Evan's Preshool Party

Here are a few pics from Evan's party at school. He had so much fun. They made foam stockings, Santa came to visit with gifts and we ate lots of yummy food!!!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the Gaston Gang!!!! Here is our Christmas card from this year. So I have been a little busy with buckets so if you have not received one from me yet, don't worry I cause I have not mailed very many of them!!! I have been so busy with Whimsy Tin orders so my sweet momma helped me by mailing them to all the people who sent us cards so now I have to mail the rest! So they are a little late but better late than never!! Ha! And of coarse our card was made by the Fabulous Anita over at A Piece of Pope!!!

Trip to Branson

Evan loved the lazy river

the kiddie pool area

Lillie finally crashed at SDC

seeing Santa!

Bryson was making out with the gingerbread girl while we waited to see Santa!

While Lillie was loving on this reindeer

Decorating some yummy sugar cookies!

Riding the frogs!

Lillie loving on Bryson

Thank goodness for Jena, cause I get a little sickly on some rides!!

Trying to get a group picture!

So a few weekends ago we took a little trip to Branson. Brad was working a basketball tournament in Springfield all weekend so the kids and I tagged along! I was happy that our friends Jena and Jamie decided to make the trip as well! We stayed at Castle Rock. The kids loved it with their own little nook that had bunk beds, but most of all they loved the indoor water park!!! We got there on Thursday afternoon and had the whole place to ourselves and it was pretty much like that all weekend long! On Friday we did a little shopping in the morning then headed out to Silver Dollar City! So glad that Jena and Jamie were there since Brad had to work. This was the kids first trip to SDC and they both loved it! Evan is my little thrill seeker and wanted to ride everything! The kids all got a little tired so we headed back to the hotel to play at the water park and to meet up with our friends The Kissengers!!! On Saturday we headed back to Silver Dollar City to do everything we missed out on the day before. Evan was determined to ride a roller coaster so the two of us stood in line forever to ride one. I probably asked him 100 times if he was sure he wanted to ride it and he kept saying yes so we did it and he loved it! After that we headed to meet up with everyone to play in the balls and then we found a spot to watch the parade! So sad that Brad ended up having to work the entire time so he missed out on all of the fun!

Update!

Sorry it has been awhile since I last posted! We have been crazy busy around here. I have started working at the restaurant during the day doing book keeping stuff and Whimsy Tin has been keeping me busy most nights! So its all been a good busy! Evan has finished soccer and I have to say it was fun but I will not miss the 8:30am games every Saturday!! He really seemed to enjoy it and loved playing the goalie. Lillie also started dance back in Sept. I just keep forgetting to take my camera with me to get some pictures. So I took a few last week finally!! Those who know me know that I have looked forward to the day she could start dance since the day I found out she was a girl!! She loves it! I am not sure if she is learning much but the girl has got some moves that can make you laugh!!

Here is Lillie's birthday invitation! Thanks to my fabulous friend Anita!! She makes some super cute stuff check out A Piece of Pope over on my sidebar to see what all she can do!!!

Lillie is Three!!!!!

Singing Happy Birthday!
This is how Lillie does 3

Lillie and her little girlfriends!

Uncle Drew and Mr Kyle the snow cone makers!

Ty, Blake and Evan

Jumping in the Castle

Lillie with her cake and her poodle skirt

Poodle Cake!

Pink Poodle cupcakes

Party favor bags!

Oh my I can't believe my baby is three!!! Our little Lillie turned 3 on the 13Th! On her actually birthday she got her favorite breakfast, McDonald's pancakes and she got a Fancy Nancy doll! She is the only doll in our house that still has all her clothes on!! (Lillie is in a phase of stripping her babies to make them naked jaybirds!!!) On Friday we had her actually party, a Pink Poodle Party! It was a lot of fun. G made her a pink poodle skirt to wear but it was a little big and hot so we took it off. G also has been taking a cake decorating class and so she made her Poodle cake and cupcakes with a little help from me!! Thanks G!!! We rented a bounce castle and told the kids to bring ride on toys. It was so much fun and the kids all had a blast running around outside and jumping in the castle. Uncle Drew came and brought his new snow cone machine and him and Mr. Kyle made snow cones for all the kids, another hit and I think that now Uncle Drew may have a small side business going with snow cones!! At the end we came in for some cake and presents then let the kids run wild! It was a lot of fun and thank you to everyone for coming and making her party extra special!!!

First Day of Preschool

Evan officially started back to preschool at the beginning of the month. He was so excited this year that I really didn't get very many pictures of him because he just walked right in to his class with all his friends and started playing with all the new toys! The first week we also went on his first field trip of the year to the fair to see all of those lovely animals!!!