whew we are trying to cram it all in before sister comes!

this weekend, we were all over the place! i have pics from some of it and just memories from other events. friday night we went with most of the fam to downtown nashville to watch the christmas parade. it was so much fun, i had no clue what to expect and loved it! the weather was great and it was a very fun friday night activity.

then early saturday morning we were up and ready to go at the jingle bell run in franklin. this year we brought the boys along and i think we all had a great time.

ol' st nick was even there for a jog and we were able to snag a fun pic with him
hopeful that this is one of the last fam of 4 pics :)

cy ran in the santa chase that morning, here he is a the starting line, very serious

run, buddy, run

so proud of how awesome he did!!!

sweet bec always comes out and supports our family in this run, this year i decided i was going to hang with her in the race. ha, she tells me as we get started that she is planning to run the entire thing. i am NOT a runner. i NEVER run, soo i made it about 2/3rds of the way and then let her gone on ahead. i really did not finish too far behind her, but i was super proud of her!!! i will say, i am SOOO sore today.

so then this crew loads up and heads east to watch the green devils plan in the state championship. we were so pumped to be there with gav and kara to cheer on the team. we only made it until half time, but the green devils came out on top and are the 2011 state champs!!!

we had to rush home from the game to head to our sunday school classes christmas party. it was a tacky party and unfortunately i have no pics. i will tell you that nate won " tackiest" you can just imagine!!

then we ended the weekend with the always classic preschool christmas performance at church. colby is old enough now to be in the show and he was a super cute camel.

he sang, SOME!!!
he waved, LOTS! and then he looked bored the rest of the time. oh well, as jonthan c. said at least one out of the two is into to preforming!

this brother LOVES to be on stage. here he is doing his speaking part. we were all so proud!

he loves a good song that has several hand motions, he really gets into those...

either way, they had a huge cheering section~all the grandparents~fun family and friends~

and of course mom and dad!

next weekend we kick off family christmas, that is unless miss hadley decides to make an early entrance!!!!

Thanksgiving 2011 in pictures

this year we had both sides of my family celebrate thanksgiving together at my parents house.....it was great, very loud, but super fun!

here are my mom's people :)
here are dad's

uncle clay and granny (my dad's mom)

indian Cy and nanny (mom's mother)

tuck and our youngest cousin, ethan

my biggest brother, oh he makes me smile

my dad and my cousin, joe

grand dad and I, he is my dad's father

sweet kelly and cy, i do not think Colby was in the picture taking spirit and did not pose for any pics

lets just say you know you have had a LARGE time at thanksgiving when you have to be carried out!!!!! hehe

my brothers and i are so blessed to have ALL of our grandparents still living. what a blessing to spend each holiday with them!

it is almost time...

2 weeks and 1 day until we meet our PINK surprise.....please join us in praying for the health of our baby, a smooth delivery for our birthmother, an amazing PEACE that only the Lord can provide for Nate and I, and a period of simple transition for our boys and all our family! thank you for walking this journey with us.....

catch up.....fast beach trip

as a lankford boy you never know what your day might hold. on a random monday i got a call from dana and nonni saying they were going to be beach bound the next day. were we interested? YEP! so off we went, 5 days of sun, fun and hanging! thanks for inviting us girls!

the kitchen staff was a little scary
hope one of our last pics without little sis

oh how i love these two

a true beach bum

he sat in this hole for hours each day, oh the imagination

fall picture update....halloween

this is the first of a couple of catch up posts.....
halloween came and went, but we had fun saving the world as turtles. aunt dana had a costume party and i was not about to show up as a party pooper. soooo i went as a sweetheart twirler, when i was in about 2nd grade my mom had a little baton twirling group. we were the sweetheart twirlers and i busted my very large sweatshirt back out! random, but fun!
cy and a special cupcake at the fall festival

all the ladies at the costume party

trick or treat......

a picture update

so all things are wild and crazy here at the lankford house! we have made 2 very special trips south to meet a young lady that holds a special place in our hearts. more to come later about that, in the mean time though we are making the most of our time as a family of 4.....
for fall break we headed to east tn to meet up with gavin and his soon to be in laws. we had a BLAST! the boys were in boy heaven...enjoy the pics

friday night high school football, go green devils!!!
chicken farming, really there are no words!
amazing and SMELLY
love some good poppi time
horse riding alone

best buddies, can't wait for that 3rd little head to be in the pic

photo shoot out on the farm, looks a lot like mater

a dad and his little boys

loving my guy :)

photos by cy....

colby loving

big brother loves his mom

horse riding with poppi

and mr. dan

pony riding, really does it get any better if you are 5 or 3

then home and off to gentry farm with the little school. thanks colby for letting us tag along

and yay that grandmo came!

happy fall, ya'll

a little blog break....

because things are going on and life is changing...please pray with us! :)