Decorations Are Up

Now onto present shopping.

A gift for myself should be here tomorrow or the next day.

I'll show you what it is when I get it.

I'm pretty pumped about it.

Thanksgiving Week Through Pictures

10 days in Mississippi

Things I did not photograph:

more pictures with Millie and her grandparents

my plate on T-Day

other family members besides Nick, myself, and my baby

strolling around the block a couple times a day

Nick's deer he shot on Wednesday

Nick's brother coming to visit in G'ville

my mom's Christmas decorations

dinner at Doe's Eat Place

daddy's steak that was as good as Doe's

Millie sleeping from 7 pm to 7:10 am one night


Looking forward to Christmas already!

GEORGE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEORGE!

He was a sweet fat baby.

He is 23 today!
He is still this cute.
And silly.

LOVIE

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOVIE!Picture of me and mamma in either '85 or '86
probably '86

DOC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOC!Picture taken day of my birth, October 1985.

Veterans Day

I am very thankful for all of our veterans and the soldiers that are currently serving.

Nick and I just finished watching the HBO mini-series The Pacific. It was created by the same people as Band of Brothers. Like the title implies, it is the story of marines fighting the Japanese in the Pacific during WWII. It was hard to watch what some soldiers had to go through. It was a good show, but it was also very sad. One of the main characters was based on Eugene Sledge from Mobile, AL. He eventually went on to Auburn University, and his journals were used to tell part of the story for Pacific. I think his journals are also in the Auburn library.

I'm very thankful for all veterans' bravery.

I'm also very thankful for our freedom here in America.

At our missions conference this past year, the guest preacher said this about freedom, "We did not choose to live in America. God chose it for us. Even though our country is not perfect, I am thankful for the freedoms we have. I am especially thankful for the freedom of religion."

I thank God that we can openly praise Him without fear of persecution.