Family Thanksgiving....

Well, I made it through another Thanksgiving and Black Friday. This post is a little long and full of pictures!

We had an amazing dinner yesterday at my brother's house. It was his family, my family and our mom. In all we had 13 people to feed. Every year we say that we are gonna make a small meal. Well, once again, that didn't happen. Here is the list of all that we had.

*Turkey

*Ham

*Chicken & Dressing

*Mashed Potatoes

*Hash Brown Casserole

*Homemade Mac & Cheese

*Sweet Potato Casserole

*Corn on the Cobb

*Green Beans

*Cranberry Sauce

*Rolls

*Stuffed Eggs

*2 Pumpkin Pies

*3 Pecan Pies

*2 Chess Pies

*2 Chocolate Chess Pies

*White Cake with Chocolate Frosting

*Fruit Salad

I have to say here that we had TONS of leftovers! There were things that didn't even get a spoon stuck in them. So we have lots of food that we brought home and that means that I don't have to cook for a couple of days!

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After we ate, all 5 of the adults and my niece Kassie played cards. We got there around 11 that morning and just had a calm day enjoying each other. It was great! I hated that it had to end.

Then this morning my mom, my niece Kassie and I all went shopping. It was so much fun! We got up at 3:45 and were at Wal-Mart by 5 AM. I do this every year. I have had lots of different people to go with me. I am sure that Kassie will continue to go every year though. She loved it! After we shopped, we went to breakfast and then took her home. Mom and I were home by 10 or so and when Nathan took a nap, so did I. Now I am rested and ready to face the rest of the weekend.

George and my brother Daniel have gone fishing all day, which is something they try to do every year also. And tomorrow will be the day we put our Christmas Tree up. I am so excited about that because I have almost finished all of my Christmas shopping and will have some gifts to put under the tree! That usually doesn't happen until almost Christmas.

I want to share some pictures from our family's Thanksgiving Day with you. Hope yours was as happy as ours!

Me and my honey

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My mom and Kassie

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Jessie pulling Nathan

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Me and Kassie

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The yearly pulling of the wishbone!

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Jacob vs Joey....

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Jacob won!

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Mom waiting for the food to get ready

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Kassie waiting for food to get ready and making a scarf. She is so talented!

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Tammy is expecting her 6th baby, we are SO EXCITED!!! Here she is waiting for the food to get ready.

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The amazing spread!

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WOW! Look at that Pecan Pie!!! It was SO good!

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Jessie after he ate the cake.

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Nathan after he ate cake.

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Me and kassie playing with my camera, taking pictures in the mirror.

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I will be posting more pictures later of all the cousins together. They are SO GOOD! So make sure you check back to see them!

My little girl is growing up....

This past Friday night Amber and I went to my friend JoAnna's house for her daughter, Alyssa's, birthday party. Alyssa had a sleepover. Amber didn't sleep over but we were invited to come for some "girl time". I have to say that Amber was one upset little girl when almost 10:00 came and I told her it was time to go. She just cried! She wanted to sleepover with the big girls! So we had to promise her that really soon she and Alyssa can have a sleepover, just the 2 of them. And that made her happy!

I wanted to share a picture of Amber's very first "big girl" party she went to. Alyssa's cousin, Lauren, is at the right and she didn't stay either. Then of course Amber is right in the middle. And the birthday girl is right by Lauren with the purple sweat suit on. Here it is!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSSA!!!!!!

Some pictures....

This has taken me FOREVER but I wanted to share a few pictures with you all from my new camera! Hope you enjoy!!

Me and my honey

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My 3 angels

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Amber and Nate being silly

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Jacob and Nate cheezin

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Me and my momma

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Go and see!

I have started posting on my Walking My Way To Health again. Go and see it and check out my new look on my blog!

Here is the link:
http://walkingmywaytohealth.blogspot.com/

In honor of......

THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!

I have found a new background. Hope you like it.


Gobble, gobble.....

Here is a picture....

This is a picture from a cell phone so it isn't a very good one. But I wanted to show you all what my hair looks like. It has been a while since it has been this short. I think I like it way better though. It sure does feel better! Maybe I will have some better pictures soon that I can share. My hair grows really fast though so I wanted to show it to you while it is still short.

I have been really busy lately. Sorry I haven't been posting as much. I have been trying to keep up with all of your blogs, not commenting but I have been reading. Well, I am gonna go for now. Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

My computer has been sick.

I had last posted about our new president and was wondering why I hadn't gotten any comments. Well, when I just checked my blog, I had gotten comments! I never got the e-mails telling me that you all had commented!!!

I had a BAD virus on my computer that Microsoft had to help me get off. I ended up having 335 infected files!!!

So I want to say I am sorry that I had not published your comments. I will check my blog from now on instead of trusting my e-mails.

Hope you all have an AMAZING weekend!

Pray for Obama!

Before you read this know that I will not be bashing anyone and please keep your comments positive. Now we shall move on!


OK, I voted for McCain. BUT... Obama is now my president. This was my very first time voting. I am 32 years old and I finally realized the importance of my vote. Some might say that it doesn't matter if they vote or that one vote will not make a difference. Well, my thoughts are that if we go and vote then we can say that we did our part. So I did my part.

I have to honestly say that when I first realized that Obama won, I was sad and had some mixed emotions. But I have been taught by my pastors that WHOEVER our president is we are to support and pray for them. That is our job as Christians. I trust God and I believe that if it weren't God's will for this man to be our president then he wouldn't be. Too much prayer went into this election. And I believe that when we pray, God hears us. And my prayers were for the right man to be in office, not who I wanted to get it.

So in closing this post, I want to say, please pray for President Obama and support him. He has a tough job ahead of him and he needs our support. And I believe that God EXPECTS us to do this!