Church Singing

Mom and I worked with the children at church the past few weeks on a few specials for Christmas.  Here is a snipet of their favorite song.  The super star in front is Colton.  The person to the right of him dancing like a Chippendale dancer is Brady.

Christmas with Cindy

Brady posing in front of Nana's Christmas tree.

Abbie & Brady waiting for the gifts.

Charlie putting Garrett to sleep (BORING!!).

Cindy having fun with the kids.

Cindy came up from Jonesborough to spend Saturday with the kids and play Santa.  She brought each child several gifts - what a spoiler!  The kids love Cindy and always have a great time with her.

Early Christmas Gift

What a great early Christmas gift we received!  On December 17, 2010, Jackson Lucas Goodpasture was born!  9 lbs 5 oz and 20 1/2 inches long!  He has the biggest belly and chunkiest legs for a newborn!

So Precious!  Great job Heather & Jimmy!!  Love you all!

SNOW!

We had the first accumulating snow fall today.  Thankfully it is Saturday and we can stay home!  We did not accomplish very much but it was a great day!

Action shot of a snowball coming my way.

Posing with a snowball.

Making a snow angel.

The Big 4-0

Well, I turned the big four - O on November 24 with little fanfare.  With the death of Charlie's mother five days before, it was hard to celebrate.  I did take the entire week of Thanksgiving off from work.  On Thanksgiving, April and Mom had a tiny cake for me.

Charlie and Brady gave me a fabulous birthday present - a KINDLE!  I love it.  My first book downloaded was the Bible.  I also downloaded Crossing Oceans and it was wonderful.  You need a few tissues and be ready to hug your kids while reading it!


One of my main goals before turning 40 was to see Bon Jovi in concert.  That dream was fulfilled in April when I got to see them in Charlotte.

Life Update

Charlie's mom was in the hospital for 6 days and passed away on November 19.  She suffered from dementia/Alzheimer's and only recognized Charlie's sister and one of his nieces.  She was in a nursing home for around 8 years.  The positive note on her passing is that she was a Christian and knew our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  She is having a celebration now in Heaven.

Stella, Charlie & Brady on her 81st birthday in July.

Halloween!

Brady & Owen

We had a fun filled Halloween weekend!  It started Friday night at Marion Primary School with the Monster Mash.  Saturday we Trunk or Treated at the Farmer's Market in town.  We started helping out our church, but April was set up with the police department and needed a lot of help.  Brady and his BFF Owen handed out stickers and I filled candy buckets, tore the stickers apart and served as a photographer. 

Waiting for the Ghouls.

 Brady filling up April's candy buckets.

Taking a break from the action.

Friends from Awana.  

If I talk about Awana - Mark is usually in the conversation.  He is the little one on the right.

 

Friends from Awana and church.  Colton (Scooby) is in my Sunday School and Awana class.

April handing out candy with Jim supervising.

On Sunday we had our church Homecoming.  After eating the HUGE lunch, Brady and I went to a Halloween party hosted by another friend of his - Sam.  It was all boys - so there was a lot of guns, camo, yelling and bad guy hunting.  They had a great time.  I needed a nap!