merry christmas with love at prestonwood

prestonwood had a little christmas activity for the kids this year called merry christmas with love. under a big tent were 'stations' for the kids to go to and do a variety of christmas activities. they also had a live nativity scene with animals. pierce had a great time running around, playing with his friends, and enjoying the christmas activities.

cleanin', cleanin', cleanin'

after moving all the kitchen chairs, pierce got hard at work cleanin' under our table. so thankful for my little cleaner!

santa's village in richardson

lights at fairview village

a masterpiece for stella

so i had a 'vision' - a creative vision that is. i wasn't sure if it would work, but i threw it out there to justin. use pierce's hands to create/paint flowers on some blank canvases for stella's room. justin with his creative mind got to work and thought about all the little details. so earlier this week, justin and pierce got out their painting clothes, laid out some newspaper, and got to work. i loved watching my 2 boys hard at work for our little miss stella. and i must admit...the final products turned out fabulous! i know that one day miss stella will truly appreciate the 'masterpieces' created just for her by her 2 boys.

a holiday treat

An (attempt) at a Gingerbread House

So, on my list of holiday things to do with Pierce was make a Gingerbread House. Although I had never made one, I figured it wouldn't be too hard, especially with a box. Well...the McCord family struggled. We had a great time together, but our house definitely fell apart. Oh well....here's to making memories.

you will notice that Pierce's favorite part of eating the candy! :)

proof that the house did stand for a bit

a sweet 'stella'-bration

some of my dearest friends had a sweet little sprinkle in honor of stella this morning. it was such a wonderful time of celebrating our newest family member with the girls that have loved and encouraged me through this entire pregnancy. stella got lots of fun pink stuff and i can't wait til she's here to use it all! only 1 more month! thank you to everyone who came! you guys are the best!!

my niece, hillary

heather and ashley

the hostesses...julie, becky and janet

sarah, ashley, and raina

Wherever Daddy is...

...that's where Pierce wants to be!

My 5...

It all started on Thursday night when I was watching the Heat/Cavs game with my hubby and our sweet friends from San Diego, Ryan and Julie. Charles Barkley was commentating the half time show and I made the comment, "He would totally be invited to my dinner with 5 famous people because he is so stinkin' funny."

And then Justin posed the question....What 5 LIVING people would you invite to dinner if you could have dinner with anyone? (spouses prohibited)

After thinking for 24 hours, we all had to give our list at dinner on Friday night. Now I will admit, my list is NOT deep - and kinda random - but here are my 5 LIVING people that I would love to have dinner with: Charles Barkley, Paul Pierce, Ryan Seacrest, Brian Williams, and Lee Corso

Justin's list: David Letterman, Larry Bird, Paul McCartney, Ari Fleischer, Matt Lauer

Julie's list: Oprah, Osama bin Laden, George W Bush, Christian Amanpour, Billy Graham

Ryan's list: Mel Brooks, Nancy Regan, Jerry Rice, Billy Graham, Warren Buffet

Who would you invite??