Little P--and Her Many Cute Faces

These are busy days, but days like Friday are days that we would never want to miss! We went to Flowery Branch in the morning for Abby's music program---and then, in the afternoon, we attended Pressley's Thanksgiving program at her school in Atlanta. Little Miss P is such "a ham"! I just wanted to share with you all the many expressions of this one little girl. In this first one, she is surveying the crowd to check out just who in her family has arrived.

Oh, now she has spotted her Mommy, her Daddy, and even her GranNan and Poppy!

" Wow, I'm soooooo glad you came!

"Look how cute I am!!!"

"Are you ready to hear me sing?"

"Happy Thanksgiving!!!!"

How could we help but be thankful? God has blessed us so richly! The daughter of a close friend has been posting on Facebook each day all the different things she is grateful for. I haven't been posting each of the things for which I am thankful, but have really been giving a lot of thought to it. It is such a blessing to do that---and so amazing how many things I take for granted. Happy Thanksgiving to each of you!!!

A Butterfly in the Spring

Yesterday, we went up to Spout Springs Elementary to watch Abby's 1st grade music program, "A Year with Frog and Toad". It was so cute, and of course, she has the BEST music teacher in the world!(Her Mommy).

Abby and several others in her class were "butterflies in the Spring". Seems Frog and Toad's adventures include meeting butterflies and bees, a snail who delivers mail, and birds who sing "tweet, tweet". See Mr. Frog and the bees?

Abby really gets into her singing! It's so nice to see that--since neither of the boys do that!

Notice the birds...........

"Eating cookies, eating cookies. I'm so happy eating cookies"

"Down the hill we are sliding--down the hill we are gliding"

The End


We always enjoy seeing each of our grandchildren in their school plays, but yesterday we had a double treat--we got to see both of our granddaughters perform in two seperate programs-one in the morning, and the other in the afternoon!


After the performance, Abby was sweet enough to share her cookie with her brother, Will, before he went back to his own class.

Coming up soon---Pressley, in her Thanksgiving program at her school!

Smokey Mountain Trip with Great Friends

I think many of you believe that everything we do centers around our four grandchildren. However, here is an example of one of the other things we do. We look forward, each year, to our trip to Pigeon Forge with these dear friends. Ralph and I lived in Jacksonville, Florida from 1984-1988, and that is where we became close friends with Janet and Eddie(front) and Susie and Russ. We all had young teens then, and now we are all grandparents of the most wonderful children around. We rented a cabin in Pigeon Forge--and did a lot of "catching up".

We ate at the Applewood Farmhouse Restuarant, and had this picture taken there.

The second night we were there, we went to a show. The music was great and they had a Christmas theme that really helped us get into the Christmas spirit! And, best of all, they sang a lot of Christian songs. Very inspiring!

Here are Janet and Eddie. They are both sweet Christians, and have meant so much to us through the years. I hope I've convinced Eddie to start a blog, himself. He expresses himself so beautifully and has so much to share that would mean a lot to so many!

And Heeeerrrreee's Susie and Russ! We actually knew them here in Atlanta, before we moved to Jacksonville. We ended up living a short distance from them in Florida, and our relationship just became much stronger. All of us were in the same church--and enjoyed that time in our lives so much.

We all like to play Mexican Train, so here we are, doing just that--on a rain day in the Smokies.

Thank you, God, for giving us such wonderful friends. Love to each of you!

More Fall Events

Halloween began early in the evening for Evan and Pressley. They met at the house of some of their neighbors, and had a group picture taken. Aren't they all cute?

Then, they went back to their house to begin "trick-or-treating". Evan was a karate Ninja and Pressley was Ariel, the mermaid. Thanks to Amy for these pictures of her children! For the past couple of years, we have gone to watch them go trick-or-treating, so this year, we decided to make it fair--and alternate where we go each year. After all, they are all growing up so quickly, they probably won't want us to come for too many more years.

Above, is Abby--a beautiful princess. (She is indeed a little princess, and Pressley is, as well.)

The rain tried to interfere with the fun, but Will and Abby wouldn't let that happen. Out came the umbrellas--and off we went! And you should have seen the "loot" they came home with!

Will also enjoyed giving out the candy to trick-or-treaters who came to his house.


Our next event was on a beautiful, sunny day. Last Thursday, Will and Abby's school had a parent/grandparent's day, for us to come eat lunch in the cafeteria with them. What fun!!

First, we "ate" with Will. Actually, since he eats a 10:45AM each day, we decided to sit with him, and wait to eat with Abby(at 12:00 noon). We also got to meet his "girlfriend". Her name is Hayley, and they have liked each other since kindergarten(Oh, my!) Cute!

Below, is Coach Adam, the PE teacher, and a good friend of Beth's. Everyone got a big laugh seeing him in his Cafeteria garb! But, you have to hand it to him--he was a great sport!

Even though we couldn't get a picture "with" Will, we did get one with Abby. They both had already warned us not to embarrass them when their friends were around by "hugging and kissing" them in front of their friends. So, we tried to behave ourselves!

Coming up soon--Our trip with dear friends to Pigeon Forge.