HOME TOWN CHRISTMAS PARADE

I was going through my photo file, and found that I had forgot to share the photos I took of the Christmas Parade… When we went back for Thanksgiving we were there for the parade, so that was exciting to be able to go and see it with some of the family. Most of the photos I took were not very clear… I tried all my options on the darn thing,,, since it was a night and the only lights on,, were on the floats.. but a few did show up ok.     The Christmas parade is something my home town started about 6yrs ago, and has really grown… They have music playing hot coco, coffee to keep you warm.. Our local radio station was there it was great… So many kids all so excited to see Santa ride up in his Sleigh at the end of the parade.   So are you all ready…… here we go……………………

OK now I know that this is not the parade,,, but I had to show you this cute photo of my daughter and her baby girl Shelby,, with her new Christmas collar,,, poor Shelby she was not happy with it at all,, what we don’t put our fur babies through….lol

 

Sweet little Madison, all bundled up waiting for it to start…..she is really hanging on to her candy,, just like her Mamaw…

My Sweet Sister and me,,,, I am on the left….

Family photo,, left to right,,,, daughter heather,,, me,, sweet sis,,, her sweet daughter Brandee…   I bet you are wondering where the parade photos are,,,,, well they are coming up … so hang in there dear ones.

My two oldest grandsons who did not want grandma to take their photos…. geeee teenage boys.. so silly… they did not even set up with us,,, they were trying to play it cool… Buttttttttttttttt  I made them smile for me….

Ahhhhhh that is so much better,,,,,,, he he…

OH look!!!!!!!!!!!  Dancing gift boxes,, and such pretty wrapping paper too..

I really wished you could see these better,,, the covered wagon was so great…. 

Now if you look reeaaallllyyyy close you can see Dancing Christmas Trees…..  Do you see them??????  if you can,,, will you let me know,,, I just want to be sure that they really are there………………. 

Now sitting in this Beautiful White Carriage, is my Great Niece Karly Clair,,, she was crowned Little Miss DeKalb Co. you can just barely see her sitting in there,, click on the photo so you can see her better…. grrrrrr darn camera……….  with her is is Mommy Jenny and another little Miss,,,,

OH Yea!!!!!!! Here Comes Santa Clause…  HI Santa,,, can you bring me a new Camera???????????? Please??????? I was such a good girl this year,,,,,,,,,,,,, Really I was,,, Don’t you just love the Reindeer,, so so cute……  When Santa showed up the Children went nuts….. it was such a fun time watching all the sweet little faces,, wide eyes and huge smiles…..

 

This is my handsome grandson Zachary… he loves to have his picture taken… can you tell….

This young man is my grandson Corbin,,, he was really into the candy that was being tossed out,,,

Poor Madison,,, she was getting bored waiting for the parade to show up… she calls her binky a yucky,,,,, not sure why,,,hmmmmmmm  OK one more photo and I will let you off the hook,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, maybe………….

My Sweet Little Lucy Clair,,, and Great Great Auntie,,, she was so tiny such a doll… I loved getting to hold her for the first time… She is over 6lbs now, lots of hair…

Ok I lied,,, but I promise this is the last one ok…. This is Mommy Brit,, and baby, and Auntie…. Sorry Brit,, but I had to show this one of us,, she would be so upset to see this on my blog,,, she was so tired that day,, but being a new Mommy  you sure don’t look like a Movie Star all the time…. boy do I remember those days,,, besides you look beautiful to me…….  :)  

Well I hope you all enjoyed my Home Town Christmas Parade Photo’s… wow that was mouth full….  Thank you all for stopping by,,, you are the best…  And I have yet to have my lost blogs back yet,, so I will have to put the ones back on….  So until next time; God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

JUST A QUICK NOTE;

Hello there;;; it seems that I have lost some of my favorite friends blogs…. hmmmmm not sure what happen to them…  They were not deleted by me, so not sure where some of you went….. Now I just have to find you all again and bring you home….  

Hugs;

Alaura

PAST CHRISTMAS PHOTO’S

Good evening; since I was unable to bring back my some of my large Christmas decorations, I thought I would share a few of my old ones with you…  I have seen some very beautiful Christmas decor on your blogs,,, they are so amazing.. The talent I find out here in blog land is so inspiring to me.. I glean so many ideas from you and your beautiful homes… Such love an care that goes into each home is just a treasure to see…  Now don’t worry dear friends I do have a small six foot tree and some pretties to put on it,,, my Sweet Hubby took me to get some pretties tonight,, so tomorrow I will be setting it up won’t take me long…lol but I am excited any way..

The photo above is of last years tree,,, I like to take some close ups once in awhile…  so on with the show……

OH look this is from Christmas 2001… wow did I use a lot of white netting,,,,,, oh and yes that is a cat you see sneaking in the back to find something from Kitty Claws…..

Oh look it’s the Three Wise Guys….  My honey in the middle with his brothers,,, left is baby Brent,, and on right is Todd…. this was the family Christmas of 2002 and my MIL made the hats and scarf’s for them… how cute they were…

My beautiful grand daughters… from 2008, how sweet they look when not moving…. left to right,,,, Haylee, Caileigh, Liberty, and Regan… 

Family photo with the girls Hubby Me and Chas… sorry it is a little blurry,, or maybe that is how I really look,, hmmmmm 

Auntie Heather playing a game with the girls,, do you remember the Memory game??? I loved that game,, and so did they…

I just love this one; this is Zachary his first time with Santa,,, he is now 6yrs old,, I so love the look on his face,, but he did not cry…..  That’s my Boy;

My oldest daughter Heather,, with her hubby Paul, and their son Paul the 3rd…  now Paul the 3rd is now 16, and they have another son Nicholas who is 15, they adopted him from Russia about four yrs ago,, so their family as grown since this one… I will have to find a new family photo…  I can’t believe how much he has grown up… sigh…………

This is Christmas at my Daughter’s home in 2004, she hosted it that year… Heather is in the pink fluffy slippers…. she is my Pink girl……

This is another of my favorites,, poor Chas she is sort of lost in a sea of gifts the girls are so into helping out… what a mess we made…   OK I am done for now,,, I hope you enjoyed some of my Christmas’s Past… I have so many many more, but they are not on my laptop,, someday I will take time to scan them in.. back in the olden days, they did not have digital cameras,,, remember Film…. wow the good ol’ days… lol   I thank you all for taking time to visit, and I hope you all have a great week… Until Next Time; God Bless;

Hugs;  Alaura

TIME TO CATCH UP;

Good afternoon! First of all I wish too thank you all for your very heart felt comments on the loss of Grandpa Jack…. Your words of comfort were so appreciated…  We are unable to make the trip back, Honey Bunny has been in touch each day with is Mom, and she is doing better,, my MIL has such a Love for the Lord, and he is seeing her through,, How wonderful our Lord is….  With going back for Thanksgiving, and the loss, I am so behind on every thing… I have not even decorated our home yet,, just have not felt like I suppose…. I have so enjoyed so many beautiful Christmas decorations on you blogs,,,

I do want to share some photos of our trip back,, with you … It was such a great time, the week seem to go by so fast, no matter how I tired to slow it down…  So behind I am now, even with my Christmas Swap,, partner,, I do have my goodies  for her soon to be sent.. I am late in that… my how time flies…   OK on with my photos…

 

Mother in Law, honey bunny, Father in Law….

Every one digging into the food,, my oldest Heather is helping grandson Zach with his food,, as you can see from his face, he was not too happy with her choice for him… lol;

Sweet Little Lucy; even she had a great time… don’t you just love the bib…. he he

My niece Jenny with a cherry on her tongue, sorry sweet pea just had to show this one.

  Craft time; all the little ones making small Ginger Bread houses.. they all had such a wonderful time…

They all ate more then they put on their houses…

My nice Jenny and daughter Heather were the over see’ers. of this project…  Great job girls…

This photo I took myself,,, not bad,, I am on the left and sweet sister on the right…. I was having fun with the camera….

When I took this one we did not know we were sticking out our tongue's out… he he   hope I did not scare any of you with this one……

 

And last but Not Least… our Family photo…  from left to right… Heather, Me , Honey, Chas, Dustin….  This was in our front yard,, as you can see our son still has some leaves to rake up…  I have taken so many photos, that it was so hard to pick and choose,, so I will do a post on it again some time in the future… that way you can see all of them.. with 11 grandchildren,,, all my Niece's and Nephews with their kids we had a very large gathering….  I hope you all enjoyed my Thanksgiving Photos,, I really need to learn how to do a mosaic I have a program just have not used it…… any way thank you all for taking the time to stop by.. I so enjoy reading your comments…. Thank You.  Until next time; God Bless

Hugs;

Alaura

JUST GOT HOME AND WILL BE OFF FOR A BIT LONGER….

Hello dear friends; We just got back home from our trip back home for Thanksgiving, too find out my Husbands’ Grandfather has passed away…. He is taking it pretty hard as you can imagine,, my Mother in Law is not doing too well either he was her Father…. So please keep them in your Prayers today… We are not sure if we can make it back I Pray that hubs work will let him….

So I will be gone for a few days I thank you all for your Prayers,, I will be back in a few days…. God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

HOW PUMPKIN PIE’S ARE MADE….

hello there! I have a very funny photo to share with you all. my sweet sister sent this to me and I just have to share it with you all. now some of you will rethink about your favorite pie this thanksgiving,,, i know i did… ok are you ready???????????????? this is so not right on so many levels… and the photo was to be below not above, not sure why it did not follow,,oh well.. lol  i am not sure i can eat my pie with out thinking of this photo…hehe,,,,,,   i pray for all of you dear friends of mine to have a joyous thanksgiving next week,,, please take time to hug each and every one of your children and family member, friend.. give thanks to our lord for all the blessing’s he has bestowed upon us, i am so great full to be able to make the trip back home to see my family,,,, we are having a very full house this year,, it has been a long time since that has happened,,, so i praise the lord for that…

I thank you all for you sweet comments you left me, I Praise the Lord for your friendship too…   So from my family to yours  A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL.

 

I will be off line for  most of the week, to spend as much time as I can with my family,,, I will miss my blog family very much,, OK now I am off to get packing for we leave early tomorrow,,, So until next time;;;;

God Bless;

Hugs;

Alaura

A HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL;

Good evening dear friends;  I know I am early but I just want to Wish each and every one of you a Happy Thanksgiving.. We are getting ready to make our trip back home,,, I am so excited to see every one.. this time we have a whole week with them… :) 

Even in hard time’s we still have so much to be Thankful for,,, The Unending Love of Our Lord, I am so thankful for that most of all. He has been there so many many times for me and my family,, to give us courage, hope, strength, too guide us back when we tend to leave the path he has laid before us… He has Blessed me with a wonderful and kind loving Man who loves the Lord as much as I do… We have been both Blessed with 4 children,, and as hard as it has been with the loss of our Sweet April Dawn; 8yrs ago.. we were so blessed to have had her in our lives as long as we did, we Praise the Lord for that….   We have two very kind sweet loving, daughter’s and a son,, they have given us sweet grandbabies… 11 of them,,,,,(they can quit now). We are so Thankful for them…

I am so Thankful for my Extended family as well… I have the Best Mother in Law any one could ask for.. She is so willing to lend a hand not matter what it is, she lives for her Children and the Lord,, her strength comes from him, and when you see her you can see it in her face.My Step Father in Law,,, I really don’t think of him like that and neither does Honey Bunny,, any way  Jr. is always there to help any way he can,,, he can fix just about anything,,,he very rarely says no, and will jump when needed.. They are just the best in law’s ever.. I have been missing my Parents very much lately, as well as April,, but I know the Lord is taking great care of them until I can see them again….  I am so very Thankful for You my Dear Friends, who are there for not only me, but for each other,,, even though some of us have not even met, it does not matter,,, for through this blog of mine I feel like I know each of you.. I am so Blessed to have you all in my life in one way or another…. So I thank you all for being my Friend.. as I will always be yours… I  Pray for each of you each day…  I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with you family and friends,,,….  OK now that I have said that,, I want to let you  all know that I did get the Quilt top finished today….. Who knew a 1/2 bottle of Wine and a nerve Pill would do the trick…. hahahahlol;  KIDDING!!! really I am…. 

This is it,, just the Top,,, now when I get back home from our short vacation, I will be quilting the layers together…  But I just had to show you that I did get it all fixed…. boy taking apart 48 squares was not fun,,, but I did it…. When I do get it all done I will be showing you all the steps of making this cute little bear quilt… Sorry if this is long,,,  Have a great night…

God Bless you all;

Hugs;

Alaura