Time with our Sweet Little Ayla

We love spending time with Ayla when we are in Ark. -- and Christmas was no exception! Barrett and Ayla just LOVE each other. She is such a sweet little girl. Here are a few pictures from our visit with the Moore Family!!

Christmas with the Family 2008

We have had a WONDERFUL Christmas this year...we have eaten great meals, spent time with a lot of our family members, and had a great time just hanging out with everyone. It has been a wild and crazy week, but one that I will have memories of forever. I have made a slide show with pictures from all of our Christmas gatherings over the past 24 hours...God has blessed our families more than we could ever imagine -- and I am sooo grateful that we were able to spend it at "home"!! May each and every one of you have a WONDERFUL New Year!!

Our Christmas with the Family:

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Decorating the "Christmas Tree" at MiMi & Pop's House

This morning, we were busy decorating MiMi & Pop's "Christmas Tree" aka a ficus tree.

The kids were busy making homemade paper-chain garland...with the help of MiMi and Davy...





They also made popcorn garland with the help of Pop and Davy...and what a mess they made with it!!!





After they finished (well, MiMi and myself)making the garland...it was time to decorate the tree....





The kids enjoyed putting all the decorations on the beautiful "Christmas Tree" at their MiMi & Pop's house. And I would have to say....MiMi & Pop have the most ORIGINAL Christmas Tree EVER!!!

A Day With Friends at Good Old Chuck E. Cheese...

We were able to meet some of our friends at Chuck E. Cheese for lunch yesterday. The kids love getting together with their old friends...and I enjoy having great conversations with their moms.

Here are a few pictures from our fun time!

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My Bunco Buddies

I had a great time yesterday with my old Bunco group!! I love getting together with them when I am in town. I played with this group of ladies faithfully once a month while I was teaching in McNairy, and still continued to play (as much as I could) when we moved to Jackson. And even now....since moving to Cincy...I still find time to make it down to good old Selmer to play with this group of wonderful ladies. They are/were my backbone when I was teaching...they taught me what I needed to know -- and gave me GREAT advice to help me with those CRAZY situations sometimes. We have/had a great time getting together and having fabulous conversations about ALL kinds of things. Our group is made up of diverse ages, but we don't care...we still have a blast playing anyway!! Thanks ladies for letting me join in the fun when I am back in TN...

Here are some pictures from yesterday. We had a Christmas Brunch...and it was FABULOUS!! These ladies can cook -- haha--all I had to bring is drinks...they knew better than to have me cook :)






Here is a very special picture...the picture of our "lucky dice"...these dice came from Vegas...and they have rolled many a times on many a tables over the years of playing Bunco!!!

Mom & Dad's Surprise 60th Birthday Party

I will have to give my sister, some of my parents' friends, family members, and myself a pat on the back for pulling off this special event for my parents!! We were so excited to see that they had NO CLUE!! I just knew they would find out, but they didn't. My parents seemed to be very excited to see a variety of friends at the party. We had a great turn out (considering that it was sooo close to Christmas).

Here are some pictures from today..sorry that some of them are sideways, but I couldn't turn them without cutting the pictures off!!

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