Update

My stepsister, Brandi, got out of the hospital yesterday!! She's no joke, ya'll! She had no time for lying around in her pity and just got to work on healing herself. My stepdad, Mark, was just bragging to me about her last night...she hasn't complained, whined, or felt sorry for herself for a minute. She has been a model patient and was able to come home less than 3 weeks after her accident.

THANK YOU so much to all who prayed for her recovery. She is still in a wheel chair and has to continue rehab for a while before she will be up and about, so please continue to ask God for great healing in her legs.

What a blessing! Welcome home, Brandi! I know those babies (and hubby) were happy to have their mama spending the night in their house last night!

Dear Santa...

Since we know that Santa is surely tech-savvy, we are writing our letter to him and posting it here on our family's blog. I am writing this exactly as it is dictated by the 4 year old leader of our household.



Dear Santa,

I want a big, new bicycle WITH a kick stand and a punching bag. Bring Trent a tricycle. And I want a green motorcycle like at Grandmaw's.

Large pause here while he is thinking...

Still thinking...

How many things can I ask for?

I want to ask for 3 things.

Now send this to the North Pole. I can make a new list on a different day.

Love,
Z

Mama, we can tell him all your stuff a different day.

Puppy Love

Z and T got to visit Grana's friend, Mrs. Jan, recently. Her daughter was in town with her dogs and ALL their puppies. My boys just loved it! I can't believe we didn't end up with one! Thanks to Casey for all these great pictures of the day.

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Like Father, Like Son

Go check this out. I can't deny where my boys get their cuteness!

Take a Hike

Z and I did something on Saturday afternoon that we have wanted to do since we moved into our house. We hiked all the way to Jackpaw and KK's. I couldn't tell you how far it is exactly, but I can say it's through about 4 or 5 pastures. It was fun-it took us about an hour. Z was tired and had fallen in some briers so we called Jackpaw to meet us on the edge of his land. My little guy's legs were worn out!

Here we are before our trek. Z packed his toy gun in my backpack and told me that it was the "most importantest thing in the whole world."

He found these "mini pumpkins" (which my dad later told me were poisonous). We were smart enough not to eat them.

Z said that this was the "world's largest sticker bush"

Apparently another mama and her boy were taking a hike at the same time.

We had to use the branches of this tree to get across a little stream. This was the highlight for Z. He thought he was Diego.

By the way, it was not very cold...Z just thought that hat was necessary for his hike.

Lead foot

Sister and I both were pulled over by cops on Friday. Somehow, we both escaped getting a ticket. I was telling my stepdad about our little mishaps and he was commenting how much my mom, sister and I get pulled over and how much money we pay in fines. He cracked me up when he said, "If ya'll stopped driving they would have to raise taxes."

By the way, he has gotten ONE ticket in his lifetime and he can tell you who, what, when (1960 something), where, and how fast...and I am pretty sure it somehow wasn't his fault!

Christmas Parade

My mom, Sister and I took the kids to the MP Christmas Parade on Saturday. Z refused to go because he heard Santa may make an appearance and he is weird like that. He missed a fun time!

Sister and I with the kiddos. We had my step sister's little girl, Addie, with us. Not sure why Katie is holding her ears...may have been the fire trucks.





Our favorite Christmas Queen, Emma. There were a LOT of queens to choose from.

This was my sister's favorite float...She had a surprise meeting with this exact fellow just 24 hours prior to the parade. She was so thrilled to see him again...this time without his lights on pursuing her vehicle.