Thanksgiving 2010

We spent Thanksgiving with Craig's side of the family this year! It was a great visit. We stayed with Ann and Todd and the kids had plenty of time to play and enjoy each other. Ann prepared a fabulous meal and we enjoyed visiting, laughing and counting all our blessings! We finished the week off by watching AUburn beat Bama!!! (sorry ANN and TOdd!!!) War Eagle!




working on the Thanksgiving dinner!



Grandmama with all the grandchildren!



wait.... is that a REAL smile???? :)






Wearing Grandmama's glasses!!



Playing games with the cousins!




Katie and her best Buddy!



Ben with his cousin Sarah!



Gorgeous Caroline!




a beautiful table with YUMMY food!






Thankful for all our many blessings this year!

Disney 2010

This was our 3rd annual trip to Disney. We have become official Disney FREAKS!!!! The highlights of this year were:
Paramedics called to the room the FIRST night for Ben... (he was fine just a touch of a stomach bug!)
The Halloween Party
Being Picked as the Family of the Day at the Grand Floridian and getting a room upgrade!!
Ben riding Space Mountain 9 TIMES!!!
Experiencing Epcot and all it had to offer
Pin Trading (this is a ROYAL money pit but it was alot of fun!)
O'Hana's
Ben not having a major tantrum while we were there!
Watching Katie and Ben still love every moment of Disney and all its magic!



our pretty room at the Grand Floridian


We spent more time this year at Epcot. We rode two of the best rides... Soarin' and Test Track... They were awesome!!











my sweet bumble bee!


My Air Force Pilot... Top Gun, anyone??



We love Halloween at Disney!





By Far the funniest moment...Bullseye TRYING to dance with Craig... Craig deleted the best pictures but it was soooo funny watching Craig handle this




Alice in Wonderland with Katie and "Benny-Boo".. at the character breakfast!



Dinner at O'Hana's by far the best meal of the week!




Katie dancing with the block party!!!



Below are pictures of Ben's Jedi Training. Craig waiting in line for almost 2 hours for Ben to do this but it was WORTH it. Ben was so brave fighting Darth!!!!






meeting Darth for the first time... yikes!





Fighting DARTH VADAR... he was so tough... (Ben, that is!) I would have been terrified!





Riding on the Riverboat!






Our beautiful hotel!



katie and the Princess and the "Frog"



campfire singing with Chip and Dale!



watching the parade... for the 100th time... but it never gets old!!!



getting her picture done!




sit very still, Ben!




the finished drawing!






THE END!!!!!

well... It's About TIme....

Finally I am updating the blog!!!! Below are pics from Katie's 8th birthday party with all her "girlfriends" at Treetop!!!! They had a blast playing laser tag, riding go-carts, eating cake and pizza, playing putt-putt and playing video games!!!!!









The Cake by Wendy!!!!!








playing putt-putt with Ben!




Craig getting his "baby fix" with Ryan Frances!





The Whole Gang!



posing!!






Happy 8th Birthday sweet Katie!

Back to School 2010

The First Day of School..... Finally I have 2 elementary school students!!!!









My sassy Second Grader!




My Silly Kindergartener!

Mission Trip Part 2... Finally!

I am finally getting around to do the second part of our trip blog.... I have over 200 pictures from this trip and it is hard to choose which ones to post.... This is just a glimpse of what we did this week... we painted, moved, landscaped, cleaned, read, ripped out, fellowshipped, prayed, worshipped, laughed all week... It was such a neat experience to share with our children and other families!!!




We began every morning in the fellowship hall to eat breakfast, have a devotion and prayer time and to get our marching orders for the day!
then we began work... for the kids and moms we worked in the morning and then took the kids to swim and rest in the afternoons...





Now that is concentration!!!




ripping up carpet!





I got the chance to teach sit and fit aerobics... this was so much fun... and I got spend some great time with these godly women!!!









the Eanes and Mattox children...




We became really close on this trip....these are some really great ladies!!!






Craig listening to his directions for the day... in his Methodist shirt... he LOVED wearing it on a "baptist" mission trip!!!






the kids lOVED the golfcart!








Celisa and I moved a lady from her duplex to a smaller apartment... It was an all morning adventure and it is amazing what you learn about someone just by seeing their stuff... You see what is really important to them... For this lady, her most prized possessions were the cross stiched pieces her husband had done years ago of favorite scripture verses... We were told exactly where they should be hung around the house... Precious...
and yes, and look at the box I am carrying... typical... Jen with the vodka in her hands! ha ha ha!




the girls washed windows, cleaned ceiling fans and much more at the lodge!




Craig and Ben painting!






We had the opportunity to have lunch with the residents of the lodge.... we heard many stories about their adventures in Africa and heard the verse John 3:16 in 5 different languages!!





This is Garth and Marge... they are the managers of the retirement village and are just the best... they are the ones that made sure we were busy all week.. they were kind enough to have us ALL over for hamburgers and hot dogs one night!





enjoying some time with each other at Garth and Marge's house!





yes, and that picture sums up how we all felt at the end of the week!!!!