Happy New Year's Eve!

Six New Year's Resolutions Worth Keeping
(as posted in the Calvary bulletin on Sunday)

1. Forget the past and honor God more.

2. Live for Christ in the world.

3. Trust God with a strong faith.

4. Remain faithful to your church.

5. Witness to the lost.

6. Cultivate the talents God has given you for His glory.

MEAT ! ! ! ! !

Every year, there is a gift exchange at my aunt and uncle's house on Christmas Day. My cousin, Sara, got Braden's name again this year. When she asked what he wanted for Christmas, Braden replied, "a ham!"
Ham was his favorite thing at Thanksgiving and obviously, he's an eater.
He changed "ham" to "meat" and guess what? Meat is what he got for Christmas, a whole bag full! Braden got a 1 lb. bag of beef jerky, 2 large containers of Slim Jim, a small bag of pepperoni-somethings, and a salami roll of deer meat and cheese made from a deer Jared had killed recently.

He was beyond thrilled and paraded his bag-o-meat through the house!

Christmas Morning

I don't have many pictures from Christmas morning. I videoed most of the morning so that Grandma and Grandpa could see Brady open his gifts. I did take a few and I have a few more to post from later in the day.

Braden with the last of the Boys v. Girls series. Thank you G'ma Peggy & G'pa Gordon!

Dunk the Duck Carnival game from Phil & Haley. (Oh, how I wish this game had a volume!)


The boys' new video rocker. This was one of our Day-After-Thanksgiving purchases.


This is my gift from G'ma & G'pa. I had said I wanted either new dress pants or curtains for the front room. So G'ma made me a window with curtains and a mini pair of pants with some cash stuck inside! How creative is that?!?!?! ---Jon and I found curtains last night at Penney's. I need to go to Wal-Mart today and get new rods and 2 sheers.

I Don't Look as Pale This Way

Daddy & Dallas

Daddy's reading a dog book...... with the dog. (ha!ha!)

Please, Mom, no more pictures!

Seriously?

Is it too much to ask that we take a nice picture together? Here are a few of the better outtakes Braden took after church on Christmas Eve.

Smile for the camera!

What were you doing?


Grrrr! You guys are both NUTS!


Well, that's not too bad, despite the stockings growing out of our heads.

Jon - Christmas Eve

Jon looked great on Christmas Eve! Don't you agree?



This one is from Christmas Day at Uncle Bill's house.

Pictures of Jon and I will follow later. (Thanks to our photographer, Braden.)