Priceless Gifts

Well, I have to give a shout out to my great sister-in-law, Etta. She is a very creative person, and an even more creative gift giver. She is a great scrapbooker, which I am not. For Christmas the year after Macy was born, she gave me a scrapbook of her first year of life. She did the same the year after Brady was born...gave me a scrapbook of Brady's first year, that is... not another one of Macy's first year! HA! I wouldn't take ANYTHING for those special gifts! I still get them out and look at them on a fairly regular basis. Just when I thought she couldn't come up with anything sweeter, she managed to pull this one out of her hat a couple of years ago for Christmas. Now, I realize this post is 2 years late, but I pass these pictures a million times a day in my home, and I look at them nearly every time! I LOVE them! Thanks, Etta, for being so thoughtful! I have some priceless memories of my kiddos, thanks to you!

Forgive the angle...I couldn't take it straight on because there is a window that was reflecting on them. You get the idea, though! Click on the picture to make it bigger and you can see the pics that she put in the frames. Check out my chubby boy in that first picture! Hilarious!

While I'm giving kuddos to family members, I'd like to say a big "thank you" to my in-laws for taking care of my baby this past weekend. For those of you that don't know, Macy and Brady spent the night with Nana and Pawpaw while I was out of town, and as luck would have it, Brady got the stomach virus. Nana got a big throw back into being the mother of small children and handled it well, proving to herself, and all of us, that she's still got it! I hated that I wasn't there to take care of him, but I know Nana did a great job and proved to be super-Nana! Thanks again! Oh, and so far so good...Macy hasn't had it (despite the fact that she was in the bed with him when he got it)! Knock on wood...it's been nearly a week now!

God Bless America!!

Catching Up

Well, it's been a while....again! Sorry. I know y'all are getting sick of seeing the "High School Muscial" post. Especially since it's star has been busted for taking nude pics of herself. Niiiiice. Anyway...moving on.

Things have been hectic around the Wallace household, as usual. Macy started soccer a few weeks ago. Here are a couple of pictures from her first game:

Taking a break...one of the big differences in the Instructional league (4&5 year olds) and the 1st-3rd grade division is that instead of playing 3 minutes before they do substitutions, they play 6 minutes. This really took some getting used to by all the girls!

Another difference is that they have goalies in this league. Here is her coach (and her daddy) helping her get her "goalie gear" straight. She really does a great job defending the goal, I must say! She's having a great time, and so are we. UPWARD soccer has been a great addition at Cross Point.

Now, I have to brag on my baby boy! He has really taken an interest lately in learning to write. That makes me quite happy! Macy was always intersted in reading and writing and just learning stuff from a very early age, and I didn't think I'd get that lucky twice. Well, he has surprised us. He likes to be read to as much as she always did. He asks more questions than she ever did (a few examples: "Does the devil have ankle bones?" "Do your ears have bones in them?" "What's a christian?" "Am I a christian?"....just to name a few) He love sharks, whales, and dinosaurs and can tell you LOTS of facts about any of the 3. Needless to say, he makes me proud. Anyway, he's known how to spell his name (and his "sissy's" name) for a while now, but he has just started writing them. Here is his latest work:

How cute is that? Well, I think it is anyway!

Heading off to Nashville this weekend for the ZOE conference. If you've never been, you should give it shot! It's awesome! Check it out at www.zoegroup.org