Ella at Cole's Program

Cole & his buddy, Ryan

Cole w/ Ms. Audrey

Mommy w/ Cole & Ella before Cole's Christmas Program

Daddy & Ella before Cole's Christmas Program

Cole & Ella dancing to Jingle Bell Rock!

We've certainly been enjoying the Christmas season around here. Cole & Ella love playing all the musical things we have out. I love the picture of them dancing to Jingle Bell Rock! When Cole is in the right mood, he LOVES playing with Ella. He just really doesn't like it when she knocks his towers down. :-) We were so proud of him in the Christmas Program. I think he was one of the loudest ones singing up there. His favorite song was I'm a Little Santa short and fat. He goes around singing it all the time and I love it! We can't wait for Santa to come. We've been enjoying our elves, Adam & Annie. They leave little treats every night and sleep in some of the craziest places. This morning, Cole found them upside down in their glasses. They drank all their water and fell asleep upside down. Those silly elves! If Christmas doesn't get here soon, Ella is going to have all the presents unwrapped. Cole showed her one of hers, so she promptly unwrapped it. Cole shouted, "Oh, no Ellie! You're supposed to wait until December 25th!" I cracked up. She just looked at him like, "What? You gave it to me." Never a dull moment.

Nikki runs the full!

Just wanted to post a couple of pics of some of my best friends from high school, Nikki, Sarah & Liz. We all got together when Nikki came to town to run the St. Jude Marathon a few weeks ago. It's always nice to get together with them. We can always pick up where we left off and have a great time together. Nikki ran the full marathon in under 4 hours so we are all proud of her. However, we're hoping she's retired from marathon running now!

Happy Thanksgiving & Merry Christmas!

We had a Thanksgiving of mixed emotions. It was great to be in Dyersburg and see extended family and friends that I don't get to see often. However, a close family friend of about 20 years passed away on November 30th. She had a stroke a few days before Thanksgiving and finally went home to be with the Lord a week later. She had a terrific life and lived for 90 years! Wednesday we will lay Mrs. Mae to rest. Please pray for my dad at this time. She was like a second mother to him and he is really grieving right now.

On another note, the kids are fired up and ready for Christmas. The tree is up and all the decorations are out. They have been playing every musical thing in the house...seriously how many times can they enjoy listening to Jingle Bell Rock? I genuinely love watching their little faces and them dance around the room. I even joined in yesterday and danced with them for awhile. I think I'm getting too old though. I got my Christmas cards ordered and can't wait to get them mailed off! They are too cute!!! Tomorrow is the last day for the homeschool classes I teach until Jan 13. I'm sad. It may sound crazy, but I love getting to go there once a week and teach them! I bought them some cookies to have a little Christmas party. Cole's Christmas Program is next week so look for pictures of that soon. I hope everyone is getting in the Christmas spirit! I still have a TON of shopping to do for people!

AND THE BEST NEWS OF ALL.........LANCE & CATHERINE ARE EXPECTING A BABY IN LATE JULY. I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT WAIT TO SPOIL THIS LITTLE BABY ROTTEN...THEN PASS IT TO UNCLE LANCE WHEN IT POOPS. :-)