Christmas 2008

My Pictures start with New Years Eve and work backwards to Christmas Eve. Okay so let me first explain this first picture. Josh and I were sitting on the couch at our friends house and I was trying to take a good picture of the two of us. So I would hold the camera in front of us and take the picture look at it and decide I didn't like it and I would tell Josh what to do for the next picture. So after about six tries I give him further instruction for how to pose and when I turned the camera around to see how the picture came out this is what I saw. I laughed so hard I couldn't catch my breath. I have to say it was the highlight of the night. We made sushi that night and we had a great time hanging out with our friends.

A few days after Christmas we went to the James Island Festival of Lights to drive through and see the lights and to roast marshmallows and make smores. I haven't done this since I was little so it was a lot of fun. I know I can't handle as much sugar as I could when I was younger b/c after 3 smores I was done.

Vicki (Josh's mom) sent this to me. I thought it was really cute.

Christmas night we went to our friends and played Apples to Apples. This is a fun game that can get some pretty interesting answers.

Christmas Eve was our annual party at the Tucker's. We had a lot of fun but were exhausted from our Christmas Eve service at church.

Ranger's First Christmas

Merry chirstmas

SNOW in Louisiana

There was a rare snowstorm in La. Here are some of the pictures my sister took.

Happy Thanksgiving

We had a great Thanksgiving with friends. Josh started off the day with our first annual Turkey Bowl. Some of the guys from church started a game at 8 in the morning and the ground was still frozen. I stayed at home and started cooking. I make my broccoli salad, Paula Dean's Creamy Mac and Cheese (cooks in the crockpot), homemade potatoes and Peanut Butter Fudge bars. We had a lot of food and dessert. We are grateful that we have such great friends to spend our holiday with.

Beach Pics

We went with the Durdles last weekend to the beach to try and get some nice pics. It was actually too sunny and the pics didn't come out like we wanted but we may try again next weekend. Here are some of the pictures we did get.

Getting ready for the cold

So I got a little worried about cold weather coming and wondering if Ranger would go outside. I found this little jacket at Target for 2.50.

Here is his reaction to his fitting.

Fall Festival

This past Sunday was our Fall Festival. There was a lot of work that was involved and I actually had a lot of fun but was completely exhausted when it was over. We cooked for about several hundred people and on top of that Josh and I had additional jobs.

Worship Team

My Job
Josh's Job

Let the Games begin. Scott challenged Josh to a race. So here is the play by play

There off...and in the process almost knock over a kid!

Josh tries sliding into home.

But alas....Scott is victorious

Where has the time gone???

A recent visit from my mom and George. We went out to Oscar's...good food.

Ranger is a great travel dog. When we went home this summer he spent most of the time in his crate, part of the time in my lap and part on the time on the arm rest with his head on Josh.

This is Ranger with his cone after his surgery.

Josh and I went with the youth to Carowinds, which is an amusement park. At the event we heard Skillet, Casting Crowns and Family Force Five.

Okay, so I have been really bad at updating the blog recently. There are a couple of reasons. No. 1 : I thought I had lost my camera cord to the computer but finally found it sitting next to the computer (so no more excuses). No. 2: I have been really busy at work No. 3 I have been spending too much time on Facebook and not on my blog. So now that I am back and committed to updating my blog here are a few pictures that let you know what we have been up to.

This is a video to show some of the tricks I have taught Ranger. I have taught him verbal commands and hand signals. He catches on pretty quick. I think I taught him most of these things when he was around 3 months. He is around 9 months now. Just this last month we got shake, which he got after one day of working with him.

Mud Run

This is the second time Josh has ran in the Mud Run. It is a 4 mile obstacle course, which you may have guessed has a lot of mud pits. He ran with a 4 man team and this year I decided to go. No, I didn't run I provided my photography and child care skills for the day. We also had two ladies teams that participated as well. They all seemed to have a lot of fun and I enjoyed watching them.

Visit from Josh's sister

A few weeks ago Tracy was able to visit us again. We ate at some great restaurants while she was here. I haven't been able to post any pictures from my camera b/c I have lost my connector to my computer. It is somewhere in my house but who knows where.

They Caught Him

It looks like this robbers days are over. The bank robber and his accomplice were pulled over in Myrtle Beach for making an illegal turn. I haven't seen anything on the new about it but Josh told me earlier today he was caught.

Josh's 2nd news appearance

Well this time I have to say was unintentional. This week Josh's bank was robbed and as you can see from this picture Josh was the teller. So, if any of you recognize this man you can let us know so we can maybe catch him. Apparently he has hit several Regions banks in SC, GA and FL. Here is the link to the full story. Josh was okay and he only slipped him a note but it still was not a fun experience and it is never good getting a phone call from your husband saying "We were just robbed....but I'm okay".
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