Sunday lunch at a favorite spot...

Aunt Nellie is seriously down in her back, so Daddy fixed bbq & mama made her potato salad, baked beans and such and we went to Aunt Nellies for lunch. Of course, we had to play a hand of continental and if you have a minute...you must watch the video below. Setting the stage...this is the final hand and you have to lay down 3 straights of different suits and discard. THIS HAND IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE and usually lasts FOREVER with much frustration but Troy captured a historical moment on his blackberry...so glad he did!

supper downtown.

mama & daddy at john t's, a new place in an old building on the square...nice.

always eating...

you'd think he's 6 ft. tall with a hollow leg! at this point daddy had already had a stretched hamburger on a bun...trimmed the burgers in the pan, eaten the "trimmings" and helped himself to one more for good measure. mama had to step in and package the leftovers, while there were leftovers to package! :) thankful for his VERY healthy appetite! by the way, he had a very productive couple of days, cleaned & applied sealer to all the peagravel and mowed that big yard! mama's good too, she called and asked me to notice the windows when i come over...they are sparkling! no wonder they nap when they sit for a spell. :)

here a tipps, there a tipps...

everywhere a tipps tipps. almost everyone journeyed home for Christmas. we missed our dukes; jacki, james and stetson, and our kellys: sunni, ed, sloan and kate. it was wild abandon and over way too soon. here's Christmas morning at the hoods followed by tippsness in abundance...

the usual with one addition, karen, a long-time family friend.

troy and holly's favorite gift, brandon...home, and his (and our) sweet girl, tiffani.

daddy reading this blog in book form. :)

everyone came home day after Christmas and here's a little of what i managed to capture amidst the chaos...

the girls...vicki (steve's), haley (adam's), gail (jerry's), andrea (heath's).

jax (josh & jennifer's) and grey (jarrod & blair's) watching gigi & gida starring as elves of the blog. they wanted to watch it over, and over, and over, and over.

troy (holly's).

robin and amy.

jennifer (josh's) and mama.

watchful eye on the climbin' cousins. josh with liam (chase & rosalie's) and jax (josh & jennifer's).

tossing the pigskin. heath, adam and jarrod. rosalie keepin' a watchful eye toward the creek.

reason for the watchful eye, cousins at the creek. jax (josh & jen's), liam (chase & rosalie's), josh, and barrett (adam & haley's).

cousins. liam, grey and jax. :)

playin'. chase and adam.
haley (adam's) and her baby jace.

sweet noah (jarrod & blair's).making necklaces. precious ashlyn (josh & jen's) and noah.

playin' cousins. barrett (adam & haley's) and liam (chase & rosalie's).

brandon (troy & holly's), holly and tiffani. brothers. jerry and steven.
kitchen help. :)
chase.
boys and their girls. josh & ashlyn. jarrod & noah.

playin' catch-up...celebrating mama.

mama's birthday, we gathered for a cracker barrel breakfast in manchester. we had a very full table! joining mama and daddy were jerry, gail, al, gail, jennifer, ashlyn, jax, noah, grey, robin, amy and me. mama (gigi) was showered with birthday love, wishes and fruit topped pancakes. :)