The Annual Gingerbread House Activity

We had to postpone decorating our gingerbread house since we were all sick. The girls loved this house because they loved all the candy. I had to limit their intake, however, Ava would sneak under the table to eat it still! Here are some pictures of our house:o)

Christmas 2010

As the New Year begins, we had many events go on at the end of the year starting with Christmas. On the 18th, we celebrated Christmas with the Wiles family at my sister's house. Phillip flew down to celebrate and we had other guests to share in the holidays. Although everything seemed normal, the loss of my brother was in everybody's heart. Looking at little Trinity, made it hard to just completely disregard his memory. It was kind of quiet without him there, no little jokes or tickling attacks, or random bear hugs. It was nice though to spend time with everyone. However, it was cut short because on this day as well, Mom "surprised" her fiance, Anthony, and got married that night as well with the whole family there. We followed them to Anthony's parent's house and his dad officiated the ceremony. It was short and sweet with just family and a couple friends to share in this special moment between the two of them. Congratulations to the two of you.








After that weekend, we thought surely that baby Jaxon would come but he has continued to make us wait. We celebrated Brian's birthday on the 22nd at our house, which was quiet, just the way Brian likes it. We were also able to celebrate Christmas at Brian's parent's house on the 23rd and the girl's spent Christmas Eve at Brian's grandparent's house. Brian and I flew down to the hospital thinking I was in labor and all it happened to be was a little dehydration and a 24hr bug. That was not fun.







We spent Christmas at home. The girls woke up and found their stockings. They were so excited. We had those upstairs and then continued downstairs to see what they had under the tree. We themed this Christmas with games. So when we were done, it was a fun day of playing games...ALL DAY! They fit right in with the McEacherns! It was a great Christmas. We woke up to a white Christmas! It was beautiful!






Now we are just waiting on Jaxon to get here. I had an appointment on Thursday and there was no change. Since I was induced with both girls and had similar issues with not dilating, I asked to be induced. The Dr. scheduled me for Jan. 3rd so we should get to see him very soon! We are all very excited to welcome him into this world. The Lord knows we are ready for him to be here:o)

It's Catch Up Time Again:o)

I am not going to write too much since I have way too much to catch up on but I am going to post some pictures of the end of the year. It has been a rough month and a half with the pregnancy and blogging has been the last thing on my mind.

Brian got a big pile of leave for the girls to jump in. They wanted to jump in the leaves because they watched someone do it on tv. They had a blast!




The girls love to play dress up. They were the princess's and Daddy was the horse:o)



My friend Joy threw an awesome shower with some great friends and family:o)




Thanksgiving Traditions

When we have Thanksgiving at Brian's grandparents, all the second cousings love dancing with each other while someone plays Christmas songs on the piano.




All of the cousins get to break the bread for the Grandma's stuffing.




Some of the family hanging out, which is what the Hopkins family does best:o)





Here are the girls helping with the tree decorating at our house.




This year we went to the Blue Ridge Christmas parade. It was quite cold so we had to cut the festivities short but it was fun to spend time with family.






Ella and Ava were in our church Christmas play for the first time. Ella was a part of the fifties scene and Ava was an angel at the time of the manger scene. They were so cute!






Our friends had their little girl's birthday party and Santa came to visit near the end. This is the closest Ella has gotten to sitting on his lap. Maybe we will get Ava closer next year!

Fall Harvest Party and Trunk or Treat

Every year our church puts on a Fall Harvest Party. Everyone dresses up and the kids play on the big blow up jumpers and then go get all sugared up with the treats they receive. The girls always have a blast. This year, Ella dressed up as Belle and Ava dressed up as Snow White. They looked adorable. Gramma and Grampa came down and Aunt Jess and Uncle Kev brought Maddox the Fire Fighter and Dominic. They all loved to go and fill up their bags full of treats. I especially love the people who pass out fruit snacks. They must be parents! Here are some pictures of the kids:o)

Ella is officially 4

October 26

Today Ella is officially four. She gets to bring cupcakes to her class for snack today. She is very excited! Here are a couple pictures of her this morning!

Family Birthday Party for Ella

I didn't realize I had not downloaded my pictures from Ella's party at the house. Here are some pics enjoying some cake, ice cream and fellowship with family and good friends.