Christmas at Mammy & Papa's

We celebrated Christmas this past weekend because Kit, Ashley and Foster came in from Amarillo. Maile, Jeremy and James, Dawn and Gail came over on Sunday for lunch, then in the afternoon we exchanged gifts. It was a delightful time!! I made a "Baby Jesus in the manger" for under the Christmas tree. Both grandkids enjoyed him. It nearly made me cry when Foster (the 2 1/2 year old) said, "He's sleeping on hay." It was worth all the trouble I went to to build the manger and fix it just right!

I made personalized jammies for Foster and James. It was like herding cats, but we finally got a photo of the two of them together in their matching jammies...How cute!!

The toy nativity set was a big hit, too. Both boys played and played with it. (Precious helped!) James kept one eye on the scary stocking hanging just above the stable...

We all had a wonderful time!! Merry Christmas 2009!

Under the weather???

I noticed that on my October blog I was "under the weather". Well, it's the end of November and I've been sick most of the past 3 weeks. It's getting very, very tiring!! Maxey said I'm bound and determined to stay sick until I share it with him...

I was able to fix Thanksgiving Dinner for 8 of us: Maxey and I, Dawn (my sister), Gage (my nephew), Janie (Gage's girlfriend), Jennifer (Janie's niece), Gail (my cousin), and Jeremy (my son-in-law). It was a wonderful day!!

The minute everyone left, I came down with fever and went to bed. It was so extreme that I halucinated all night. It was weird. Friday morning (Black Friday) I was supposed to go shopping with Joyce Lange. I called her at 6:3o and told her I had been sick all night but that the fever had gone away about 4am. I didn't want to share a germ with her. She was so excited about shopping that she wanted to go anyway...as long as I promised not to "kiss her". (No problem!) We had a great time shopping, but I really wasn't myself. The minute we got home, I went to bed. It felt great to lay down!

Whatever this is needs to move on out...SOON!! I'm tired of it!!!!!!!

2009 State Fair of Texas

Last week, Jimmy & Judy McAnarney drove in from Amarillo to spend a few days with us. Judy had never been to the State Fair, so we joined the masses and rode the train last Saturday...on Texas vs OU weekend! It wasn't the best time to attend the fair, but we had a wonderful time. We even stayed to see the closing parade and fireworks. (That was even a first for me!)

Flowers galore!

I've been a little under the weather (translating: confined to the house), so I started looking for something fun to do. I've created the cutest flower pins! They're made out of folded material. They really were fun, so I made a few...

It's a double-decker!!

Our Latest Camping Trip

Joe Poole Lake isn't very far away, but being there makes you feel like you're really on vacation "somewhere". We had a delightful time camping and fishing...even though the fish avoided us. Here are a few of the photos from our weekend: