Playtime!

Will and Faith often have father-daughter afternoons together.  At a recent trip to Chick-fil-a Will captured some pics that were to cute not to share.

I love this one!

Weeeee

 The little ham, totally posing :)

Christmas '09

Christmas Eve was spent at Will's aunt Shelly's house.  The adults played white elephant with the gifts, which is a lot of fun.  Papa read the story of Jesus' birth, the kids received a special visit from Santa Claus and we all enjoyed some delicious food.

On Christmas morning we had the traditional opening of presents in our pajamas before we headed over to Meme and Papa's.

Can you guess what her favorite present was?

We spent the 26th with my side of the family at my aunt & uncle's house.  Hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas this year.  We sure did.

Six years ago today.......

this happened!

My how time flies! Will and I celebrated with a night including dinner and a movie.  I love you sweetie!  Unfortunately, there is no picture to commemorate the night. (It seems to only occur to me to grab the camera when the kid is involved)

Thanksgiving '09

For thanksgiving we celebrated a couple days early with Will's mom and all his siblings.  There was laughing, stories, plenty of games, and yummy food prepared by Brad, the aspiring chef.  Hooray for family gatherings!

Thanksgiving day was spent at my grandparents' house.  The weather was great so we spent most the day on the patio or in the backyard and got some fun pictures out of it. 

It was also my wonderful mother's birthday, so she got her candles in a slice of pumpkin pie! Love you mom!

One of the best parts of the day was having my talented Aunt Amy take family photos for us Haydens.  She does such a great job!  Here are some of my favorites.

my lovely parents

the whole group

mom & daughters

the Mathis family

Faith

Happy Veterans' Day

On this Veterans' Day we thank all the veterans of this great nation. These men and women put their country ahead of themselves and are some of my personal heroes. Thank you also to the families of our soldiers who sacrifice so much to support their loved ones while they help protect the rest of us. The freedoms they protect are priceless and too often taken for granted. Again THANK YOU and God bless America!

Halloween '09

Halloween was a lot of fun this year.  Faith decided she wanted to be a ballerina.

There was a festival at her school with all sorts of tricks and treats.

 We also went to a carnival at our church and had a good time.

The final event allowed for a night out for me and Will, which was great.  A friend of his at the college he works at put on a charity casino night.  Will took the pictures for the event and it still left us with plenty of time to have some fun.  It was a costume event, so I did my best with something quick and simple.  Meet vampiress. 

At least I gave it a shot! hehe

Labor Day Weekend Camping

Over Labor day weekend, we got to go camping with a group of friends.  We went up to Whitehorse Lake and spent 4 days relaxing around the fire and enjoying the outdoors.  It was lovely!  We all had a great time and can't wait to do it again.  Faith was ready to go back as soon as we got home.  The only trouble we had was on the way back.  Our car broke down and we ended up spending many hours on the side of I-17.  We didn't get home until about 7am the next morning. haha!  Even so, it was worth it!