20 Questions for Bryce at age 12

       1.  How old are you? 12

          2.  What is your favorite color? Maroon

          3.  Who is your Best Friend? Rees

         4.  What is your favorite meal? Jambalaya

         5.  What is your favorite snack? Spicy Cheezits

         6.  What is your favorite thing to drink? Fanta Grape

         7.  What is your favorite toy? basketball

         8.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? throw tennis ball against house

         9.   What is your bedtime? 9pm

       10.  What is your favorite TV show? Quick Pitch/ESPN/Bunk'd

       11.  What was your favorite vacation this year? San Antonio

      12.   What are your teachers’ names? Nesvick, Prentice and Hume

      13.  What is your favorite subject at school? History

      14.  What is your favorite sport/activity? Baseball

      15.  What is your favorite restaurant? Huc A Poos

      16.  Best book that you've read this year: The Longest Winter

      17.  What is your favorite game to play? Mexican Dominoes

      18.  How much do you weigh? 74 lbs 

      19.  How tall are you? 57.5 inches

      20.  What size shoe do you wear? 6

20 Questions for CeCe at age 9

       1.  How old are you? 9

          2.  What is your favorite color? Blue

          3.  Who is your Best Friend? Mary

         4.  What is your favorite meal? Toretellini and Cous Cous

         5.  What is your favorite snack? Spicy cheezits 

         6.  What is your favorite thing to drink? Cherry Limeade 

         7.  What is your favorite toy? Julie (American Girl Doll)

         8.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? Swing and bike

         9.   What is your bedtime? 8:30

       10.  What is your favorite TV show? Bunk'd

       11.  What was your favorite vacation this year? Lake

      12.   What are your teachers’ names? Howard and Jones (4th grade)

      13.  What is your favorite subject at school? Reading

      14.  What is your favorite sport/activity? Tumbling

      15.  What is your favorite restaurant? Mellow Mushroom

      16.  Best book you've read this year: Jacky Ha-Ha

      17.  What is your favorite game to play? Gin Rummy

      18.  How much do you weigh? 55

      19.  How tall are you? 48 inches

      20.  What size shoe do you wear? 13

Happy Birthday 20 questions for CeCe at 8!

       1.  How old are you? 8

          2.  What is your favorite color? Blue

          3.  Who is your Best Friend? Mary

         4.  What is your favorite meal? Homemade mac and cheese

         5.  What is your favorite snack? Goldfish

         6.  What is your favorite thing to drink? Strawberry Sprite 

         7.  What is your favorite toy? Dolls

         8.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? Gymnastics

         9.   What is your bedtime? 8:30

       10.  What is your favorite TV show? Liv and Maddie

       11.  What was your favorite vacation this year? East Coast trip (DC, Philly and NYC)

      12.   What are your teachers’ names? Mrs. O'Brien

      13.  What is your favorite subject at school? Math

      14.  What is your favorite sport/activity? Tumbling

      15.  What is your favorite restaurant? Flying Saucer

      16.  Best book you've read this year: Diary of a Wimpy Kid

      17.  What is your favorite game to play? Gin Rummy

      18.  How much do you weigh? 51

      19.  How tall are you? 47.5 inches

      20.  What size shoe do you wear? 12.5

Happy Birthday 20 questions for Bryce at 11!

       1.  How old are you? 11

          2.  What is your favorite color? Maroon

          3.  Who is your Best Friend? Upi

         4.  What is your favorite meal? Chicken enchiladas

         5.  What is your favorite snack? cheezits

         6.  What is your favorite thing to drink? Grape Sprite

         7.  What is your favorite toy? baseball bat

         8.  What is your favorite thing to do outside? hit baseballs

         9.   What is your bedtime? 9pm

       10.  What is your favorite TV show? Quick pitch

       11.  What was your favorite vacation this year? East Coast (DC, Philly         and NYC)

      12.   What are your teachers’ names? Mr. Bozeman, Mrs. Guynes and    Mrs. Coleman

      13.  What is your favorite subject at school? History

      14.  What is your favorite sport/activity? Baseball

      15.  What is your favorite restaurant? Huey's

      16.  Best book that you've read this year: Holes

      17.  What is your favorite game to play? Gin Rummy

      18.  How much do you weigh? 67 lbs 

      19.  How tall are you? 55 inches

      20.  What size shoe do you wear? 5

Cast free and Snow!

CeCe finally got her cast off Thursday!!!  She's supposed to wear a sling for the next 2 weeks while active and at school.  She was glad to wear it that first day because it was so sore but I know it's going to be a struggle getting her to wear it from now on because she's feeling so much better.  So happy to wear regular clothes again and be able to wash that hand!!  

Friday we had a 'slight chance of a dusting of snow'.  Well, 2.5-3 inches later......! No school on Friday which was fun!  We watched movies, played Just Dance, and hung out with friends.  

Luke Duke does not love the cold weather!  We find him buried under blankets when it's this cold.  The other night we wrapped him up like this and he stayed this way for hours.  

CeCe and Mary playing in the snow yesterday

Later Audrey came over and they tried to have a snowball fight.  The snow was pure powder though so it was hard to form it into balls.  

No pictures of Bryce in the snow because he did not go outside all day!  He is more like Luke, buried under blankets when it's this cold!  We need to fatten them both up some! 

Christmas fun!

We had a wonderful Christmas!!  

Bryce got his cast off the week before Christmas.  He was pumped to say the least!  

My parents took the kids downtown for a night!  They went to the Peabody, a Grizzlies game and spent the night at the apartment.  

On 12/18 our church had a fun caroling night with a chili cook-off after the caroling.  We all really enjoyed it! 

Christmas Eve before church....

We went to the family service at 3:30 on Christmas Eve and the kids were part of the Christmas play during the service.  

Bryce was one of the narrators 

And CeCe was a shepard

These two are so sweet! 

Cappy and I with our matching Christmas PJs! 

Christmas morning was awesome!  The kids each got bikes from Santa and had to check them out before church.  

Poor CeCe still has her cast on but could still ride the new bike, yay!  She's in a tank top, on Christmas day!  

The day after Christmas we headed to West Point for the day to celebrate with the Dukes.  It was a great visit! 

CeCe with her new school set.  She loves to teach!! 

No trip to WP would be complete without a visit to the warehouse.  Daniel and Bryce played pool

While teacher CeCe set up her desk in the middle of the room! 

That night Bryce put on his new Dak jersey to cheer on the Cowboys to a victory! 

A few days after that my parents got the Williams cousins for 2 days.  It was a fun filled two days!  

We went to Shelby Farms and they all had a blast 

Meal times were loud and chaotic! 

Then we settled down with a treat and movie both nights! 

Our eventful few weeks

To start the month of November Papaw Ruff was honored at the Dogwood Veteran's Day program.  It was very special for CeCe that he came! (Bryce had the same program in the morning but my dad could only come to the afternoon younger grades program)

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Bryce was knocked down in a basketball scrimmage game and broke his left wrist.  It was a fracture of the growth plate technically.  We came on home that night and took him to the orthopedics office the next morning.  He's been in a cast ever since.  This was the night it happened, poor thing was hurting pretty bad! 

We had a great Thanksgiving in West Point!  On Thanksgiving day we went out to the country (AKA, where Anthony grew up!) and had the best time exploring.  

The Wednesday after Thanksgiving CeCe was at her weekly tumbling class. I was just outside the room and heard a terrible scream.  It was CeCe, she was trying an aerial and landed on her elbow/arm.  I knew right away she was hurt pretty bad so we went straight to the orthopaedic drs office.  Anthony met us there thankfully! 

She has a fracture/dislocation of her ulna and elbow.  They put her in this softer cast to allow for swelling for about 5 days.  

This was the night CeCe's happened, she was thankfully feeling so much better once they got the cast on.  How crazy is it that they both have left arm casts at the same time?  Makes for a cute/fun picture but definitely complicates things at home!  (Bath, hand washing, etc!) 

The day after CeCe's adventure Bryce woke up with strep throat.  First time for strep for either of the kids.  He felt pretty crummy for 3 days and missed his first two 'sick days' at Dogwood.  Luke Duke is the best sick companion.  Whoever is sick he is their constant companion and it is the sweetest thing!  And huge shout out to Cappy.  She came over at a moment's notice this day (and many others!) so I could get CeCe to the eye Dr. and stay with sick Bryce.  

CeCe failed the eye screening at school so the day after she broke her arm I wasn't ready to send her all day so she and I went to the eye Dr.  She ended up needing glasses for the classroom and schoolwork/homework.  She looks precious in her new glasses!

That Friday night was the annual daddy/daughter dance at Dogwood.  CeCe rocked the pink cast by putting some matching pink hair extensions in!  Love her style!  

CeCe went back to the Dr. the next Monday and got this fun rainbow tie-dyed hard cast.  We've now been for 2 weekly sets of X-rays for her and each time the Dr. says "she's so lucky" that she has avoided surgery for this.  

Bryce had a nasty stomach virus this weekend and miss school today, hopefully he will be up for school tomorrow.  He has an ortho appointment Wednesday and we are hopeful that he will get his cast off!  This has been one crazy month around here!  Thankful for our many blessings!!