Happy New Year...2008

Happy New Year to all my fellow bloggers...Trust you all had a wonderful Christmas and that your 2008 will be blessed! Thought that I would share a few of our Christmas and New Year festivities with you...We so enjoyed being with family and friends! Just can't believe that it is over and we are on to a brand new year! I am trusting God for a wonderful year...I want to "slow down" and enjoy each precious day! Playing in the snow with my kids, snuggling with my husband, reading a good book in front of the fireplace, enjoying a cup of hot chocolate topped with marshmallows...(and yes...I would love to lose a few pounds!--smile)

Christmas 07..New Years 08

Christmas fun...

The holidays are here and I am enjoying the lights, decorations and delicious food that comes with it! You have to be in the "Christmas mood" after visiting my dear Mother's house...It is beautiful and festive with a pretty tree in every room! She hosted the church ladies Christmas party(Her 10th year to do this, I think!) and we had a wonderful evening! Sis.Bryan was the guest speaker and did a fabulous job as always! Our hearts were touched by what she had to say! We ate Christmas goodies(I always enjoy helping Mother with the food...)and stole each others ornaments...ha! I thank God for the special ladies that shared in our fun that night! Thought that I would share some pictures...

church ladies Christmas party

Our "Thanksgiving" in WV...

Just a few pictures of our fun week in WV...Dan and Becky were the perfect hosts and we all had a "blast"! We ate tons of delicious home-fixed food(some great new recipes), laughed alot, played games, rode 4-wheelers and dirt-bikes, and yes..some of us rose at 3:00 am to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving! We also were able to visit with our good friends..Dave and Annette Marcum---The guys watched the kids and let Nett and I have a girl's afternoon out.(Annette and I have been the best of friends since our days as roomies at G.B.S.) We made more wonderful memories with family and friends!

Happy Birthday, Danny!

Danny's birthday

Happy Birthday, Danny! Hope that you feel celebrated! Thanks for being in our lives...You make every day special! Thanks for all you do to make our lives what they are. I have never met a more unselfish person...Thanks for working hard every day to provide for us, too! You are still my best friend after all of these years! AND you are a great "Daddy" to our kids! Have a fab year! Love you! Go Buckeyes!

Thanksgiving....

It's almost Thanksgiving...What a wonderful time of the year to give thanks for all the wonderful blessings that God has bestowed upon us!I thank God first for sending His Son to die on the cross for my salvation...I am so unworthy! I thank Him for my wonderful family...God has blessed both Danny and I with godly parents and grandparents...we love and appreciate them very much! We greatly miss those who have gone on before us! We also love our extended family very much...our siblings(and their spouses), uncles, aunts, nieces, nephews and cousins.I thank God for my precious husband. He is truly the kindest, most thoughtful husband a girl could have...God sent me a wonderful gift in Danny. He is my best friend and is so good to me! We both thank God every day for our three wonderful children-We love seeing life through their eyes...they make our house fun and exciting! We thank Him for all the friends He has brought into our lives...We love you all! We want to cherish the life God has given us! We wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving-We hope that you can spend time with friends and family. May you feel God's love and peace! We will be with the England clan in West Virginia(We are meeting at Becky and Dan's house...brave people!)We plan to have a great time! We also get to stop and see our long-time, wonderful friends..David and Annette Marcum and their kids Austin and Emily. Can't wait!

Thanksgiving party

"Alyson Dawn" has arrived!

I wanted to share some pictures of my new little cousin(though I get to be called "Aunt Ronda", I do believe!) Greg and Shelly Penn were blessed with a beautiful, little girl---"Alyson Dawn"--- on October 30, 2007...I praise God for sending such a precious, healthy baby to them...She is so adorable! We are all very happy for them....Congratulations, Greg and Shelly! God has sent you a beautiful gift! We can't wait to spoil her! Corey, Cassie and Cade are all very excited to have a new cousin...

A fun day for the kids...

My kids always look forward to "dressing up" and having fun with their friends on "Jack-o-Lantern" day....They start talking about what they want to "be" the previous year ,I think! Corey is getting a little "mature"-shall we say- and it is harder for him to decide what to be....This year he chose to be a "soldier"...Cassie was an "Ice princess" and Cade was "Woody"(The sheriff from Toy Story). We went trick-or-treating with the Going children....a tradition for as long as we have both had little ones...then on to church which was followed by a fun party including great snacks ,several spills and lots of laughs! I believe that we made lasting memories!

Trick or Treat