Christmas Day Visit 1

So after we played with Santa a bit we hurried along to our first stop of the day. The Cox family gathered at Uncle Keith and Aunt Emily's at 10. So after a brief moment with a flat tire we arrived ready to go.
Embree Claire got this most precious hat from Courtney and William (and Camdyn!) Check-out-that-face. I just LOL.

Wasn't much longer and she was out...

Trick or Treating

We started off the night with a trip to Uncle Keith and Aunt Emily's for our annual Halloween picture. We missed the Freemans this year, but hopefully we'll all be available next Halloween!

It's never easy taking the pictures...and apparently it isn't easy smiling for them. But man aren't they cute!

Our second stop was Mama's. SKV was counting our trips for us...this was our second she noted.

ECV was reaching out of Mama's arms...Mama gave her a piece and she plugged that baby right into her mouth.

Third on our route was Gran Mary and Papa's.

Followed by Mama Cox's house...

angels singing right? I don't even know what they were doing but it's funny.

Our final stop was Uncle Josh's house. We made him our last stop in hopes that Aunt Jill would make it home from work. She didn't-doh! Apparently Halloween is not a holiday she gets off...maybe next year. :)

Of course SKV wants to feed Gui treats before she gets hers. Yummy raisins for the little fella.

Cheese!! We missed you Aunt Jill!

...We started our "treating" after daycare...but those pictures are on Mommy's phone...they might make it here one day. :)

All dressed up and nowhere to go...

Actually we DID have somewhere to go. We had to go see a princess get married!

Dress-check. Matching hot pink shoes-check. Matching earrings-check. Gum-check.

She would have followed Courtney around all night had I let her. She wanted to touch her dress, talk to her and just plain look at her. She had a very fun time at her first wedding!

Visiting the Mamas on Halloween

Halloween for us is two days of driving from here to there seeing family and getting CANDY!
First stop was Mama Cox's house.

Then off to Mama V's for some yummy treats.

Mama held out a bowl of candy for SKV-pretty sure she was going to wipe her clean!

Easter with the Cox Family

After church on Easter Sunday the Cox family came over for lunch. GG had some goodies for SKV and Rylan.
Yips! They both got big ol yips!

And bubbles-what fun is Springtime without bubbles?

Christmas with the Cox Family

Apparently someone (or some two) was told "No"...Rylan went to one corner to pout and SKV went to this one. Not so sure she wasn't thinking about something else besides pouting. :)

Silly Lil Venable Fam picture

The girl has the mothering instinct. She loves to take care of her baby dolls and when I get hurt she asks, "You ok?"
She even comes over to pat me. So we knew when she opened this stroller she would be strolling babies for days!

Her too though, right? Here she's calling for Daddy to come push. haha!

Bringin' Back the Sit and Spin!

As we all know, Sidney Kate brought back the 80s here and at Christmas she brought back the Sit and Spin. (of course Mommy tested it out first to make sure that it was in working order, possible picture to come later.)

Not only does SKV enjoy the S&S but she loves herself some dancin'! Next time you see her ask her to dance and you might see a little booty shake. (Still not sure who taught her that...)

Papa Cox's Golf Tournament

Friday the Cox Family had the golf tournament for Papa Cox. Everything (weather included) turned out okay and we met our goal of getting a scholarship named in his memory. It was a nice day away from work and a fun time with family and friends.
Rylan and Sidney Kate got to join in the fun toward the end of the tournament. Here Rylan is driving Sidney Kate, Emily and Kevin around the parking lot.

Aunt Jill and Sidney Kate cut a deal on Friday. Sidney Kate sported Aunt Jill's team for a moment and Aunt Jill promised to pay her tuition if she got into Carolina. Daddy strongly disapproves...not of the tuition part.

After a long day, Sidney Kate and Daddy rest for a bit.