A Little Girl and Her Puzzle

When Little Mama was a toddler, she got a Winnie-the-Pooh puzzle that she and I would do for hours. While in the attic one day, she and I found it. It was a precious memory for me and I wanted to keep it. I brought it downstairs and the little ones loved it. Sweet Pea loves to do puzzles and can do it all by herself now.

As I watch her I can see her sister at the same age doing the puzzle and then I wonder where all the years have gone. I wish I had pictures of her doing this when she was little. But at least I have a way to remember these little hands doing exactly what her big sister many years ago.

A New Year, A New Project

This year I have challenged myself to take a picture everyday and document it. Some days will be easy while other days will be very difficult. I am excited about this challenge and hope to learn more about photography along the way. Here are the first three days:

Another challenge is to write a post on my blog about the picture and get back to blogging. I have missed it. It will be a challenge too but one I know that I can beat.

Merry Christmas From Our Family

The stockings are hung....

the presents are all wrap...

now to get some sleep before tomorrow morning.

But I pray that we will all remember the true meaning of Christmas and the ultimate gift He gave to all of us.

Merry Christmas from our house to yours.

I Heart Faces Challenge :: Furry Faces

The Best of Buds!

24 Years Ago & Now

Twenty-four years ago I was a junior in high school. Twenty-four years ago I was playing my first year of basketball. Twenty-four years ago I fell in love with a sport that would forever change my life.

Now twenty-four years later, my daughter is playing on the very floor that I played on.

Ironically too, she is wearing the same number I did.

Last night as I walked in the gym, many memories of my first game and year of playing basketball came back. I remember it like it was yesterday. My daddy came and sat mid way up the bleachers. As I sat at the scorekeepers table, I could almost pick the exact place he sat. My mom was at home because our youth group was having Tuesday night Bible Study at our house. I can remember feeling nervous as I stepped out on to the court the first time. A few years later, my Daddy would tell me that he actually laughed some because I looked so lost out on the court. It would be the first of many games he and my mom would see me play over the next six years. I wish he was here to see her play. He would be so proud of her. It's hard to believe it all happen twenty-four years ago.

Now I am the parent sitting and watching (while keeping the book) my daughter play the game that I came to love in the same gym that I have so many good memories.

I Heart Faces Challenge: Black

I took the kids down to an old grist mill near our home. Needless to say it wasn't the best trip of making pictures but at least I got this one and a few others. Now to find a time to make another trip and hopefully get some better ones.

This photo was entered into the I Heart Faces photo challenge – www.iheartfaces.com

The Big Game

Unless you have been living under a rock or don’t follow college football (which I can’t imagine not following college football), then you know that there is a big game this weekend. Big probably doesn’t describe what this game is - it’s #1 vs #2 - LSU vs Alabama.

Hubs has made sure that he opens that day and Red is getting excited. They are the only two Alabama fans in the house so far since the twins are too young to understand what is going on. You would think me being an Auburn fan that I would be wearing purple and gold on Saturday and yelling “Go Tigers’ all while downing a good bowl of gumbo. This is where things are different for me than most Auburn fans. See if Alabama loses, I will have two very, very unhappy campers in my house and if Alabama wins, I can only imagine how excited the two of them will be. It’s hard to pull against Hubs and Red’s team when it was Hubs who buys all my Auburn gear including championship gear this past season. Plus I don’t know who I dislike more Les Miles or Nick Saban so maybe the game will end in a tie and they both will lose. Yes i know this doesn’t happen anymore but it’s nice to think about.

So this Saturday while all a lot of Auburn fans will be wearing purple and gold, I believe I will be in my orange and blue celebrating an off weekend and eating some good gumbo. Maybe I may venture down to the Christmas Village during the game to do a little shopping.... no I don’t see that happen, this game is going to be good either way.