Finally, I am adding an updated post with Thanksgiving pictures! We had a great Thanksgiving and we are so truly thankful for all we have been given by our Father in Heaven! I will try to get some Christmas photos on here soon!

Charli Marie has been sick with an ear infetion and a yucky virus! Her 1st tooth also came through on Christmas Eve! So, she is very clingy and fussy these days. Of course, she wants to be held, but not while I sit down-she likes for me to stand and hold her. Can we say "Spoiled Rotten"?!

Charli enjoying her Thanksgiving meal- sweet potoatoes, of course!
Charli gets good loving from some of Papa Steve's brothers and sisters at the annual Thanksgiving gathering at Uncle Dean's and Aunt Brenda's in Montgomery.
Another one of my daredevils stunts- across the monkey bars, climb onto the roof, jump off the roof, onto the slide, down the slide, scare mom,-super cool!!
SL helped me cook goodies to carry to Uncle Dean's and Aunt Brenda's annual Thanksgiving Gathering!

SL and Mama Ann cook some more! Charli watches us cook- I am sure she will be right up in the fun next year!
We celebrated Christmas during Thanksgiving, while at Mama Ann's. We didn't think the kids could handle the long trip back to Mama Ann's. The guys receive thier Christmas goodies from Mama Ann!

SL has fun with Ben's gift bag!
Uncle Buck (Ashley's husband)-the kids gave him this name, not sure why- fried turkey legs! They enjoyed these. Havey is ready for baseball to begin-see how he is holding his turkey leg!

Wild Indians and a pilgrim- We had to bribe Havey with money to get him to dress as the pilgram. Nobody would agree to dress in that outfit, but Havey came through and then had so much fun that he didn't even ask for his money!!!

Okay, so they look so sweet and cute in this photo, but I think the wild indian shot is more like my boys! Gotta Love 'Em!

Thanksgiving vacation fun at the GEGE place. Ben's parents have a great place in Georgia that they get-a-way to often, but this was the first trip that the boys have taken to The GEGE place (GeGe was Ben's grandmother, Nan's mom). The boys dropped me and Chari Marie off at Mama's houes and they went to stay the night in Georgia.

They had a great time!

More baby food- this girl loves everything and in abundance too!

Bananas are yummy!

Green beans- first vegetable. Yep, they are good too!

Charli Marie really wants to go on her own, but no such luck!

These brothers get some sister-time before they go to school!

The boys love to write letters to Santa every year!

A few weeks ago, Ben and the boys made use of the big pile of dirt that's on the empty lot beside of us. I've been wanting it to be smoothed down, but so much for that idea, the boys want it to stay until someone builds there! The next few pics show exactly how this unsafe "little stunt" occured! Yes, both boys did this, several times-it was their dad's idea!! They came and knocked on our bedroom window and told me to watch! Little Daredevils!! Okay-so I need to make sure that they just live in their helments!
Yesterday morning Havey woke up with a nice bruise on his cheek because he was driving the 4-wheeler (alone!) too fast and he hit the handlebars. (I had no idea they were driving alone on the 4- wheeler these days, but the bruise told on them and their daddy too!) I hope this will not happen again, but who knows! I am learning that boys will be boys, no matter what their age!! Yes, that is directed toward you grown men!!

Havey and Ben created thier own restaurant in our kitchen one night. Havey was the chef, along with Ben's help. He created a tree pizza and was so pleased. It was delicious! He even set the table without me asking! WOW, can I dine here every night! He named his restaurant "HAVEY'S", a knock off on the restaurant here in town know as "HARVEY'S"!

Charli's first try at baby food was a couple of weeks ago! Yummy-apples-She loved them! The boys took turns feeding her and of course they had to taste the apples too!