Lincoln & Sutton: December 2009

Thursday, December 31, 2009

No Autographs, Please

If you flip through today's JC Penney ad in the paper, this is what you'll see in the bottom, lefthand corner. We took this picture about 2 months ago and it's finally here. You can also check it out online.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

PawPaw and Nana

We spent a few days before Christmas with Ryan's parents, grandparents, brother and sister. Here are a few of the highlights.

A showdown with Nathan's dog Buster.

A gift from Uncle Dillon and Aunt Maria

In Pawpaw's police car.

Let me out!

Playing the Wii

Cookies with great grandma

Playing the slots

Foosball with Nana

Randomness

Hiding from me

At the petting zoo, showing the goats what to eat

He liked the donkey a lot

Some Christmas entertainment

Using the vacuum on his stomach.

Giving new meaning to "suck in your gut"

Just Ryan and Marcy This Time!

Ryan and I decided to have some professional pictures taken since we hadn't had anything done since our Wedding five years ago. We used Holly's wedding photographer Allison Davis. She is young and super creative. We just did a quick, mini session. Here are some of our favorites. You can also check out Allison's blog for more of her favorites from our session. I would highly recommend Allison for you and your family!

Our Favorite

Do we look old? Just lie if you have too:)

10 Years ago....

Five years ago...

On a side note, Allison submitted Holly and Brian's wedding photos to on online blog and it was featured there and they just found out their wedding will be featured in the spring issue of The Knot magazine. So exciting for them.

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Christmas Happenings

We've had a fun December so far. It's fun to see how the calendar fills up quickly. Even though December can be a busy month, we tried to stop and have some fun too!

Sleeping on his Christmas sheet from Great Grandma Fast and his Christmas pillowcase from Megan.

First time finger-painting. Lincoln loved it!

A hand print Christmas tree--idea courtesy of Miss Angi and her girls.

We had some friends over Saturday for a come and go Christmas brunch. We did it last year and had so much fun, we decided to make it an annual event! Here are some of the friends that came.

Mr. Mark, Mrs. Shannon and BFF Brenden

Dave, Nicole, Johnn, Ashley, Kelle and Brian

We also visited the reindeer in Allen, but couldn't get them in the same shot as Lincoln. Here we are in front of the giant Christmas Tree.

Keeping the tree up!

Later in the evening we went to a kids Christmas Party at a Friends. We had a ball. The fantastic hostess had some super fun crafts and games. Lincoln managed to fall down the stairs in the first few minutes, but didn't miss a beat the rest of the night. Their carpet will never be the same, but they had fun nonetheless!

Making reindeer snacks with Daddy.

Eating a yummy dinner with Audrey, Kenzie and Will.

Lincoln loved the cupcake...hence the carpet mess:)

Making a Christmas tree with sequins and Popsicle sticks.

Santa made a surprise visit to the party. What a FANTASTIC thing for him to do for these sweet kids. Lincoln reminded him he wanted an orange basketball for Christmas, not a red one.

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM OUR HOUSE TO YOURS!

Friday, December 11, 2009

A Visit to Santa's Village

Last night Lincoln and I met Ryan at Santa's Village put on by the city of Richardson. Even though I've lived in this area all my life, I somehow missed this event. I'm so glad Angi told me about it. It was so fun and I'm really looking forward to taking Lincoln over the next few years. There are about 20 little cottages, everything from a Fire House, Police Station, ornament shop, bakery,etc. Lincoln got to color a picture, try on a firesuit and get some hot chocolate. Here are a few of the pictures we took. It was super chilly last night, but being in the cold made it feel all the more Christmas-y.

Lincoln and Daddy