The Woodson Family

Baking with Mom---Fun Fun Fun

2009-05-15T16:33:00.000-07:00

Kinsey loves to bake with her mom. She loves to bake cookies, bread and any other item of food that she can make a mess doing. It really is a joy to see her have such a fun time "being lik her mother". The ples sid of this is that I get to eat all of the goodies that are made. Actually, During valentines the girls baked goodies for their friends and for the basketball teams. It was fun for them to go and give the treats to the team. They really look up to those teens. They like to call each player by name and learn more about them. They are getting to the age now where they do not like for the guys to graduate, because they will not get to spend time with them next season. It is neat to see the relationships your children build with others.

January to June :)

2009-05-15T16:20:00.000-07:00

Well it seems as though we are setting a record for writing on our blog twice a year. So in order to continue our blog without letting it die out, I am going to pick a few highlights of the year of 2009.

January and Feburary we were really busy with basketball season. The Lions finished up making it to the Final Four of the State play-offs for the second year in a row. We cam up a little short in the game but enjoyed a great season. Oue final record for the year was 26-6 we finished second in our region, as a runner up to the eventual state champs. Chad is having a little fun at the region championship game and toying with the refs a little. After arguing a call the officials told him to stay in his seat....so he did just that and continued to express his opinion about how he thought the officials were doing a GREAT JOB! Ha! Memories that last!

January

2009-01-20T13:50:00.000-08:00

Well, we finally got snow! And the girls had such a good time playing in it.

Avery tried very hard to catch it in her mouth.

So cute!

We did not get very much, just a slight dusting, but it was wonderful.

We also took a trip to visit GiGi during

January and enjoyed it greatly.

Avery had a wonderful time playing games with GiGi.

And Kinsey loved hearing Grandma read to her.

It was a wonderful trip.

Happy New Year!!!

2008-12-31T13:04:00.001-08:00

What a busy month! Santa came and went and we had so much fun

during December. The girls each had a wonderful Christmas. Kinsey

even woke up the day after Christmas wondering when he was coming back.

So much fun opening gifts. She could do it all day if there was enough to open.
Avery made a ton of Christmas cookies for the police and fire departmnets in Dalton.

One of their many gifts this holiday season was an easel from

Grandma and Granddad. And they love it!

Of course, the holidays would not be complete without a visit to the man in the red suit.

Hope you and your family had a wonderful christmas and have a great 2009.

October

2008-11-05T06:33:00.000-08:00

October was a fun-filled month. The girls had a blast dressing up and showing off. We hope everyone else had a great month. Now it's on to basketball season!

Our beautiful girls. Kinsey wanted to be Snow White and Avery wanted to be a ballerina. Beautiful girls. They had lots of fun at a friends church.

At our church on Wednesday, Avery was a cowgirl and Kinsey wanted to be Cinderella. Again, very silly but very cute. On Friday at CHS, it was Book Character day. Avery chose to dress up as Gigi (God's little princess) She really enjoyed herself. Such a girly-girl.

Is it just me or does anyone else notice that Avery is wearing pink in EVERY costume?

Avery Lee is now 5!

2008-09-07T19:45:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AVERY! Avery was greeted early by her classmates on the day before her birthday. She really enjoyed wearing the birthday hat at school. Her classmates enjoyed the day also becasue they got to eat cupcakes...YUMMY:)

GIDDY-UP GIDDY-UP Let's GO! Avery had a cowgirl Birthday party! We had about 25 people over. She wanted to invite the varstiy girls basketball team and a few of her friends. I think she had a great time and she definitely loved all of her gifts. She has been playing with them all weekend. She is still learning to share, so a few of her toys are on hold for a little while until she learns to share them with Kinsey! This is the outfit below that she wore at the party!

BASKETBALL COWGIRL! I think they had hoops in the wild west..If not Avery thinks they should! She is the highest scoring cowgirl in the land! Great Form!

She really liked her cake that her mom made and it was very tasty!
Kinsey really enjoyed the cake and ice cream! She is just like her dad!

Seth's Birthday Party

2008-09-02T07:30:00.000-07:00

Kinsey was invited to a friends 3rd birthday party over the weekend. When we got the invation, it said, wear dirty clothes, and right away we knew this was going to be a fun party. As soon as we arrived, they handed Kinsey a tool belt and a paint brush and said have fun. They had put together a playhouse made out of cardboard boxes that needed to be painted. Well, Kinsey got straight to work. I am not sure if she got more paint on her or the house, but she had fun.

Yes, she really did have paint all over her. Good thing it was washable.

Look at the tiny toolbelt. Precious!
I love this picture because it looks like she is really concentrating on her work. SO CUTE!
She decided to take a break and play.

Here she is with the birthday boy and another friend.

Avery is in K5

2008-08-23T04:48:00.000-07:00

This is a big month for us. Avery started school! She is in K5 now! (She only goes until 12 everyday but that's ok becuase I miss her by then). She is really enjoying it. And Kinsey and I get to have some great one-on-one time. Just the other day, we went to the park to meet some frinds of hers. She had lots of fun. She loves posing for pictures.

What a cute face

(but don't let it fool you, she is a handful)

Here is Avery right before she left for the first day. It was spirit day so she could were jeans and a CHS t-shirt. So cute!
In her classroom, and yes she is surronded with boys. There are 4 girls and 8 boys in her class.
On her second day of school. She looks like such a big girl!

These boots were made for walking....

2008-06-27T21:56:00.000-07:00

Right now we are between camera's so I don't really have a lot of new pictures to show you. What I can show you is some that Ihave taken over the past month.

Kinsey fell in love with these Ladybug rain boots that used to belong to her sister. They are easy to get on and off and she loves them!

When I say she wears them all of the time, she really does wear them all of the time. Even if they do not match or it's not raining. But I guess you have to pick your battles.

Summer Days

2008-06-22T16:15:00.001-07:00

Wow. Summer is officially here and it is so busy. Chad is away at basketball camp in South Carolina and Avery is at a VBS so I have a few minutes to tell you what is going on around here. The girls spent the first two weeks taking swim lessons. Boy was that fun. They both learned a lot. Here is Kinsey sitting and waiting on Avery's class to finish. I don't have any pictures of Kinsey swimming because she had to swim with me and I could not take pictures and be in the class. Chad tried but he is still not used to our new camera, so those pictures did not turn out.Avery had to wear swimming goggles and she loved it. She loves going under the water. She had so much fun.
By the end of the weeks, she could swim the entire pool with only a noodle helping her. That is a big improvment.
Chad's brother, Uncle Chris, gave us tickets to a Braves game, and of course, we had to go. The girls had a wonderful time and we just in awe of it all. Kinsey is trying very hard to take it all in during a Sunday 1:00 game.
Avery loved every second of it. Before we left she was telling us balls and strikes. Yea!

Park and Pool Days

2008-05-31T17:04:00.001-07:00

So, school is over and now Chad is home! Yea! That makes us soooo happy. I love the fact that now, he and the girls get to hang out more. More time for fun stuff.

This is one of my most favorite pictures ever.

Chad loves to climb on the stuff at the park. He is so silly.
Kinsy is having fun on the slide.
It's already really warm in Dalton, so we decided it was time for a little pool. The girls
love it!

Avery's Recital Dess-Rehersal

2008-05-16T18:13:00.000-07:00

Ok, so Avery has a very big recital coming up on Saturday. The thing is, camera's are not allowed in during the recital. So, during dress rehersal, we took some pictures. Here is the beautiful girl in her cosutme before she begins.

Here she is after getting off of the beam. Look at that beautiful smile.
Doing a backwards roll. (All kids her age needed some help)
After she was done.
She did a lot but these were the best pictures. She had so much fun.

Now, it's saturday afternoon and we have just returned. Avery had so much fun and the rest of us did too. I actually got Chad to go somewhere with me that was not a sporting event, so I am happy.

Kinsey behaved very well and sat still and quite during the entire 1 1/2 recital. Avery's part only lasted 3 minutes or so.

Fun times!

Kinsey Rae

2008-05-05T18:18:00.000-07:00

Ok, grandma. I am going to try and do better by adding more blogs to this blog. And more pictures. I promise I will try.
So, the other day, I was baking and Kinsey wanted to help. We put on her little apron and she was oh-so cute. I just had to take some pictures. Then, a few minutes later, the egg she was holding for me, fell to the floor. And I had to make another trip to the store becuse I had just enough eggs to start with. That taught me a lesson. If your going to let Kinsey hold an egg, make sure you have extras first.
She really does love helping mommy - even though sometimes I don't think she is helping that much. I love the apron Nanna and Papa Woodson got her. Just precious. She sure is a silly girl.
Below, we have a little girl who just found out her grandparents are moving to Tampa Florida. I did not put this on her. She put it on all my herself. She has had this dress since March, and this was the first time she decided to put it on. She took a nap in it and wore it to the bank. I think someone is ready for Disney World again.

Spring Break Vacation

2008-04-23T08:08:00.000-07:00

Well, we had quite a week. We went to South Carolina to visit family and friends and had a blast. We took a trip to the famous Beacon. Chad has not been there in at least 10 years so it was time for another visit. I had to take a picture of their A-plenty just for my brother Dean, it's his favorite and since he is in Iraq, he can't have one. So I took a picture and sent it to him :) I know thats mean. But really I was thinking of him.

We were also able to vistit with friends and the girls got to eat lots of ice cream. What is a vacation without icecream? Here is a picture of our girls eating with some of their greatest playmates, Hannah Grace and Ethan. They are all very messy but it is a priceless moment.

After having lots of fun in South Carolina, we went to TN for a few days. We got a very nice cabin in the mountains and by the river. It had lots of fun stuff to do. Including a hot tub which we all enjoyed very much. The girls were able to get in during the day when it was like bath water. It was like their own mini swimming pool. They enjoyed it very much. There was also a pool table inside the house which they enjoyed just as much. We did go to town one day to look at the shops and play putt-putt. (And eat more ice-cream). We were going to explore the river the next day but it was raining all day so we did not get to. Overall, we had a great trip.

Aquarium Trip

2008-04-05T20:01:00.000-07:00

So we have been living in Dalton for 8 months and we finally went to Tennessee to visit the Aquarium. Everyone had lots of fun. It made for a great rainy Saturday adventure. Good news is we will be going back.

The girls loved looking at the fish, penguins, turtles, sharks, and stingrays. Chad petted a stingray and a shark. Jennifer pet a sturgeon (the worlds largest supplier of caviar). Both girls were a little unsure of the petting part but overall had a wonderful time. Her is a picture of Avery watching the penguins eating and jumping in the water. Here is also a picture of Kinsey in awe of all of the fish. She loved them. Kinsey kept blowing them kisses and telling them goodbye. I added the gators because someone who worked at the Aquarium said they never do that. It was something very rare.

Lots of fun.

Big Days in Dalton

2008-03-30T18:24:00.000-07:00

Well. We have had some big days. Kinsey is now in an official big girl bed. No more cribs in our house. And this week, Avery lost her first baby tooth. And a big tooth is already coming up. Wow our girls are growing up fast. Everyone always says that, but right now it feels that way.

Easter Holiday

2008-03-23T16:36:00.000-07:00

This is a perfect picture of their relationship. Avery loves Kinsey and always wants to show that. Kinsey loves Avery but does not like hugs or kisses. She is a very sweet girls (sometimes) but Avery is a very loving touchy girl. If you look carefully, Kinsey is only worried about her purple peep I gave her so she would take a picture. She did not want Avery to take it. My guess is that if Avery touched, fist would have been flying.
Now, she may not love hugs and kisses from Avery but she does love to be silly. When we were getting her ready for church, she decided to pose for the camera. Some of you may know this, but this is the dress Avery wore for Dean and Teresas wedding. It looked great on Avery and it looks great on Kinsey. I just can't believe Kinsey is big enough to wear it.
Here are the girls finding eggs at Grandma and Granddads house.
They had lots of fun.
Last Sunday we had an Easter egg hunt at church and the girls both found lots of eggs. They are so cute. If you can't tell by looking at Avery's hair, it was very windy. But we did good to keep them from walking into the lake like some kids did :) Soon they are going to go outside and look for more eggs with their daddy. (How many plastic eggs does one familyreally need?) Happy Easter everyone.

Our Second Snowfall

2008-03-12T10:08:00.000-07:00

Ok, so we have had beautiful weather, even almost wearing shorts. Then one day, it gets cold again. And we get snow. Now, it's not feet and feet of snow. It hardleys stays on the ground. But the girls enjoyed every second of it. Snow! Thats what Kinsey would say over and over again. Of course it took about 20 minutes to get them both ready to go outside. But they had fun. Might be our last snow until next winter.

Kinsey's TWO!

2008-03-12T09:58:00.000-07:00

Someone in this house just turned two. Can you quess who? Thats right. Kinsey. What a cutie (and a handful - all in one)

She had a wonderful Elmo party at our house. Not very many people, just enough. She got lots of great gifts, tons of cards from loved ones, and plenty of birthday cake.

On her birthday, she got to go on a date with her daddy. They went to eat pizza and both had lots of fun. Kinsey loves her daddy.

Here is the birthday girl with her brand new sunglasses. What a silly girl. We love her.

A trip around GA

2008-02-24T18:21:00.000-08:00

So this past week - weekend, we took a trip around GA. Chad's basketball team made it to the state tournament with about 16 teams. I could not even tell you what towns we played in. The boys played twice and won and the girls played twice and won. Now both teams are onto the final four. Which is great! Avery and Kinsey had lots of fun and even got to see some old friends. We were close to South GA, so we got to see Josh, Julie, Anna Claire and Rebecca Fyock. They all came to cheer on Chad's team. Thank you to all of them for their support. Here is Kinsey and Anna Clare enjoying a sucker. Now we move onto a few days of rest then we play again. Yea!

Triple Over Time Baby!

2008-02-16T08:26:00.000-08:00

Whoever says our life is not exciting, was not at the game last night. Chad's basketball team played in the Regional tournment for 1st place. First I need to say that the game STARTED at 9pm, already late :) The team that they were playeying was really good. We played them twice in regular season. The first time we beat them in double over time at our place. The second time we lost by 12 at their place. This time the game went into triple over time. If you want more detail than that, your going to have to ask Chad. All I can say is WE WON BABY! Very exciting.

Here is a funny story that happened during the game. Someone game Kinsey a water bottle with 2 pennies in it to shake. Then during the game, the refs came over and yelled at the section we were sitting in. He said whoever had the noise maker needed to hand it over or leave. So, I made Kinsey give it to him. She cried for a while after that. Mean ref, taking a toy from a 2 year old. I think he felt pretty bad about taking her toy though. Still it was funny.

So after all of the exciment, the game was over about 11:30 (after we cut down the net). We made it home around 2. What a fun night.

At the Park with Aunt Amber

2008-02-13T12:07:00.001-08:00

On one of the only warm days this winter - Aunt Amber, Avery and Kinsey all went to the park (with Grandma and Granddad). They had a great time - as you can tell. Kinsey loves to walk Aunt Amber around. They are so cute together.

Basketball Life

2008-01-23T12:31:00.000-08:00

Avery cannot make a serious face if she tried. And yes she is wearing a basketball shirt just like her little sister. Avery likes to get into more trouble at basketball games than watch the games. She always ask me "Who won?"

And the answer is "We did!"

What a cutie! Kinsey loves to wear her basketball shirt to all basketball games. Problem is

I can't wash them fast enough. Here she is cheering at a home girls baksetball game.

(We stayed and watched daddy's boys of couse!)

SNOW!

2008-01-23T12:24:00.000-08:00

Ok, so it snowed one day while living here in GA. We got the girls all bundled up where they could hardly move and brought them outside. This picture is taken before the snow starting really sticking. By morning everything was white. The girls had lots of fun trying to catch snowflakes. After about 15 minutes Kinsey started crying because her hands were cold. She would not keep her gloves on for anything. If it ever snows again, we will have to work on keeping the gloves on.

Christmas in GA

2007-12-26T08:08:00.000-08:00

The girls had a wonderful time Christmas morning. Here they are sitting at their new table that "Santa" brought them. Just look at those big smiles. On Christmas morning Kisney would open a gift then turn around and say "I want more now" then go get another gift from under the tree. It was very cute. For dinner we went over to Grandma and Granddad Satterwhites. Yum, Tofu Turkey. JK. Now we need to work on cleaning the house and deciding where everything goes. This is the fun part.

Visit to South Carolina

2007-12-26T04:48:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful visit to South Carolina. We got to spend some time with Chad's family and enjoyed giving and receiving gifts. Here is a picture of Chad and his favorite gift, sports tickets. He has some football bowl game tickets and college basketball tickets. He is so excited and can't wait to go. Thanks Chris and Ashley.

Disney Trip 07 - Day 1

2007-11-25T17:52:00.000-08:00

It's all started with a mouse! Well, we got to see that mouse (and his girlfriend, or sister, or is it his wife, we really don't know the answer to that question). Our first day was a blast. We spent the entire first day at Magic Kingdom. The girls had so much fun. And so did mommy and daddy. We rode all the kiddie rides you could imagine. We stood in lines to see characters and let them write in our books. We watched a parade and saw some shows. By the time we got back to our hotel, the girls (and Chad) were wore out. But mommy was ready to go again. Well, I guess I needed to wait till tomorrow.

Disney Trip 07 - Day 3

2007-11-25T15:11:00.001-08:00

On Day 3 we started at Animal Kingdom very early and there were animals everywhere. Here are some in front of the bus that was in front of us. The girls enjoyed this very much.

Here is Avery at MGM playing in the High School Musical 2 show. She is playing a drum ( I think). She loves High School Musical 1 and 2. Then we are meeting and greeting Pooh and his friends. (This is in Animal Kingdom)
We also went to Epcot on day 3 to see Finding Nemo. Kinsey loves Nemo. Overall it was a great trip and I can't wait to go back.

Disney Trip 07 - Day 2

2007-11-25T14:53:00.001-08:00

Jennifer got to see Mary Poppins (and Bert)
and that was the best minute of her trip.
Chad also got to see Pinocho. Here is a
picture of Avery dancing with some of the characters of Toy Story 2 in the middle of Magic Kingdom. We spent our entire 2nd day at Magic Kingdom again. This day we saw most of the things we missed on the first day. Of couse Chad and Jennifer did not ride any roller costers but this trip was for the girls. Avery got to ride Splash Mountain 2 times. One with mommy and one with daddy. We don't have any pics because her head just could not reach over the seat for you to see her. But she had a "splash" of a good time. Here is a picture of Avery on the boat after the day is over with her very stylish hat and glasses. The other picture is of Avery and Kinsey sound asleep on the same pull out sofa. Cute as can be.

Trick or Treat!

2007-11-08T15:23:00.000-08:00

We have two of the cutest kids ever! Avery was a princess for Halloween (suprise) and Kinsey fell in love with her ELMO outfit. She actually cried when I took it off of her. They loved Halloween and dressing up. I added a picture of Avery and the BIG gorilla. She fell asleep like this and I had to take a picture. We are all doing well. Chad is very busy and looking forward to some time out of school for the holidays. I am looking forward to Orlando and I know the girls are going to have a wonderful time and I am looking forward to time with Chad :)

I'm a Big Girl Now!

2007-10-30T16:40:00.000-07:00

Today marks a very big day for Kinsey Rae. Today she got her very first hair cut. She saw her big sister sit in the chair and get her hair cut then she was ready to go. The even saved some of the hair for us. She loved the black cape that went on before the hair cut. I think she wanted to wear this all day. Overall she did a great job. Our little girl is growing up.

Silly Girls

2007-10-18T19:34:00.000-07:00

Two girls being silly. They

love goofing off and they

love each other. We are

very blessed parents to

have such wonderful girls.

God is good.

Puppy Love

2007-10-18T19:27:00.000-07:00

Kinsey found a new best friend. The Cain's dog Owen and Kinsey

hit it off right away. Someone loves animals!

A Hole in One!

2007-09-24T10:26:00.000-07:00

When Nana and Papa came to visit, we thought it would be fun to go play putt-putt. And it was fun. Avery did pretty good at her first time really playing. She even got a hole-n-one (mommy never did). Kinsey had the right idea. When it was her turn she just picked up the ball then put it into the hole. She got a hole-in-one every time. Next time I am going to play just like her.

Fun Time

2007-09-24T07:19:00.000-07:00

Here we are just having fun. Kinsey got all dressed up and decided to run around the house. It was really cute. And here is Avery helping mommy make brownies for Nana and Papa. Then we paited pumpkins (much better than carving them). The girls had lots of fun. Now they are outside for all to see.

A nice fall day

2007-09-15T09:33:00.000-07:00

We took a nice family trip to Coolidge Park in Chattanooga, TN. The girls had fun riding on the merry-go-round, then playing in the water fountain. I also put up a picture of Avery riding her new big girl bike. The weather here is finally starting to cool off a little and we are looking forward to enjoying the fall. We had our first big rain yesterday. That is only a big deal becasue we have not had any rain here since July. It dropped about 5 inches yesterday! See ya later-

We're still here!

2007-09-14T15:33:00.000-07:00

Well we are still here and we have not lost ourselves yet. Things are going well. I guess we have been a little preoccupied with things and haven't had time to post new pics. I will put the blame on Jennifer....simply because she is the brains of the family. We have officially made it a month and are getting adjusted to life in a new place. Football season is keeping us busy and so far the tigers are doing well. I am sure that they will lose soon, but maybe they can get past Furman before they spiral downhill. Well be sure to post as many comments as you would like to encourage Jennifer to put our faces on the web:)

First CHS Football Game

2007-09-01T18:19:00.000-07:00

First CHS football game. Kinsey could not decided between basketball or fooball. I think she choose both. The school has a beautiful field and there were lots of people there. Both CHS teams won and we all had fun.

Are you ready for some football?

2007-08-30T19:30:00.000-07:00

Today is the first official day of college football season. The Tigers play on Monday night and I cannot wait to see them play. Even if we lose, it will be good to see them in action again. I know that all of you agree with me:) GO TIGERS My school also has their first football game this Saturday. Everyone is working like ants to get the new field ready for the big game. It is good to be around high school football again-GO LIONS! Well for all of you football fans out there....good luck to your teams...unless they are in the SEC :)

Strawberry Princess

2007-08-30T19:08:00.000-07:00

Oh Avery Lee! For her 4th birthday she had a Strawberry Shortcake Princess party. She is so full of life and so sweet. She really enjoyed her party.

Welcome to Dalton

2007-08-30T19:02:00.000-07:00

Our little "cottage" in GA. God is truley great and he provided this for us to live in until we can find our own home. It really is better than it looks.

Daddy and Kinsey

2007-08-30T18:51:00.000-07:00

These two are made for each other. Napping and watching sports. Kinsey loves to watch baseball and football with her daddy. When he comes home she goes to the couch and says "baseball".

First Post Ever

2007-08-30T18:32:00.000-07:00

Ok. I am not really sure if this will work or not but I wanted to try. We have just moved to Dalton GA and are getting settled in. The girls are happy with their very pink room. Chad is working very hard and seems to be enjoying it. Me, well, I'm doing good just taking care of everyone. Ok, well just wanted to type anything to see if it works.