Wigs - So Much Fun!

Why are wigs so tempting? Put one in a room and everyone has to try them on just to see what they look like. Check out these wig wearing crazies! One ugly red wig and many different looks!

Even computer geeks can't resist!

Nahhh - Zack - don't think so!
Electric Man!
Cutie Pie!
How do I look? Hee Hee?
No thanks!
Surprise Mom! Do you recognize me?
How about a wig wearing grandma, grandpa and grandson! Doesn't grandma look a little like Velma from Scoopy Doo!
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And.....
Now for the grand finale!
A wig wearing musician doing an impersonation of Bro. Albert!

Too Sick to Play and A Walk in the Woods

This past Friday all three of my children came down with a stomach virus at the same time. Yucky! What a mess! My littlest was so pitiful. On Saturday morning he felt better but still a little sick and very weak. However, he still wanted to play outside. The weather was beautiful so I let him go in the yard to play while I started weeding out the garden. After a while I checked on him, and this is where I found him. Asleep laying on his bouncy ball. I had to get a picture to share.

Later, he sat on his daddy's lap while he worked moving a tree that had fell in the yard.

While they were working, I took a walk in the woods with Snoopy.
Snoopy exploring.

These woods are so much fun.

The children play, ride their four wheelers, have hay rides, and camp in these woods.

This is a favorite camping spot in the woods. Every year when the weather is cooler, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins gather together to cook over a camp fire and camp in tents. This is a big treat for the children! While their camping, I'm usually at home curled up on my sofa in front of the fireplace reading a good book. If I'm feeling adventurous this year, maybe I'll join them.

My Daddy! - Happy 67th Birthday!

My Daddy - the strongest, smartest, bestest, and nicest daddy in the whole widest world! Am I a Daddy's girl? You better believe it! I must admit, I was blessed to be born to two of the world's greatest parents - and today is one of their birthday's - my dad's birthday!

My father was raised a preacher's boy. His father, my grandpa, was the founder of several wonderful churches throughout the south. This meant that my dad's childhood was filled with many delightful and dreadful experiences. Delightful because he, as a small boy, saw first hand many miracles and wonderful works of God. Dreadful because he changed schools fifteen times, and was teased unmercifully by other children because of his beliefs. This included rocks being thrown at him and his sister as they walked (ran) home from school. Throughout it all God blessed him and his family mightily despite the persecution.

As a young man, my dad obtained success in the business world through determination and hard work, but God had other plans for him. My father was even offered vice-presidency of the company that he worked for. This meant certain success, wealth, and prosperity as far as material things were concerned, but my father felt the calling of God in his life and knew that God wanted him to go full time into the ministry. My father, chose to reject material wealth and instead chose to submit to God's calling in his life. I am so happy that he made this choice! Although the choice must have been difficult - he never looked back nor regretted the decision. Today, he has been the pastor (now the bishop) of the same church for the past thirty years.

Reflecting upon the past, I can remember my dad having tea parties with me and my sister when we were little. I can remember him singing silly songs to us while playing his guitar. He also taught us to love the Word of God (The Bible) and prayed for us. When I was a teenager learning to drive, my father didn't get angry at me even after I wrecked his vehicles three times in just a few short months or weeks (I can't remember which). I also remember my dad working hard and providing for us, and teaching us that whatever we put our mind to do that with God we can accomplish it.

Even today, I still seek my father for advice and wisdom, and I want him to know ---

Daddy - You are the greatest Daddy ever and I love you so so much!

Another Special Day-A Day Late-Happy Birthday Sugar!

We were and still are so proud of our little Sugar!

(PlainoldKristi, Sugar, and Me)

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I remember how excited we were when we found out that our mom was having another baby. A real life baby doll for us to play with. I went around the neighborhood and told all of my friends. I was ten years old at the time, and was so proud! I thought my mom was too old to be having a baby, but I was still excited. She was only thirty years old at the time. I suppose when your only ten years old, thirty seems to be awfully old. We had so much fun with Sugar (this is her nickname).

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We played with her, teased her, spoiled her, and changed her stinky diapers (I really like telling her this). One of Sugar's favorite things to do was ride her big wheel and she loved sucking her thumb. She said that when she went to school that she would stop sucking her thumb, and she did. Sugar had no bedroom of her own, but would take turns giving us each the privilege of having her sleep with us. Of course, this greatly depended on who would tell her the best stories!

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Sugar, is still our sweet little sugar. She is a great cook, choir leader, and such a wonderful wife and mother to her children. She has a 3 year old, a 1 year old, and one on the way! Yikes Sugar, your getting kind of old to be having babies-Just kidding!

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I love you Sugar and hope that your birthday was wonderful. I am so happy mom had you even though she was soooooo old. Love you bunches and bunches.

The Special Day-Happy Birthday NeKee!

Adorable at 7 years old--Still adorable today!

NeKee is another one my precious little sisters and today is her birthday! Today is a very special birthday for her because she is celebrating her 2nd 39th birthday-It's amazing we are all catching up with my mom who has been 39 years old for several years now.

Nekee and her husband snuck away to a cabin in the Smoky mountains to celebrate her birthday so that no one would throw her a big party. Little did she know that several of our family members were hiding in the cabin when she arrived. Unfortunately, I was not able to go but my heart is there! I can't wait to hear all of the details. I am sure she was completed stunned! So much for the quite little birthday.....

Well, now for a little about Nekee....She is my popular sister. Even when she was little she would socialize and visit with all of the old ladies in the neighborhood (discussing important topics such as who makes the best biscuits), plan parties (slumber parties for herself) that my mom didn't know about, and during her college years bring ALL of her friends home with her for the weekend (Party time). In high school she won, "Most Popular" and tied for Ms. Andrew Jackson (the best all around student). Why is Nekee so popular? NeKee's so popular because who wouldn't want to be around NeKee? She is warm and makes you feel so special. She is giving, caring, and a good listener. She gives great advice and counsel. She sings like an angel! She is a ton of fun. She will make you laugh and laugh. Most of all she is a dedicated christian, pastor's wife, and mom to her two beautiful children. Her life, I have no doubt, has impacted so many people in such a great positive way! It certainly has mine!

To you Sissy:

I love you so much! I hope that you have a marvelous birthday, and I wish that I was there to celebrate it with you. Have a Happy Happy Happy Birthday!

A SPECIAL DAY IS COMING UP!

Tomorrow is a very special day---look me up tomorrow and find out why!

Books...Books....Books....

I positively love to read! I am from a family of readers. I remember my grandma and grandpa lying in bed together, propped up with pillows, with their lamps on, both reading books, and chewing on a stick of gum (they kept their chewing gum stash in their nightstand-which I regularly raided.) This is such a fond memory for me.

This love of reading was passed down to me, and I can still vividly remember hiding to read a good book when I was suppose to be doing my chores or homework--books like, Trixie Beldon, Misty of Chincoteague, The Black Stallion, and the Little House on the Pairie series. While growing up, books were everywhere in our home. On the coffee table, by the bed, in the bathroom, and of course, on the bookshelves.

Today, I still enjoy reading. I really enjoy reading books that inspire me to become a better person. Three of my favorite books are, A Voice in the Wind, Echo in the Darkness,and Sure as the Dawn by Francine Rivers. These books are so inspiring and completely captivating. Once I started reading them, I could hardly put them down. It has been several years since I have read them, but I plan on reading them again during my winter break from school. Francine Rivers is also the author of Redeeming Love, another really great book! These books will make you cry, but in a good sort of way.

Other books that I have enjoyed reading in the past that stick out in my mind are the Abrams Daughter Series by Beverly Lewis, Hidden Places, A Proper Pursuit, and a Candle in the Darkness by Lynn Austin, and I have always enjoyed reading Grace Livingston Hill books (although these books were written many years ago, they still inspire me.)

In addition, I like to read books about real life heroes such as Corrie Ten Boom, and some of my favorite classics are Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (my big sister introduced me to this book when we were quite young), and The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas (a friend convinced me to read this book, and although I didn't think I would like it, I did.)

And lastly, of course, my most favorite book of all is the Bible-The Word of God. This book directs my path, inspires me, stablizes me, gives me direction, gives me hope, teaches me how I should live my life, what kind of parent, wife, friend and employee I should be, and so on. There is no book that compares to the Bible!