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. :)

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annual pigeonforgefest.

the whole wacky crew. a long weekend of football+movie watchin', continental+mexican train playin', Christmas shoppin', sale findin', eatin', eatin'+ more eatin' gabfest. the name of the cabin we stay in is "as good as it gets" and they ain't lyin'. uncle merky had a cold+had to stay home, steve had to work so we were minus he+vicki too...we missed them. thanks glenda for all you do to make this happen every year...we love you.

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