Some photos for everyone to see.

I just restored a few old photos....MIke with me on his lap as a baby, Mom and I in the back yard. Dad and I on the living room couch with Winnie The Pooh, and Candi and I in the playpen together. enjoy!! Sorry They're so big, but thought they were worth it!!

A Couple of Kids: Not Little, but Still Pretty Cute

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a few pictures from Christmas. Raven didn't want me taking pictures of her Christmas morning because, well, she's a teenage girl who thinks she needs to look perfect all. the. time. LOL! So I threw in a picture of her in her cheerleading uniform. :D Hope everyone had a great Christmas!!!!!!

Tree Trimmin' Teenagers

OK, they are crappy photos, and that is because I can barely SEE in my advanced age -- but you get the idea. A bunch of teenagers (and one young adult) trimmed our tree in record time. It was great. In the middle photo, they are making mustaches out of that cottony snow material. Yeah ... great to have the big guy home, and I will attempt to get a better photo of him. The two girls are Kate's best friends. The boy is ... well ... I'm not sure ... he used to be Kate's boyfriend, but they still seem to spend a lot of time together.

Lola Is.......

The DooDoo Trickster! LOL!! That's what Kevin calls her because she's tricks you into thinking there's something seriously wrong with her, so you go running to get her, and as soon as you pick her up, she's fine! DooDoo Trickster. LOL! Anyway! Things are good here. Lex picked up some nasty, nasty bug (we thought it was Salmonella) from a Mc Donald's Playland and he was very sick the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Throwing up and very bad diarrhea. He kept throwing up for about 4 days, not constantly, mostly at night and had diarrhea during the day. We kept him hydrated and just watched him. That's the wonderful thing about kids, they are very resilient and act like nothing is wrong. Well, the Monday after Lex first got sick Kevin started not feeling well. The Tuesday he went to work despite feeling like he was going to throw up. He came home and went straight to bed! He was sick all day Tuesday day and night. He was better Wednesday morning, but still had stomach cramps. Of course, I thought he was being a big baby and told him so. Guess who got sick next? Yup! ME! And boy, oh boy was I ever sick. BLAH! That's what I get for making fun of Kevin. Karma. LOL! Yes, I was sick the night before Thanksgiving. Thank goodness my Mom came up to stay for a few days. It was the smell of her pumpkin pies that did me in. :( All day and ALL night I was miserable. I woke Kevin up at 2:30 a.m. to apologize to him for not believing him. :) We made it through Thanksgiving vacation but Lex STILL had diarrhea, so we took him in and they tested him and his dirty diaper. Everything was fine and he's back to his usual bossy self. :D

We are looking forward to Christmas, but really wish we could be with you all. We miss you all tons!! Please give us your addresses (if we don't already have them) so we can send out cards this weekend. :) I'll leave you with some pictures of the kids......

Happy Thanksgiving from Tennessee

Donna and I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving. We are getting our foods ready to take to her brother's house for "The Meal". She is making her signature hash brown casserole and I am making guacamole deviled eggs and traditional deviled eggs. I've decided to be the minimalist chef by not doing anything major this year since I usually do something extravagant. I figure guacamole deviled eggs are gourmet enough to not be difficult and still make a showing.

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