We had a great time at our Christmas party last night. After we ate tons of food, we started on our gingerbread houses. Last year we made rather primitive ones out of only graham crackers and candy. This year we got fancy and use kits. But as you can see Dustin and Jamie still used the graham crackers along with the kit and made a two-story house. Sorry to say it didn't make it all the way to the end of the party. Too much structural damage. We also named our houses which you will see below. It is so great to have such good friends. Hope you all enjoy the pictures.

Jessica, Kacee, Janie and Jennifer spent much time on their house and name it "Christmas Cheer"















This one was made by Jamie and Dustin. Their house is called "Katrina"

Tim, Gary, Steve and Ron call their beautiful house "Miss Laura's"


Shelia, Carol and Pam have named their house "The Disaster" (they lost an inside wall)








Sadly, this is "Katrina after the storm"

Another youth Tulsa Christmas trip has come and gone. Wish I knew how many years we have gone. I know it has been many, many years. Below are just some pics from that trip and maybe some miscellaneous ones too. Christmas is going to be a busy time again and I love it. This trip usually starts our Christmas season. Hope you all have a great Christmas season and that we get to see everyone soon. Love to you all.

What a trip! We really had a great time shopping in Canton. It was waaaaay too crowded but just getting to be together was great. We made some wonderful memories and that little guy that was with us was so sweet. I really enjoyed getting to be with him. Below are some pics of our trip. If you missed going with us, you have to go on our next trip. You never know where we are going to go and you never know where we will stay when we get there.

Last weekend was our church's 4th annual Hee Haw. This is an event that everyone really enjoys. There is lots of good food, a chili cookoff and lots of laughs. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Such brotherly love!

Just some pictures of our camping trip a couple of weeks ago. Sorry pics are small, don't know how to make them larger. Kind of technically challenged I guess. We had fun but it was still too hot to camp. Maybe next year we will go a little later and it will be cooler. The second picture is me and Jamie setting up my tent. Yep, that's right. I have my own tent. Cool huh? The fourth pic is of Jamie falling into a group of the kids on the hayride.

Just thought I would post some various pictures of Jessica's numerous birthday celebrations with her friends and with her youth kids. First picture is of her "surprise" look at youth party. Jess really loves partying for her birthday.

Well, I can't believe it. We have a new cat. His name is Cecil. I said I didn't want another one after Mama Cat but how can you resist it when Jess makes that face of hers. This one is going with her though when she does move out. I had forgotten what a mess young cats are. INTO EVERYTHING! Here are some of his sweeter moments.

Evil Eyes

He was asleep like this.

Again asleep

Dallas weekend

Gary, Jessica, Jamie, Kacee and I left Friday night for Dallas to attend Serennah's wedding on Saturday morning. The wedding was very nice. We came back home right afterwards except for Jamie and Kacee. They stayed on with Derek and Natalie.