New Years' Day

 We spent New Years' Day just hanging out in our pajamas.  It was such a good day!  Samuel had some good quality time with Maddie, our dog. 

I have a friend from high school, who recently lost her dog, so it has made me appreciate Maddie even more.  She is so good with Samuel.  He crawls all over her, pulls on her paws, ears, tail-basically torments her.  Maddie was Samuel's first word. 

That evening, we had some wonderful friends over.  John and Dagni Frederick.  John is one of Casey's best friends.  He and Dagni got married in September and are living in Georgia.  John is a surgeon and Dagni is a Respiratory Therapist.  We love them. 

We let Grant come over, too. 

I just realized that I didn't get a picture of Tom that night. I've mentioned him 3 times now and have no photo evidence that he even exists. :)

New Years' Eve

New Year's Eve was a big day in Casey's life.  He finally got some deer horns on the wall of our home.  Yep, I let him hang the horns. I grew up with deer horns in my home, so I don't have a problem with them.  Up to this point, however, Casey hasn't ever had any that he liked enough to display.  

We also hung Casey's new display case.  Isn't it pretty?

Our New Years' Eve dinner was pretty atypical. In the spirit of hanging the deer horns and deer season finally being over, I decided to make a deer steak dinner.  Fried deer steak, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and biscuits.  Nothing even remotely healthy.  At all. 

But, boy was it GOOD!!!

Lindsay, Tom, and Joshua came over to hang out. She brougth the snacks for us.  Yummy sausage balls and brownies. 

Samuel went to bed at his typical 7:30(well, we may have let him stay up til 8:00) so when Joshua started to get sleepy, we pulled out the books and did some bedtime reading. 

My hope for everyone is that 2011 is a good year.  2010 started out pretty rough for us, but got better as it went.  I hope God continues to bless us.  

Paw Paw and Uncle Tom

We spent today with two different sides of our families. We started the morning by driving to Greers Ferry to see my Grandpa. He refers to himself as PawPaw for Samuel.

On the way, I didn't put Samuel's big coat on. I didn't want to trap him in that coat for that long drive. I covered him in a blanket. By time we made it to Greenbrier, he pulled the blanket over his head and fell asleep. He's so silly!

He was able to open his gift from his cousin, Kaylynn. She picked out the cutest Little People farm set. He is all about farms and the animals. He spent the rest of the morning saying, "Moo, and talking about PawPaw(his other grandpa that we call PawPaw) and the tractor that came with the set.

This is Samuel running through the blanket my grandpa hangs over his door way in the winter(it helps keep the heat in.) He had so much fun!

This is Samuel being silly in Grandpa's lap. I've said before, but I have the hardest time capturing a picture with his eyes open. He moves too fast.

 

After we got home, we did a little bit of cleaning to get ready for the hustle and bustle of the next two days.  I really want to leave the house tidy in the morning, so we can just come home tomorrow night, put Samuel to bed and enjoy the prettiness. 

We headed over to Aunt Linda's house(Casey's aunt) to celebrate Tom's birthday(Casey's cousin.)  We enjoyed some delicious catfish from Crazy Mike's and then helped Aunt Linda wrap some last minute presents. 

This is the gift we got Tom.  I sure hope it's as handy as it seems to be.