happy birthday, happy weekend and can i get a WHO DAT?

dear drew . . .
i hope you have a wonderful birthday today!
and for your birthday i would like to ask for
a huge win tomorrow in the dome.
i will be there . . .
yelling like a crazy person!
happy birthday!

emily

happy weekend!!
tomorrow is a big day for us saints fans!

if you aren't cheering for the cardinals . . .
you better cheering for the saints.

and if you are cheering for the cardinals . . .

shame on you!

way back when (the final installment) . . .

nana and pops wanted to get a picture of them with the 4 b-nard grandkids before we headed back south . . . all i can say is we tried!

what's really funny about these pictures . . .
the sassafras wearing the "olivia" shirt isn't even olivia!

and after an 11 hour drive home . . .
with a short snooze in a hotel . . .
we made it home . . .
wearing the same clothes we left in . . .

and we were welcomed by a familiar face!

i hope you aren't totally over christmas . . .
i'm all caught up with thanksgiving and i'm ready to catch you up on our christmas!
are you ready?

way back when (part 6) . . .

nana has a lot of cute reading glasses . . .

and they are really fun to play with!

way back when (part 5) . . .

sean took over the kiddos one evening so my mom and i could slip away and do a little shopping. she took me to the greatest fabric store ever! i could have spent hours and hours in there . . . and lots of dollar bills! new orleans isn't known for it's fabric stores . . . so i was in heaven. i cannot wait for the chance to go back and add to my stash!

while we were out . . . we had to go to hobby lobby. i love hobby lobby as much as i love target . . . and that's a lot! the closest hobby lobby to our house is about 50 min away. totally stinks! so . . . i don't go too much. i found this fantastic book . . . with the most adorable patterns in it! i'm hoping i can get some much needed sewing time in very soon . . . all of that beautiful fabric is calling my name!

way back when (part 4) . . .

building a fort a nana and pops' is a must . . .

especially when you have new sleeping bags to camp out with!

way back when (part 3) . . .

can you guess what they are doing?

here's a hint:

and another:

you guessed it . . . shrinky dinks!

i totally forgot how fun shrinky dinks are! the girls loved coloring them and watching them shrink into teeny tiny plastic charms!

(little miss was so stoked on christmas morning when she got to unwrap another shrinky dink kit from her st. louis family!)

way back when (part 2) . . .

what's not to love about thanksgiving?

you get to wake up and watch the coolest parade ever . . .

you get to break the wish bone . . .

and hope your wish comes true . . .

catch up with family . . .

see cousins . . .

eat delish food . . .

and more food . . .

kiss on these yummy cheeks . . .

and eat a little more . . .

way back when . . .

we went to missouri for thanksgiving . . . to visit my family. it was so nice to go home. i hadn't been home since last christmas! we saw my family a few different times during that year . . . but they were for the most part very quick visits and i didn't get to see everyone. so i was very thankful to be at home for thanksgiving! the only thing that could have made the visit better was if my oldest brother and his family would have been able to come home too.

we went to . . .

jump mania . . .

to try and wear out . . .

the little ones . . . and ended up . . . wearing mommy and daddy out . . . and it was a blast!

merry christmas . . . happy new year . . .

it's becoming quite the trend that i'm always a little behind on blogging!

all the fun holiday stuff is over . . .
and it's back to the daily grind today.

the girls are back to school . . .
and i am going to start taking our christmas stuff down.

. . . and start thinking about how we are going to decorate for
MaRDi gRaS!!!

and i have lots of catching up to do around here!