No Friends Like Old Friends

Last night I got to get together with several of my friends from high school. We had our annual Christmas party, and it was lots of fun. Here are some pics from the event. Props to Brian for letting me have the night off to relax!

Christmas Pics

Christmas Pics

Christmas 2006

We had a great Christmas this year! We got to spend lots of time with lots of family. Ty had a lot of fun with his cousins. I'm not feeling very wordy tonight, but I'll share lots of pics! I hope everyone's holidays were great! Happy New Year!

Santa is a Hairy Man

Well, we made our first attempt to visit Santa today. Not surprisingly, Ty was terrified of him. All that hair on his face seemed to really freak him out. I tried sitting him in Mrs. Claus' lap next to Santa, but he screamed frantically. Unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of that because my camera wasn't cooperating, but I did get some pics of my holding him next to Santa. Maybe next year (but I doubt it). I am also adding some recent pics I took of Ty in his Santa suit. One of them is on our Chrsitmas card, but I wanted to share the others too. Just to make you laugh, you should know that I had to cut a slit in the back of the hat about 1 or 2 inches long in order to get it on this child's head! Having little ones at Christmas brings out the child in your heart doesn't it? Oh yeah, could that last picture look any more like Brian Petty?!

PaPa

We said goodbye last Sunday to PaPa. He was born on September 5, 1935 and passed away on December 10, 2006. I miss him so much already, but I know that he would want us to remember him with smiles and not tears. I have been so blessed to have him in my life for 25 years. Grandparents are such a blessing. Thank you PaPa for a life well lived and so much love through the years. You will live on in us.

A Country Christmas

Last weekend we joined our friends the Akins and went to Opryland hotel to see the lights. It was us and about a million other people! It was lots of fun though. The picture where Ty is clapping and smiling is when we showed him the huge, lit up tree. He was pretty excited. We enjoyed all the sights and the company! It is a bit of a family tradition to do this I guess. Our first big outing with Ty last year was to Opryland to see the lights. It's hard to believe he was so tiny just a year ago. I hope everyone is enjoying the season!

Ode to Duane

Today we salute you Duane Dixon.

While lesser men sit around and watch TV, you faithfully try to defeat Bowser once and for all in the presence of your son.

You don't have to go out in the sun to get a tan.

You just wake up and it is there.

Only whoosies cover their mouths when they burp.

You make sure a tri-county area can hear your rumble.

You make Ty Pennington look like Tony Danza with your modern home stylings.

You tirelessly work to convert the masses.

Who's Max Lucado?

I don't know, but have you heard that Duane Dixon speak?

So here's to you Duane Dixon.

Keep up the good work of making the rest of us look bad.