2010 recap

january

we rang in the new year with mark, karen, gammy, and pepaw.  actually, we just spend new years day with them.  at midnight, austin was asleep, and ben and i were watching a night at the museum: battle of the smithsonian.  ha!  we caught a little bit of the nyc action on t.v. after we realized it was past midnight.

we got a little bit of snow.

austin got to meet a lot of her family.  including her namesake, rivers.

february

ben and i left austin for the first time, and went with farm bureau to washington d.c. ben got snowed in for an additional day and a half.

when ben finally did get home from d.c., he had missed the entire superbowl, in which the new orleans saints actually won!!

we got a lot more snow!

papa fred and moma marion came to visit us.

my high school friend, amy, came to visit us.

march

austin got her ears pierced!

austin got to meet some of ben's family, including aunt evelyn (ben's great aunt).

we celebrated papaw's 70th birthday!

we got to visit with mamaw (austin's great great grandma) for a while, and had 5 generation photos made.

april

austin celebrated her first easter!

i participated in toms' "one day without shoes." it was a big eye opener for me.

i did a photoshoot for rivers' birthday party. we had a blast.

the weather started getting nice, so we often went on stroller rides up and down the driveway, or over to the shop.

austin learned to crawl!

austin learned to pull up, causing us to baby-proof the house, and lower her bed.

we had horrible weather, and tornadoes were all over the state. one destroyed much of yazoo city.

may

we had a "derby party" and watched the kentucky derby at tyler and sarah's house.

i had my first mother's day.

we celebrated many friends graduating high school, including austin's babysitter, hollie!

it started getting really hot, so we bought austin a little pool.

we met grandma and gigi half way one day for lunch. gigi wanted to meet austin.

june

we celebrated ben's birthday!

austin made her first really big trip. we went to georgia for my cousin darla's wedding.

ben celebrated his first father's day!

july

we celebrated the 4th of july with our friends at the pool.

gammy and pepaw moved to the delta!

we went to tuscaloosa one day to visit with friends of mine from high school. it was fun to meet each other's kids.

august

austin had her first ride in a piece of farm equipment. we rode with ben while he harvested corn one afternoon.

we celebrated mamaw t.'s 90th birthday!

austin got to play with her cousins, and meet josh for the first time.

september

austin went to her first mississippi state football game!

we randomly had a picnic on the river one afternoon. we had the best time together!

our sweet girl turned one!!

october

austin learned to walk!

we celebrated sydney's 3rd birthday. actually, we forgot on her actual birthday, so we celebrated a few days later. :(

we went to more football games, and got to meet bully!

one of many traditions that we started this year was carving pumpkins.

we skipped out on trick-or-treating this year, but still had a fun halloween with our small group.

november

austin got to see santa again, and she was not happy about it!

we had our season opener basketball game.

i waited all year for this steven curtis chapman concert, and they did not disappoint!

we celebrated thanksgiving with all of the family together! while we were all together, we also opened our christmas presents.

mississippi state won the egg bowl!! go dawgs! :)

december

we went to see chris tomlin, and it was amaaaaazing.

we did lots of christmas activities. we even did some in the delta at gammy's church.

we celebrated austin's second christmas as a family!