On that Sunday, we drove as far as Montgomery to Ma-don's house and met my parents there. We exchanged gifts with Ma-don and enjoyed a delicious meal with her.
The girls even had time to watch a Shirley Temple movie with Ma-don!
The next day, we drove to Mama and Daddy's house and got settled in there. We rested up for a day trip to Lindsey's and Chris's house the next day. They still had snow on the ground in a small spot behind their house and the girls had a blast playing in in for a bit. It was Elianna's first time to see snow.
We exchanged gifts with Mama, Daddy, Lindsey, Chris, Max and Trista. It was a great day and the girls got some wonderful things!
One of the gifts was Just Dance Kids for the Wii. We had a big laugh watching each other play that!
Max and Trista with their gifts from us.
Mama and Daddy with their gifts from us.
Lindsey and Chris with their gifts from us - have I mentioned here that Linny is pregant? Their baby is due June 6th and we are SO excited about it! We gave them Auburn and Alabama baby caps for the baby to wear next football season.
Wednesday, we got our nails done with some gift certificates from Granda. The girls LOVED that!
That night, Uncle Doug and Aunt Becky came over with Morgan and Nathan. They brought Johnny (Doug and Daddy's stepdad) with them and Elianna found a new friend.
Thursday was a fun day. We baked cookies with colorful cookie dough, made bead necklaces, and went to the movies to see Yogi Bear (another gift card gift!)
Thursday night, we went to Max and Trista's house to see the work Max has done on his basement. It looks GREAT! I can't believe he has been able to do it himself.
Friday was the day that the big girls had been looking forward to for a long time! Me, Mama and Lindsey went shopping all day! We had a great time! I didn't take my camera to get pictures of that, but I'm sure you see plenty of pictures of things we bought in the months to come!
Friday night, we celebrated New Year's Eve. We celebrated abound 7ish and it was a little rainy. But we didn't let that stop us. We had a great time bringing in the new year!
Saturday was spent at Mama and Daddy's house and we enjoyed a delicious meal.
Trista and her Mama got to come over too.
Sunday was travel day, unfortunately. It was time to get back to reality. But first we got to worship in church with our whole family. It was very special.
We hated to leave everyone, but are already looking forward to seeing them all again - hopefully soon!
I love being their mother! I told Maryella this morning that I love being her mom. She said, "I love being your little kid. But sometimes I still want to go live with Abby." Gotta love the honesty of a child! Here are all the ladies of the family. We're a good looking bunch if I do say so myself! 
All the moms of the morning, me, Ma-don and Mama.
Mama and her girls. 
All the "big girls", haha.
Kaylin, looking beautiful.
And one last picture I just had to take as we were walking to the car after church and all of our family had driven away to go home. Jeff had Elianna on his shoulders and I looked up and saw this ladybug on her cheek. 
We had such a great time! It was a very special weekend. On Saturday, we celebrated with gifts, cake, playing outside and having fun together. I've got lots of pictures from the day! We opened gifts before lunch and all of us moms were spoiled! 
Ma-don got a tea kettle and frying pan that she had been wanting, Mama got a Pandora style bracelet with several beads and charms, 
and I got a Belk gift card, a new Francine Rivers book, and new charms for my own bracelet to represent each of my girls. 
We also each got lots of pretty cards, both store bought and handmade. Those handmade cards are pretty special! Here is a picture of all of my treasures! 
After that, it was time for a picnic lunch outside in the shade.
As long as we stayed out of the sun, it was really very pleasant!
We finished off lunch with a slice of yummy cake. 
Then it was time for some fun in the sun! The girls had a blast playing in the water all afternoon! 
They played with tupperware buckets.
They played in the sprinkler. 
They ate popsicles.
It was really lots of fun. Before heading inside, we took advantage of our time together to take a few more pictures.
