New Years Eve

I have no introduction to this post but this video:

WOOT!

Clemson 25 LSU 24

Great night!

Great food!

Great Friends!

Clemson sugar cookies.

Loaded Baked Potato Dip!  So yummy and so easy!
16 oz sour cream
2 1/2 cups of shredded sharp cheddar cheese
about a half pack of bacon cooked and crumbled
green onion or chives to taste (chopped)
mix together and refrigerate for at least an hour before serving
serve with wavy chips (non-wavy break too easily)
Clemson paw is optional, but it won't look as cute if you leave it off!

Mercy and I before

Mercy cheering: "Go Tigers!"

Woot!

Josiah had basketball that evening, so I took him to practice and then headed over to Shane and Cathy's house.

Woot!

Woot!

Nathan and Mercy Cate

The Kids!!!

A mystery person.  Who could it be?

Watching the game

Great way to bring in the New Year with a Clemson win over LSU!

a new goal!

The goal is up!  Yay!  Here are some pictures!  Yes, that is snow on the ground.  We had some snow after Christmas.  Not enough to play in, but definitely pretty to watch! :)

Sleepy girl!

With all the presents and fun on Christmas day, Mercy Cate didn't nap.  By dinner time, she was POOPED! She has never fallen asleep at the table/high chair before, but now she has!!!!!  Both Josiah and Aedan have fallen asleep in their food, and now it was Mercy's turn!  She even has a video of the event!!!  Lucky Girl!  Maybe we need to send it into America's funniest home video!  hahaha!!!  I'm sure I am biased in the humor, though.

getting sleepy!

Ryan finally picked her up.  She was out!!!!

The video evidence!

Christmas Day!

Christmas Morning!!!!  Yeah!!  Always so fun to watch the kids open!!!!  They had a blast and loved everything!!!  We went to the Christmas Eve service, and the kids were eager and excited to get to bed!!  The kids opened, and I quickly put the food in the oven so that lunch would be ready at lunchtime.  Ryan and the kids watched Brave, which was a Mercy gift from Caroline.  We had ham, macaroni and cheese, vegetable casserole, rolls, and green beans!  It was great:)  Here are the pictures from our day!

Aedan with his Clemson magazine!

Josiah with art supplies!  Also, his boots from Gigi in front of him.

Mercy with her princess castle from Grammy and Grampy.

Clemson band-aids are a must!

Yes, an animal book!

Woohoo!  The long-awaited Sammy jersey from Papa!

And, Josiah's jersey!!

hmmmmm....what's in here?

a Wii!!!!! from Gigi!!! 

Aedan was so excited that he hugged it!

Mercy with her Belle baby!

Josiah looking at his Smens!!!!  Also, he got some oil crayons!!!!  (Korean oil crayons!!!!)

Mercy is now the proud owner of a Leapster!

Ryan in the presents and wrapping paper:)

Mercy got Princess press-on nails!

Aedan in his new Jaguars jersey and Clemson football!!!  (I got him the jersey from ebay!!!  I LOVE ebay for buying stuff like this!!!!  I find great deals!!!!)

The boys got these shields and swords from us!!

Clemson boys: best in the world!!

playing Olivia!

Mercy has on her new Belle shirt and princess slippers.  Mercy LOVES the princesses.  Belle is her favorite!

Mercy and Baby Belle

Mercy with her Lalaloopsy doll from Papa!  These dolls are so cute!!!!

"WE TOO DEEP!"

Yay!  A basketball goal from Papa!!!  Basketball pics coming soon!

Aedan got this from us.  It is wall decor of all the baseball teams!!!!  He loves it and it's already on the wall.

Representin' ghettoville.  "Fabulous?"  Yes, indeed!  Fabulous it is!!!

Instead of a birthday cake for Jesus, we made a cookie!  A Clemson cookie cake:)  So stylish!