December catch-up

It's been a busy December for the Horner family!  We started off the first weekend with Austin becoming a teenager!  The rest of the month has been filled with Christmas parties and family get-togethers.  Brianna had a wonderful time this Christmas.  We left Santa some chocolate chip cookies and chocolate milk (because chocolate milk is Santa's favorite according to her).  Brianna was fighting going to bed on Christmas Eve...so much so that she was crying and telling me that she didn't want any presents for Christmas because she was on the naughty list.  I'm not sure where she got that from, but it did worry me a bit that she would start crying instead of getting excited on Christmas morning.  I had nothing to fear, she was very excited to open her presents (and help others open all of their gifts) at the 6 different places there were gifts to open!

Austin's 13th Birthday

 Bluebird Christmas Party

I walked downstairs one day to see Brianna singing with the Wii microphone...

Christmas Eve - opening their ornaments

Christmas morning!

Christmas Eve morning at the Horner's

Pretty Christmas dress, with matching baby doll dress :-)

Christmas at the Malloy's

Christmas at the Tagge's

Loves her baby doll from Gandy and Grandpa George

Christmas at the Thompson's

Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

It's two days after Thanksgiving and we are in full Christmas mode in the Horner household :-)  We are almost finished with the decorating, have been baking goodies, and Brianna is loving the Christmas music!

Singing her favorite song of the moment...

Gatlinburg 2010

Steve, Brianna and I went to Gatlinburg a couple of weekends ago with some friends.  Unfortunately, Austin couldn't go with us because of his school schedule.  The weather could have been better while we were there (it was pretty cold and rainy Friday and most of Saturday), but we still had a good time.  Brianna had a great time at the Aquarium and on the chair lift up the mountain in downtown Gatlinburg.  She also loved The Christmas Place...is still talking about it.  She is going to be a blast this Christmas!

Listening to music during the car ride

In front of a fountain at The Christmas Place

After being a good girl at the outlet mall, we promised her a ride...she obviously love it!

We went to a little amusement park on Wears Valley Road

Steve had fun too :-)

At Ripley's Aquarium

Gatlinburg Chair Lift

She was worn out after the rides, aquarium, and chair lift!

Steve took Brianna up to Laurel Falls on Sunday

In the Village Shops area

View from our cabin deck



Halloween 2010

The week of Halloween was a fun one!  Tuesday, we (meaning Steve) carved the pumpkins.  The kids enjoyed cleaning them out :-)  Thursday, Brianna had trick-or-treating at preschool. The parents got to hide behind different doors in the church and the kids knocked on them to trick-or-treat.  They were all dressed up as little mice.  Ms. Lana looked back at me at one point and said "Brianna knows what she is doing!"  After trick-or-treating, the kids sang their Halloween songs they had been practicing.  Sunday was trick-or-treat in our neighborhood.  I didn't get any pictures of Austin because he took off early dressed in his Lebron James jersey...  Brianna had a blast walking house to house in our neighborhood with her cousin, Ava!

Singing the "I'm a little pumpkin" song:

 Steve and I before our evening of Halloween parties