Christmas Eve Pictures With Timmy's Family, Christmas morning, Christmas with my family & Christmas break fun!!!

It's really hard to put into words what this Christmas has been for us this year. We just feel totally humbled & honored that our Father picked us to be Cooper's family & that he was with us this Christmas & will be for many more. Christmas has always been my favorite holiday, not because of the gifts one receives but that people in general just seem so much more giving, & I don't mean material giving, giving of their love, kindness, willingness to help others & their time. I like to hope & think that it has to do with the greatest gift of all our Father's gift to us, I can't imagine sending my son whom I love more than words to earth in human form knowing what he would later endure for all of us, you & me so completely undeserving of such a gift, only through his mercy, grace & love, wow!!!! That's why I love Christmas, thinking about it trying to wrap my brain around how much both our Father & Saviour loves us, amazing!!!! I know that Timmy & I did not do anything in our life to deserve God choosing us to be Cooper's parents, but we are soooo glad that he did. All we can do is love him with all of our hearts, & feed his heart & mind to the most amazing love of all, the greatest gift of all the promise of eternity for all that come to know Jesus as their Lord & Saviour.

We also could not help but think of all the orphans in the world that did not have a family to hold, to kiss on, to play in the snow with, drink hot cocoa with, trim a tree with, completely heart breaking, tears!!!!! Timmy & looked at Oridanary Hero's blog, they were in Ethiopia right before Christmas, if you don't follow their blog you should, it will open your heart, to the Orphans of this world, it will inspire you to pray, pray for those who need a forever family, who knows it may even help you step out of your comfort zone & think, pray about bringing one of those precious, beautiful, GIFTS, into a forever family, your family. We had a very close friend tell us once if money is the only thing stopping you don't let it (thanks Ju Ju), thank God we didnt', wow, we would have missed out on one of the biggest blessings(GIFT) in our life, we can't imagine our life with out our precious, sweet, loving, funny, fun 3 year old boy.

Please enjoy some pictures of our Christmas Joy, many blessings from our family to yours!!!

Love this picture, Timmy & I turned around & the kiddos were doing

this, we said wait & took their picture

All 6 of us in our back yard, we love our house this time

of year, pictures really don't do it justice

Got this picture after Mr. C had stopped by

Mr. C started Cooper a Thomas The Train Set, he loved it

Cooper & Big Sister Shelby

Collin Vinson

Grayson striking a pose in front of the tree for me, with her

Bitty Baby & their matching P.J's

Grayson Faye

Grayson Faye & her baby carrier she asked for from Mr. C

Shelby Leigh


There's my biggest baby, love, love, love that Collin

Knows there is a Mr.C

Look at that sweet face, couldn't you just eat um up

Collin holding our niece Reagan Elizabeth, Collin loves

Babies, he's too sweet

My sis-in-law Marcy, my brother's wife they are expecting

A little baby boy the end of January, we can't wait!! I just thought this picture

was too sweet, Reagan asleep on Marcy's belly

The three biggest kids opening their presents from

Mamaw & Papaw

Grayson, Cooper & Morgan opening their presents

From Mamaw & Papaw

Ryan, Gina, Grammy & Sarah

Janean & Bella

Emma, Olivia & Shelby, these 3 girls love spending time together

Cooper & Grayson waiting so patiently for their turn to open their presents

Grayson Faye getting her turn

The kids & I playing with Play Doh

Some of our Play Doh creations, we made a mitten

for each of the kids with their initial on them. I loved Play Doh when I was a kid & my kiddos do too

Ice-Skating in Lexington with Olivia Grace, Collin was hanging out with his Aunt Gina most of the time thats

why I didn't get a pic of him

Olivia Grace & Shelby Leigh helping Cooper

Timmy & Grayson, she is such a daddy's girl, sorry for the glare

I still love this picture

Our little Grayson Faye, she loved ice-skating, this girl we will have to watch out for she is completely fearless

Collin & Aunt Gina, the kids love their Aunt Gina, they called her Aunt G G when they were really little

Timmy & Cooper ice-skating in Lexington, we met my sis-in-law

& our niece Olivia Grace, we missed our older 2 nieces & Uncle Roger

Shelb using her new snow board she bought

Collin using his sled as a snow board

The finished Frosty, I know my pics aren't in great order,sorry, it's the thought the counts, right??!! Ha

Cooper & Big Sister Shelby

Working on Frosty the Snowman

Hoping a praying that this New Year will be filled with many blessings for you & yours!!!

A New Years resolution: Serve God by serving others.

Lots To Catch Up On

Here's just a few of the kiddos creations, it was an awesome day with Timmy's cousin Chris & his wife Janean, Uncle Troy, Aunt Amy & all 11 kids present, they all played great together, they had a blast decorating cookies & we had a great dinner that Janean prepared. Janean & I couldn't believe when cleaning up how clean it really was, amazing, 11 kids at a table with sprinkles every kind you could imagine, marshmallows, icing, gumdrops etc., wow!!! Thanks to the Parsons family for having us up, it was a great idea, can't wait to see guys on Friday!!!

Can you tell how much are boy enjoyed making the cookies

Collin & Adam

Cooper, Dustin, Shelb, Bella & Emma getting ready to decorate Christmas cookies

Timmy pushing Cooper around in his pirate ship

Shelby made cardboard boxes into pirate ships, her and the two 3's played in these all day, she's something else!!!

Nothing like hot chocolate after being out in the snow

Cooper & big sister Shelby, sleigh riding, he loved it

Playing in the snow

Cooper put the first ornament on the tree this year, he loved decorating the tree, he is truly a blessing

Love this picture

Christmas dance for Shelby Leigh

These two are a hoot, they are such best buds

Late nights for Grayson Faye, this girl wears us out!!!

Cooper's first time seeing the snow, he couldn't wait, we barely got a sweatshirt & shoes on him

Collin's first middle school homecoming dance, isn't he handsome

Collin's first Christmas Band Concert, he did a great job!

Okay, I know that was alot to take in, I could have posted so much more but will wait until Christmas, hopefully it won't take so long, ha. Wishing you & your a very Merry Christmas, 5 more days and Santa comes soooo, you better watch out, you better not pout, Santa Claus is coming to town!!!!