Advent Conspiracy

Gianna Jessen Abortion Survivor

Other blogs that I enjoy

http://www.proverbs14verse1.blogspot.com/

http://proverbswife.blogspot.com/

http://www.mattchancey.com/blog/

Kids (and Cats) at Christmas

I love seeing the magic of Christmas through the eyes of my children!
Now, seeing Christmas through the eyes of my 3 month old kitten leads me to only decorate the top 2/3 of my tree!

I love Christmas!

http://proverbs14verse1.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-christ-in-christmas.html

Thanksgiving/Anniversary 2008

The Smoky Mountains is a fun place to spend Thanksgiving vacation and, considering the overwhelming crowds and traffic everywhere we went, we were not the only ones with that idea!

At the Dixie Stampede Christmas Show Thanksgiving Day

In the shark tube at the Ripley's Aquarium - lots and lots of sharks!

Bravely sticking her hand into the horseshoe crab tank

Learning about fish guts

Lots and lots of sting rays!

View from the tram to Ober Gatlinburg

Yeah, Snow! Unfortunately it was iced over from the sleet that was falling when we were up there!

Laurel Falls

The best way to warm up after freezing in the mountains - and their favorite part of the trip.

Gumdrop Roses

From Mom's Better Homes & Gardens Holiday Cook Book (Circa 1969).

My roses and leaves were too warm to stay shaped properly, I think.

Light The Night & Birthday

George Washington and Dolly Madison
ready for the Light the Night Festival



Remember Mom's gumdrop roses?
(Obviously not as good as hers!)



Happy 9th B-day Mikala!
(That means I'm how old?!!)

Hello Dolly

Meet the newest member of the Lucas family - 7-week-old Dolly! Her favorite pass-times are playing with anything that moves and tormenting the people that live here.
Mikala loves her - from a distance! But she takes very good care of her and will pet her when she is calm.

David loves her just as close as she will let him - until he starts sneezing (Poor Guy!).

Dolly also has some new brothers and sisters in the fish family - cichlids and a pleco - and she loves to torment them, too!

"Grace" is at it again!

Yes, it is broken!

Happy Thursday

I really have no news, just wanted to post something :-) I am getting my stitches out of my finger tomorrow - my surgery last Tuesday didn't reveal any problems, by the way - in case you were wondering! Hopefully once my finger heals from the surgery I will be back to normal.

Giving it a try...

Here are some pix from our summer adventure in Virginia and DC.
The Blue Ridge Mountains

With Pocahontas at Jamestown Island

David likes flags.....

.....and cannons!

The National Zoo in DC

Dressing up like George and Martha at Mt. Vernon

Real armor at Jamestown Settlement

Church at Jamestown Island

You can probably figure this one out!

Colonial Williamsburg

This one kind of speaks for itself

The Page For Vikki's Family

yup, that's what this one here is for : )