Dwain & Amanda Minor

In the middle of getting ready for Christmas this year I had the opportunity to take pictures at one of the most romantic weddings I have ever been to. They had some friends from college play the piano and the flute as people were ushered in. They also had the grooms brother and xgirlfriend sing The Prayer where the male is singing in Italian and the female is in English. It was so beautiful. . .

Dwain and Amanda, I wish you the best of luck.

Christmas Eve Eve

We spent Christmas Eve Eve with Scott's family. We always have such a good time hanging out and spending time with family. Scott's mom got each family the neatest gift. We got Christmas dinner in a box. Ham, potatoes, pie fixings and then all the breakfast stuff the have left over ham and pancakes. This was one of my favorite gifts. I love to eat! Scott and I celebrated our 3rd anniversary.

Kristy and Heath with their new baby Abby.

Nathan, Kim, Jacob and Emma.

Tiger and Jerry

Christmas Eve

I say every year that I am going to have everything done before Christmas Eve. All the presents wrapped, wrapping paper put away, all the Christmas treats made, house clean, etc... That way I can just sit back and enjoy the holidays. This Christmas Eve was no different. I had two large presents wrap. . . .Maybe next year. Breanna and I had a lot of fun earlier in the month decorating the house. Our tree was different this year and we all loved it. . .

It just would be right if you don't have one present wrapped like this. . . . Two tone wrapping paper is a must. The box was just too big for the paper I had left.

Hope Everyone has a Very Merry Christmas!

Band Concert

We went to Christian's first ever band concert on Monday night. Christian was so excited he wanted us to invite all the family. The band sounded really good and Christian was all smiles with a few strange faces. Unfortunately, the drummers were in the back so I couldn't get a good picture of him.

There's a THIEF in the house

We keep having things mysteriously disappear from the last place it was. It doesn't matter if it is socks, wash rags out of the hamper, or in this case the empty tube from the paper towels. Daisy has turned into quite the little thief. Luckily, we have learned that her hiding place is either in her bed or Skeeters.

Skeeter has also got his sneaky side. He watches Daisy chew on a bone and then when she turns her back he sneaks over and takes it and runs to a place where she can't jump yet. . .like the couch or in this case the bed. Then he pretends like he hasn't done anything at all.

What would we do without dogs to keep us entertained?

Last Thanksgiving Turkey

We had our 3rd and final turkey with Scott's mom, dad, sisters and families. Scott would have liked to have another 5 or 10 turkey days. He loves Turkey. We had a great time spending time together.


Breanna was not into pictures as usual, however, the boys had a great time being goofy.

Family

I had a little time on Thanksgiving to get a few shots in of some family members This is Jeremiah my cousin Bubba's son. He had a little left over food on his face but I still like the photo.

This is Libbie my cousin Lee's youngest daughter. Her sister Amber is actually hiding behind her.

This is my Aunt Susan and Uncle Joe with 2 of my late cousin Jason's kids, J.T. and Jacob. His daughter is now married and has moved to Arizona I think and didn't get to make it in for the holidays.

Thanksgiving Day

We spent Thanksgiving Day at my mom's house. It has always been one of my favorite holidays. No one cares how much you have to eat. My Aunts and cousins all come over for a nice visit. My mom makes the Turkey and Dressing and everyone else brings a dish. I love the variety of food. . .

Since my dad's health is not what it once was my little brother has taken on the task of carving the Turkey. Three years in a row now and he hasn't mess up. Not that we would know. We just like to eat.
It wouldn't be right if you didn't have a small sample.

My dad has become quite the baker now that he is home all the time. He made us home made wheat and white rolls for the dinner.

Thanksgiving

We started out Thanksgiving Holidays with a slumber party with Scott's family. We cleaned up some of his families land, ate wonderful food, guys hunted, and we played games. We all had a blast. I'm kind of disappointed in my self. Some of the old farm stuff laying around look so neat. I should have got out and taken some pictures before the clean up. Garrett and Christian took a dive in the leaves before the were burnt.

Allen, Ryan, and Travis got up on the roof and cleaned out the gutter and trimmed some limbs back.

It's hard to see unless you make the picture bigger but Mike was on water patrol keeping everyone and everything safe.

We always have a blast playing cards and games. Kristy look so serious. Wonder if she is winning or loosing.

Poker

Scott has been playing online poker for a long time. I decided a while back to give it a try. I found out I'm not too bad at it. I usually play on Full Tilt Poker. I like the cartoon characters for the people. My user name is Spunky72601. I have won a couple of 9 person tournaments but never a 18 person. I recently won my first 90 person tournament and had to take a picture of my great accomplishment. (haha) I won 7200 in play money. Too bad it wasn't real. I think I have lost all of that and some more trying to win again.

Santa Came Early

Apparently, I was good again this year. . . . .Santa came early with a variety of Dell boxes. Scott surprised me but had to tell me about his thoughtful gift. I now have my own computer to use for my camera stuff and don't have to share with any one. I don't have to wait my turn for the good computer. . . I have been waiting for this special gift before I downloaded my pictures from my camera so I have lots to share.

I forgot to mention that Scott must of have been good this year also because he got a computer just like mine.

Thank You Scott.

Aren't they sweet together. . . .

Daisy has claimed Scott as hers or he has claimed her as his. I'm not for sure which. She loves giving him kisses and biting his goatee. She has really missed him this weekend while he is away at deer camp.

Jess & I

I was honored to be in Jess's wedding. She has been my best friend/cousin forever. Thanks mom for remembering to take this special picture of us together. I had to include the photo of the wagon and team. The sun was going down and I just happened to catch it at the right time.

Jessica and Billy Sanders Shotgun Wedding

This was one crazy wedding. . . .if it could go wrong it did. We didn't get to have a rehearsal so it went a little crazy. For starters, one of the bride maids called the week before the wedding and said she couldn't make it. Jess had a friend that was happy to stand in. Then 2 days before the wedding 2 of the flower girls couldn't make it. Thank goodness for family. Amber and Libbie stepped in. Then the day of the wedding one of the other bride maids didn't show up. We just went on without her. The best man didn't make it either due to car trouble. Scott became best man about 30 minutes before the wedding. We were all a little unclear as to when we were suppose to walk down the isle so we made a mad dash to our spots as the waggon pulled by mules drove up with the bride, her father, step father and the shot gun man. I don't remember what all her step father said about the shot gun wedding. I was trying to get all the kids in their spots. I thought it was so neat having the shot gun man follow the bride and her father making sure that the groom didn't run. All in all it was a fun wedding and the couple enjoyed parting with their friends instead of going on a honeymoon.

Scott posed great for the wedding.

Before the Shotgun Wedding

There are so many photos I want to share from the Shotgun Wedding that I will have to make a couple of posts. It was a little crazy but it turned out really cute. This is the State for the wedding complete with a hay bales.

The punch was served in a metal trash can.

I Love the cake. It had twigs and birds on it.

In the end she decided to wear a dress that her Grandmother had made for her mom to wear when she married her dad. However, it was never worn until now some 30 years later.

The vail was hand made and under that she wore pig tails. She also wore combat boots to make the look complete.

Breonn her daughter did not want to wear her hanker chief so we had a small melt down.

Halloween. . . .a little late.

My office dressed as nurses for Halloween to promote Health Insurance. Our name tags read "Ask me about Health Insurance" We had a blast and the scrubs were so comfortable we tried to talk Vikki into letting us purchase different colors and wear them every day of the week. She didn't fall for the idea but we are going to wear the scrubs again because it did work. . . Pat sold a health policy. Me, Cathy, Vikki, Sherry, Annette, Pat, and Ashley

Daisy Mae

Meet the newest addition to our family Daisy Mae. Scott said all week that we would try her for the weekend and see how it worked out. However, I knew one look he wouldn't want to give her back. With in about 5 minutes he had decided to keep her. As Breanna said, "We know what dad's soft spot is."

Friday night she cried most of the night and Scott and I was up most of the night. Breanna and Christian were here Saturday night and they took the night babysitting. Christian has been wanting a puppy for a long time and was looking forward to her sleeping in his room. I think they were up quite a bit because when I got up Sunday morning they both went back to bed.

Skeeter and Daisy are getting along better than I expected. Of course he runs from her and jumps up on the couch where she can't get to him. He doesn't quite like her trying to get into his bed all the time. He has hidden bones in there so she can't find them. He is working on sharing his toys but he has the saddest look on his face when she is running with his ball.