8, 9, 10 Month Comparisons

Remember I told you as soon as I find pictures of Julia's 8, 9 (and now 10) month pictures, that I would post their comparison pictures?

Well, we had let Uncle Brad borrow our mini hard drive and all the pictures were on there. We just got it back from him, so I'm glad to find them...yeah! Enjoy and let me know what YOU think....do they look alike?


Here is Julia at 8 months in 2006 and Johnathan at 8 months just 2 months ago















Here is Julia at 9 months in 2006 and Johnathan at 9 months a month ago















































Here is Julia at 10 months old in 2006 and Johnathan at 10 months old now (um, she has a wee bit more hair than the Mister....or maybe it's just darker - nope, definitely more hair!)

10 Months Old!

Baby Boy is a whole 10 months old! I can't believe he is already just 2 months away from being a year old...where does the time go?

When I think about it, I get all teary eyed!

Here are some pictures from Bankhead Movie Night the other night so you can see how big he's gotten.....we went to Walmart, got one of those $1 movies from the movie machine (Kung Foo Panda), then went and picked up our pizza and sprite from Pizza Hut. We all went up to our new family room area we created upstairs.




































































If you see the picture below, there is a bare wall...no shelves.

Now we have shelves I bought for $35 each that go in the space perfect. We already had a TV, we brought up the trunk from downstairs, turned it on its side and viola! instant TV stand. Now while we're upstairs, we can play, watch TV (mom can get laundry done too) and we're all happy campers. The picture with Julia sitting on the toy chest....we're going to make that a wall of art where she (and Johnathan one day) can display their art projects, etc. And eventually we are going to build a desk between the shelves so they can do projects or homework, etc....but that will be a while from now. More pics to come in my blog later this week. Happy 10 months, Johnathan! Love you.

Thanksgiving Festivities

BMom, Pop and Boppy came to our house for Thanksgiving.

We ate turkey, dressing, gravy, corn casserole, greenbean casserole, sweet potato casserole (how many casseroles could a wood chuck chuck!?), mashed potatoes, asian salad, rolls, olives (black and green), pickles, and cranberry sauce. Not to mention pumpkin pie, pecan pie, blackberry pie (we didn't get to this), and my favorite (I'm eating it right now as I type!).....BMom's white chocolate popcorn.

((You may think it's weird that I just told you what we ate for Thanksgiving, but I wanted it recorded so that next time we remember our favorites that we had from this year.))

Anyhoo, of course you all know by now that the Aggies lost to the Longhorns, so now they (the LH's) have a better chance of getting into the Big 12 Championship. I guess I'm telling myself that a happy marriage is better than winning a game against a long time rival.

Enjoy the pics and have a great rest of the Holiday weekend!

Happy TURKEY Day!

"Happy Thanksgiving to you, Happy Thanksgiving to you, Happy Thanksgiving dear you-ooh, Happy Thanksgiving to you!"

This is a little "Happy Thanksgiving!" from some turkeys in Romania. Jason was there a week ago for their Leadership Conference to meet with pastors for their 2009 campaign.



Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. When I was growing up, my dad's sisters would travel in from California and Florida to be with us. They are a ton of fun and my dad just loved spending that time with them. We would cook and eat and eat and cook and rest and laugh and eat some more and laugh some more. Even at an early age, it very quickly became and has stayed my most favorite holiday.

It's also a tough time of the year too. My dad went the day after Thanksgiving to the hospital only to find out he had tumor on his back that was cancerous. That started a very quick 10 week battle for his life. I do believe there is a time to be born and a time to pass on, but it is probably still the most difficult thing I have ever faced in my life...the death of a parent.

Although it pains me deeply not to have him with me during this time of the year, I choose to hold on to all of the memories of Thanksgiving and how much fun we would have. I miss and love you, daddy. I'll eat some turkey, stuffing and sweet potatoes for ya! And I bet we'll laugh a little too!



























I'm also praying the Aggies win a third year in a row too, but like Jason said, "you will need A LOT of praying for that to happen!"

Happy TURKEY Day to all of you out there!

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Midnight Twilight

Twilight book series by Stephanie Meyer....GREAT book to read, if you're looking for something good to read.

I was a little skeptical being that the only books that grace the bottom of my shelves in the last 15 years are all pretty much self help books; How to Have a Godly Marriage, How to Raise Your Kids God's Way, Love and Respect, His Needs Her Needs, etc etc etc. I don't get into fiction much....but the Twilight series have been a great fast read.

Anyhoo, a group of gals and I challenged each other to get the first (of four) books read before November 20th since that was the day (night....midnight) the movie of the first book was coming out.

Well, we all read the book(s) and made it (in our old age) to the midnight premier! Of course books are always better than their movie and this was no different. However, it was great fun to be in a theater full of giddy teenage girls. Made me feel real young (and old all at the same time)!

Here are some pics of us crazy gals...From Left to Right: Sherry Samuels, Jackie Schelp, Jenni Graham, Emily Berg, Christy Smith, ME, Stacy Cameron, Kara Krouse, Krista, Abby Wood. Then a pic of the girls getting ready for the movie.

Bottom pic is of me, Amy Robinson, and Laura Samuels (Warren Samuels' daughters). Shirts read: "Bite Me", "I Like My Men Cold, Dead & Sparkly" and the regular Twilight shirt. I still wish I would have gotten the one that says, "My Marriage Survived the Twilight Series!"
























Just an FYI...other Godly women love the Twilight series as well. This is a gal (who does the Home Script vinyl letterings), Ruth (the third girl from left)...she and her girlfriends went to the release of the last book, Breaking Dawn. See their cute t-shirts too. I'm telling you - go get the book, you'll really enjoy it!