2008 A year in review

January 10, 2008 - The year started off horrible with the loss of our Pastor's 19 year old son, Sam. Man oh man do we miss you Sammy!

February 23, 2008 - A#1 celebrated his 18 th birthday. We surprised him with a ride in a plane like the one's he will be learning to fly while in college.

March 2008 - I had to have a very unexpected laser eye surgery due to a tear in my retina, not once but twice!
April 15, 2008 - Me and W.B. celebrated 19 years of marriage

A#1 went to his Senior Prom -
May 29, 2008 - Our best friends in the whole wide great ole big world came to visit from Texas

May 31, 2008 - A#2 turns 8

June 1, 2008 - A#1 Graduated from high school with honorsJune 8, 2008 - A new member of the family is born, Mr Noah

July 7, 2008 - A#1 leaves on a 3 week trip to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

The rest of us head to the Outer Banks -

August 15, 2008 - A#1 leaves for college, Liberty University

August 18, 2008 - A#2 starts 3rd grade & A#3 goes to pre-school

September 29, 2008 - I hit my 50 pound weight loss mark!

October 19, 2008 - A#3 turns 4

November 4, 2008 Time to vote

December 9, 2008 - A#1 finishes his first semester of college with a 99.2%. You Rock A!

A Pre-School Christmas

After celebrating Jesus' birthday, the kids at A#3's pre-school celebrated with a gift exchange, lots of snacks and a special guest. A#3 was not feeling well at all this day but she was not about to miss out.

Here is the special guest himself. SANTA was so good this year and the kids were so excited to talk to him. Well, most of them.

This little one was the first on his lap and she told him everything she wanted. I was floored because she is so shy and usually doesn't say much.

This was their exchange and the paper was flying.

This is A#3's "husband" and he was not about to sit on Santa's lap. This is as close as he got and when Santa left he informed us who it really was, and he was right!

As close as this one got as well. He said, " I'll talk but I'm standing right here."

He's not so sure but he gave it a shot.

This one, who is A#3's cousin, just sat there and giggled the whole time. She's a mess!

Thanks Santa! You did a great job and we were all glad you were able to take time out of your busy schedule to drop by for a visit.