our annual thanksgiving hayride

on thanksgiving morning, we have a tradition of going on a thanksgiving hayride. we go down a few back roads in my parent's community and then end up down at the parker house. this year, scott did not come. he chose to go to the flea market instead... but that's okay... he missed out..

my four babies who are not babies anymore

my sweet daddy and his tractor

all aboard!!! we went down a new ''trail'' that my daddy has been working on. it was really pretty.

this is the only cow we saw out today. this is the one known as ''purdy thang'', but i have always called her ''caramel cream''...lol!!!

my wonderful parents,i love them so much!!!!!

father and son, danny and ethan

mother and daughter, lorieann and corrie

my sweet drake

look at those sweet smiles

now they are smiling for somebody else

three amigos

best buds

we were all bundeled up, although when we got going, it was rather warm.. it turned out beautiful.

danny and sweet baby ben

my chris and ethan.. poor ethan, he had to work thankgiving night, so, this was the only time we got to see him:(

we had a great time and mother made us all sausage/egg and country ham/egg biscuits!!!! they were great!!! it is always so great to spend the holdays with your family!!!!!!

corrie is all smiles

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

hey yall and happy thanksgiving!!! i, today, have so much to be thankful for. the LORD has blessed our family so much this year. we are so undeserving of all HIS blessings...
i have been getting ready for our meal tonight. i made deviled eggs, and a krispy kreme bread pudding...yummers!!!!!! i can't wait to eat that..

wherever you go today, be careful and take time out to thank the LORD for all HE has done for you this year. i am thankful for my family, and for a good church family, and for especially sparing two of my friends lives this year that were in a motorcycle accident this past memorial day.... praise the LORD!!!!!

i hope you have a great day and hopefully i will have pics to post later of our festivities..

a great day with a friend

today, april and i went for a nice lunch. we have been actually, trying to go to this place for a few months.. it is in a nearby town. it is owned by a mother and daughter...they have good food... we went, not knowing what to expect. when we arrived, everyone thought we were sisters.. april told them we were...

here is some of the scenery outside beside the restaurant. i love the wrought iron furniture. it looks so pretty and fallish.

when we walked in, we saw a group of red hatters. this one was our favorite. she stopped and talked to us, and we got to know her. i loved her outfit, and check out the purse!!! she was so sweet!

it was buffet style. they had salad, soup, beef stroganoff, some kind of chicken, spinach, margarita pie, and a strawberry trifle... it was all wonderful.

this is the outside of the restaurant... it looks like a victorian cottage. we ate and talked with the ladies there. after our lunch, we hit the stores, shopping. we went to sam's, goodwill, michael's, and a jewelry store we like to go to... we had a great time, and i always enjoying spending the day with april.. she is such a blessing, and a very good friend..

i went hunting

yes, you read that title right!!!! chris persuaded me into going hunting with him saturday morning. i really think he thought that i would say no.... boy did i prove him WRONG..!!!! when he came home saturday morning, i was all dressed in camo.. with hunting license in hand.. that i had just bought friday night...lol,lol... we had a great time .... but we did not see a thing except squirrels.... they were busy going back and forth in the trees.... i did make him make a deal with me.. and that was if the BIG ONE showed up, that he wsould let me try to shoot HIM... well, he did not show up:(.... but he was so proud of me for going.. one funny thing that happened was i fell asleep..lol, in the hunting blind...lol!!!! anyway, when we got finished we went into town to run a few errands, grab some lunch, and come home to get ready for a singing at a local fish camp. chris was playing with a group from church, VINTAGE, and i went with him... we had a great time, and it was just like church in there!!! i will leave you with some pictures that we took hunting... i got some beautiful shots of some pretty leaves. aren't you proud of me for going hunting???? i am definately going again!!!!!

come see the leaves

i had a nice day at home today. i did all of our laundry and that took a long time... i loaded the dishwasher twice, and organized our cabinet that holds our pots and pans.... it was so unorganized!!!!! it was a wee bit cooler here today. i went out and took some pictures of the beautiful trees in our yard that i talked about in the last post. the colors are gorgeous!!!! the yellow tree in the middle, is always a vibrant yellow every year.. it is so beautiful!!! i put together this scrapbook page of the leaves from our yard...

our pool cover finally arrived... so, this afternoon, chris and i went out to cover the pool... it was kind of sad..lol,lol... i know that sounds crazy, but i miss it so much in the winter!!! have a blessed night, and remember to vote!!!!

fall foilage and voting

all of our trees here in our yard are finally at there peak. it has been very warm.. and it has caused the trees to take there time in turning there bright shades of red, gold, orange, and rust. we have had some much cooler weather this week, and we recieved our first frost this past week. the leaves are beautiful.... just sitting on the porch and looking at the leaves is really beautiful.
chris and i voted this week.we both voted absentee,due to the fact we both will be working on tuesday. this election is very important, and all should go vote..... and if you don't..you need not to complain about any of it.... no matter who you like ,obama or mccain.we are in deep prayer for our nation... and for all americans this week, that they think before they cast that vote... just remember it does matter who you vote for!!!!!!!!!!