Thursday, December 3, 2009

our holiday weekend

we spent several days in Auburn this year for thanksgiving with my brother's family and other family from south cackalacky. the 4 days were packed with festivities and unfortunately i didn't have my camera around my neck the whole time. nevertheless here's some highlights from our thanksgiving break...

wednesday harold and i got to auburn and decided to go eat wings at touchdown's. we had been going to wing night there since we first started dating. we used to eat for 7 bucks when they were .25 a piece but now they've gone up to .35 so it wasn't as cheap a date. silly inflation. and it wasn't near as good...quite as clean...and a bit too loud as i remembered. or maybe it was just me. and my age. yeah probably that. but it was sure nice to have a date with my husband who is every bit as good looking as back then. maybe even a little more ;)

thursday {thanksgiving day} was great. we had around 25 people at dinner {kids included} and again i got not one picture. except a few of the kids playing on the porch. here's cissy {my mom} and the two crumb-snatchers she had attached to her hip at all times the whole 4 days...between them both we must have heard 'cissy, cissy' 3 million times. maybe 4.

and just so ya know, that is the only picture i took of my child on thanksgiving. hard to believe huh. the rest i took were of winn {her cousin, my nephew} who you will find just as irresistibly cute...

see. told you he was cute. plus he isn't annoyed by me following him around snapping away {unlike my child} so i enjoyed taking his pictures when i could...

maggie {his sister} was giving him a bite of her chocolate pie, which he loved and proceeded to get on his own when she wasn't looking. enjoy the next pictures. this is what happened when maggie set her pie down to run get something inside....


losers weepers maggie. and if you know cissy, you know that there was plenty more where that came from so no hard feelings here...

on to iron bowl friday. winn was ready to go early. he had on his arse-kicking boots and was ready to take on the tide.

we all were fired up and ready actually. me and maggie made these tiger paw shirts for all the kids that morning and before i could snap a picture, my dear child had a blow out diaper and had to spend the day in a kelly green corduroy shirt and mint green pantaloons. so much for showing school spirit. she {they} sure were cute though. and really...they cared nothing about that game. they wanted to eat and...

slide. so this is what cissy and i did the better part of the iron bowl. up and down. up and down. and can i just add that going up and down a hill in cowboy boots and jeans too tight from thanksgiving dinner the night before is not my favorite. okay thanks.


what a sweet cissy. her feet were killing her and she just kept taking them up and down that hill to slide just so she could see that smile on thier face. i mean nobody else was smiling at that point in the game so better off being down there with happy kids than up top with grumpy adults {present company included}.and saturday we took not one picture. so take my word that it was just as fun. we're all glad to be back home and on somewhat on a schedule.

i'm finally starting to think about christmas. this is a very special time for us as believers so more than anything else i am trying to figure out ways to show my 18-month old the real wonder and awe of this season. bit by bit she will come to understand just how much of a miracle the virgin birth was. and more importantly how that night changed history for ever and ever. and if i may let me encourage you to do the same. read the account of jesus' birth in the 4 gospels each day before christmas. read the prophecy from the old testament about his coming birth. think..really think...about what it must have been like for those around during this time. think about mary and what it must have been like for her. these stories are not fictional. they aren't made up, they aren't exaggerated. if you are believer these are the stories of your heritage and the unfolding of the plan to save your life. a gift was given to you that made no difference if you were naughty. it was given out of love. please don't be satisfied with santa when you have been given a savior. there is more miracle and wonder and joy in the birth of our savior than we'll know. and it goes wayyyyy past december 25th. in fact it goes on forever. thank god.

so here's to december. don't know about ya'll but around our house and heart it's beginning to look alot like christmas....

3 comments:

DeAnn said...

pretty sweet!

Anonymous said...

Heather,

These pictures are amazing! I found the scrapbook you gave me for graduation and your sweet letter was just what I needed. What a blessing it was for God to lead me back to it. I love you and hope that you are your sweet family are doing well!
Revel

Anonymous said...

I love the boots!!!

love you guys,

Ginger