Football and Basketball All in One Day

One of Harry's favorite activities is playing with Papa! Papa is very special! Harry antipated spending the afternoon with Papa the entire morning! He was literally carrying his bag to the car!

Saturday night Harry and I made a road trip to my brother's basketball game. His team was in the district finals. This has not happened in years! Harry and I had so much fun. I felt sorry for Chad because he had to stay and study for the CPA.Eagles are Number 1!

They watched Paul coach very closely!

Dean and Cooper came to cheer them on!

You do not want the Dean girls cheering against your team! Watching the girls play brought back the olden' days when dad coached! I would be so intune to the game that the refs never called right and the other team was always playing dirty! I still feel that way about the opposing team...no matter who they are! That must come with being a coach's daughter.

Olivia was so fun to watch! She is hillarious and does not stop cheering for those Eagles!

Play Time, Parades, and Picasos

We had a first snow day a couple of weeks ago and guess who got to come over...Pay Pay, his mom, and Brooklyn! They did not have any trouble having fun inside....the cold weather did not bring them down! We brought in a few of the riding toys and had a parade. Harry is teaching PayPay how to ride his Plasma....sharing lesson! They certainly enjoyed pulling out the paint! PayPay asked to paint the tub and I could not decline...finger paint in the bathtub works perfectly!

Harry was so happy to have 2 of his favorite little friends over at the same time! I have to give Brooklyn some credit, she did not let those boys bully her around...she was running the show!

I enjoyed having Michelle over to talk to as well! Cheers to snow days!

Happy Birthday Bobo!

Harry always runs to Bobo...too sweet! I know that there are alot yof great dads out there but, I would not trade mine for the world! We are all crazy about him!

Grandmother won the prize for the best present! She created a book of pictures of dad throughout his life!

We love our Bobo, we love parties too!

Taking a Picture of 3 Toddlers and a 5 Year Old

Harry's Gift from Mimi and Papa

Mimi and Papa got this made for Harry for Christmas. We got it today and could not be more proud! Cheryl Smith in Bentonville painted it, THANKS CHERYL! Harry loves it and I had to get a picture to show Mimi the final product! Here it is:

Grandmother's 90th Birthday Celebration

I have been waiting until I have time to put into this post but, it doesn't look like I have any in the near future! I do not thing I can give this event justice with my blog or my words but, I will say it was one of my most memorable and best events of 2008! I had a grand time and tear up just thinking about how wonderful it was to be with my dear family for a few days! Beware of too much bragging....I am so so proud of this crew!

The picture below is my grandmother and her 5 children. These 6 people have influenced me and loved me more than anyone else on earth(my dad goes in there too)! Here are my cousins! They too are very special to me. We all live very far apart but, there is this understood bond that we all have and a love for each other that not many people understand. There is no personal space....does that make sense? We all came together again since my wedding for Grandmother Georgia's 90th birthday party. It was a fabulous time. Grandmother looked great and everyone was ready to celebrate family!Sherry and Jilly taught Harry how to play the Wii...he loved it!

Samia and Harry could not get enough of each other! They played and played and played! Samia sure was wanting to take Harry home with her! I am in high hopes we will get to visit again soon! We love our Samia!

These are my cousins, Sherry and Jamie! They are sisters and live in CA. I have always thought they were so cool and wanted to be just like them. I contact Jamie about mother issues all the time, I respect their opinion so much! They have always been so good to me, I remember getting Christmas cards from them in college with cash inside! The boys and Grandmother watching sports!

Here the 5 are again! I joke about how they all would each send me money and

gifts in college but, none of them knew the other one was doing it! They have been so supportive of me my entire life. I keep up with them very well considering they are so far away! I love them to death! Mom is at the end, she doesn't count when I talk about the aunts and uncles..I am sure that makes sense!

The picture below shows so much emotion and a huge story to me. Joyce Anderson is my grandmothers best friend and neighbor for well over 50 years. I remember her house and husband so well when I was small. A story she is telling Uncle Joe here is about how she would come over to Grandmother's house late at night with Joe was a baby and rock him. He had colic and she would rock in in a wood chair(not rocker) because Granddad was gone and Grandmother was working so hard. She is the staple of a good friend! We all hold her close to our hearts. I also have to say I grew up with her children coming to grandmother's house every Christmas Eve to sing carols to us! It was a very special part of our Christmas!

Samia was great entertainment at Grandmother's party! She is so talented! She can sing beautifully!

Here is Harry and Tesa!

Harry and Caroline playing outside in the well(look at Caroline and that pail)!

We tried really hard to get a picture of the 4 great grandchildren!

The rent cars are a lovely background, don't you think?!

Here is Harry and Uncle Nick(Joyce's husband)! I call him Uncle Teddy Bear! He is the softest most gentle man! He may be the smartest man I know too, he works with NASA!

Jill and Jordan with Jordan's girlfriend, Emily! We loved them all, I will say they play Scrabble like pros, it isn't even fun to play with their vocabulary...too smart for me!

Harry especially enjoyed Roz and Stacey(Will)! They are the ones who live with Charlie in Vegas!

Harry says goodbye to Karen! Leaving was way too hard!

The party was so fun because we were all there to celebrate Grandmother! Everyone knows that she is one of the most amazing women on the planet! If you met her, you would understand! She has influenced our entire family to have a love and bond with each and a love for learning. She is our glue and we can not love her enough!

Another Dean Christmas

We had a wonderful time have opening presents with my family! Olivia got fingernails, isn't she pretty!

Olivia and Caroline got Plasmas for Christmas. Bobo is putting them together and Harry did not leave his side. Harry was more interested in him putting that together than any toy under the tree!

Caroline threw a fit for this Harding basketball shirt that Emily got Olivia! She seriously had to have it on and was not going to give up! We know what their next gift will be!

Christmas Morning

Mr. Harry did not wake up in the best mood on Christmas morning. It did not take long for him to snap out of it! Harry loved his easel! Santa wrote him a note but, he decided to paint over it!

He loved his gift and it was actual from Bobo and Coco. He also recieved a book, because that is what he asked Santa for when he saw him at the mall!

We left our house to have breakfast with the Wares and open gifts. It was a lot of fun watching the kids help each other unwrap their presents. Harry really does make Christmas for us. The joy we get watching Harry experience the magic of Santa and the Christmas spirit is refreshing.

Christmas Eve

We had a very low key Christmas Eve! We drove back from Branson and fed Santa's reindeer. We made sure that they had oats to eat and would be able to see it with the glitter!

We put cookies under the tree(exactly where Harry wanted them) and we were set for Santa's visit!We had dinner at the Ware's house. Grandma was happy to read Harry and Brooklyn a story! Harry is reading one too, he decided another author would suite his taste.

The 2 played a very intriguing game(at least the adults were all watching), jump on and of the fireplace!