A Devine Christmas

Christmas 2008 with our Christmas Angel!

Mamaw Devine with her 11 GREAT grandchildren!

Giving Kay Kay Christmas Kisses...

And Papaw Ronnie too!

Halle-Grace & Hunter

Halle-Grace and Nanny

Opening presents from Santa with Daddy

MY GIRL!

Halle-Grace and her great aunt Sally at the Cornwell breakfast

Hannah & Halle-Grace




Granny & Halle-Grace

Santa came to see Halle-Grace and left her lots of goodies...and shared some with her too!!!

Christmas morning! What a busy and special day with our tiny miracle! We are all exhausted from a FUN-FILLED day! We hope your day was a special one as well. God Bless and may we never forget the meaning of this day!
Is that Santa?

Merry Christmas to all...Santa is coming tonight!

It's Christmas Eve...I have so many amazing photos to upload but we have to go to bed so Santa can come and bring Halle-Grace some Christmas surprises! Here are a few pics from our family time tonight! Thanks to Jason for an excellent dinner!



The Turners

Nanny & Papa Gene with Hunter, Hannah & Halle-Grace
Jason & Hunter prepare dinner for all!

The stone of heaven...

Today I received my make-up order in the mail from my great friend Jamye Shaw. Now she can make a killer swimsuit (the best) and her make-up is flawless but today she had her own mascara running down my face!!!
She sent Halle-Grace a Christmas gift that holds SO much meaning! I am incredibly touched and I know someday when Halle-Grace is old enough to understand, she will be as well (and equally excited about the swimsuits..lol)
Halle-Grace can use the jade cross as a piece of jewelry or to hang on a ribbon as a bookmark in her bible. Here is more about this symbolic stone (keep in mind "Khanh" her given Vietnamese name means precious stone). God is cool, huh?
"The jade stone is very symbolic of the Asian culture and therefore holds a special meaning for Halle-Grace's culture...it is the stone of heaven, and signifies BEAUTY and SPIRITUALITY...it's strength and quality is 2nd only to diamonds. Today it remains a symbol of the good, the beautiful and the most PRECIOUS!!! Some even believe it brings good fortune and protection!"
Jamye and the entire Shaw family, thank you, we love you and Merry Christmas!

More fun photos of Miss Personality...Princess Halle-Grace
Playing dress-up again with mama!
Please daddy, look how cute I am!
What kind of caption goes with this??? She is full of surprises. A new trick from our little character...you know I didn't do this because I wouldn't allow a Halloween pacifier in sight at Christmas!!!

Happy Birthday Mamaw Devine

Mamaw Devine is 85 years young and today the family threw a SURPRISE party for her. She is one of the sweetest ladies you will ever meet and her legacy is beautiful! She has 4 children, 8 grandchildren and currently 11 great-grandchildren...and more to come in the future! You can only imagine what the holidays are like at Mamaw Devine's house! 5 of the great-grandchildren were not with the family last Christmas so we are all excited about this Thursday! She had NO idea about the party and when she walked into the church fellowship hall...all she could do was cry! She is a GEM! HAPPY 85th Birthday!


"Happy Birthday to you Mamaw Devine"

Halle-Grace, Lizzy and Zoey


I sang to Aunt Amy but I went to sleep instead!?

Aunt Judy is too much fun...I cried for her!!! WHAT? You don't even cry for your mom or dad Halle-Grace!!

Ready for bed after too much partying!

OH NO mama has a new toy!

If you are logging on to the blog, you know I LOVE to take photos. Jason gave me my Christmas present early...a NEW CAMERA! Thank goodness he did because I have SO much to learn. It has more bells and whistles and it will take a lot of practice, reading and maybe a class or two!!! Here are some shots on "regular" settings. Madison, Halle-Grace and Jason will all be glad when I get the hang of it! LOL!
Thanks Jason, I LOVE IT!!!

A letter from Kay Kay & Papaw Ronnie

Halle-Grace received the most precious letter in the mail! Kay Kay and Papaw Ronnie, thank you! It is in her "storybook". I can't type too much or I start to cry! We love you all so much and Kay Kay feels and knows the magic and incredible blessing of adoption just like we do! We are incredibly blessed to have you in our lives and you better stay around forEVER!!!
WE LOVE YOU & THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Halle-Grace is 13 months old today!

WHY is time flying? Halle-Grace is AMAZING and just too much fun!
NEWS ALERT: FINALLY, someone Halle-Grace didn't show off for, didn't reach for, flirt with...SANTA!!! She DOES NOT like Santa Claus! Jason took her to spend the day with Nanny while he went Christmas shopping (Santa just happened to be at Nanny's school) but she wanted NOTHING to do with the jolly ole' man! If I had to put a bet on this deal...I would guess that Halle-Grace already knows the phrase "WHO NEEDS SANTA WHEN I HAVE NANNY"...and the rest of this family? Have you seen the way they all act? WOW, she is a blessed little girl!

Tonight we all had dinner with Jessica & Evan. It was great catching up and Halle-Grace was definitely back to her wild self! Jesse, I am sorry she flirted so much with Evan once we were back at our house! Jason really was jealous after witnessing all the SMITTEN! She knows he's in a band! LOL! Seriously, CONGRATS Evan on the awesome news...we will follow the music tour across the country, I bet your new fan, aka..Halle-Grace...will follow you and head up your fan club!


Log on to listen to Jesse!! www.jessicacampbellmusic.com

~Devine Christmas Card...a creation by Angela Shea Photography~

Angela Shea was the official photographer for Halle-Grace's 1st Birthday Bash and she also traveled to our home the weekend after the party for a photo shoot. WOW...she is an excellent photographer and we LOVE the photos of Halle-Grace. Angela is WONDERFUL with children and I highly recommend her to anyone who wants THE BEST!!!

She is planning on coming back in January for another shoot because the day she was here, the weather was not cooperating with us and she did not want to "just take photos" she wanted to take the BEST in the best lighting, etc. YES, she is that professional.

Photograpy by Angela Shea (visit and book her today)
www.angelasheaphotography.com