Snow Time!!

 While we were watching a few flurries of snow fly by and trying to survive FREEZING temps, guess what Caleb was doing?  He accompanied Brooke and her parents to West Virginia for a fun time snow skiing.  The high temperature there was 14 degrees with a low of 0. I am so very grateful that Patrick and Cindy include Caleb on these trips.  You see, Caleb's mom (that would be me) loves snow, but HATES high places, so he would never get to experience this if not for them.....From the looks of these pictures he sent they are having a great time.  I think it would be great to experience snow falls like this.  It is simply beautiful.....

Who is this masked guy?

Caleb and Brooke

Brooke, Cindy and Patrick-They are old pros at this!

Looks like they are having a great time!

Headed downhill!

Brooke-Look at all that snow!

Have Fun and Hurry Home!!

Let's Go Fishing!!

Maddie and I stopped by Grandmother and Papa's for a visit.  They have a wonderful goldfish pond.  While she did enjoy feeding the fish, mostly she enjoyed feeding the dog, Bud.

 

 

Lots of hungry fish here.....

 

 

Papa put lots of food in the bucket, and the fun began!

After a couple of tosses to the fish, she decided Bud was much more fun!

Bud didn't seem to mind eating fish food!

 Bud hopped into Papa's lap for a little TLC and Maddie decided he needed another bite or two......

I might be a little partial,

but I think this is the most beautiful face in the world!

Merry Merry Christmas!!!  More on the visit later.....

Time For Hot Chocolate

For several years our Church has made hot chocolate for the annual Christmas Parade.  This year Reed was the master chef for this.  I might be a little partial, but I thought he did a great job!  It was excellent, and we didn't run out!  The bad news is that when we got to the church and got all set up, I realized my camera battery was almost dead, so I have very few pictures........

Open and ready for business

Mrs. Nita-Did I mention that it was absolutely freezing?

We were all bundled up!

Jenni and Michaela enjoying hot chocolate before the parade.

 Lots of great help-Brenda, Mrs. Betty and Mrs. Marie

 Virginia does so love for me to take her picture!!

Reed and Mike talking a little football!

This was the only picture I got of the parade before my camera died........Oh well, fun was had by all.


Merry Christmas!!

Nana's Girl

Lindsey was in a wedding and Josh had clinicals, so guess who got to go to Alex City and keep Maddie?  We had lots of fun!  We read books, played with blocks, played outside, ate lots of little snacks, did a little shopping and even snuggled up on the couch for a nice long nap together.  Surprisingly, I didn't have time to take many pictures.  Usually when Pop is with us, we swap out and I can get pictures, but he wasn't with me on this trip.  I did manage to get a few pictures at the wonderful park in Alex City.  She will be visiting next weekend in Aliceville, and I can't wait.  This grandparent thing is more fun than I could  have ever imagined.

This is only a portion of the playground!  Lots of fun to be had here.

Our day was filled with lots of these smiles!

We're on a mission here!!

 Ready, Set, Go!

 Going through a tunnel....

We did this several times!

 Hey Nana!

 Digging sand with the "sand digging thing"

Yuck!!!

 Not too sure about the tall slides.  Thank goodness. Nana doesn't do heights.

Suddenly, we are greeted by some special guests. 

And boy did she love it!

A precious white dog came to play. 

 (Complete with his own ACDC shirt.)

And look what this dog could do!! Maddie loved it!!

 I can't wait to see this precious angel again next week!  Have a Merry Christmas!

A Few of My Favorite Things-Part Two

Ornaments

Although I love to see Christmas trees with a "theme", I pretty much like to stick with the traditional "stick everything you've got on it" theme.  Lots and lots of my ornaments are very special to me.  I would like to share just a few with you.



The year I was born ( a long, long time ago), my mother and grandmother made several of these ornaments.  They all have different designs and are in different Christmas colors.  They are priceless to me.

Aunt Sandra made this the year Caleb was born.

One of Lindsey's First Christmas ornaments.

For Maddie.......

Sarah Elizabeth made these for all the kids in Miss Dot's Kindergarten one year.

Lindsey's handprint snowmen.

Reed's grandmother (Marine) made this.

Reed said, "Why are you putting that door knocker on the tree?"

 The next few are of an example of several I have that my grandmother made.  For about 25 years, I "helped" her decorate for Christmas.  It went like this-she would sit on the end of the couch and tell me where she wanted things.  I wouldn't trade those memories for anything.  About 2 years before she died, she told me she didn't want to use the crocheted ones anymore.  She said she wanted me to take them home.  Well, at the time I had never really liked them very much and tried to gracefully decline.  She insisted, and I am so glad she did.  I absolutely love them now.  These are on the dining room tree.

 This one is actually tatting (Is that spelled correctly?)  It was done by my great Aunt Laura.

When Lindsey was about 12, Judith Cooley taught her how to do these.

No special story on this one, I just like it........

The picture doesn't do this one justice.  Several years ago, Aunt Di made these.  I think she took clear ornaments and added different colors of paint to the inside and swirled them around.  They are quite unique.

Merry Christmas!