GO TIGERS!

That's the CLEMSON TIGERS!! Just chillin' out watchin the Chick Fil A bowl and cheering for the Tigers... They are not winning right now. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. We did. We are very blessed. We had an amazing trip to the beach with Shon's family. It was fun and relaxing, the weather was nice and hard to believe it was December! We didn't want to come home. Tomorrow we will consume our share of greens and black eyed peas to hopefully increase our wealth for the year and then one more day off and it's back to reality.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas!

I think this must be John's best yet! We bought him an X-Box 360 (used) and he just was overwhelmed. He burst in to thank yous and gave us both hugs and then shed tears!!! It was just incredible...I had told him he couldn't have a video game and therefore he was very surprised. Just a really incredible moment with him, to see the real gratitude and joy. Amazing...we were all 3 crying. How blessed we are to be able to provide such amazing gifts to our children.

We head to the beach tomorrow with Shon's mom and step dad. His brother Clay and his wife, Elise will be joining us for some R&R! Looking forward to that after a busy Christmas season.

Blessings to all.

Daughtry

What more can I say. It was awesome. Sorry no pictures...I was honest and followed the rules and DID NOT take my camera in (Shon that's for you). Although over 1/2 the people there did have their camera. He really puts on a great show. He plays a lot of instruments, has an incredible drummer - who wore a kilt with no shirt, and he was so energetic. AND there is much to be said about a concert on a Sunday night at a Baptist College...NO ALCOHOL! YAHOO...considering the last concert I went I had beer spilled all over the back of me. It was GREAT. Thanks honey for this wonderful idea.

By the way...my Cowboys lost, =(

Early Christmas Present!

Finally the weekend is almost here! After a week of high 70's a cold rain is supposed to be on it's way. And for December graduation tomorrow...oh well, no complaints b/c we need the rain so badly. I am excited about the weekend especially b/c my wonderful husband is giving me one of my Christmas presents early this weekend. We're going to see Daughtry at Timmon's Arena on the Campus of Furman University. I love Daughtry. He was my favorite American Idol contestant and I have been a fan ever since. I can't wait! I'll try to sneak a picture for the blog. Thanks, honey this is an awesome gift!!

Have a great weekend!

Can you fix it...WHY?

I just couldn't resist posting these pictures! We had a small leak under the sink last night when the pipe came loose. Shon was 'fixing' it and of course the boys had to help Daddy! They are growing up so fast and it just seems that time keeps flying by. John is reading really well now and reads or tries to read just about anything he sees. He ordered a set of Magic Treehouse books from Scholastic's at school and those came in yesterday so we started one last night about the Titanic, it's really fun to read with him before bed. He's playing Shon's guitar now, too. Maybe lessons in the future who knows. He really seems to be enjoying it. Alex is potty training and when he has an accident he tells me "I want to put on a diaper, I not like wetting my panties!" He's doing really well though and accidents are occurring less and less frequently. He's started asking us "WHY?" to everything!!! It's exhausting. I've been thinking though to the parallel between him asking us why and us asking our heavenly father why. How often do we ask him why and expect an answer? Do we ask just to be asking? Do we ask to learn, really learn or just because we are nosy and want to know? Do we trust that he has our best interest in mind when he tells us to do something? I really try to answer Alex and not just say 'because I told you so'. Doesn't God do that as well if we really listen to him? It's not easy not to ask why, especially when bad things happen to good people. Just some thoughts...