Sunday, December 27, 2009

3rd Annual Ornament Exchange


The week before Christmas we had our 3rd Annual Girls Night Out Ornament Exchange. Some of us girls got together at my house for a little fun and relaxation with no men and no responsibilities! We ordered fajitas from Abuelitas and then gathered around the living room to do our dirty Santa ornament exchange.
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Holding up the ornaments that each of us got in the exchange
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I had to get a pic with my love before he left to hang out with the guys!
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Me, Logan, & Mica
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Almost 6 months pregnant
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Breane, Kari, & Lacee
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Two of my very best friends, Kari & Logan - I love these girls! Logan won this amazing leopard print broom because her ornament she brought was voted as the cutest!
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and here is the winning ornament...Logan's glittery hoot owl!
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Twins!
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Lacee is so artistic! Little Miss Art Teacher hand-painted the leopard print ornament she brought and even added 2009 of some of our ornaments.
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Mica was rockin' the red tights! (she said she found them in the little girl section at Wal-Mart!)
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One of my family's famous cheese apples that I just had to serve!
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My other half - Kari B. & I
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What beauties!
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Cousins and Sister-In-Laws - We see each other a lot during the holidays :)
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Stacey, chowing down on some Abuelita's
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The prettiest teacher I know!
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I think Many Jo's mad at me for taking her picture!
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Kari whispering a secret about Santa to the baby girl. She did the same thing when I was pregnant with Reid.
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After the ornament exchange we all decided to go to Seminole to Elk's Lodge to listen to one of our friend from high school's band play. Before we left, Logan had a little fun with my camera!
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Logan & Chase
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Prom Picture 2009 :)
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Whenever a bunch of us from high school get together we always take a Class of 2002 picture
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When I arrived, Jeb was having a great time!
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He was a dancing machine!
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I don't really know what this picture was all about!
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I look forward to the ornament exchange every year and having the girls night out was definitely something that was long overdue! We had such a great time hanging out with all of our old friends from high school and reminiscing about old times. We had 13 girls at the ornament exchange this year and next year our goal is 20!

Saturday, December 26, 2009

I LOVE Christmas cards!

One of my favorite things about the holiday season is getting Christmas cards from friends and family. Doesn't everyone just love running to the mailbox to open up an envelope and find a cute little holiday card or picture? I love it! I also love sending out Christmas cards...a lot of them! I sent out 175 Christmas cards this year! Crazy, I know, but I like to send them to extended family and friends that we don't see very often. I think these are the people that appreciate the cards the most because they get to see how our family has grown since they've seen us last. Next year I hope to send a newsletter with our cards, maybe even in the form of a poem! This year we received a musical card with an old, classic Christmas tune when you opened it and a handwritten note in beautiful, large old fashioned cursive handwriting from Jeb's great aunt. She told us how much she enjoyed getting the cards every year and how she loved seeing the pictures of our family. It really captured the essence of the holidays and made me think of my great-grandmother, Lillian, who loved sending handwritten letters, especially at Christmas time.
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Christmas Card 2008
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Christmas Card 2009
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When I was pregnant with Reid in 2007 I sent out an ultrasound picture with our Christmas card. We didn't know the gender of the baby yet, but I thought everyone would enjoy seeing a sneak peek of our little bundle of joy. This year I also included an ultrasound picture of Little Miss Rollins!
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Every year I get stressed about taking the pictures, what to wear, the theme of the card, etc... and every year our cards have turned out precious so I don't know why I always worry. I've decided that every year I want our card to have at least one family picture on it as well as some of the kids. Last year I did a bright, fun, card in Christmas colors so this year I decided to do a more elegant card. Next year we'll have a beautiful baby girl to add to the picture!

Sunday, December 6, 2009

What's been going on lately...

I've put up a few posts about what's been going on lately with the Rollins family. Just click on the following links below and enjoy!
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Cheese!

Jeb was in a wedding in Davis this past weekend for one of his friends he went to school with at ECU. Reid usually isn't into smiling for the camera, but on this particular day he just kept saying, "momma, cheese!" I would take a picture of Jeb and then Reid would jump right in front of the camera and say, "CHEESE!" I was lovin' it!
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Apparently, he doesn't like the smell of roses!
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My handsome husband
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Look how crazy Reid's hair looks! We got a haircut the following day.
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Even daddy was saying, "cheese!"
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and momma said "cheese" too...
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Almost 5 1/2 month pregnant