2011 Stalker Christmas Card

Happy 2012 New Year!!!!!

Nothing says Happy New Year like being in the Smoky Mountains with people you love.

Justin, myself and the kids rung in the new year with Wendell, Lisa, Jimmy, Tammy, Brooklyn & Preslee !

We had so much fun! 

Here is a picture we took at Cades Cove of an 8 point hiding in the woods. 

Here is a little closer....

Another picture of Cades Cove. It is just so beautiful.

 

Here is a picture of us getting ready for a a little racing action!

Wendell and Lisa loving each other BEFORE the race.... :)

Emma with her racing hat on!

Grace smack talking!

Wendell burning rubber and making us eat his dust!

Jimmy passing Justin....

Us in the cabin, hanging out. Justin has just learned of a new game on his phone called "Mouse Trap"....thanks Jimmy! And the look on my face is makes me what to say, "No way!" but really, I have no clue what we were talking about.  Even though....it might have been me telling Jimmy I was going to the tool store with him! LOL!!! He hE hE!

The "Goof Troop"! The girls just love each other. They have a very special friendship.

And here is the whole gang together on the last night at the Comedy Barn! 

Happy New Years!

Christmas Reflections - 2011

Christmas time is always a super special time around the house. It is a time to reflect even more on the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ and the love we have for each other.

The girls have always gotten PJ's on Christmas Eve. Justin and I thought it would be funny to give the girls "Footie Pajamas" this year. The look on Emma's face is her figuring out what kind of PJ's those are. He hE hE hE! LOL!  

Here they are dressed for bed. They look so cute! This picture reminds me of Ralphie, on "A Christmas Story" when he had to go try on the bunny suite his Aunt had made him.

This was the tree on Christmas day right before we opened all the goodness up.

This year for Christmas, Dave and Marti joined us. We just love them! They are like another set of Grandparents to Emma and Grace. We are so blessed to have them in our lives. They are wonderful people who truly add joy to the family.....and they have a GREAT sense of humor too! You will find out soon....

This is Emma and Grace on Christmas morning. Because Christmas fell on a Sunday this year, we went to church first thing and then came back home to open presents.

Here are a few snap shots of people opening gifts.

A few gag gifts....

Daddy got some hair, Marty got a pregnancy test, Dave got some new teeth, and Momma got some snore strips!

Justin got me an really nice ammo vest!

Here are two cool cats from the the same alley! MEOW!

Christmas was a blessed and wonderful time of the year for us!

The Nativity

Our church has been putting on "The Festival of the Nativy" for the past couple of years. It is a display of diferent nativities from all over the world.

Here is a snap shot of one of the rooms inside. It is just beautiful.

This is our families Nativity on Display. My Mother-In-Law gave it to us. It is a  Nativity Village Set.

It is really pretty but they always make it look even more amazing.

Check out the website if you would like to visit it next year. It is FREE and open to the public.

http://www.brandonnativity.com/

And a Happy Thanksgiving to you too!

I can't believe I forgot to take pictures this year of Thanksgiving. I guess I was having such a good time with family and friends I totally forgot. This year we had special friends all the way from Canada, Marti and Dave. We just love them!

We are so grateful for such good people in our lives. The Lord has truly surrounded our family with  so many people who love us. We know they love us not only by the words they speak but by the actions they show. Our family is also blessed by having the gospel in our lives. Our hearts are over filled with the love we share for the gospel and our Savior, Jesus Christ.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Camping a Disney

The kids got a full week off of school for the Thanksgiving holiday. One of the activities we did to make the time with each other extra special was camping at Disney.

We went with some of our favorite people...The Hunter Family. While we were there we enjoyed this awesome pool...

Here we are burning our sticks to get the ready for some good ol' marshmellows! YUMMY!

By the looks of this picture, you would think we slept on top of the car. he he he he!

 Here are a couple of our "Country Condo's"...

 Here is Justin getting the fire ready...

We took the golf cart and drove it everywhere. We also went to the night time sign along. I wish I would have remembered to take more pictures.

We had a great time but I will say, the older I get the more I enjoy my own bed. :)

BIG annoucement regarding the 2011 Science Fair

Emma won 3rd place OVER ALL at the 2011 Charter School Science Fair Competition. We are so proud of her!!! She did a super good job.

This is Emma with the first judge. She sat with her for 10 minutes or more.

This is the winners circle. (So to speak.)

This is the first picture I snapped after they had announced her name.

She is amazing at controlling her excitement because I was almost into tears!

1st, 2nd & 3rd place.

This is the Middle School kids. 1st 2nd & 3rd.

Emma with her Science Teacher, Mr. Grey.

Family photo. We were all so excited and proud of Emma. Mimi and Papa are always so supportive. 

Emma with the winning Science Project, trophy and the $25 cash prize.

Congratulations Emma!

Go Team GO!

The girls have joined the schools Cheerleading sqaud. They are so cute!

I will post again when the uniforms and Pom Poms come in. :)

Bringing Home my Baby Bummble Bee's...

Happy Halloween Ya'll.

 We won 1st place in the family category of the costume contest.

This year we looked BEEautiful.

Here are the girls with some "Spook"tacular friends!