CHRISTMAS EVE

On Christmas Eve we went to the Baldwin's house. We ate good food and did some fireworks. We made the mistake of sending the boys (Dusky, Lance, and Douglas) to the store for fireworks. I think Dusky was the bad influence on this one. They went to get a few fireworks and came back with a better fireworks show than any city ever does. Needless to say, they spent a lot of money. But it sure was fun!!!!

Kaia loved the fireworks. She would clap everytime they would set one off.

More Kaia...

Here are some new words that Kaia has learned how to say.

Here is Kaia in her Christmas dress. She looked so stinkin' cute.

YES, She's finally a walker. She took her first step right after she turned one, but it took her a good month to decide she wanted to start actually walking.

Stuck on the icing can

I heard Kaia crying so I came into the kitchen and this is what was going on. I hate it when I get stuck on icing cans.

Our Christmas Angel

I read Rennie's blog about her fun filled day and I was laughing so hard. I realize that at this point I only have one child so my stress is minimized, but I had to share these pictures of the things that Kaia has learned to do in the last week.....

I'll start off by saying that I've decorated my Christmas Tree about 17 times. Finally I got smart and everytime she pulled an ornament off I just added it to the top of the tree. So we have a half decorated Christmas Tree and it is staying that way!

Yes, that is part of an ornament in her mouth.

This is what our nativity looks like. An earthquake keeps coming through and knocking everyone on their faces. That must hurt!



And last but NOT least......

Kaia has learned how to open Christmas presents. YIPPIE!!!!

The Barney Family Christmas Party!

Here are a few pics from our annual Barney Christmas Party. It was a fun time.

Kaia wasn't sure about santa....

So dad helped her out...

Okay dad, Save me now!

GOOD OL' NATCHITOCHES

Here at the Goulding household we had a fun filled weekend with family. My mom, dad, Naomi, Zach, Tasha, Darren, Tricia, Kerry, Chase and Branson all came out. We spent most of the time working on the house in Pineville, but we did stop to play a little. I would like to share this picture with all of you.....

If you are wondering what it is, I will now explain. Every year they have this FABULOUS Christmas Festival in the little town of Natchitoches. (The town where they filmed Steel Magnolias) They have little cobblestone streets filled with booths that sell the best Meat Pies and Funnel Cakes you've ever had. They light up the whole river with millions of Christmas lights and they do parades, activities, and fireworks.

Us girls decided we were going to leave the boys working at the house and take the kids to Natchitoches to enjoy ourselves at the festival. The problem is, my car won't fit everyone and we all wanted to go together. So I had this great plan to take the 15 passenger van from the school. We all loaded up and headed up north.

We were running a little late so as we passed the park I decided just to drive up over the curb and park on the grass. It was kind of a last minute decision so after I was on the grass I decided it would be smart to turn around in the middle of the park and so I would be parked the other way. That way we could escape easier. Since we probably weren't supposed to have our cars in the middle of the park anyway. As I driving speedily across the grass I hit the one wet spot in the whole stinkin' park. And you guessed it, we got stuck. Not just kind of stuck, our wheel was 3/4 of the way deep in mud. And to top that off we missed the fireworks. We had to watch them as we all stood around the stuck van.

Too late, we were already stuck, so we left the van in the middle of the park and went to enjoy the Christmas Festival.

By the time we were done playing, my wonderful husband had driven all the way up to Natchitoches to save us. He pulled us out with his truck (and a little help from a police officer) It was great fun!!!!

If anyone feels the need for driving lessons, please ask. I'd be happy to help out wherever I can.