SPORTS :)

The last few years Madison has been wanting to play soccer soo bad and it was just not working out UNTIL NOW :) Last year I was a million months pregnant and in Lafayette you have to be 5 to play soccer and she wasnt quite FOUR yet :( She was pretty upset so I told her next year when we move into our house she would be able to play. Finally its time :) We just signed her up for our local Soccer league. She is super excited. Her daddy comes home on Friday so we get to go and get her shin guards and cleats :) She is soo beyond excited and tells everyone she gets to play soccer. Trust me lots of pictures and if I can figure out how to do a video that will be posted as soon as it starts :)
Now for T-ball :) I played softball back in the day and loved it. So I really wanted the girls to at least TRY to play! Although Madison was CLEARLY more interested in Soccer but she said she wanted to try. We are going to play with some friends from our playgroup we have been knowing for THREE years now :) It will be a lot of fun. Rylee will also be playing so she is excited she finally gets to do sports this year! So check back for all of our Sports updates to come towards the end of February. Madison starts Soccer the last weekend in February and then it ends on March 22. Then T-ball will start March 28 :) We are going to be SUPER busy and we can not WAIT

New Years 2010

2009 was an AWESOME year to say the least :) We got soo much accomplished and I loved every second of it. Yes not everything was wonderful and actually some things totally sucked but I have my 3 girls, a hubby, and my 2 dogs so I loved 2009 :)
Here are some EXTRA special things that happened throughout 2009 of course in no certain order:

• Colin got a new job in Alaska with a SCHEDULE :)
  
• We bought our first car as a married couple HAHA! It was only my second car my whole life!!
• We welcomed a special little girl to the world 4 weeks early :) Abigail Dawn! Although she had to have a GRAND entrance it was all worth it and she is so very special and we all love her dearly!
• We got a NEW puppy :) He is a Doberman/Lab mix and his name is BUSTER
  
• Madison turned FOUR!
• Rylee turned THREE!
• We bought our first HOUSE!
  
• We Moved back to Baton Rouge!!!

That is all I can think of at the moment :) I am sure there was TONS more but that is what I could come up with while 2 kids are slip and sliding on the floor in the living room! And screaming laughing!

Christmas!

This Christmas was lots of fun as usual! And we got to celebrate EXTRA long. Santa came on the 28th instead of the 24th! Girls were so excited that Santa made a special trip JUST for them :P I am so glad that they handled it so well! Even with all the kiddos around us talking about Santa! And I am especially happy that Colin got to celebrate Christmas with us!Merry Christmas 2009
Love,
The Barleycorn Family
Colin, Heather, Madison, Rylee, Abigail, Jojo, and Buster :)

Seriously...

Are we really still in Louisiana?!?! I have lived here all my life and certainly don't remember it being below freezing for the HIGHS for more than one day much less 4 :) This is just too much! Although we are taking advantage of the cold air! Doesnt stop us for sure :) We are still going and are busier than ever! Sorry for the short post but I thought the winter air deserved its own post! HA!

Table

Here is a picture of our dinning room table I promised :)

Thanksgiving :)

This year was the first year we (as in Colin, Me and the girls) got to have our very own Thanksgiving Dinner. I was actually kind of nervous. We ended up inviting my sister and her family over because we werent going to see them at all on Thanksgiving Day. We had it on the night before Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a BLAST in the playroom and it got totally destroyed which I have come to expect now. And we had good company! I cooked it all by myself except the turkey which Colin fried :) It was AWESOME by the way! My man is such a good cook. I made some sweet potato casserole, rice dressing, Paula Deans Cornbread dressing, gravy, green bean casserole, and a cheesecake. All from scratch :) I was super proud! And I honestly loved every minute of it. Being in the kitchen all day then family over at night. Maybe my sister and I will make this a regular tradition. I am definitely looking forward to next year!

New House :)

Yep thats right! We are in our new "Monster" house!! As the girls call it. We ended up painting the Master bedroom, the big girls room, Abbys room, and the girls Bathroom. I left the living, dining and Kitchen alone because that was a LOT to paint! LOL! Although we do have the paint already! HA! But all is great here! The girls LOVE the house! And so do my doggies! They love to be outside! And they espeically love the big hill! My camera is dead right now so I will have to post some updated pictures later :) We got an awesome table for the breakfast area! I LOVE IT! It fits WONDERFULLY in the area and the color is great! We ended up getting it from World Market! (My new favorite store LOL) I dont have a picture of it yet but here is the link to it! http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3557631 that is the link just to the table but it has a picture of it all. We have the 4 chairs and large bench! Fits our family Perfect!!! We have my sister and her family (boyfriend plus 3 kiddos!) And we all fit wonderfully at it! I am sooo excited! It was the first piece we bought for the house! I am going to get some kind of green cushions for the seats.
We do not have a bed for us or the big girls yet. Big girls will get theirs when Colin comes back in January so he can put it together. I dont want nothing to do with that! HA! Our bedrooms set will wait a little while because we want a super nice one that will last us a lifetime! LOL! Hopefully! And our Formal Dining room set will be even longer! LOL! But I dont mind at all because the I know I will get the one I REALLY want and not just have to settle for something because I think I have to have it!!
This year will be our first Christmas in a HOUSE! We got to decorate outside and its so cute! Of course we didnt get everything we wanted this year but I can get all that together after Christmas and next year we will be decked out :) We have the lights around the trim of the house and it looks great! The girls love it! We also got a BIG blow up Santa the girls are obsessed with! It looks so cute! We also put up a HUGE tree! Its 9ft and awesome! I love it! Of course our ornaments do not cover even half the tree since I had ornaments for a 6ft tree :) But the girls love it and are excited and that is all that matters right!
Well I will hopefully post pictures of the house and all soon!! Cant wait :)