Christmas 2013 Highlights

The time after Christmas is such a let down. Well, except that the Panthers are still in the running! Woot!

IndendedSonInLaw and Birdie traveled to Indiana for Christmas so they got their gifts early---

The rest of us (those of us left behind) traveled to NC to BestSonInLawEVER and Breezy's house. These are the in-law family with Breezy, Deanie, DoodleBug and Tucker. LOVE every single one of them!

No holiday is complete without crazy. And we've got plenty of it. Especially Breezy.

See those snowflakes in the above pic and the one below? Breezy made those so I would have snow for Christmas.

I made photo books for each of the lovelies and their boys, complete with captions. They were a big hit!

Don't worry. Tucker did not get left out!

BestSonInLawEVER thought it would be fun for Tucker to drum to The Little Drummer Boy. Tucker did not agree.

Deanie and I got these shirts for everyone for our Christmas cards next year. You know, from Christmas Vacation.

DoodleBug donned her's with a Christmas tutu.

A dancer she is not.

But an entertainer? Absolutely!

Deanie with my dad.

Deanie's boyfriend (remember, he's the drummer for The Wild Feathers, check them out on YouTube. They're AWESOME!) came. He's so NICE! He brought his dog, Rocky, to play with Tucker.

We had a small oyster roast when we got back.

Complete with lots of crazy!

What's this?

Why, oyster shooters, of course!

Breezy and BFF, Erin, who is getting married in June!

Awww....I love Y'ALL more!

Yep, the crazy was all around!

Happy New Year, Y'all!

Ringin' In the New Year

The last night of 2012 was a blast as we celebrated with some friends at their Really Rockin' New Year's Eve Pary/Oyster Roast!

The master of the roaster --- a bit strange seeing someone else doing this besides the husband...

There were oysters---

And more oysters....

And then--- you guessed it! MORE oysters!

DoodleBug (on the right) and friend, J, since they were 2---

Our wonderful hostess and her sweet mother--

Two of my most favorite people in the world---I'm so blessed to be able to work with them--

No party is complete without a little goofing off for the camers---

My DoodleBug---

No, they weren't drinking---

They're just education majors---

Which means they don't mind one bit being silly---

And I mean really silly---

They'll be fantastic teachers!

Especially this one!

Some folks were inside watching the LSU/Clemson game. This is SC people, so they're Clemson fans. And quite pleased with the outcome!

Our hostess and her parents--- They are so SWEET!

Oh yeah, and then there were MORE FREAKING OYSTERS!

And a drinking or shot luge--- WHAT?!

So two people pour your shot down the luge while you wait, open mouthed, at the bottom---

Cah-ray- ZEE!

 But fun!

How did y'all ring in the New Year?

All Things Oystery

Is oystery even a word?

We've had a marvelous holiday season and I hope that y'all have too!

Even though we still have the New Year to ring in, I'm going to go ahead and start sharing the Christmas photos- y'all know how I tend to over shoot pictures so it may take until the New Year to get these up. Haha.

A few weeks before the oyster roast on December 22, we started rolling the various balls because you can freeze them and take them out when you're ready to cook them (this is quite nice since we have to roll a gazillion of them every year.). Birdie and DoodleBug were more than happy to help---

The lovelies are so funny.

Anyway, Deanie and Breezy helped set up the goodie table the night of the roast---they requested bows for their headbands....just like when they were little. 

Viola! The table is ready!

And so are the oysters!

They went through 3 bushels of those nasty things. :)

That's Evwardo's niece with Birdie and Strider. Isn't she so cute?!

I love this picture! It's my BFF and her husband with Deanie-

That's Breezy (on the right) with her BFF from 6th grade---

The hit of the party finally arrived and we all nearly fought over holding him! Here is baby Jedidiah with DoodleBug---

Birdie and Evwardo---

This is Lambert Mr and Mrs--- they are the most fun and loving people I've ever met!

I caught a shot of Jedidiah smiling while Deanie was holding him---

AND I got him with his eyes open. WIDE open.

Evwardo donning my antlers I wore to school the last week before break---

Evwardo and Birdie with Jedidiah--- how stinking cute are they?!

That's the husband, Danielle (who made dozens of 12 different types of cookies from Pinterest and brought them to the oyster roast), BestSonInLawEVER and Deanie---I'm tellin' y'all, Jedidiah was the hit of the evening!

How could he not be? Look at that sweet little thing!

That's the husband with Tucker. They're conversing with Lambert Mrs.

 Those are two of my most favorite people from school laughing---we do a lot of that at school. You know, to keep from crying. LOL

 Of course, there's always guitar playin' and singin' going on. Sometimes the singin' is good...luckily the guitar playin' is ALWAYS good. :)

And those are the highlights from our 4th annual Christmas oyster roast. We ended up with about 37 people which is crazy in our little house. But we had a total BLAST!

I promise to catch up on all y'alls blogs soon! It's been crazy around here but things will settle down soon.

I'm looking forward to the day that we host an oyster roast for all my wonderful bloggy buds!

Love and hugs!