POD Packing Party

Well, the ole' casa has finally sold. The closing date is quickly approaching so we figured we'd better go pack our house. The fun part. We had some fabulous friends from our small group at Grace come help-and we couldn't have done it without them, my parents. and my sister and Steven. They were all huge help! We even got to see some cute kiddie poos that we haven't seen in forever and a new baby, Hannah, that has been added to the class since we left. People were packing things like little ant workers-I have them trained good... and well, I know where nothing is now, but that's ok! We have awesome friends and family-thanks to all!! Now, we must look for a new home.....

P.S. to those that came to help--I promise I do clean our house--despite all the dust you found when you started moving things! (Thanks Kristy for the title of the post)

Going For A Little Walk

Unfortunatley, there is nothing too exciting going on around here lately. It's ridiculously cold, so the other day we decided to take a walk (Matt and I are doing Scale Back AL and Harley is beginning to become a little chunk) So anyways, we had to bundle up...even Harley. He loves his fur lined jacket. When we go for walks, Harley gets really tired fast and is usually panting by the time we are half way down the street--he did pretty good this time. Harley is a great dog but Matt feels so unmanly walking a 10 lb dog on a leash. I love this dog!

Big Pete's Birthday

Happy Birthday to Steven (sister's bf)!! We had a little party time for him yesterday. Keri made a little gumbo, that stuff will set you on fire, and we had a little cake. And you can't forget the chips and french onion dip-who can have a party without that?! We all contributed to the Wii Steven got for his birthday.. and it's a good thing.. because we were fighting over playing that thing. Here are a few action shots. I think I threw my hip out on that bowling, but when it came to the golf--I was so stinkin good it was scary. I knew all those putt-putt days would be put to good use one day! Happy Birthday Stevo!!

Sugar Bowl

Matt and I were already in New Orleans and Friday mom and dad came down with another couple. Before heading to the dome we went to the Riverwalk. Along the way you would never believe who we saw---ok well, I siked that up to be pretty exciting so I hope it doesn't let you down--anyways we saw Tyron Prothro and I pushed Matt up there to meet him and honestly I think we freaked him out a little. I did get a picture to prove it. So that was the highlight for that hour. We headed to the game a little early so we could soak up all the fun. The last time I was here was for the Sugar Bowl in like 1942--really I think it was like 89 or something. Matt has never been so he was about to pee in his pants. We had a great time, despite the fact that Alabama played like the Bad News Bears. **** For the record, sister did have an opportunity to go with us but she had to work, so sad we missed her, but you make the big bucks when you work the weekends in her line of business.

Visit With Friends in New Orleans

We decided to go down to New Orleans a day before the Sugar Bowl to visit our dear friends, Matt and Celeste. We love us some Flummers!! They moved to New Orleans last year for Matt to go to seminary and we miss them so much. They took us around the city and down to the famous French Quarter. My Matt forgot his beads so it wasn't near as fun as it would have been. We stopped at Cafe Du Monde' for coffee and beignets--Matt definitely got his money's worth because he left with powdered sugar in his hair. I didn't know what a beignet was before we went here --in the words of Matt Flummer- it's a funnel cake in the shape of a pillow. Thanks Matt and Celeste for a great visit and a nice place to stay!!

Feet In The Sand

And that's just what we did this week. Matt and I took a little mini vacation and on a whim (this isn't normal for me) decided to head to Gulf Shores for a few days. The weather was fabulous. It was so hot when we got there that Matt said "We must go buy some shorts." I replied with, "Let me just cut your jeans off and make you some shorts." But he said those were his favorite jeans and he forgot his tank top, so it wouldn't look right without it. Anyways, we did some relaxing on the beach, ate some seafood, went to the movies, and did a little shopping. We went out to the Wharf one night and see the boat below--well, we are thinking of purchasing this little gem, what do you think? Some of these pictures are not that exciting, I mean how many pictures can you take of each other, or with your arm stretched out pressing the button yourself. Happy New Year!!

I've Been Tagged

Keri tagged me in the picture game.

The object of the picture tag is to:
1. Choose the 4th folder where you store your pictures on your computer.
2. Select the 4th picture in the folder.
3. Explain the picture.
4. Tag 4 people to do the same.
No cheating (cropping, editing, etc.) Have fun!!!

This is an oldie, but a goodie. This was a folder of old random pictures from our other camera. This was at my undergraduate graduation from JSU in April 2004.

Matt and I were engaged and were getting married in July. Oh those sweet college days, mooching off the parentals and no responsiblity.. ahhh!

So, I don't tag anyone, because all 3 readers of this exciting

blog have already done it.. so if you want to do it.. then have fun!!

Happy Birthday To Our Savior!!

What a day to be thankful for--the birth of Jesus!! This first few pictures are a few when we were waiting for Keri to wake up. Sister likes to sleep in for real. So Matt, Mom, Dad, and I decided to watch a movie while we were waiting on her. She finally woke up when mom was laughing so loud at the movie. I said Sister, you are missing Christmas. We had a fabulous breakfast that sister made us and Harley even got his Christmas day treat. A few pictures of opening presents. Keri and I both got rain boots. There will probably be a drought now that I have these, but I still love them. You know our family loves some Christmas Vacation movie--so my mom thought it was only appropriate to get dad the famous moose mug from the movie. One of my favorite gifts was something Matt gave me. He made a donation in my name to Samaritan's Purse to feed hot meals to a family for one month. That truly is better than anything tangible you could ever receive. God is so gracious to us that we want to give back whatever we can, because it isn't ours to begin with. Happy Birthday Jesus!!

Matt's friend, Eric, came over for lunch because his wife was with her family and he couldn't go because he is a basketball coach and they have game this week. Matt loves to have friends over to play. Dad always gets everyone a toy. It's just a thing he likes to do. Matt got this nerf gun set and Steven got this nerf disk gun. So we decided to make it a family event and take this puppy outside. Matt felt it was necessary to put the whole attire on, vest, glasses, bullet bag and all. Matt shot me in the face a couple of times--he gets a little serious when it comes to games--Howard, you're going down next time!! At least we worked off a little of that lunch.

Grandma came over for lunch and opened her presents. Grandma watched from the window during the nerf war outside. She had already played a round of painball earlier in the day and was pooped. What a Merry Christmas it was!!

Christmas With Matt's Family

On Christmas Eve we went to Oxford to do Christmas with Matt's family. His whole family comes to his Nanny and Papa's house for Christmas Eve. Matt took a browse through his old closet (he lived with his grandparents when his mom moved to Huntsville) and got a little teary eyed when he saw his old Letterman jacket (sorry didn't get this on camera). Such a sweet moment! We had a great time seeing Matt's family.