CHRISTMAS WITH TEACHING CLAN

BOY DID WE HAVE SOME FUN GATHERING TOGETHER FOR COUPLES' BUNKO AND SWAPPING ORNAMENTS WITH EACH OTHER. ALL OF OUR THIRD GRADE GROUP WAS THERE (KENNEDI WAS SICK SO SUSAN WASNT THERE AND TERRI WAS OUT OF TOWN). WE HAD THE PARTY AT MISTY'S HOUSE. SHE WAS A GREAT HOSTESS. WE ALL BROUGHT FOOD AND I PLAYED BARTENDER MIXING SOME GREAT DAQUIRIS. WE LAUGHED AND THEN SOME. TEACHERS REALLY KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN.

CHRISTMAS WITH ALEX

WE CELEBRATED CHRISTMAS WITH ALEX ON SATURDAY. THE BOYS GOT TOGETHER AND EXCHANGED GIFTS. MILES RECEIVED SEVERAL DINOSAURS AND LUKE GOT A DIEGO BABY JAGUAR AND SOME ANIMALS. WE GOT ALEX A DIEGO MOVIE AND SPY GEAR. SHANNON MADE SOME GREAT SNACKS. THE BOYS PLAYED FOR A WHILE AND THEN WE MADE A GINGERBREAD TRAIN. LUKE DECIDED HE WOULD RATHER EAT HIS BOWL OF CANDY THAN PUT IT ON THE TRAIN. ALEX AND MILES KEPT TELLING HIM "NO EATING LUKE" BUT HE KEPT RIGHT ON SNEAKING THE CANDY INSTEAD OF DECORATING WITH IT. WE LOVE CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAYS WITH OUR FRIENDS.

MILES' SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY

TODAY WAS MILES' KINDERGARTEN CHRISTMAS PARTY. THEY HAD 5 STATIONS. THEY MADE AN ANGEL, THEY HAD A FOOD STATION, THEY HAD AN ORNAMENT AREA, THEY MADE REINDEER FOOD FOR CHRISTMAS EVE, AND THEY PLAYED PASS THE STOCKING. MOMMY STAYED FOR THE WHOLE PARTY AND HELPED WITH THE ANGEL CRAFT. MILES AND HIS FRIEND SWAPPED GIFTS THE DAY BEFORE. WE TOOK MRS. RICE'S GIFT TODAY AND MILES RECEIVED A STOCKING AND BUG CATCHER FROM HER. HE IS GLAD TO HAVE A 2 WEEK BREAK FROM SCHOOL AND SO IS MOMMY. I CANT WAIT TO SPEND TIME WITH THE BOYS AND ENJOY THE HOLIDAYS. ONLY A FEW DAYS UNTIL SANTA.....YEAH!!!!

CHRISTMAS AT BEACH BEND, KENTUCKY

SHANNON AND I TOOK ALEX AND MILES TO BEACH BEND SATURDAY NIGHT. THEY HAD 2 MILES OF CHRISTMAS LIGHTS THAT WE DROVE THROUGH WHEN WE FIRST GOT INTO THE PARK. NEXT, WE TOOK A HAYRIDE TO THE PARK. THE BOYS RODE SEVERAL RIDES THAT THEY HAD OPEN FOR THE LITTLE ONES. MILES SAID THAT THE BUMPER CARS WERE HIS FAVORITE. THE BOYS ALSO WENT TO SANTA'S PETTING ZOO AND FED THE ANIMALS. IT WAS SUCH A GREAT NIGHT. WE DIDNT HEAD HOME UNTIL AFTER 8:30. WE GOT A LITTLE LOST IN BOWLING GREEN AND MILES KEPT ASKING WHEN WE WERE GOING TO BE BACK IN TENNESSEE. HE SAID THAT KENTUCKY TOOK FOREVER. TOO CUTE.

MILES' LIMO RIDE

MILES WAS ONE OF THE TOP TEN SELLERS IN HIS SCHOOL'S FUNDRAISER. HE GOT TO TAKE A LIMO RIDE TO THE RAINFOREST CAFE AT OPRY MILLS WITH THE OTHER STUDENTS AND A CHAPERONE. NO MOMMIES ALLOWED ON THIS TRIP...BOO HOO. HE HAD A GREAT TIME. HE TOLD ME ALL ABOUT IT THAT AFTERNOON. WAY TO GO MILES!!!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM MY 2 TURKEYS

THIS IS THE SWEETEST THANKSGIVING PICTURE OF MY 2 BOYS. THEY HAVE MATCHING TURKEY SHIRTS. MILES' SAYS MOMMY'S BIG GOBBLER AND LUKE'S SAYS MOMMY'S LITTLE GOBBLER. THEY ARE SO PRECIOUS. WE CELEBRATED THANKSGIVING AT AUNT SHERRY'S HOUSE ON THURSDAY AND HEADED TO CLARKSVILLE ON SATURDAY TO CELEBRATE WITH GIGI, BUDMAN, GRANNY, AND PAW PAW. BOTH OCCASIONS WERE REALLY FUN. GREAT FOOD AND GREAT TIMES.