Sunday

 Sunday we went to church with Mama.  Mollie Grace and Annie were in her Sunday School class and they decorated cookies.

 We watched the Saints play and had supper with everyone.

 And then we opened gifts! Annie had a doll bed in this box.

 Mollie Grace loved her monogrammed saddle pad.  She's just a blur jumping up and down in other pictures.

 Ben got NASCAR Heat 3 for his XBox.

 Unwrapping chaos. 

Nearly Christmas

 Annie made this game for us to play.

 The girls made Christmas cookies.

 I helped Mollie Grace make the icing and then walked away.

 We were excited to learn in Vicksburg that even though the stairs to the cannon are blocked, you are allowed to walk up the hill to see it.  The cannon is currently being moved to a different base so it was just laying on the ground.

 We had this gift for Marcie shipped to Mama and Daddy's house.  We couldn't resist temptation to try it on her.

Schools Out!

 Monday was a beautiful warm 60 degree day so we spent the afternoon at the zoo.  The public schools still have a couple of days of school this week so there were just a handful of people at the zoo.

Our yearly Christmas ice skate at the zoo.

Everyone really improved their skating this year.  Mollie told me this morning she only has three bruises.

Ben loves having his picture taken.

Proud of herself that she's not right against the wall.

 Glowing under the black light in the Animals of the Night exhibit.

Our Christmas cards arrived yesterday so I hurried to get them out.

 

 Whoohoo! In the mail this morning.

 Before John went to work this morning, we went to the Pyramid to see Santa.

 From the Pyramid, the kids and I went to the Peabody to watch the Duck March.  We've never been experienced this Memphis tradition before.

 Duckmaster telling us the history of the Duck March.

 Coming out of the elevator.

 In front of the enormous 30 foot tree at the Peabody.

 The gingerbread village at the Peabody.  This year it has a Willy Wonka theme.

Weekend

 Indoor soccer season began Saturday.  They had a bad first half and got behind.  They played great the second half but weren't able to score enough points to make up for the first half.  Ben is #10. Indoor soccer if 5 v 5.

Mollie Grace went to the River Run Eventing Christmas party Saturday night.  RRE is where she takes horse riding lessons.