Christmas Favorites

Here are just a few of my favorite Christmas Photos of the kids. Merry Christmas 2009!

Christmas Day!

Santa definately made it to the Broussard household this year. I'm beginning to think he may have had to purchase a second sleigh just to haul all of Jayden and Lauren's presents! This is the first year that Jayden truly anticipated Santa coming. He went to bed easily so that Santa could hurry up and make it to his house. I woke up to get my new camera ready and I guess he heard me roll out of bed. I peeked through his door and asked if he thought Santa had passed yet? He took off running down the hall! Santa brought him a skateboard with a ramp, a boxing bag with gloves, a car mat, a new saddle with rope, a yellow Transformer, and a Truck and horse trailor. We can not fail to mention the LSU helmet and uniform which he wore the entire day. Lauren woke up right after Jayden had finished going through all of his presents and Santa didnt leave her out. She got a new baby named Rosie, a baby stroller and pack and play, and a large doll house with all the furnishings. She also got a ride and go horse which of course was named peanut after the real outside horse. We celebrated Christmas Day with all of my family as well as Dave's sister Ann and his Mom. Davy cooked not one but two turkeys! We had plenty of food and enjoyed spending time with everyone. Nana, Pawpaw Cletus, Coby, Sheryl and Zach all stayed until the evening and everyone enjoyed a tournament of sorts with Zach's new hunting game that hooks up to the T.V. We are truly blessed to have family to share these memories with.

Christmas Eve

With so many photos to choose from I decided to break down Christmas into our different family celebrations. We always celebrate Christmas Eve with Davy's Dad and StepMom Mrs. Ellen. We usually have it at thier house but for the first time in at least 14 years the location has changed. ( I say 14 years because thats how long Davy and I have been together and we have celebrated every Christmas Eve at the Broussard's household!) This year they asked us to host it at our house. So we kept the traditional Gumbo menu and enjoyed a night with all of Davy's family. Christmas Eve was always a night Full of presents. This year the highlight seemed to be the fish that Aunt/Nanny Sissy gave as gifts. Jayden named his Nemo-T-Boy Broussard and Lauren named her's Dorie, although it sounds more like Dorothy! I got a new camera and lots of items to decorate my new kitchen with. Davy got everything hunting related. Jayden picked out a beautiful fountain for me and is so proud when I plug it in! Lauren got lots of furniture for a doll house that Santa will be bringing. They both went to bed in anticipation of Santa Claus passing that night! Jayden made sure to leave out cookies for him in hopes that Santa would leave one behind for him.....

Rush to the finish line!

We have been extra busy this holiday season, with hosting Thankgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and our New Years Party my husband decided in addition to all of this we were going to undergo a Kitchen "redo" I love the outcome and everyone has been asking us to post pics so here is the "finished" product!

Much to be Thankful for.....

Wow, how the holidays seem to rush by....It has been busy around the Broussard household. My husband suggested we get new countertops for the kitchen. He suggested granite and of course I was onboard. However, little did I know that they would be installed the week before we hosted Thanksgiving. I guess I survived however, after mopping up sheet rock dust and tile and grout around the house, I have beautiful new countertops! Of course the new countertops and black splash make our cabinets look a little outdated so I guess it's on to project number 2.

We hosted a Thanksgivig dinner on Wednesday for all of Davy's employees. He cooked a turkey and then did it again today to have both of our families with us to celebrate the hoilday. I am reminded how thankful I am for such a great family. Jayden and Lauren are excited that tomorrow brings the beginning of the Christmas holidays with the start of us buying our tree and hanging lights and decorations! Jayden is growing up right before my eyes. He has made not only one but two trips to the "duck" camp. This is also a milestone for Davy as this is the first time he has complete responsibility for our "little" boy. Jayden however, absoulutely loves this guy time and it allows for Lauren and I to tend to "girl" stuff here at home. I decided that I would share some of Jayden's duck camp moments for this particular post. Happy Thanksgiving!

Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was a lot of fun. Jayden was at an age where he knew exatcly what this holiday was all about. We started browsing through costume magazines in September and after changing his mind a few times he landed his eyes on the Robin costume. Robin, as in Batman's sidekick. Needless to say Robin was out of stock on this website as well as countless others....I finally ordered it from a website I came across and we left to go on vacation. While on Vacation I got an email stating they were "sorry" to cancel my order but thier distrubitor was of course out of stock. This of course occurs the week before Halloween (remember I started all this in Septemeber) So much for my preplanning. So,I bring my little four year old to the store thinking like most four year olds he will see a costume on the shelf and want it becuase "What four year old goes into a store and walks out empty handed?".... apparently mine. Jayden walked down the isle looking at costumes of every imaginable super hero and says "No Robin here let's go." Of course, I'm beginning to panic. So I visit a few more costume stores with no luck and turn my hunt back online. I go to Ebay and I find one ...in Hong Kong ....wont make it here in time. So after much surfing on the web I finally find a costume store that only sells super hero costumes. Im not taking any chances I wait until they open and call them to talk to someone in person. They have it in stock! I go to place the order she asks for his size and of course they are sold out of that size. I think okay well lets do the next size up, he will just get plenty of wear out of it. To end my little costume story. I will simply state that while I spent more in shipping than I did on the costume Jayden was a very happy Robin.
Now on to Lauren...I found Laurens costume in a magazine as well and thought it was adorable, a cute little leopard print cat with the brown and black feathers. I got online and search for it, placed the order, and it got here the very next day....weeks before Halloween. This was with just standard shipping... She was an adorable "kitty cat".
Trick or Treating was a lot of fun this year, we brought our golf cart and we were able to comb the streets twice as fast! Jayden was jumping off at each house before we could stop and by the 10th house or so Lauren had figured out that when you say Trick or Treat you really do get candy! Jayden vistied his first Haunted house this year and even took pictures with the actors inside. He and Alyssa had a great time playing at the after party at Mrs. Sarah's. They have the same sense of humor and each though thier jokes were terribly funny! Lauren's highlight of the night was finding the real cat and getting to pet it. They are growing so fast and we had such a great night with them. Now if only I knew what to do with all this candy????

Barely Made it!

Okay, so my last post was in August and I'm trying to stay on top of things. It is the last day of September so I just barely made making my monthly post. Key word there is barely...I'm posting aren't I? So Jayden is now in Pre-K and is still loving it. He loves his teacher Mrs. Hebert. He likes his classmates and for the most part doesnt give me a whole lot of trouble getting out of the house in the morning. Lauren is now going to a new Mother's Day Out program twice a week and she is still pitching a fit every morning that I drop her off. Then again she also pitches a fit when I pass by her school on the days she doesn't go because she wants me to bring her to school. Figure that one out for me.

Lauren is always smiling (when she isn't pitching fits that is) She loves to cheese it up for the camera and she has what I like to call "personality" She is all about the fun...where is it? and get me there already!!! Jayden thinks things through a bit more. He has become quite the swimmer. He is now allowed to swim at the camp (with a lifejacket) alone in the canal. He swims against current and all and makes it to the ladder easily after he jumps off the warf. Just so no one panics we are always right there watching and ready to jump in if needed!;) Here are a few pics...Im sure the next ones will be them in their Halloween costumes!

Jayden's First day of Big Boy School!

Summer has flown by and Jayden has started Pre-K as of last Monday. He loves his school and his teacher. When I asked him how was his first day he replied his favorite part of the day was "lunch". When I asked what he had for lunch he replied "We had corn not potatoes, the good kind of bread and we had spaghetti, I tore that up!" I laughed most of the way home. My little boy is growing up right before my eyes. Lauren missed her brother that first day. She said she wanted to get Jayden. It was a very quiet day for me. I forgot what it was like with only one child in the house. I think he is pretty cute in his uniform. Enjoy the pics!

What a great weekend for fishing!

We went to the camp this weekend with the kids. Jennifer, Jude, Alyssa, and Mia came as well. Davy and Jude went fishing Saturday morning and caught each thier limit of speckled trout. That means 50 fish! Lauren enjoyed their catch the most. She couldn't get enough of them. She carried them around and then would look at her slimy hands. Jayden, Lauren and Alyssa swam in the bay for the first time Saturday and Lauren swam in the canal for the first time today. She is not afraid of anything. She loved jumping from the warf into the water. Jayden and Alyssa played well together and it was cute hearing them call each other best friend. With that being said, Lauren was a complete Bully to Mia. Lauren has had a good coach but she better watch out when Mia gets a little older:) Bella had her first trip to the camp as well and she had a great time playing with Cocoa. What a wonderful way to spend a weekend.

Summer is here!

Blew up the pool today and Lauren and Jayden enjoyed their first official day of summer fun at home! Jayden performed many tricks and as usual Lauren was not to be outdone. Applying her motto "Any thing boys can do, girls can do better....anything boys can do ...I Can Do Too!" Not to mention the pool gave Bella a break from the kids:)

Meet Bella Broussard

Well it's official, we now have a new addition to the Broussard family. Yesterday we picked up Bella a Chocolate Lab. She is such a good puppy, I am begining to wonder if she is feeling all right. She did not cry at all on the way home or during the night. When I place her in her Kennel she whines for a few minutes and then stops. I am also wondering if we are following some kind of strange time table here. Every two years we seem to see our family increase in size....Ha. All for now!

First Annual Dave Broussard Ac and Heating Crawfish Boil

Davy hosted a crawfish boil at our house for all of his employees and thier families. The weather held out for us this weekend. While it was predicted that we would have a high percentage of rain we were very lucky this weekend that rain did not affect Lauren's Birthday party or the Crawfish Boil. After such a busy weekend I am ready for a rest!