100 Day!

Today in Kindergarten it was the 100Th Day of School! We had to dress up as if we were 100 years old! I am so glad I remembered my camera today!

There I am! Curlers and all!!


Some of my all-day girls!

Sarah - the all-day teacher Jenny - the half-day teacher I work with in p.m.


If you couldn't tell, it was a very fun day!!

I'M ENGAGED!!!

Dudley and I got engaged tonight! It was a wonderful night. Here is how it began....

On Wednesday Dudley gave me this:

So we went and saw Leap Year (which was amazing by the way and I will own it when it comes out on DVD) and then we went to Chili's.

Dudley said the whole time he was trying to figure out how he was going to do it. He said he thought about doing it outside but he didn't want to make me freeze.

So, we ended up going to Barnes and Noble and getting coffee. We then preceded to the children's book section to look around. Little did I know that Dudley was going to propose :)

Needless to say, I said yes, and haven't stopped smiling since!!

I'm just a little late with this blog.

We had family Christmas on New Year's Eve at Renee' and Ryan's and it was wonderful. Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. Not because we get presents, but because it is one time in the year that I am guaranteed to have all my family in one place. We are always having a good time and joking around with each other, giving each other gifts is just a bonus. Teagan being a part of our Christmas this year was a wonderful add-on. He was so fun to watch! Here are pictures of our Christmas Day.

Teagan waiting for everyone to get up so we can open presents

Now that their is a grandchild...us kids don't have to have our picture in front of the tree. He is way cuter anyway :)


Opening his gift from me. I got him a cute onesie set, jeans, and some awesome shoes. And I got him....

This shirt :) I was going to wait till his birthday to give it to him, but I couldn't wait any longer.


Teagan and I ready to bring in the New Year!

I would have more pictures but my battery died and so this was the end of what I got. I hope every one's year is starting out right! May God bless you in many ways this coming year!

On the twelfth day of Christmas.....

it was Christmas Day!! What a wonderful day to remember! Since we aren't doing family Christmas until next week Dudley and I exchanged gifts.

His mom gave us these pajamas this last weekend when they were in town, and since we couldn't be with them for Christmas, we took a picture for her.

Today we also played the Wii for a lot of the day. Adam and Andrea were kind enough to leave it for us to give us something to do today. Mom prepared a wonderful dinner of T-bones, baked potatoes, and salad. Then the four of us went and saw The Blind Side, and then drove downtown to look at lights.

This is the big light tree downtown Indy around Monument Circle.

Even though it was not the usual Christmas traditions, it was a wonderful day with people I love!

On the eleventh day of Christmas....

I spent the day watching Christmas movies, wrapping all my presents, and then attending our church's Christmas Eve service.

Christmas doesn't quite feel the same this year because it is the first year we aren't all together on Christmas. I know, this is part of growing up, but I have always had a hard time when it comes to change in things our family has done together. I love Christmas and having my siblings, so not having them here to watch White Christmas and sing along to with, or eat all of the Christmas cookies with is something I am going to have to get used to. I know we will all be together next week, but this is the start of new traditions I guess.

On the tenth day of Christmas.....

I made Grandma's Christmas cookies. It wasn't the same this year because I did it all by myself. This tradition was started with my Grandma Reedy. She would have the granddaughters over one day (usually a Saturday if I can remember right) and we would bake cookies to have on Christmas Eve when everyone got together. We would have to hide them or else all the boys would eat them before it got to Christmas Eve. We have always used a cookie press to make different shapes and then sprinkled them with red and green sugar. This year, however, I was unable to use the press because it wasn't wanting to work. Here is a picture of how they turned out this year:

On the ninth day of Christmas...

I finished up my shopping. I didn't have a whole lot left to do, but I did have one person (Adam) left to get because they got me their list late. I don't have any pictures for today because I don't want to give away what I got.