tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256248572012-02-11T23:54:04.956-05:00Our Carolina HomeCarolina Mamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14186843669134073634noreply@blogger.comBlogger3371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624857.post-55524992954668431942011-12-26T11:38:00.005-05:002011-12-26T13:21:14.315-05:00

We had a wonderful Christmas weekend in Camden with Mamaw and family! The children enjoyed all their new goodies from Santa and Chris and I sure enjoyed watching all the smiles, giggles and squeals!

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A 3-PEAT!The Stone family enjoyed another season of Gamecock tailgating! To end the season with a win against Clemson, for the 3rd year in a row, was a happy finale! As always we enjoyed friends, family, food, and the great Gamecocks all season long.

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If You Are Not From The South You May Not Understand!Hannah Got Her First Deer!An afternoon hunt on Thanksgiving will never be forgotten in the Stone family! Hannah and I were in the stand for about an hour when two nice does came into the field! After getting her nerves and shakes under control...Hannah decided on the biggest doe about 75-80 yards out. She takes the shot...and misses! The two

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Congratulations to Brunson for making the allstar team this year!!! He wanted and worked hard all season hoping to make the team! We had the first practice of many yesterday and Brunson was super worn out! Big difference already in regular season to allstar, but he is so excited and tough!! We are so proud of our little man!!!

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We Love Spring!From Homemade Jelly to planting our little garden, we worked hard today! There is no jelly like Grandma's jelly and every year I try and try to make her strawberry jelly. I still haven't got it right yet, but I won't give up! I can't seem to figure out how to get the actual berries to disperse throughout the jar, my berries stay on the top...but it does taste oh SO good!!! And

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Family Fun At The Beach We had a great time celebrating Easter and Spring Break with Mamaw at the Beach this year! Hannah and Brunson were SUPER brave and swam in the ocean. It was great warm weather, but when I stuck my toes in the water, it was freezing! The Easter Drama, and Magic Show were great, along with the Easter egg hunt and LW family fun night being fun! It was such a full fun

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We are three games in on the season, Brunson is really working hard. Every game I am so proud for him! He gives 110% on every play and is such a great athlete. Last night's game was extra exciting for Brunson, he had his cousins and Aunt there cheering him on! Thanks, Jaymee, Shannon, Aunt Judy, Huston and Coleton

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Hannah started Tumbling classes the first of Febuary and she LOVES it! In the first month she mastered her bridge and this month she will master her back walk over (I just know it). She is maybe an inch now from popping into her full split! We are so very proud of her!

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The new season has begun and my Brunson, better known as "Bruno" to everyone at the ballfield, is playing great! Brunson is playing shortstop and batting 3rd. Chris is coaching (of course) again this season and it is so wonderful to watch them together on the field. Life is full and so fun, we are truly a blessed family!

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We have been so busy, we are just getting to see our first parade of the season! Love our family time together!!!

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We do love CHRISTmas time around here! It seems like life is so fast and time kinda gets away from us at times. BUT this is the most important time of year, Jesus's Birthday and we intend to celebrate the miracle of life and love. Yes we are believers in Santa, of course, but we are remembering the true meaning of Christmas as well. Hannah and Brunson love to decorate the house almost as much as

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In Support Of Our Gamecocks! Chris and I had a great adult trip to Atlanta for the Gamecock vs Tiger game! Unfortunately our Gamecocks were defeated, but we still had a great time with all our tailgating family! Those Auburn fans were wonderful as well, and we came away with new friends! Fan fair was really neat with all the vendors and news broadcast stations...we saw ourselves on tv a few times

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CRICUTWe finally made time for alittle crafting! Hannah does love being crafty and I do love all activities with my bestest girl! I see many projects in our future, yipee!!

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Happy Thanksgiving!!!I am so thankful for my family and the love we share! We enjoyed a fantastic holiday week at Momma's for Thanksgiving! We spent time playing, baking and cooking, hunting and of course Shirley partying! The time flew by, hard to believe we have been in Camden since Tuesday, it just went by so fast!  

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Because My Momma Comes Home Today!!!I know I am spoiled by my Mommy...and really love it!!! I have missed her so much,as she has been on a vacation for 10 WHOLE days with Aunt Cathy! She called this morning at 6:15 as the cruise ship was pulling into port...now I have to be patient 10 more hours (for her to drive back to SC) and then I get my Momma back! So much happens everyday and I am so use

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FOR CROOKS!!!Lock your doors, set you alarm and protect all your goodies...Christmas is around the corner! Which of course means, the crooks are on the prowl to "work" at stealing your stuff! Why such pathetic people will come out at night, sneak around and really put so much energy into stealing and harming instead of getting a real job is beyond my understanding. Don't these people know you

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I deerly enjoyed a weekend in Camden. My little southern kiddos felt the pitter patter of their heart racing with the excitement of a successful deer hunt. A family that plays together loves together and I do love my family!

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Full of tailgating, Halloween and Birthday celebrations!!!Three celebrations in one, made for a spooktactular-grand-winning-party weekend! The RV was full this weekend with family, every bed was full and it was chaotic fun! Mamaw, Christen and BJ joined our usual family of four in our 27ft home away from home and Sheryl, Steve and Uncle Roy joined us all Saturday! Mamaw hit the big 63 this year

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PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR OUR SWEET AUNT BETHAunt Beth is very sick in ICU at Lexington Medical Center. Please take a moment and pray for her, her family and all the medical team.

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In South Carolina's governor's debate produces many opinions...so here is mine. My background and to my beliefs! Born and raised as a southern republican girl from a middle class family, I am proud! My parents always made government interesting and debatable. I was sheltered and protected as a small child and saw very little evil in our world (thank goodness my parents let me be a child!) In

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THE SOUTH CAROLINA STATE FAIRWith Hannah and Brunson growing up way too fast and Chris never wanting to grow up...I was the total tourist at the fair this year. Yea, I was the Mama who was toting the camera bag, the drinks, the stuffed animals, etc! All while my three children (2 beautiful children and 1 wonderful child at heart husband)went from ride to ride in pure excitement. Hannah absolutely

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Brunson had another fantastic game! He went 4 for 4 (four times at bat and four hits) and I think he made four outs! Does a Momma's heart good to see her son do so well!!!

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For those who know me well, know how I have been suffering from tummy/female issues for quite awhile now. Well this episode was pretty painful yesterday. Finally I had to lay down and my precious babies were to be my nurses and take care of me while Daddy worked. They were so good and quiet, I drifted off into never never land for over an hour (the medicine really makes me sleepy). I woke to this

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The most fantastic Gamecock football game of the season!!! Carolina upsets #1 team in the nation! Alabama tide rolled a little short and the Gamecocks WON! 35-21!!!Another tailgating weekend full of fun and celebrations! We really enjoyed having Christen and BJ (cousins) along with many friends with us for all the festivities this weekend!

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 My sweet baby girl is 10 years old today! We started the celebrating a day early, since Mamaw was in town! Hannah is such a blessing to me each and everyday! I never imagined the feeling of love and pride could be so strong until the day my Hannah was born. Each day we grow older, my love grows as well. One day I know I will just pop with love for her. She was my Hannah Nana as an infant

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We enjoyed a relaxing, fantastic weekend in Camden. Camden is a little slow paced and I think it is exactly what we needed...some family time with beautiful weather, being outdoors and enjoying each other! Spent most of the weekend at the farm. Hannah and Brunson love being around all the horses and feeding them their special treats! We also went hunting, boys against girls. Hannah and I sat in

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As always, I am proud of both of my sweet kiddos! Hannah has really taken on the challenge to help out a classmate of her's. She has a student from Mexico that speaks little to no English. Hannah makes no judgements and is so completely patient with helping her friend in every little task while in school! She takes this responsibility to heart and gives it her all! Luvs it!!! Now Brunson

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Another super fun weekend tailgating/camping out for our Gamecocks!!!

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We enjoyed Labor Day weekend at the beach with Mamaw and had oh so much fun! The beach house has become like a second home, Hannah and Brunson absolutely love being there with all their new friends! Hannah had a blast at Wally's street party dancing and then oh so enjoyed teaching Mamaw the Cupid Slide! We all enjoyed some friendly games of cornhole ( I especially enjoyed partnering up with

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What a wonderful start to The Carolina Gamecock season!!! We all had a fantastic time with friends, fans and food! I'll admit, I was somewhat nervous of tailgating with the camper, multiple days, with the kids...but it was great!!! The kids absolutely enjoyed every minute of our 3 day tailgating week!!! We can't wait till Friday and do it all over again!!!         

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What a wonderful busy summer we have enjoyed! We planted our very first veggie garden this year, and it was so exciting to watch our hard work and God's gifts blossom and grow each day! We camped quite a bit...which we of course love! This summer was extra exciting because Ma-maw bought a beach house and we definitely spent a lot of time enjoying the beach life!!! For me the beach is my heaven,

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Chris and I have enjoyed everyone of the eleven years of our marriage! He is my very bestfriend and I treasure every bit of him! God has truly blessed me with a perfect match! First time in history, the Carolina Gamecock flag is flying on top of our state house!!! We sure had a wonderful time celebrating the Gamecock Baseball National Championship!!! The parade and state house events were

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What a fantastic vacation!!! A week in our new camper at Lakewood on the beach makes for a fun time! We put the computers, phones, and tv (well other than Gamecock baseball) away and really enjoyed being a family! Each day we enjoyed the ocean, pool, bike rides, feeding all the animals, and we surely enjoyed a night of seafood buffet, the show, High Steppin Country, the arcade, walks on the pier

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Finally the kids are out of school and it is time for some summer fun!!! Hannah (3rd grade) and Brunson (1st grade) did so well this year in school! Both were on Honor Roll all year, Hannah got excellence in attendence(didn't miss one day of school) and Brunson won the mathematics award for 1st grade!!! We are so proud of our sweet babies!!! We had our end of the year baseball party for

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From Brunson Baseball 2010 From Brunson Baseball 2010 From From Brunson Baseball 2010feat=embedwebsite">Brunson Baseball 2010From Brunson Baseball 2010From Brunson Baseball 2010 We continue to be so proud of our little ballplayer. Something about him making those diving catches in the air is unbeleavable to me and thanks to Mamaw giving him a little batting practice has him hitting such great

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What a fantastic first camping trip of 2010!!! We enjoyed a weekend at Tommie and Keri's land. This was the first time taking the new camper out and what a huge improvement, we enjoyed it so much!!! Can't wait for next weekend's camping trip!!!

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   Finally, Daddy and Brunson were able to come out to Hannah's last game (being able to watch the whole game) and take some pictures of Hannah in action! It's really hard with two playing ball at two different complexs with a parent assisting coaching for each team on Chris and I...we would like to be at both kids every game and practice! At least this night was all about Hannah and she has

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We enjoyed a wonderful afternoon with some good family fun! Aunt Doris came in for a visit from North Carolina and her and Mama came to Columbia to watch Brunson play baseball and enjoy a great dinner at Aunt Cathy's house!!! It was so great to spend time with family and Brunson was super excited to have his Mamaw and Great Great Aunt Doris come and watch his game!!!

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Hannah decided she wanted to try out the beauty pageant world! We went up to Spartanburg Friday night for a girls night with Mamaw, Aunt Seisha, Mary and baby Reese, Hannah was so excited!!! We primped and played and all had a great time! The pageant was on Saturday and Daddy and Brunson came up for the show! Hannah did fantastic!!! We were so proud of her, she was just beautiful and confident.

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Saturday kicked off the season for Midland's baseball! We enjoyed a fun FULL day at the ballfield starting with the parade! Click on the picture to see all the photos! Baseball">

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The kids had such a wonderful time at Zachery's birthday party! Zachery is Hannah's "friend" from school and he really is a sweet boy. We all, even myself, got out on the skates and had a great time!

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Like always, I am super DUPER proud of Hannah! Today was Hannah's school's 3rd grade awards program! Hannah won both of the highest awards given. Perfect attendance and All A Honor Roll!!! Brunson also made Honor Roll in first grade! No awards program in his school, but we are super DUPER proud of him too!!!

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Hannah and I got to enjoy a wonderful Saturday together while Daddy and Brunson went hunting. I decided to make it a quality, no distraction all about Hannah and I day. So we stayed home and "tried" not to get caught up in doing the endless chores that are always needing to be done and actually do a little something creative and fun! We sewed a little and baked a little, while talking A LOT :) It

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Today is the 4th anniversary of the passing of my sweet sweet Daddy. Hard to think four years have passed as we remember and miss him daily. I am finally at peace with knowing I am living my life and raising my children in a way that I know he is smiling down on me.

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The Stone family had a wonderful Christmas this year...It was a little new and scary with a 31 year tradition thrown out the window. You see Christmas has always been at my Grandma's, but with her passing this all has now changed. It was so hard to get into the spirit of Christmas, but once I committed to making the best with what little family I had around...I actually did have a great time.

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Thursday, November 05, 2009I am so excited to start my very own business and becoming my own boss through selling the wonderful Avon brand! Avon really is the company for women! I have always been around an Avon product, from my Grandmother always having the body powders to my mother loving the Skin So Soft spritzers! As a young adult in the work force I always bought my Avon products through

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Happy Birthday to the bestest Mom!!! I love and respect you more than words can say!!! Hope you have a great day!!!

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HANNAH TURNS 9 IN TRUE GIRL FASHION STYLE!Hannah had a birthday week this year, from school party to Mamaw visiting for a home family get-together to a day at the mall with her girlfriends to dinner with friends and family at Miyabi! She sure is one special nine year old. Our love for her grows everyday, never could imagine how a child grows and so does the hearts of her very proud parents!

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Hannah had her first fast pitch softball game and WOW I am so proud! There is a HUGE difference moving from slow pitch to fast pitch and after one game Hannah has proved she has what it takes!!! Even after taking two seasons off, Hannah brought her game face last night! It was like watching a whole new child out on that field. An image I am sure will stay in my head is her charging a runner back

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Hannah and Brunson had a wonderful first day of school! Hannah is now a 3rd grader and Brunson is a 1st grader!!! Both kids were super excited for their first day and already love their teachers! Looks like we will have a great year!

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We had a fantastic time celebrating Brunson's 6th birthday at Chuck E Cheese. Thank you everyone for helping Brunson to have a wonderful birthday! I can't believe my baby is already 6, I am so proud of him. I want to cherish my little boy, because I know before I will be able to realize, I'll lose him to being a young man. I already think of how I use watch him take his first steps, how he

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So I really am addicted to camping now! I just can't seem to get enough! Going again next weekend I am sure!!!

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I think of Grandma today as it would have been her 90th birthday. I miss her more than I could have ever imagined. I love you Grandma!

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We enjoyed another camping trip to Santee! Chris took us down on Wednesday and we stayed till Sunday. The weather was wonderful and we really had a relaxing nice time! We took the boat this time and caught some nice fish and loved riding the waters! We saw lots of deer on our nightly walks and the kids loved that!!! Hannah and Brunson also enjoyed VBS from 10-12 everyday too! I am already wanting

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We celebrated Uncle James birthday, Saturday at Mama's and what a great time we all had. Lots of food and laughs is what the Shirley family is all about! It is an amazing feeling looking around and seeing family and history and lots of love. I hope this starts a new tradition every year! Love you Uncle James!!!

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These cutie pictures were taken one rainy afternoon, when we couldn't play outside. The children had so much fun playing around with the camera and I bet we took 200 pictures with them giving me the most comical poses!!!CAMPING IN SANTEE!!! Our first time taking out our camper was so much fun!!! Having Mama camping right next to us was fantastic, she taught us all about setting up and tips to

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And A Happy 10 Year Anniversary!!!We had a wonderful weekend full of fun and lots of love! Ma-maw got Hannah and Brunson on Thursday and Chris and I started celebrating our anniversary a day early. Chris and I enjoyed all day Friday together with a nice dinner at Motor Supply Co., watching fireworks at the stadium, and ending the night at our fav. little red bar. Saturday we went to Camden to

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Hannah and Brunson had a fantastic week at kids camp. Their bestest buds, Savannah and Haden went too! They went each night from 6-9 with activities like, a petting zoo, horse riding, jump houses, dunking booths, face painting, ministry, and dinner theatre. This camp seemed so special, 13 different Churches all came together in the spirit of love and Christianity for all the childen to have such

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Elizabeth Reese9 lbs. 8oz.21 1/4 in.6/11/09 7:41am

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This makes me smile!

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IRENE CRAFTON SHIRLEYJULY 27TH 1919 - MAY 21ST 2009IN LOVING MEMORY How to say goodbye? I can't even find the words. My grandma was so special to me. Not only because she was the only grandparent I ever knew...she was kind and gentle but yet so strong. Grandma was happiest at her home with all her family around with her flowers in bloom and her garden full of crop. She could put together a

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Brunson's class had "The Author's Tea Party" and how fantastic it was. Brunson wrote the sweetest, most amazing story...about Mommy!!! I was so shocked and so very proud! Of course being at school I had to stop off and chat with Hannah and her girlfriends on the playground! My sweet babies make me so happy!!!Hannah and I took a little drive to North Carolina last week-end to go to Great Uncle

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THE KIDDOS BEFORE SCHOOL, BEING SILLY OF COURSE!!!

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AFTER YEARS OF BUYING BOWS, I FINALLY DECIDED TO TRY AND MAKE MY OWN!!!

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I had a great time celebrating my 31st Friday night with family and friends! We went to Miyabi for dinner with Alisha, Gray, Jackson, Chrissy, Brad and Kyle. Hannah helped me out and did the birthday dance and song!!! So after such a FULL dinner we decided to walk the mall and shop a little and we got to see the Easter Bunny!!!

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What can we say...Brunson is just loving baseball! Last night he hit a double and a HOMERUN, not to mention making at least 3 outs!!! I absolutely could just eat him up, he is all big and bad out on that field.

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Brunson experienced his first tee ball scrimmage game. He was wonderful, all serious and competitive. Tee ball is a little different than regular baseball in the ways of there are no outs and every kid gets to bat in an inning with two innings to play. The coach pitches three balls to the batter and if the batter doesn't hit one, then the batter gets to hit off of a tee. These are 4-6 year olds.

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Seems like awhile since our last post...things have been busy! Brunson has started tee ball and he loves it! I have to say he is pretty dang good at it too! He has grown up to be such a little man in the last year. We are having so much fun watching him grow and start his own little life. We also have been battling the flu season. Brunson was the first to be diagnosed with the flu and of course

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Kyle had a super fun 4th birthday party at Edventure! The kids had a super fun time investigating all the different activities!So proud of Hannah, this picture is after the awards day at school. Hannah was awarded for her perfect attendance and her Excellence in studies. She made the best of the best on her report card. All E's!!!

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It is hard to believe Daddy has been gone for three years today. How much has changed since he has passed is hard to believe because it still feels like just yesterday we were all together. I guess the pains of losing my sweet sweet Daddy will never get any easier. 8/6/39 - 1/14/06

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 Chris turned 32 today and we celebrated family style. Chris is such a wonderful husband, bestfriend and father. He makes life fun and safe for his family everyday. The kids and I are so lucky to have such an amazing man. We all love you very much!  

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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

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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

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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!

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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!

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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

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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.

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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

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Chris and I got to enjoy a wonderful weekend with each other! Aunt Beth and Uncle Steve asked for Hannah and Brunson to spend the weekend with them. The kids had a fun filled weekend and so did my hubby and me!!! We enjoyed quiet dinners together, we did a little shopping together, and we even went out dancing. I just loved every second of having Chris all to myself!

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Today is just not the best day for me. Hopefully it is mostly contributed to the dreary weather out...but I just feel like a battle of mine is like a ski slope that I just don't seem to be conquering. On days like today it sure is hard not to have my Daddy around, he would know just the right thing to say. And I feel like a saying he used to always tease me about..."I'm as lost as a fart in the

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AND I HAVE UNIFIRST TO THANK!Create your own FACEinHOLEChris has been with Unifirst for almost two months and the changes in him are wonderful! The transition was difficult to say the least. Chris had a whole new industry to learn, new procedures and policies to follow, new coworkers to meet, clients to gain trust with, and the drive to be at the top! All of these changes created long and

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EVEN THOUGH MCCAIN WAS DEFEATEDAfter long and hard times of political views, adventures and debates our great nation has made history. Whether you are Republican or Democrat let's all come together as a nation and support the USA. A friend of mine has already started to do his part in helping Obama's political policies. He visited a local cafe in his hometown yesterday. As he and his friend are

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GOES TO BRUNSON STONE!!!We are SUPER DUPER proud of Brunson! He was awarded his school's highest praise of Enthusiastic Eaglet. This award goes out to the student who accomplishes all their studies, are nice, share, follow all instructions and are all around great students!

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From super heroes to Princesses, from Sandy to Witches we had them all! Ma-Maw and I decided to get the fun started a little early. So when we picked up the kids from school, we were dressed to scare in our witch hats, hair and ugly makeup (I'll never forget Ma-maw's blacked out teeth-ewww)! Hannah and Brunson laughed so hard and couldn't wait to get home and get themselves all dressed in their

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DRESS UP IN WONDERFUL WORDS!Hannah's school is studying about Fancy Nancy books written by Jane O'Connor. These books teach children about using fancy words instead of normal hum-drum everyday words. Hannah chose ACCESSORIES as her word, and her assignment was to create a costume to portray the word and it's meaning. I think she really got into her assignment and looks fabulous! She is going to

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We are so proud of Hannah in everything she does. Today's news is her first nine weeks report card for second grade, drum roll please.....all E's for her. Ok so for those of you without little ones in elementary school, an E equals an A!!! Hannah loves school and it really shows in her grades!

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FOR MAMA'S BIRTHDAY!!!Happy Birthday to the best Mama ever!!! We celebrated a few days early with an Oyster Roast. Mama got lots of goodies...but I have to say I gave her the best! She got her Pawleys Island Hammock and a homeade (grandma style) pound cake!!! I hope your birthday was special Mama, we love you very much!!! Enjoy the pictures from Hannah & Brunson's view point, I have really

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On My Day Off From Being A Carnie We had a great afternoon seeing, hearing and smelling all the fun things at the state fair. The kids had so much fun, but I think us adults had just as much fun watching them be so excited over everything. All the animals, shows, rides and food was enough to excite scrooge! I am so glad I got one night off to enjoy in all the fun. >r>

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Happy Birthday Aunt Cat, I hope you have a great day!!!

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