thankful.

always a blessing to slide our chairs up to aunt nellie's table. happy thanksgiving ya'll.

free maple donuts+coffee.

mom, dad, aunt nellie, troy & i ventured to swiss pantry's open house this morning. only day of the year they make maple donuts...they are WONDERFUL! warm, gooey deliciousness. came home with freshly baked sourdough bread, bbq, & 1/2 grilled chicken x3...good stuff...happy folks.
by the way, go vols!

awesome ashlyn.

so, josh & jen had an appointment friday afternoon so i went to tullahoma to help gail with jaxsy while we went to a pep session at ashlyn's school where she was going to be surprised with a special award. turned out she got the citizenship award for her class & the principal's award also...she & we were so proud! way to go sweet girl!
-great

dad's hd report...A+

keep up the good work! his kidney dr. + staff were as excited as dad + we were. :) gonna try to stay on first honor roll. giving God the glory + takin' it one day at a time.
-holly

flavorful send-off.

aunt nellie's fried chicken, homemade rolls + all the goods with skillet chocolate pie + chess pie for dessert for brandon's last "aunt nellie meal" for awhile. he reported to nashville sept. 14 in route to air force basic training. mom, dad, aunt gail, uncle al + tiffani joined us. troy + i are sporting the air force gear gail + al brought us. :)

memorial day.

continental...mama usually wins but this time she took a back seat to aunt nellie :) we enjoyed a bbq lunch, some of the girls went to hammer's to bargain search, the men visited + we played a hand. in attendance...mama, daddy, aunt nellie (of course), glenda, dick, donna, uncle merky, amy, troy + me.
uncle merky + amy. words of wisom, i'm sure.

cherries on top.

daddy's birthday supper. gail made the cake. happy 80+ daddy!