More Christmas Photos

Mary Kathryn and Katherine stopped by for a visit.

And of course we had the famous Balderdash game in Montgomery. I had to catch a couple candids of everyone deep in thought. The laughter to the point of tears was caught on video, but they are just too scary to show.

Lauren

Marcia, Dad and Riley

Laura and Nick

Emily


Miss Madison with her two favorite things

her remote

And her bottle

Daniel

And of course a trip to Eufaula isn't complete with out a visit to the Washington's

My buddy Taylor

And his sweet sister Emma Carson

Emma Carson has the best mohawk I've ever seen

Madison's First Kiss

Mia wasn't sure about it.....

But decided why not
Don't worry we stopped this seconds after!

Christmas Pug

and ALL HER FRIENDS!

It really was a zoo in Eufaula this year.

Riley

Emily and Riley

No, my feet are not that big. Those were Bob's.

I think Mia is learning to pose.

Laura and the dog toy.

Matt & Riley

Mama and Colby

Slade

Joey

And of course Abby

Love is Patient. Love is Kind.


Until it takes your mom 5 minutes to find the correct button on the camera!


This is what she got.

I had to make up for it with a cheesy one!

Apparently....

I have a problem with locking myself in and out of places!

Day: Christmas Eve

Time: 11:00 am

After sitting in my office and counting down the minutes on the clock I was able to leave work an hour and a half earlier than anticipated. I was ecstatic!!!!! I ran home in the rain to grab my bags, gifts and Mia to head to Eufaula. I had them all waiting at the door for me... seriously I put Mia's bed by the door so she would be right there too.

Since it was pouring down rain I decided to try to get this all done in as few trips to the car as possible. Somehow I did this in 2 trips- Gosh I'm good.

So, I grabbed my keys and locked the gifts, my purse and Mia inside the car and ran back upstairs just to make sure I had everything. I set my keys down ran around the house, locked the door by the handle and pulled it shut.

Seriously!?! There was no way I just did that.... Oh but I did.

So, I have my dog locked in the car and no cell phone and of course no hide away key.

I start running to the most normal looking houses in the neighborhood knocking on doors in the pouring rain. - NO ONE was home it was Christmas Eve.

So, I start knocking on the not so normal looking doors...

and finally I get an answer

Neighbor "Who dat be?"

Sarah "Hi! It's your neighbor from across the street!" (sweetest voice I could make)

Then you hear all kinds of doors slamming and banging for about 30 seconds and finally the door opens a crack- just enough for some smoke (and it wasn't cigarette) to blow all in my face.

Neighbor "What chew need?"

Sarah "Can I please borrow your phone, I have locked myself out of my house?"

Neighbor "Holds on!"

She then comes out onto the porch and hands me the phone... and I call my step mom for help. So, while Marcia is trying to track down the landlord I decided I would try to break in.

Sarah "Do you have a credit card I can borrow to try to open the door with?"

Neighbor "I ain't got nos credit cards"

Sarah "Do you mind if I try your drivers license?"

Neighbor " Girl, I can't drives. My husbands gots ones but hes in the bafroom."

silence

Neighbor "Holds ons I gots an idear"

She then brings me a metal pointed nail file. So why not. I run back across the street and up to my door where I try to pick the lock through the tiny hole. After a few minutes of that, I decided I was going to knock the door down with my child bearing hips.... yeah, that didn't work either and I gave myself an enormous bruise.

I'm starting to freak out at this point since Mia has no windows rolled down and is still locked in the car. I limp back over to the neighbor's and she hands me what looks like a plastic master room key to a hotel or something. I guess she works there??? But it is the same material as a credit card so I limp back over to my house and try this.

And.... I broke it. OMG!

So, I decide I'm going to kick down the door.

That didn't work either. I hobble back across the street where I am greeted with....

"Yo's mama called calls hers back!"

Yes, thank goodness for Marcia and caller id. The landlord was on her way....

And I think she got there about 5 minutes after she was called. The joys of Montgomery. In Atlanta I would have had to call AAA to get my dog out and a cab to a friends.

I couldn't help but take pictures. Enjoy.

Mine is the door on the left with the Christmas Tree.

Luckily, I have two front doors, so I wasn't completely in the rain.

And these would be the black marks where I tried to kick in the door in heels.

And for those of you who were curious- here are pictures of the side yard.

It connects the grass in between the two houses. So, I jumped over that corner of fence that you can see below.

My Christmas Card!

Isn't she precious!!!!

This is Madison Campbell Vocino

My adorable niece!

Who I have a secret obsession with.

These pictures were taken 20 minutes after I bought the camera.

We started in this pink outfit, which she was wearing when I got there.

And once we realized they were actually turning out pretty cute we switched to the above blue one.

She loved the camera!

I can't wait to learn how to use the photo shop software so I can make these even better!