Mamaw’s Trip with Ben

Amanda, Ben, his cousin, Jude and I went to Pigeon Forge for a few days.  We did all the touristy things! Wonderworks, the Forbidden Cavern, the Pirate Show, Alcatraz Museum, a waterpark, Magiquest and snow sledding.  I’m glad we were finally able to spend this time together in the mountains of Tennessee.

 

Family pictures

Christmas

Christmas

What a fun day of celebrating with my crazy family!  So blessed they could all be here. 

Benjamin has grown so much this year. He towers over everyone else. Caden read the Christmas story to us and Mary and Joseph would have been proud of how he narrated their journey.  Amanda came with Ben and she is always a welcome addition. Christmas is always better when Tara comes “home” from Austria for her school vacation.  Wesley rode his motorcycle from Cape Girardeau to be here and he gifted me with my first ever 2,000 piece puzzle. Yikes! Mallory was here for her first time and she jumped right into the madness. 

It was a wonderful day filled with fun, family and food.  And laughter. So much laughter.

Home from Austria

Sophie spent a month in Europe with Tara and had the best time ever. Everyone was happy to see her when she came off of the plane.

Family Christmas

Check out the sign we are holding in our photos.  I bought two of these, and gave one away for a gift last year. And this one has been hanging on my wall through two Christmas seasons. Wesley sat down last night and within three minutes noticed the problem with it. Do you see it? Of course, I had to use it as a prop today.