The Suggs Invade Six Flags

My good friend Windy had tickets to Six Flags that they couldn't use so she passed them on us. I was so excited!! I had been wanting to take the boys to Holiday in the Park! We kept it a secret from them and boy they were THRILLED when we pulled up! They had a lot of fun riding all the kid rides (James too!) and we all road a little roller coaster together that was actually pretty fun. The best part was the sledding. I wish I had a video camera for that!!! It's been so long since we've been that we don't know if this is a holiday only thing or not but they had a food vendor there that cooked on the big giant skillets and served up hot potatos w/onions and chopped steak either in a basket or wrapped in a tortilla. James loves to cook out over a fire so this kind of thing always intrigues him. For me... I love the food and it reminds me of one of the places we stopped on our honeymoon. They had all kind of old fashioned stuff. Anyway.... Nelson was fascinated by this too. :) I've decided I need to go back to Six Flags without the kids or with another person that will watch the kids so James and I can ride all t he rides..... I LOVE roller coasters and missed riding them this time!
Well... here's our pictures!

Christmas Evening

Later Christmas Day the boys decorated Christmas tree cakes with Shay & Nubia. Then Nina & Pops (James & Gale) came over and we all had a wonderful Fajita dinner..... I didn't get actual pictures of that but there are some below of the cakes and more presents.

Christmas Morning

Christmas morning the boys had such a good time! Later, Papaw came over with John Deere boots which they LOVED!

Christmas Eve - Cookies for Santa

Christmas Eve James and I opened our gifts and the boys made cookies for "Santa" :) Enjoy!

Christmas With My Parents & more

Thursday night my parents came over and did Christmas with us. It was such a nice time! We had a wonderful dinner of lasagna, salad (with home made dressing), garlic bread, Italian Cream Cake, and cookies. Nelson blessed our meal and it was SO sweet it made my mom teary-eyed. It was all about celebrating Jesus' birthday. After dinner the boys opened presents and as usual got way more than they ever need! They were thrilled with all the toys, games, and art supplies. My mom put together the CUTEST gift basket for James and I. I wanted to get a picture but James took it apart before I got a chance! There's beer bread mix, Paula Deen Christmas cookbook, Some funny boxers for James and soft Christmas socks for me, a Dane Cook DVD for James and summer sausage with crackers. Thanks Mom & Cary!

They left this afternoon to go to Utah and be with John & Kristin and the kiddos so please say a prayer for safe traveling. They are driving up there! I so wish that they could have all come down here so we could see them too but it just wasn't possible this year. Hopefully they'll be here next Christmas (and lots of time in between!)!

Also... my beautiful neice, Rayn, will be one on December 27th!!! The past year has gone by so fast! They say Rayn is really close to walking. Mom & Cary better take lots of pictures while they're there! I'm sure they will and I'll definitely be posting them for all to see!

Well, here are pics of our Christmas with them! Enjoy!

Is that bells I hear? And voices?

A few minutes ago I heard a lot of noise, voices & bells, outside. I called the boys to go out to the porch and there was a horse drawn wagon with a bunch of carolers and the horses were dressed with bells. There was a line of cars behind them all with the windows down and singing Christmas songs too. Each one paused in front of our house and waved and said Merry Christmas and sang a little bit. It was really nice! I wish I'd have gotten some pictures!

Our trip to the ER

Nelson has had a stomach virus for the last couple of days. It got worse on Tuesday... the poor guy wouldn't eat anything but a few saltine crackers and I did talk him in to half a peanut butter sandwich plus he drank a couple bottles of gatorade. He was on the couch all day and after about 5:00 he was moaning and groaning and telling me he felt like he was going to die. I tried to comfort him for a while and get him to drink more but it didn't help at all. We drove to the fire dept. in J'ville to see James and they checked him out in the back of the ambulance. His poor tummy was hard and while they were checking him he threw up three times. At that point we all agreed he needed to go to the ER. He had the first signs of dehydration and felt awful so off we went. Nelson did think it was cool that daddy got to carry him there in the ambulance (no lights and sirens though, ha!). James also started an IV so they wouldn't have to do it at the hospital. We got there and they took blood & urine and decided yes, he was definitely dehydrated. His blood test also showed that his potassium level was critically low. So, he got lots of fluid and some potassium by IV. After about 20 minutes of fluids we could see his color and life come back. He started talking up a storm and flirting with the nurses and begging for Pizza. He's got to stay on the bland BRAT diet for today though so we'll have pizza tomorrow if he's bowels get back to normal... he's still having trouble but not near as much. Anyway.....Nurse Craig gave him power ranger & hot wheels stickers so he is now Nelson's "best best buddy". And Nurse Shelly (the really cute one!) is now his "best girl friend" because she gave him spider man bandaids. Needless to say, Nelson was a huge hit and in their words, gave them "their Christmas cheer."

This morning... he is bright eyed and bushy tailed... maybe a little too much. HA HA! He's running around being loud and acting crazy. He's excited that he should be able to go to school tomorrow for the Christmas party!

Santa in the Park

Check out my new slide show! The boys got to see Santa at the park. They had hot cocoa w/ marshmallows and cookies while they waited. There was story telling and Christmas music too. Santa pulled up on a fire truck... a big hit with the boys! The photographer for the local paper was there and took some pictures of the boys and got their names and ages so they will probably be in our paper next week.