The Thompsons

Aunt Velma turns 95!!

2012-02-07T11:56:00.000-08:00

This is my sweet Uncle LE and Aunt Velma (taken on their 67th wedding anniversary this past October). They are my third set of grandparents. Uncle LE went to his eteranal home in January. We went to Jackson this weekend to celebrate Aunt Velma's 95th birthday. Amazing people really.

Always good to catch up.

2012-02-07T11:53:00.000-08:00

When we went to Jackson, we got to catch up with Beth Hooks and kiddos (Will, Ben, and Anne Phelps). We invaded ChickfilA and they were very gracious. Fun time.

Have I said she has her own sense of style???

2012-02-07T11:50:00.000-08:00

This child never ceases to amaze me when she comes downstairs. She is all about her "own" fashion. This was just too cute to not get a picture. She helped "make" her skirt too.

First Try at Basketball

2012-01-14T19:11:00.000-08:00

Emma Claire played her first basketball game today at Mooreville. They had fun and were very fun to watch even if they got beat 14 to 2. That is ok because we play the same team 5 more times. (Yes, our team is Christmas colors)

New Years 2012

2012-01-14T19:09:00.000-08:00

This was our second annual New Year's Eve dinner with Walker and Camille. You know you are good friends when you can enjoy just visiting for hours on end.

Christmas morning

2011-12-29T10:07:00.000-08:00

This is a look we don't see often from our very serious child. I love to see the excitement.

Grandmommy teaching EC to sew on Christmas morning. Such a sweet sight.

Christmas at Gramsbys

2011-12-29T10:04:00.000-08:00

Christmas at My Macs

2011-12-29T10:01:00.000-08:00

Now this warms my heart

2011-12-17T13:46:00.000-08:00

Untitled from Misty Thompson on Vimeo.

Marathon!?@!?

2011-12-17T11:03:00.000-08:00

In the midst of this crazy season, I ran the Rocket City Marathon in Huntsville. It was not the time I wanted, but at lease I finished in one piece. Thanks you to my friend Bridgette who ran with me and could have done a whole lot better, but stayed with me.

You will notice it says 26.41????? Yes I thought these things were supposed to end at 26.2. Isn't that enough!!!!

Little Girl's tea

2011-12-17T10:57:00.000-08:00

I think this is one of the sweetest things that the girls get to do at Christmas. The ladies in the church put on a "tea" where only girls 4 and up come and make a craft and have a tea party and sing carols. Moms get to join for the carols at the end. Farrow Kate was so excited to get to go this year, but she was totally uninterested in carolling. (the baby dolls were more important)

Oh Gingerbread

2011-12-17T10:56:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the Sanders, we had a Gingerbread house to decorate and thanks to Myriam (while babysitting one night) it got decorated.

Lawndale Children's Christmas Program 2011

2011-12-17T10:46:00.000-08:00

Emma Claire was so excited to be an angel this year and Farrow Kate sang her heart out. Very proud of them.

Christmas parade

2011-12-17T10:42:00.000-08:00

Just had to take a picutre of the Mooreville band. Go troopers!!!!

Work Christmas party...at our house!

2011-12-17T10:26:00.000-08:00

This included 9 children with Emma Claire being the oldest.

Carter
Farrow Kate and Lindsey

Matthew and Noah

Crystal and Phillip

Joey and Tamara

Randy and Lily

Amanda and Lynn

Emma Claire, Crystal, and Kaitlyn

Derek and Lora

Yes, Jim and I were there too.

Early Christmas with cousins

2011-12-17T10:22:00.001-08:00

When Jennifer was home at Thanksgiving, we had a little early Christmas with her family and Grandmommy and Beep Beep. No reason not to stretch this season out as long as we can.

Thanksgiving 2011

2011-11-26T16:42:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving Day was spent at Tara's house. This year, we had a house full with some wild cousins, one set of twin 9 month olds, grandparents, sweet Mollie and Jennifer and of course the new dog Reece.

On Saturday, some of Jim's family came through including his sister and family as well as Aunt Carolyn, Uncle Charlie, and Keith Cole, and Grandmommy.

Thanksgiving Feasts

2011-11-18T05:06:00.001-08:00

Farrow Kate was an Indian at her feast. They are so cute. Emma Claire was also an Indian named "River" (in honor of My Macs dog) at her feast and Farrow Kate wore her Pilgrim outfit to Emma Claire's feast

Emma Claire reading from her journal at the feast. She is thankful for "her family and her cat".

These teachers all made such a special effort to make this happen. Have I said how invaluable teachers are!!!!

Halloween 2011

2011-11-02T18:51:00.000-07:00

This year we had a mermaid and a ..... (Emma Claire changed her title a million times). Thank you Bridgette for the costumes. The best part was that they completely dressed themselves, did their own make-up, and fixed their own hair.

Pumpkin Patch feild trip

2011-11-02T18:45:00.000-07:00

Emma Claire's class got to go to Holly Farms on Monday. It was such a neat place. It was way more than just a pumpkin patch. We came home very tired with hay in our britches, but well worth it.

Hat Parade

2011-11-02T18:42:00.000-07:00

At Mooreville, around Halloween, they have a character parade. It was so cute. Kindergarden simply wears their favorite hat. Emma Claire wore her Auburn hat but decorated with stuff hanging off of it.

Emma Claire turns 6 in grand style

2011-10-25T14:52:00.001-07:00

Emma Claire has celebrated for a week with a sweet birthday party at Little Divas (right up a little girl's alley), then a night at a hotel with Gramsby, Papa T, Callie and sister (including swimming) , then awoke to flowers from Daddy on her actual birthday and more presents, then a party at school with bumblebee cake (her request), then top it off with supper with Grandmommy and a soccer game. Whew, now that is the way to celebrate.

Emma Claire's sweet teacher Miss Lynn giving "birthday spankings"

Adorable cake from Kelli Phipps

Her very own purple Bible.

Tulips??? (only I am supposed to get tulips...oh well)

Seven little girls getting pampered.

CA girls trip!!!!!

2011-10-18T14:58:00.000-07:00

A little history behind this trip....Four inseperable freinds, college students at MC, now spread across the country. From left, Liz (Carter) Simonis, Susan (Autry) Currier, and me. Melissa (Downy) Boutwell did not make it this time. We really missed her.

This is Susan and her family. They are the ones who live in Pasadena, CA. Her son , Josiah, just wnated to wear his dragon costume.

This is the view from the beach. Very different than Orange Beach, AL, but still beautiful.I wish I had gotten a picture of all the surfers we saw. That was amazing to me.

This picutre just had to be included because Liz raved about this grocery store. It really was cool....even if it did have a 3 level parking garage (just to go to the grocery score)

The Rose Bowl is about 2 miles from Susan's house.

This is a picture of the lemon tree in Susan's back yard. They make real lemonade all the time.

This one needs no explanation.

This was taken at the Huntington where they have many different and beautiful gardens. Where else would you see a whole bunch of cactus and palm trees growing together.

Yet another store that Liz raved about. It almost became a joke...but we all did rack up at this store.

This is downtown Laguna Beach. It was like being in Gatlinburg on the beach.

This is Susan and Joe's California Crastman home.

Pumpkin Shirts

2011-10-11T12:26:00.000-07:00

The girls had a great time making these shirts at Grandmommy's house. They were eager to sport them at school.

Cheer camp

2011-10-02T18:39:00.000-07:00

She missed all but one day of cheer camp due to sickness but she still got the shirt and hair ribbon (the important stuff) and got to cheer at the game.

I am not quite sure what to think about all of these sassy poses that she is giving me these days.

Yes, I would have thought they would have had Mooreville colored t-shirts, but I guess cheerleaders get to do whatever they want.

Pre-game stretches.

Trying out soccer

2011-10-02T18:34:00.000-07:00

I guess this is her sassy soccer pose.

Hat Day for FK

2011-10-02T18:31:00.000-07:00

This was not her first rodeo because she actually wore a hat last year on Emma Claire's hat day. We love Ms. Kevin Anne's class... so much fun stuff to do.

Mooreville Homecoming 2011

2011-09-17T15:53:00.000-07:00

What a great honor, Emma Claire was asked to assist with Homecoming. They had a little mini-court of 6 kindergarten girls. They were announced at pre-game and got to release balloons behind the queen at halftime. She did a great job and loved every minute of it.

Have you ever seen a duck like this?

2011-09-17T15:50:00.000-07:00

Not sure what the technical term for these type of ducks are, but we call them afro-ducks. They have this crazy hair on top of their heads. Yes, we have new ducks. Lazarus was once again alone, so we got him some friends.

Physique!?@!?@#

2011-09-17T15:46:00.000-07:00

Farrow Kate posed for me in her spandex gymnastics suit. You can only be proud of this at four years old. I could eat her up in this suit.

Delayed Gumtree Pics

2011-09-10T18:08:00.000-07:00

Emma Claire and Jim ran the fun run back in May. Farrow Kate also "ran" (about 20 ft) with Grandmommy before quitting. Mommy also ran the race with great cheerleaders.

Farrow Kate finally gets her turn.

2011-09-10T17:58:00.000-07:00

Farrow Kate started 4 year old preschool. Emma Claire was telling her step by step how her day would go. (Mycah had broken her arm the night before, therefore the get well notes)

What do you do when it rains for 2 days straight?

2011-09-10T17:55:00.000-07:00

Well, you ride the four wheeler through the mud in the pouring rain...and have Tuti Fruiti ice cream for supper. Why not?

Thompson gathering

2011-09-03T17:36:00.000-07:00

We all got together to celebrate Nate's birthday. It is rare for all 8 grandchildren to be in one picutre....and forget getting all of them to look at the camera. We missed getting pictures of paddleboat and Jeep riding.

This is the birthday boy, Nate, turning 6 (with Maddie Grace in the background)

Football season is back!!!!

2011-09-03T17:33:00.000-07:00

Well, it is that time again:) Auburn is off to a rocky start with a "skin of your teeth" win over Utah St.

Bored little sis

2011-08-29T18:37:00.000-07:00

So when big sister goes to school and you are just pitifully sad, mom will do just about anything....including McDonalds, Subway, Connies, and even water park with your clothes on. Poor kiddo is so ready to start school.

Daddy Has Birthdays Too!!

2011-08-29T18:22:00.001-07:00

Jim will probably not love this on our blog, but we have to celebrate his birthday full scale just like everyone else.

The true snaggletooth

2011-08-29T18:19:00.000-07:00

Emma Claire finally lost that other front tooth to give a true gap look, but it only lasted about 2 days because now one of her permanent top teeth is halfway in. Farrow Kate just wanted to show off her mouth full.

Kindergarten begins

2011-08-13T10:41:00.000-07:00

She made a special request for her favorite breakfast on her first morning. She was very fired up....until we got to the door of her classroom. It pretty much went down hill from there. You will notice that I didn't get any pictures of her with her two wonderful teachers.

My little baby rides this gigantic bus over to the high school from the elementary school (for carpool). She is really only on it for about 2 minutes, but still it seems so big.

Entertainment

2011-08-13T10:37:00.001-07:00

Who would think that these two would be completely entertained ALL day working on a rent house. They were literally perched in chairs watching me paint a wall...and having a blast.

This was the same day. More adventures in the Jeep.

Family Beach Trip

2011-08-01T18:23:00.000-07:00

Have I said how much I love the beach. What fun we had with the girls and Gramsby and Papa T. We also got a visit with Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Charlie...did I mention some fabulous chocolate cake

Thanks Mom and Papa T for ALL of your help. It wouldn't be the same without you.

This was prior to the jellyfish sting that Emma Claire got on her thigh. After that, she was pretty much done with the ocean water.

Good Medicine

2011-08-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

I just have to tell a story about Jim's recent "take Emma Claire to the doctor" experience. It began with a week of upset stomach sooooo knowing that we were about to go out of town, I wanted to make sure she was okay. I was convinced she had some kind of parasite because it was very different from stomach virus. Anyway, I had a CPR class the morning that I decided this doctor visit was necessary, so Jim got the job. I told him that the doctor was surely going to want a stool sample, so it would just be easier if he went ahead and took one with him.....I will leave out the details of how we retrieved it, but anyway, he and Emma Claire and Farrow Kate took off with a "brown bag" to the early clinic. While I was at the CPR class, I kept getting texts from Jim like "we are stinking up the whole waiting room" and "Farrow Kate keeps asking when the doctor is going to look in the bag" and "I am going to check the role at your CPR class to make sure you checked in". I was trying the keep the laughter under control but also feeling a little sorry for him. After about 1.5 hours of waiting, he texts that she has strep throat!!!! What????? So the doctor never even looked in the bag and Jim had to take it to the dumpster on the way to the pharmacy. Is that good medicine for a Daddy or what?

Fun Fun at Fourth Birthday Swim Party

2011-07-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

Here is the party girl. She is always excited about life and today was no exception. She LOVED having so many of "her" friends come to "her" house.

My Baby turns 4

2011-07-16T14:22:00.000-07:00

This was only the beginning, but on her actual birthday, she started with roses from Daddy, "Mrs. Jane Clair bread" with candle, presents, and a very sweet big sister to help. She also had a small party at Mothers Day Out with her friends and then her Grandmommy and cousins came over for swim and supper. Whew!....and she still had a birthday party coming Saturday.

Oh how patriotic

2011-07-10T18:36:00.000-07:00

Aren't they cute. Cheesy but cute. I stuck out like a sore thumb with my pink dress on for the 4th of July service.

Five spells trouble

2011-07-10T18:32:00.000-07:00

This is one of those unusual moments that 5 of my parent's grandchildren were picture perfect. We did not set up this picture. I just happened to walk in while they were doing this.

from left Callie, Emma Claire, Farrow Kate, Connor, and Cale

A BAT????? Really?

2011-07-10T18:30:00.000-07:00

If anyone has another idea of what this may be, please let us know, but we are pretty sure this is a bat that our cat brought to our back door. I just love almost stepping on a bat first thing in the morning.

Father/Daughter Ball 2011

2011-06-26T16:10:00.000-07:00

This night shines every year. It is something Jim and the girls look forward to. This year, they got the pleasure of escorting Sarah Corley as well (her Daddy is serving our country in Iraq). What a treat. If only Moms could be a fly on the wall....but I did make Jim take the camera.

Morning at Splash Park

2011-06-24T12:49:00.000-07:00

Fun morning at splash park. The threat of rain kept it from being overcrowded.

FEATHERS

2011-06-24T12:40:00.000-07:00

They finally talked Daddy into feathers. Since the father/daughter ball is tommorrow night, we opted for the small ones. Emma Claire got turquoise and Farrow Kate got purple.

Stroke Lessons 2011

2011-06-22T14:49:00.000-07:00

Hard to believe this was our last year of swim/stroke lessons. Miss Hayley always has an impact. I am so proud of Farrow Kate. Emma Claire even got asked to join in as "helper" on the last 2 days.

This picutre is of Farrow Kate swimming to the very bottom in the deep end to get diving sticks. She got all 6!!!

Father/Daughter Chick-fil-a night

2011-06-22T14:39:00.000-07:00

Our Chick-fil-A here in Tupelo hosted a father/daughter date night. According to the crew, they walked in on red carpet, were seated and waited on like a restraunt. They also came home with goody bags (and a milkshake for mommy). Thanks Jamey. Great idea.

This weekend...Father/Daughter Ball to look forward to!!!

Look What Came While We Were Camping

2011-06-12T13:56:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, Farrow Kate wasn't feeling well when we got home, but Emma Claire gave it a whirl

It's Camping Time Again

2011-06-12T13:41:00.000-07:00

What luck we had this time. We showed up at the campground Friday morning and realized we were camping right next to the Wilkins family from Tupelo. Cindy and Walt have two girls that are close to our girl's ages. This just made the trip that much better (even in spite of the camper power hanging on by a thread). Emma Claire also kneedboarded for the first time. No rain this time!!!

Emma Claire, Keiredith, Farrow Kate, and Cassidy

Cindy and Walt

Girl's reunion

2011-06-04T18:41:00.000-07:00

These are two of my very good friends from college(very much missing the other of the foursome-Susan) and our children. So many memories and crazy stories. Liz now lives in South Carolina and Melissa lives in Hattiesburg. Liz's parents live in Quitman, so we met there for a play date. Very good to be together but much too short. Liz's son Luke(the only boy in the picture) is the miracle child that many of you prayed for when he was born at 5 months. He is doing great!!

All these gals colored, played, and swam so sweet.

Ten Year Anniversary Trip

2011-05-30T18:32:00.000-07:00

Actually we go to Orange Beach every May for our anniversary, but this year we started off at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi with the girls for a work trip for Jim, then dropped them to Gramsby and Papa T in Jackson and proceeded to the beach. The weather was perfect. Fun trip!!

My new toy

2011-05-30T18:27:00.001-07:00

How fun is that???

Tierras

2011-05-17T15:47:00.000-07:00

Does anyone remember making tierras with these weeds when you were little? This was Emma Claire's idea. The best part is that they were entertained for about an hour.

End of the Year Party

2011-05-17T15:36:00.000-07:00

Farrow Kate finally got her wish of having a party at "her own house" (like sister). I think there were 28 3 year olds here. They all played so sweet. Although it felt like winter outside, the sun was shining, and the kids never complained of being cold.

Tooth #5

2011-05-17T15:33:00.000-07:00

Another one bites the dust.

Bling

2011-05-08T18:19:00.000-07:00

These two love some "bling".

The "poofier" the skirt, the better the twirl!!!

Spring Music Program 2011

2011-05-08T18:03:00.000-07:00

Both girls had their music program at Calvary on Friday. They did great!! This was Emma Claire's last time to take the stage at Calvary. Hard to believe she will be at Mooreville next year. Farrow Kate will be lost without her there.

This is Emma Claire's buddy Sarah. They are also going to be very sad to be separated next year.

Tball starts

2011-05-01T17:56:00.000-07:00

Is she not the most determined tball player you have ever seen. They all looked so cute in their little uniforms.

Emma Claire got to play "pitcher", so she really got a lot of action.

She finally got to cross home plate.
Showing good sportsmanship, they are learning how to shake hands. Emma Claire had no idea what this was all about. I think her coach did such a good job of teaching them.
And of course, the cheerleader. I think she had the best time of all.

Front and Center

2011-05-01T17:54:00.000-07:00

She finally lost the one that has been crooked forever. She actually bumped it out on accident with her knee.

Easter 2011

2011-04-24T16:48:00.000-07:00

A beautiful day for this Easter Sunday. Thanks again to Grandmommy for the fabulous dresses.

I just thought this picture was great because it captures Farrow Kate just before one of her erruptions. Funny, but not so funny.

The Easter Bunny brought cool new goggles.

The Brashiers came down Saturday for an egg hunt. Griffin loved opening the eggs, eating the jelly beans out, and discarding of the eggs (no need for a basket). We are blessed with good neighbors.

Calvary Pre4 Easter Egg Hunt

2011-04-24T16:36:00.000-07:00

Emma Claire has begged to have the Easter party at "her" house since last year. The weather did not want to cooperate, but after postponing for a few days, her wish came true. All 15 of her classmates and of course Miss Kevin Anne were able to come to her house. The Sanders were kind enough to let us borrow their rabbits. The whole class also joined in to release Abbigail Claire (the turtle) to the lake...not to mention the egg hunt, games, story time, and snacks. What more could a group of 4/5 year olds ask for. It was wonderful.

Turtle #2

2011-04-24T16:21:00.000-07:00

When Jim and I got home from our recnet trip, our pool was the new home to a huge turtle. This one was not about to live in our house like Abbigail Claire did, so we let him join the hundreds living in Greenbrier lake.

Grandmommy's Birthday

2011-04-16T14:59:00.001-07:00

Well we headed out to the zoo for Grandmommy's birthday with all 8 grandchildren, but... the weather was not cooperative. When we arrived in Memphis, it was 49 and windy. We unloaded at the zoo and quickly loaded back up and headed to the Children's Museum. Much better weather inside of there. I had never been to the Children's Museum, but it was pretty neat and I even got to climb all the way up in the jungle gym thingy (to rescue a screaming Farrow Kate). Happy Happy Birthday Grandmommy!

T-ball begins

2011-04-16T14:55:00.000-07:00

Our long awaited first T-ball practice. Coach Joy and Dana were so patient with a group of girls who had never touched a bat (except for one gal). Emma Claire was so sweet out there really doing her best and grinning from ear to ear.

Balloon Festival Run/Play

2011-04-11T18:22:00.000-07:00

The girls were all about running the fun run at the hot air balloon festival. Emma Claire ran with Jim and Farrow Kate ran with Kendra. I am not sure how much Farrow Kate actually ran, but she was running across the finish line with all grins.

Meet Abbigail Claire

2011-04-11T18:17:00.000-07:00

We found this adorable little turtle in the pool. The poor thing didn't know his life would be so dramatically changed. We only planned to keep him/her unitl show and tell last Friday, but now the plan has changed to release him at the Easter party this Friday. We will see if that really happens.

Kidergarden Registration

2011-04-11T18:09:00.000-07:00

These two were very excited to get to finally register for kindergarden. I was very impressed with Mooreville Elementary. (not so much looking forward to the 25 minute commute there twice a day but... thank goodness for carpool)

Emma Claire and Hannah Harmon

Evelyn's Day Out

2011-03-24T15:43:00.000-07:00

So Amy and I went to Oxford today with all the girls and met Ceresa and Anna there with more girls. I don't have a picture at Chick-Fil-A with Ceresa(yes we went all the way to Oxford and had Chick-fil-A and it was perfect)..., but afterwards, we went to the park, ice cream shop, and Something Southern to see the girl's canvas 20x30 portrait that Ceresa has on display. Very fun day! Evelyn could not have been any better! She is amazing... as are all of our girls.

Farrow Kate's Day Out

2011-03-21T18:28:00.000-07:00

On Thursday, Emma Claire went to the zoo with a friend, sooooo Farrow Kate went to work with Grandmommy for a bit and then Mommy for a bit. She was so sweet and really brightened up the patients at the assisted living facilities. She got beads for St. Patrick's Day AND ice cream at McDonalds! Who could ask for a better day.

Two Sisters Birthdays

2011-03-13T16:02:00.000-07:00

This year we had a birthday celebration for Aunt Velma(94) and Aunt Dorothy(96).... both of my Grandmother's sisters. These are two precious ladies.

We missed Grandmother, but we know she would never come back even for birthday cake :)

My Macs Belated Birthday

2011-03-13T15:59:00.000-07:00

My Mac got to blow out his candle better late than never. We love you. This poor cake made the trip from Tupelo.

Psalm23

2011-03-10T16:02:00.001-08:00

Untitled from Misty Thompson on Vimeo.

EQUALS

Faroow Kate did great on her passage but not so great on the "jumpy thing". She got all harnessed up and then began to scream at the top of her lungs. So..... only Emma Claire jumped and really enjoyed it. Maybe later for Farrow Kate

Fun day with cousins and friends

2011-03-08T11:53:00.000-08:00

Sam, Hannan, and Nate came down to play for the day. The weather was perfect. The go-carts and paddleboat got a workout. We were also glad the Warren boys (and Miss Hayley) could join us for a little while.

Personal Taste

2011-03-08T11:50:00.000-08:00

Have I said that this child has her OWN taste. This is what she came down in the other day!!

Snow Again

2011-02-12T15:26:00.000-08:00

The weather man said we got 4 inches. This is how it looked at our house. If you notice, there are no pictures of a snowman. The girls did play in it for a short time, but were not near as interested this time. I never thought I would say it but, I do not want any more snow this year.

"Mama yanked my tooth out"

2011-02-12T15:23:00.000-08:00

She lost her third tooth. This one had to have a little help. She is telling everyone that I yanked it out. That is not quite how it went, but oh well.

The Other Side of Emma Claire

2011-02-12T15:19:00.000-08:00

This very prissy little girl went out and got covered in mud on her go cart (which I don't have a picture of) and then asked to drive Daddy's tractor.

Yes, she is actually driving it all by herself (a task that Mama has not even mastered).

Now this is serious snow!

2011-01-16T17:34:00.000-08:00

According to the news, we rec'd 8 inches of snow in Tupelo last Sunday night. Sooooooo, we were all off on Monday and even Grandmommy was snowed in with us. All of Greenbrier Road was out with 4 wheelers and sleds and Gators. We rode for hours, had snowball fights, and made snow ice cream. This snow lasted all week!!! It just happened to be the day of the BCS championship game (which Auburn won- WAR EAGLE), so we made a snowman in honor of the occasion. And yes, that is Grandmommy in the sled with Emma Claire in the second picture.

This crane was tiptoeing and sliding across the ice. I just watched and laughed as he made his way across the lake.
These were taken on Saturday, six days after the snowfall. It felt like we were living in Breckinridge.

Family Skate Outing

2011-01-07T12:58:00.000-08:00

The girls got skates from My Mac for Christmas, so now we have a new hobby. They are really improving and Farrow Kate doesn't care if she make 3 laps in 2 hours.

Jim, on the other hand, came away a little sore :)

Who Says Tractors are just for garden work?

2011-01-07T12:54:00.000-08:00

They thought they were on a fair ride going up and down in the front end loader as we were moving firewood the other day. If only adults could enjoy household chores as much...

Hard Work Pays Off

2011-01-07T12:40:00.001-08:00

Untitled from Misty Thompson on Vimeo.

EQUALS

The girls worked hard to learn Psalm 100 so they could go get a Build-A-Bear. Who says that bribery is so bad!

Christmas with Grandmommy and Beep Beep

2011-01-04T17:18:00.000-08:00

"I'm dreaming of a white Christmas" Really????

2011-01-04T16:55:00.000-08:00

Emma Claire's snow angel

Farrow Kate's snow angel

Santa Clause was good

2011-01-04T16:50:00.000-08:00

Christmas with Gramsby and Papa T

2011-01-04T14:38:00.000-08:00

More baby dolls, what more could a little girl want!!! Meet Dorothy

And Abby

Mamaw always brings a smile to your face because she is always smiling! She is a little smitten with Emma Claire (maybe it is the "Emma" namesake)

Christmas at My Mac's

2011-01-04T14:31:00.000-08:00

My Mac and the girls
Daddy, Aunt Velma, Uncle LE, and Al. Grandmother was dearly missed.

First of many Christmas celebrations

2011-01-04T13:11:00.000-08:00

Lunch with several of the "Cole" siblings and family.

Christmas fesivities

2010-12-18T10:32:00.000-08:00

Emma Claire's first year to get to go to the Little Girl's tea.

Christmas program at church

Thanks to the Sanders for the gingerbread kit. It was a lot of fun to make.

What a Birthday!

2010-12-13T18:29:00.000-08:00

I have been celebrating my birthday all week long! First, on Wed, I awoke to a wonderful breakfast cooked by Daddy and his helpers.....

Then, Thursday Jim and I left for a trip to Gatlinburg !!!!

This was taken on the little lighted bridge (so cute at Christmas)

These were carolers dressed up going around the shops downtown singing! They were amazing.

Where apparently you HAVE to get pancakes because they are on every corner. They are wonderful by the way.

The Ober Gatlinburg skiing had just opened on Friday, so we tried that out. I only shut the ski lift down once. It was great fun!

I just thought this building was amazing!

This is inside the amazing Christmas place store in Pigeon forge where you can get ANY Christmas thing you could ever want

This is outside the Amazing Christmas Place.

Thanks, Jim, for a great trip and Grandmommy and Beep Beep for keeping the girls.

Visit with Santa

2010-12-13T18:26:00.000-08:00

Although Grandmommy went with us, this is the first year that she didn't have to stay in the picture to get them to do it. Guess they are growing up.

Christmas cookies and parade 2010

2010-12-13T18:19:00.000-08:00

Did you know that the world's longest Christmas parade is held right here in Tupelo, MS? It was Jim and my first time to go to the Christmas parade and we were all excited to see this jolly fellow after 2 hours. Luckily, the weather wasn't bitter cold.

Two chefs in the making. They take this baking very seriously.

Oh the treats Daddy brings!

2010-12-13T18:16:00.000-08:00

And sometimes when Daddy has been gone, he comes home with Baskin Robbins treats like this (even if it is right at nap time and they have already had dessert :). Don't worry, Mom wasn't left out.... I got a snickers sunday!

Farrow Kate's First Thanksgiving Feast

2010-12-13T18:12:00.000-08:00

I just love helping at school parties (not that I did much cause Miss Wendi had it all done). Farrow Kate was the cutest little pilgrim princess!

Farrow Kate and Mamie (so we def have a short child along with our other extremely tall one)

Halloween 2010

2010-10-30T16:54:00.000-07:00

This year we had the snaggletooth Strawberry Shortcake and the "fallen" angel (her halo stayed hanging down most of the night)

More Birthday on the Actual Day!

2010-10-30T16:48:00.000-07:00

It must be fun to get to celebrate your birthday all weekend, and then wake up to flowers, presents, and a school party too! Happy Birthday Bug!