Camo

For anyone that knows me very well, knows that I am NOT a camo kind of girl.  Unfortunately, my son has become quite the opposite.  He wanted a bb gun for Christmas, which Santa hooked him up with, and he also asked for camo clothes.  Well, Santa, nor mom, was as accomodating with that one.  Grammy and Papa, however, were all over it.  As you can clearly see......

 

Ashton acquired a pair of camo coveralls, a hat and a pair of gloves at Grammy's house.  He was so excited that he had to put them on immediately and continue wearing them almost non stop for the next several days.

 

What makes this worse is that Aunt KK got him a shirt just before Christmas and I got him some camo socks and he must wear it ALL together or he just doesn't feel right.  He has even asked for camo boots, which we've not been able to find just yet.

 

 

This is a shot I got of him out on the porch shooting his bb gun after he got all suited up in his camo gear.  He thinks he has to have it all on (warm or cold) to shoot.  It is almost funny at this point.

Dillard Christmas

Christmas with my siblings this year was at our house.  The kids were excited to have all their "cousents" over to the house to play at once.  We just had some finger foods, did some Christmas crafts and opened gifts.  The kids had a great time and some of the adults had a pretty good time COMPETITIVELY playing Guess Who with Maddie and Addison.  ;)
 

We can't wait to get everyone together again for some more fun! 

Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving, we went to Alex's parents for lunch.  While we were waiting on everyone else to arrive, Papa decided to let the kids shoot his gun.  Ashton has been asking a ton lately and this was the perfect chance.

Maddie was just as eager to get her chance, so Alex helped her shoot too.  Needless to say, I think we may have just started a new Thanksgiving tradition at the Perry house.  ;)

Family Pictures

A couple of weeks ago, we had family pictures made.  I was super excited to see how they turned out and even more impressed with what we got.  Here are some of the ones we got that were OUR FAVORITES.

 

 Ashton wanted this shot next to the tractor tire at the farm we were at.  I actually thought it would turn out silly looking but I liked it.  ;)

 

I know... that is gross, but I love this picture!

 

 

We have a sassy little girl on our hands!

 

I love these two people more than I could ever imagined I would before having them!



 

So sweet.  They love each other, whether they will admit it or not.

 



Miss PHOTOGENIC!

 



We had to have some hockey pictures.  ;)

 

 

 Silly but cute!

 

Daddy's girl, for sure.

(When Mommy's not around..... )

Halloween 2012

Just let we've done for the last several years, we had friends over for some chili and then headed out trick or treating with the kids.  We had a mainly super hero crew this year and they had a great time despite the cool temperatures!

Happy Birthday Ashton

Ashton is the big EIGHT years old!  I still can't believe we have a son that is eight years old.  It's crazy!  Alex was out of town for work on Ashton's birthday, so Maddie and I tried to make his morning extra special.  We started with this as he came out of the bedroom before school.

 He thought it was pretty funny!

 

Then we sang to him and had him blow out a candle in his big star donut for breakfast.  Maddie wanted to use a zebra candle even though she knew Ashton wouldn't like it.  ;)  I don't think Ashton even noticed.

 

Friday night, we went to the neighborhood hayride and bonfire because that is what Ashton wanted to do to make time go faster in anticipation for Dad to get home.  They really missed him a LOT!

 

Saturday, we took Ashton and four of his friends to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate.  The boys had a great time and Ashton really enjoyed it!

 

 I'm not sure where Grayson was when we took this picture.  :(



The things we do for our kids

The past two days, the weather has been miserable.  We have been stuck indoors because it's so cold and has been raining some.  The kids have not enjoyed that at all.  I could walk the malls all day, but that isn't as exciting to them.  ;(

Yesterday, Alex got the idea that we'd check on a room next door where they have indoor pools.  At first I couldn't believe he was even considering it, but it turned out to be a great idea.  Yes, I'll admit it.  The room was no more than we would've spent had we just gone and do some random something and this was something they REALLY wanted to do.  We bounced around from one pool to another and rotated the hot tub in there too.  The kids had a great time and have already been asking to go back this morning.  Hopefully, we will be spending the day back on the beach today as long as the weather cooperates!