{ The Laird Family }

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Adorableness

I took a photo shoot of BJ a few weeks ago and he was just the cutest little cowboy EVER! Wouldn't you agree?

He peeked around the barn to look at something that caught his attention, & I caught this picture. :)

Monday, March 31, 2014

Baptist Homeschool Fellowship Tea

Rachel and Snow White... :) Earlier this month, our local homeschool group had a ladies tea at a castle in Decatur, Ms. Yes, a REAL CASTLE!!! Here are a few pictures~

Behind the castle, there was a draw-bridge that was old, wobbly, tilted to one side, scary, and awesome!

A lady in distress...

The castle even came with a horse!! :)

Sarah & Penny

Even princesses have to have fun! ;)

Abigail and her friend Lilly.

The Two Princesses, Lauren and Penny. :)

From left: Cousin Anna Brooke, Sarah, Aunt Penny (AKA: Snow White), Abigail, & Rachel...

The Castle!!

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Many of you know by now that we've been asking special prayer for a (17 year old) friend who had a serious head injury accident three weeks ago. Well, we went to see him today, but he's been pretty down and out, and his mom said that he hadn't smiled in a few days. :(
Tyler is an Ole Miss fan. We personally are Mississippi State fans. And we always have the usual friendly competition of whose team is better etc. Well who else should we meet walking through the halls of the hospital than Coach Hugh Freeze and the entire Ole Miss football team themselves!! (They were at the Children's section visiting some patients.) Daddy spoke to Coach Freeze and then we watched some of the players pile into an elevator. Right before the doors closed, I let out a loud "WOOF WOOF! GO DAWGS!" and enjoyed the looks of disbelief on their faces. (One guy couldn't help himself and burst out laughing.) Then on another elevator ride, we saw the doors open and the whole defensive line was about to come on. Just as fair warning, Daddy said "This elevator is full of bulldogs..." They all stopped and stared for one hideous moment until their "guide lady" said "Cmon guys, cmon". After riding in an elevator crammed with Ole Miss players, I turned to Daddy and said "Boy, have we got something to tell Tyler!" So we went to his room and talked to him for a minute. Then Daddy said "We just met the whole Ole Miss football team and do you know what Sarah did the whole time??" (Loud imitations of my lively team spirit interjected here). And you know what? Tyler smiled. :)

HAIL STATE!!!! :D

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

Being as we only get snow MAYBE once a year, we tend to thoroughly enjoy ourselves when it does come. As you can tell... :)


Here, folks, we have the newest Olympic Redneck Bobsledding Team all the way from Mississippi! (Yes, that's a boat.) And yes, we rode it all the way down the hill. Since it wouldn't budge with the normal "gimme a push", we all got out & pushed and jumped back in. Just like real bobsledders! haha

We actually convinced the mothers to ride down the hill in the sled! (which in all reality is a duck decoy hauler thingy for dragging behind a boat.) But hey! We found it on the side of the interstate & it makes for an AWESOME sled! :)

Rednecking at it's finest...

Ella Beth :)

Lydia constructing a snowball.

ACTION SHOT!! I (Sarah) am about to get WHOPPED by a snowball (that felt more like a baseball) right in the back of the head! Little observant me. :) Good shot, Dylan... Good shot.

{Part of} the gang

How many Archies and Lairds does it take to build a pathetic looking snowman?! ;)

BJ and his "ice cream"

The snow was melting. And we were getting cold and hungry. So we decided to come inside and play Apples to Apples. (And BJ napped on the couch) :)

This is what your front door area looks like when 11 children come inside after romping through the snow... :)

Rachel & Mrs. Audrey

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Of Wild Ideas & Ugly Sweaters...

So I had the wild idea to have an ugly sweater party!! :) The goal was to find the tackiest, ugliest, most ridiculous looking sweater you could...And then be brave enough to wear it to a party! :D Sounds fun, right?? We thought it was... So brace yourselves and take a look!

The girls... The finalists were me and my cousin Anna Brooke (left of me). She won, but not before we had fun arguing about who was uglier... "No, I am SO much uglier!"..."Ohh, no! YOU are just plain TACKY!" Yeah, it was definitely the only time you could directly insult a person and be complimenting them all at the same time!! :)


The guys... (Ethan, the one in the Mr. Roger's style brown sweater was the winner for the boys.) :)

Thanks to the Archie family for hosting this thing! :)


As you can see, yours truly was the only person who hadn't changed clothes by this point... So it makes for a gorgeous picture. Some people actually told me that my sweater was NOT ugly. (and they were serious). Well, you have your opinion, and I'll have mine. ;)

Happy Thanksgiving!

A *very* competitive game of... "toss the beanie" ?? Really not sure what the real name of this is! :)

more beanie tossing! :)

BJ getting geared up for the zipline...

Pretty much every Laird ever loves to sing, play, etc. :)

Most of the family actually in one picture! :)

a few of the girl cousins


The older male cousins in the family have had this football "pick-em" contest where they pick who will win games, scores, etc. Anyway, Daddy won this year! :) He came away from "THE" presentation of the trophy with an humble "I don't appreciate this at all, but I deserve it from the bottom of my heart..." Touching, huh?