Merry Christmas!

CHRISTMAS IN CAMDEN!

Our family tradition is to spend Christmas in Camden with Mama. We had so much fun the whole week. The preparation is just as much fun as the as actual day of Christmas. Love all the baking, shopping, visiting and being with family! Every Christmas Eve we spend the evening at Grandma's with our extended family, hanging out and of course eating! Christmas morning Santa visited the kids at Mamaw's and we love to share in the excitement at her house. Around lunch time we head back to Grandma's to exchange gifts there. And we stay through the late evening enjoying family! We all had such a blessed Christmas, hope your family did as well!!!

Pajama Day!

It was the kids last day of school for this year and today was pajama day for Hannah's school! All the second graders wore their pj's and watched Polor Express!!! They also had a super fun sing-along that Mama and I joined in on! It was a funny and exciting program, we all had a ball!!! The kids are on Ma-Maw's hands for the weekend while Me and Daddy are ready to have a great weekend with each other...can you tell how excited I am??? Yipee!

Hannah's reading group had their read along play today in their classroom! It was so exciting for Hannah, she is really into the arts lately. Her absolute favorite thing to do these days is to write her own songs and sing them. Here is just a very short bit of the reading!

Congratulations To Uncle Steve!

Congrats to Uncle Steve for being nominated as Master of his Masonic Lodge in Cayce. Uncle Steve puts alot of time and care into being apart of his community and the brothers of his lodge rewarded him with this nomination. Chris, the kids and I enjoyed the ceremony of installation and dinner afterward! We are so proud for Uncle Steve and we love you very much!

GOING TO THE BALLET

TO SEE THE NUTCRACKER!


Brunson has been excited for over a week now about going to the Ballet. Well, I'm not too sure if he is excited about the actual Ballet or if he is excited about wearing his suit! He was even excited about his Bass loafer shoes...they are exactly like what his Popa always wore. Almost everyday he says, "Mama I just want to try on my handsome clothes". I think I have a little man who likes to be stylish!! So this morning once I got him all dressed, he just had to have a little of Daddy's smelly good spray and then he was asking for his picture to be taken. He said Maw-ma would really like to see me all dressed up! So cute I could just squeeze him to pieces!!!





HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISHA!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALISHA!!! LOVE YOU!!!

Bye Bye Lucy

My sweet baby is in Doggie Heaven.

Lucy, my precious 12 year German Shepard passed today and I know there is no more suffering for her. As a tee tiny pup, my Daddy found her on the side of the road and brought her home to me. Lucy has been with me through all my adult life and it is so hard to imagine my life without her.
She has been going down hill for awhile now, but today she had a stroke. Hannah is having a real hard time, I'm not sure Brunson really understands...But I know by tonight or tomorrow he is going to be missing Lucy.
Thank you Mama for helping me today, I know your task were not easy. I love you very much.

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

The Shirley Family Thanksgiving lunch was great! Grandma was able to come home again this year from the nursing home and we were all blessed to spend another holiday with her! We had so much yummy foods and once again the family home was full - I think about twenty of us! It is always so fun to see all the cousins, aunts and uncles that we may not see on a regular basis. I am so thankful for so many things, especially to have Mama cancer free, Grandma home to enjoy the holiday and to have such a wonderful, loving family! All the little ones had a fantastic time playing with all their cousins, they really didn't want the day to end. Once the little ones were taken home, some of us "big kids" had a great time getting into the happy juice:)