Hutto Christmas

We started celebrating on Saturday. We had the Hutto Christmas at JJ and Kelly's house this year. Most of the family were able to attend. Kathy and her sister's lost their brother earlier this year and his daughter was going to be induced on Monday for her first child. His family was not able to be there and their oldest sister was not able to be there either. However, we did have a house full and enjoyed seeing 2 new babies born within the last month. Oh my gosh, all those warm tingly feelings all came back with one sniff of those little munchkins'. One boy, one girl, 11 days apart. How sweet!!!

Houston enjoying Nana's Red Velvet Cake

Houston and "Aunt Donna"

Awwwww.

Josh's cousins Greg and Jack. Houston and Jack will start K together.
The boys with their cousin Ben, who has a twin brother Cole.

This was as good as we could get. The boys had cousins and play machine guns waiting.
Baby Courtnie.

New Baby Hayden and his brother Jordan and Mommy, Emily.

Field Trip

A great idea from BES. A field trip is given for those chosen by their teachers for Academic or Citizenship performance. A great way to encourage studying and great behavior. They were awarded with a trip to see A Christmas Carol, popcorn and drink while at the movies, and lunch at McDonald's. A bus full!! 3 to a seat!! Levi was chosen for Citizenship and Isaac was chosen for Academic. I had 10 to chaperon. K-2nd graders. Whew! So thankful to get to be a part of it though. I think I made approx. 10 trips to the bathroom during the movie. We ALL went right before but Coke just seems to do that to them. I would NOT let them out of my sight so I went on every potty trip.ha It was a very exciting day. The trip and then had to be back by 1:30 for the party festivities to begin. We made it back too! The kids were very well behaved. We had 3 people approach us and ask us where we were from. One at the movies and 2x in McDonald's. They all complimented on how well behaved our children were. That should make some Momma's and Daddy's very proud! Thanks Mrs. Deavours and Mr. Thomas!

BES Christmas Party

What a day! We had the field trip earlier, the party and still to come, dress rehearsal for the Christmas Play at church. The boys had a great time just being boys. Mrs.Davis is a great teacher. Controls the class as needed but also allows them to be children. They are so "programmed and over scheduled" that just being a kid is rarely a part of school any more. However, Mrs. Davis gives a great balance of both! We have had a great year thus far and Levi really enjoys his class. They are a very close class it seems, but I'm sure they are still a little young for "Clicks" which I hope they never grow into!ha Anyway, some pics from the party. And the toys and snacks were enjoyed by all!

Birthday Supper

We all love to eat at Outback. However, we never all get to eat together except for once a year. My Grandaddy loves their steak and since he rarely leaves the city limits of Berry, we all try to take him for his birthday. Usually there are a few who can't make it but we try to get as many of us there as possible. The meal was wonderful as always and the boys really enjoyed themselves. Grandaddy really loved seeing the grand babies. You could tell by the big smile on his face the whole time. I love him so much and hope he's around 'til at least 100!

Reindeer Walk '09

The boys truly enjoy this every year. I do too! The classes gather at the walking trail and sing Christmas songs. Then visit both the Methodist and Baptist churches, to sing more Christmas carols. Then we split up and sing at different merchants in Berry. This year we sang at Tuugies and Piggly Wiggly. Levi is growing up too fast. I only had one pair of antlers that were not broken and he said, "That's ok, I don't need them anyway, I'm about to big for that part of Reindeer Walk, Momma." Oh my poor breaking heart. Can it please slow down?! Great weather for it and cookies waiting when we got back. Love this time of year!!

Houston and the stuff he comes up with.

He says some of the funniest stuff. He told people all day that I was 55 today and not 35. He's always getting his words mixed up. But anyway tonight, we went out with my family to celebrate mine and my precious Grandaddy's(77) birthday. He's into looking cool these days. "Momma I want to wear one of them tank-top sweaters and a long sleeve shirt under there and let it hang out. Them tank-top sweaters are real cool. And then I want to get my hair cut short so I can spike it up in the middle." Well, the tank-top sweater I have on hand. I prefer to call it a sweater vest but the hair, Not gonna happen. Who would cut off that adorable cute head full of hair for a spiked do. He's just too cute for his own good. I LOVE MY BOYS!!:)

I Have Arrived!!

I can't belive it! I have arrived to my mid 30's! Thank you Lord for every day, every breath, every smile, every tear, every laugh, every cry, every hug, every kiss, every touch, every one that has filled these 35 blessed, wonderful years. May I be thankful for it all and give you the glory for everything. For without him, I am nothing! I'm not all that I want to be, but thank God I'm not what I used to be! I hope I'm blessed with many, many more and can help share the Love of God to everyone. Thanks to all of you who make my life....perfect. That's right, as perfect as it can be on earth. Here's to the next 65 years, oh yeah, I hope I'm still kickin' at 100!! Love to you all!!

I Am Blessed

My health is good
My mind is sound
Family loves me
And friends abound
I am blessed.

I live in freedom
My home is mine
My life is like
A vintage wine
I am blessed.

My faith sustains me
When I am low
God supports me
I know it's so
I am blessed.

For everything
I was denied
Other blessings
Were mutiplied
I am blessed.

I know not what's
In store for me
I'll trust the one
Who's sheltered me
I am blessed.

When I am gone
Don't pity me
I lived a life
Both full and free
I was blessed.

"I delight to do Your will, O my God, and Your law is within my heart." Psalms 40:8

I LOVE THIS MAN!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDADDY!

WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH! OVERALLS AND ALL!!

Tiger Woods...

Well as you know, this all you hear about. On radio, tv, internet, it consumes everything. Why is it, when people mess up, people just continue to beat them in the ground? Not excusing his behavior, but enough already. We are to pray for people when they mess up, not continue kicking them while they're down and for heaven's sake....MIND OUR OWN BUSINESS!! Anyway, Levi has heard bits and pieces of the Tiger Saga. If anything comes on, I just try to turn the station or channel, etc. But he did finally ask and this was pretty much the conversation.

L: Momma, what did Tiger do? Is he getting fired from golf?
M: No, he's not getting fired from golf, but a lot of people who sponsor him with his golf stuff are deciding not too because he made some very bad choices.
L: What bad choices?

OK, should I just brush it off or explain. Rather, he hear it from me than any one else, so here it goes.

M: You know in the Bible, The 10 Commandments?
L: Yea, thou shalt not steal or lie or kill.
M: Yes, that's some of them. But another one is "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery". And that's what Tiger did that was so bad.
L: Well, what's that?
M: It means that when you marry a woman, she is to be your wife, forever. Til you die. You are never suppose to like another girl again. Only your wife, but if you do, then that's called committing adultery. And Tiger had a wife but also had a girlfriend and you CANNOT do that.
L: What? So he has a wife and then he liked another girl and made her his girlfriend too?
M: Yes, once married, she is your wife and no more girlfriends. Girlfriends are for when your dating but only 1 wife for when you're married....
L: Well, my goodness, he should've just kept 2 girlfriends, then!

OK!!! I think he gets it, as a matter of fact, gets it too good for the age of 7!!! Oh Dear Lord, I don't want my Baby committing adultery but I do not want him having 2 girlfriends, either! Are you kidding me, girlfriend/boyfriend stuff wasn't even in my vocabulary until around 7th Grade not 7 years old. Should I be worried?!

A Little Get-A-Way

Josh and I had planned a little get away for the weekend. My birthday is this week and we wanted to finish up shopping. We planned to go to my favorite place at CHRISTmas time, Nashville. Houston woke Saturday AM with an upset stomach. He threw up about 4X until lunch and it was gone. SO, assumed it was something he had eaten. Being a Momma, I just couldn't go thinking he may be getting sick and if it was the stomach bug, I assumed Levi's turn would be right around the corner. We changed plans a little and took them with us. IF they were sick, they would be away from home BUT they would be with their Momma. We packed their stuff and headed out. Houston must have not had a virus or if he did, THANK THE LORD, none of us got it.

We had a wonderful time! The hotel is always so beautiful and the shopping is great. The boys enjoyed the get-a-way as much as we did. A little change of scenery is nice every once in a while. We are pretty much home bodies but do love the occasional road-trip. We also met up with some of our friends, who live in Nashville. We had supper and let the kids do a few things. Josh, Mike and the 4 oldest kiddos rode some kind of roller coaster simulator thing that you get in and it closes and the whole thing moves around. They loved it! Little-bit, Gracie, opted for the "Ferris Wheel" which happens to be a carousel. She loved it too. It was a short but eventful weekend. Took a few pics, but stayed so busy, really didn't snap a lot of pics. It IS the most wonderful time of the year!

The view from our balcony.

My handsome fellas Oh my goodness, be still my heart.
A passer byer took this.

Baby, It's Cold Outside. But not in here.
The boys loved getting to swim.

ONE of my favorites.

"MY KK"(per the boys) wears many hats. Radiology tech, wife, sister, aunt, daughter, Deacon's wife, scrapbooker, adoptive parent to Hope, ha. I'm sure there are many that I have left out but anyway, she also serves as "The Family Photographer". She recently took some pics of us down by the River. We were pressed for time and with Josh being out of town and in the tree stand, photo time is hard to come by. Anyway, she took some and they turned out great. Our Header pic is one and the one I used on my CHRISTmas cards. But this is one of my favorites. I ask her to take our family pics with my camera. After "the session", she gave my camera back. Josh and the boys were walking ahead. KK and I were falling behind while dealing Jeremy misery. I called the boys they all stopped right where they're at in this pic and I loved it. So I said SMILE and they did and this is how it turned out. Just wanted to share. Because, I'm so proud of my family. I'm so in love with them. And I'm so glad the feeling is mutual.(hee,hee)

HAPPY 75TH BIRTHDAY, PAWPAW!

I miss you more than words can say. You are still so alive in my heart and thoughts. Heaven is definitely sweeter with you there.

Johnny Edward Bozeman

Dec.7, 1934-Feb. 26, 2007

"Nana-Cam"

Here's a few updates from Nana's camera. Believe it or not, there are times that I don't have my camera with me. If I don't, she usually does.

We usually eat Sunday Lunch Pop and Nana's. Jason, Kelly and the boys, live in Dora. With his job and her part time, Sunday is usually the only day, we all see each other.

This was actually last Sunday. On Saturday, Josh, Levi and Pop went fishing. So, we had a fish fry for lunch. Pop had also cut down an old tree and wanted the wood burnt. He ask Levi if he wanted to build his first real campfire and of course, he did. And what's a good campfire without fun roasting marshmallows?

Is he hot or what?! Almost as hot as all that grease frying up the artery corroding fish, fries, and hushpuppies.

JJ & Kelly
THE Campfire
CAUTION: MEN AT WORK & PLAY
This was actually yesterday. Nana fixed lunch for us as usual. But this was actually a birthday dinner for Kelly and I. We both have December birthdays.
Oh My Gosh, Look at that. I could just eat 'em up!

At Church, yesterday.
Can you believe how big my boys are getting?! Levi is almost up to Poppy's shoulder!!

Berry Baptist Ladies Christmas Banquet

We had a wonderful time last Tuesday night. I have been to the banquet for the last 3 years and have always enjoyed it. We were asked to do a table this year. The place is so beautiful with all the tablescapes and lit candles. I love to see every one's creativity. Our minds all think and see things differently. It's so amazing how God can create us all individually unique. Mrs. Linda asked Debbie, if she and I would like to do a table. She agreed. I just followed directions. Debbie is very creative and always decorates her own home beautifully. So, the table was no different. All the stuff she already had and it made for a gorgeous gold and cream table. Loved the food, loved the music, loved the speaker, loved getting to see my friends, loved the night. If you haven't been, you should try it next year.

We missed MeMaw and KK. They were a little under the weather. Our group shot did not take very well. Very blurry for some reason. But here's a few pics.