going to be part one, with more to follow. Hope you enjoy them!!!

This is our cabin...."Family Gathering"...how appropriate! We had 31 people there!!!

Nevin & Grandpa Charles enjoying the game room.
This picture is of the grandkids lined up to get their presents from Grandpa Bob. Briley is definitely her mother's child!
Grandpa Bob with the great-grandkids. (Mariah is holding Halle).

The great-grandkids with Grandpa Charles (Asher was also in the picture, but kind of "lost his head"...sorry, Asher!).

Mariah opening her present from me. I did each of the older girls a "tea party in a bag", complete with teacup and saucer, tea bags, a special spoon, and a cookie cutter. We had two tea parties while we were there!

Cierra getting her tea cup.

Halle liked Audrey!

Savannah holding Halle

Mariah with Halle

Cierra and Halle

Grandpa Gary feeding Halle

Isn't that the cutest face ever?

Grandma Tami with Halle

Ok, that's all for now...part two is coming soon!

Catching Up

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. Between trying to do all of my Christmas shopping in one week, and being gone all of the next, it just hasn't happened! I promise I'll try to get caught up. Halle has changed so much in the past three weeks. She has gone from a very fussy baby to a fairly content and happy baby. She is so cute! You will definitely see the changes in the pictures I post.

This is Halle and Ellie in our church nursery....sleeping beauties!

This is Chesney and Nathan...our other two little "angels" in the nursery.

Most of you probably got one of these pictures in your Christmas card. My friend, Alisha, took them for us in our dining room.

This is Halle's first "in the water" bath. She hated being sponge-bathed, and was screaming, so I decided to stick her in the water. She immediately quit crying! I couldn't believe it. She really likes her bath now...just doesn't like getting out and being cold.

This is a really cute outfit that Janelle gave us. As you can see, this is one of Halle's less happy moments!

This little hat and booties are just soooooo cute. She looks so adorable in them, you will see them again in later pictures because she wears them a lot!

This is a Christmas dress Halle got at her shower. I'm having so much fun dressing her up! She looks like a little baby doll.

I'll try to post pictures of our trip soon...so please check back!