Family Tradition

All of the years I have been with Carl he has talked about his family tradition of going bowling on Christmas Eve. In the five years that we have been married we have only been once. Now that Baylee is getting older we have decided that we want to be HOME for Christmas and not have to spend 16 total hours in the car traveling. So tonight we headed to The Family Fun Center in Hendersonville for some fun family bowling. Since I knew we were to be there at 7:00 p.m. (only 30 minutes shy of Baylee's bed time) I knew I would have to get a late afternoon nap in for her to make it through the night. Well she had a BIG time and didn't get too sleepy until late into the second game of bowling. She is now sleeping soundly waiting for Santa.

Maw Maw Dot and Baylee

And with Uncle Johnny....who by the way JUST got back from Disney World with his family for the third year in a row...I'm jealous!B and Jordan watching the bowlersBowling with Daddy

and watching her ball SLOWLY roll to the pinsCousin Brittney

Sisters

Britt and her hubby Josh

Notice Josh's face. Sorry Josh....I think it's hilarious ;)Uncle Johnny showing us how it's done

Aunt Sister (Marrianne)Maw and Kellye (Uncle Johnny's new bride) were also there but did not bowl. Maw Maw Dot is a pretty great bowler. I was impressed at her mad skills!B using another one of Mommy's turnsWith Baylee's help I won both games! I even got a TURKEY (three strikes in a row) during the first game.

Britt and Maw (93 years young)Baylee's favorite part of the bowling experience was watching the ball come out after the

player had bowled.

We had a great night with the family and look forward to next year.

Another video

Before The Russells showed up to meet us Baylee had a big time running around amongst all of the people. She wore us and herself out. She fell asleep shortly after this.

viWe had quite a busy day today. It has been a couple of years since Carl and I have been to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel to see the Christmas decorations. It is pretty amazing to say the least. Since our bestest friends are leaving us and moving to Michigan soon, we wanted to go together since it will be out last Christmas holiday together..sniff sniff :(

Isn't this tree AMAZING? In case you didn't know that is B on Carl's shoulders in the picture.

Baylee was napping in her stroller so Alison snapped these pictures of Carl and I

Ray was making a goofy face before I snapped this next pictureRunning wild in the lobby

Baylee's sweet buddy RJ

We found and empty ball room (Governor's Ball Room) and let the kids run wild.

Little priss in RED

I took these pictures last Friday night. It was the first time that Baylee wore her Christmas shirt. Goofing off with Daddy

Picture TAG

I was tagged by Leah to play along.

The object of the picture tag is to: 1) Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer 2) Select the 4th picture in the folder 3) Explain the picture 4) Tag 4 people to do the same NO CHEATING! (cropping, editing, etc!)

I LOVE this picture...minus all of the duck poop all over the ground. This picture was taken on October 11, 2008. It was the first time that I had taken Baylee to the park in Hendersonville and she was a little taken back by all of the ducks. The next few times after this she basically tried to jump into the lake with them!

I am tagging jamie, nicki, jessica, and alison.