Thanksgiving Fun

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a fun and safe Thanksgiving. Our family sure did! Everyone in Philly had a great time! My cousins, Brock and his family (wife Allyson and children Mia and Braxton), and Brian, came down from Tennessee. It was really great to see all of them. Mia and Braxton are really growing! Kids are so much fun at their age! I asked Mia what Santa was getting her for Christmas, that was a mistake... I forgot that she doesn't like Santa. She told me that Santa was not getting her anything, that she was going to write Santa a letter and tell him not to come to her house, her mom and dad can get her gifts. How cute is that? My sister and her family were there. It's always great to see my niece and nephews, Casey, Jake & Buck. They're growing up! They're not babies anymore, but they'll always be my babies!

We had so much food! My mom made the comment that we had too much food. I am so thankful for an abundance of food because there are so many out there that is not as fortunate! I hope y'all took a few minutes yesterday to thank God for what you have! I am so thankful for everything in my life, the ups and downs! Above are a few pictures of my family from yesterday. We always have fun when we get together!

Michigan Trip

You know what they say, the best way to get over your fear is to face it. Well, I did just that! In an earlier post I told y'all that I am flying (by myself) to Michigan. I did pretty good.... I did use up two tissues on my flight up there. The guy sitting next to me was asleep when I sat down, so he didn't notice my crying. And I'm hoping that everyone else was thinking I had a cold. But anyway, I made it up there and back in one piece. My trip was wonderful! It was all about Benjamin! July was the last time I saw him so I was wondering if it would take a little while for him to warm up to me.... When I got there Friday night he was already in bed, so the next morning I was woken up to a little boy in my bed telling me to get up! So, no, he hadn't forgotten me at all! We played, played, and when I thought I couldn't last a minute longer, we played some more! He has a great imagination! We built a tent by using a blanket; after that we played in the lake. The lake is the same blanked we used for the tent, but by spreading it out on the floor it becomes the lake. This Saturday was his birthday, 3 years old, so he got his presents from Uncle Jimmy and I early. This trip was no relaxing time for me! I did that once I got back to Mississippi. I did get to see some snow! It really didn't acumulate, except on the back deck, but it was very pretty to watch it falling. Benjamin also know what a camera is. I was trying to take some shots of him playing, every time he would stop, look up at me and say "cheese". He loves to see the pictures after I take them, so I got some really cute shots of him. Above are only a few shots, but you can see we were having fun! Will I fly again up there? Absolutely!!

Halloween Night

I'm such a kid at heart when it comes to holidays, and Halloween is no exception. When I was young Halloween wasn't about witchcraft or anything about that. It was about getting candy and trying to "scare the pants off" of each other. More or less, it was all about having fun. This year was no exceptions except I couldn't scare anyone. I dressed up as a witch, or something like that. I think I scared Jimmy more than the kids... He didn't really like my getup. But it was all about having fun! My brother-in-law, Hugh, dressed as the guy on Scream (the movie), my mother-in-law was dressing in her Mardi Gras getup. Jimmy wore an orange shirt, so I guess you could say he was a pumpkin. An orange shirt was all I could get him to wear, I was lucky at that! My father-in-law was under a white sheet and he was going to scare the kids as they walked passed him. But the very first trick-or-treater was a cute little fairy (about a year old) and he just could scare her, so he ended up not scaring anyone. But we all had fun and the children had fun. I just knew that I would scare my trick-or-treaters, but somehow they knew that this was "Miss Amy" and she won't hurt anyone; they just weren't scared of me. I guess I'm going to have to change that next year....