Thanksgiving with MawMaw

Most people

put their

Thanksgiving

photos online

the day of 

or even the day

after Thanksgiving.

I am a little

slower

and 

a very

busy girl

so here

are photos

of my family

with my sweet

MawMaw Maune

from

Thanksgiving.

  This is MawMaw with all of her children

 except my uncle Stan.                                  
   I was thinking as I looked at this picture
how great it is that everyone could be together
this day. We really missed Stan and his family
that were not able to make it.









In no particular order,below are some of MawMaw's children and grandchildren:

 Also, here are some fun pictures made that day:

 As a family

it has been

a tough

year.

We have had

our share

of troubles but

we also

have much

for which 

to be 

thankful!

A good start

would be:

our MawMaw

being with us

and our 

Uncle James

getting the news

this week 

that he is

cancer free!

God is

so

Good!

All

the

time!

Christmas Greetings from our house to yours!

This is our

Christmas card

this year.

Actually,

this is the

card I put 

online.

Here are a 

few more

favorites

from that

day.

My beautiful

children

and our

sweet puppies!

Dave

and

me.

Not too

bad 

for

two

old

people!

Dave,

the children,

Chloe

and

Charlie!

 Such a beautiful fall this year!
Hope you enjoyed it! We did!

We also hope

your Christmas season

is filled with 

rejoicing in our

Savior and 

His birth!

Sydney Paige

So finally this weekend

I was able 

to photograph

my cousin's

sweet baby girl.

This is Sydney.

She is two plus

and we enjoyed

 her bringing 

 her mommy

by our house.

 She loved our puppies.        

Charlie was very docile

and let her

pull his ears.

Chloe was a

little more frisky - 

she is just

a puppy.

Sydney was not 

so sure

about Chloe's kisses.

I am thankful

for many things

this season.

Today I am 

thankful

I was able

to capture the

laughter

and

beauty

of this 

sweet girl.

Darby's Senior Casuals

This is Darby whose

formals 

I posted several

weeks ago.

We went down

to the railroad.

Northeast Alabama

Railroad is

a great place

to get great

photos.

Of course,

it's easy when

you have such

a beautiful

subject!

Hope your Senior year 

is great!

Hollywood Studios and American Idol Experience

Alex wanted to go to
Disney World for her
Senior Trip.
 I was very excited when she asked me to go along with her.

 Our first day was spent in Hollywood Studios.
The first stop there was the
American Idol Experience.
It was very exciting
when Alex was chosen
for the preliminary show.
She sang "Love Story"
by Taylor Swift
for her 2nd audition.
They loved her!
It was such a great
experience.
She had to have
her hair and makeup
done, then vocal coaching.
The coach decided for
her to sing
"Love Song"(not sure who
sings this).
She chose Kris Allen
as her favorite Idol
(actually,, she chose
Phil Phillips but his
video wasn't ready yet).

She did  a great job
but so did the
other contestants.
It was down to the vote...
and she didn't win.
We really liked
the guy who won
this preliminary.
We found out he
comes every few
months to Disney
and auditions
each time.
He has really cute kids!

Last season on Idol,
Skylar (who went to
the top five and is
pictured below) came to
Disney and  won her
American Idol Experience.
She received a pass to go
directly in front of
the judges at the actual
American Idol.

Maybe next time,
Alex will make it
all the way, too!                  






Thanks, American
Idol Experience!