Happy Thanksgiving!!

It's that time again. Turkey, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, pecan pie, pumpkin rolls, and lots of smiles. Don't forget the sweet tea!
   Our family had Thanksgiving lunch. We have spent the day together. The boys have played football in the freezing cold. There has been plenty of football. I have been cooking and eating. I even snuck in a nap. Getting reenergized for a night of shopping! I hate that Thanksgiving has been interupted with black friday. But we have celebrated. WEnt around and spoke of things we are so grateful for. Food. Family. Salvation. This country. Even as bad as it is getting.
    So try to be grateful. Thank the Lord for all He has done for us. And don't eat too  much!

Boys to men.

I'm going through my days, very aware of what is happening. The days, and weeks, and months, and years are whizzing by me in a blind flurry! Thirteen and a half years ago, my dream started coming true, when the Lord sent my oldest son, Caleb, into our arms. What a joyous day! So soft and tiny. A perfect little gift. Little did I know 13 years later, I would have 7 healthy, beautiful gifts in my life.
      But just the other day, Caleb, always being older than his years, is turning into a man. First he didn't want to play toys. Then his play time changed. His wants started looking different. Then his body started changing. HE HAS MUSCLES PEOPLE! He and his dad workout together. And then, last Friday he became a deer slayer. Much to his dad's pride, and my chagrin, he killed a nice little 6 point buck. OH, the people at church were all into that! Pictures passed around. slaps on the back. You go boy!( I don't know how any of us made it without smart phones. How did we? I mean, who ever thought about a camera in your phone was a genius).
        But when I got the excited call, right from the deer stand just as the gunshot sound echoed through the field and faded, I was sad. I realized my baby had just crossed over. I was proud of him. But the letting him go has begun. And it brings tears. But, I know he loves the Lord. He has a huge desire to please our God. And I know he will be such a blessing to God's kingdom. Just as I know all his siblings will.
       So, today, a few pics of my Caleb. A picture of his deer, his very first deer, downed with one lethal shot. He weighed 108 pounds. YOU GO BOY!

And then my oldest and my youngest, how sweet is that?????

On the prowl.

The other day I was rocking Brennen when something caught my eye out the window. It was Uggla, the cat, with a mouth full of something. I hollared to Nathan that his cat had something. Nate went out, and came back in with this!

The cutest little chipmunk ever!
He was scared to death and shaking from his close incounter with the cat. His tail was sooo soft. We safely put him back outside, free and in the wild. Hopefully Uggla won't find him again.

Just a thought...

At the Bible conference yesterday, the preacher introduced a thought hat never ocurred to me. That Samson may and probably was a shrimp of a man! Now just think about it. Why else would the Philistines and delilah have been trying to figure out where his strength came from? If he was ripped and buff, there wouldn't be a question. But if he was just average orbelow, now that would have everyone wondering how he could kill a lion with his hands! 

Very intersting. 

Go Rebels

Well, after a spotty night of sleep, we picked up my friend, Sidra, and we headed to Oxford. It was an uneventful drive, thankfully, besides getting stuck behind a huge combine for what seemed like a millenium. Of all the nerve. I mean, really. How dare the farmer drive that slow goliath of a machine on the only road to Oxford, especially with a line of Rebel fans at least three long, patiently, err, impatiently, waiting behind him!!
    So anyways, we made it there, found a parking spot nearly in the woods, and began the long walk to the stadium. Since this even was on Sidra and my's bucket list, we decided to do it right. We went through the Grove, and looked around at the tailgaters. Boy, that was very enjoyable. People really get into that, let me tell you! Sport coats, decorations, big screens!!
We got to our seats, and sat down. It wasn't long until it was game time. The atmosphere there was awesome. You felt like you were a part of something great. Like you belonged. Every one was wearing red. The families had their kids dressed to root on our team.
The weather was nice.  A little chilly, but otherwise good.
     I am putting in some of the pics. It was a great game, and it was a lot of fun. So, we learned a few things this first trip. Next year we will not be newbies. So we will have a better grip on the dos and don'ts.

 Heres the gang. Don't we look like awesome fans?? Only Brennen, me and jack are missing. Jack, being the busy type, didn't want to go. So we took him to a friends, and took their daughter in his place.

Ok. Here is our seats. They were actually closer than this pic shows. We could really see good!!

 

 Here's the happy Princess. She really got into cheering the team on.

 

 Heres a pic of me and my oldest, Caleb.

 Reece, and Andrew, and some strangers.

And my favorite pic of the day, Cubbie. He was so sweet and good and had a blast in his mom's pack. He is a little ole miss fan, too!! We love you Brennen,.

Ole Miss fans

Well, excitement is looming in the home! We suddenly got cheap Rebel tickets for the football game tomorrow. Talk about bouncing off the walls! And the kids are even worse! I will try to post pics of the excitement later! Oxford, get ready the Dillards are coming to town!

Thankful heart!

In this month of Thankfulness, thought I would share a grateful moment! I got a wooden dresser a week or so ago. Another awesome Craigslist find just waiting to be reinvented.  When my son and I were cleaning it up, there was a big bullet in it. Well, I picked it up and looked at it. I thought, maybe I should give it to lee. But I just tossed it into the wal mart sack and forgot about it. Fast forward a week. Lee gathered up trash to burn. The kids went inside to watch Wild Kratts. Lee and I were outside talking when we heard a gunshot!!! A moment of shock, then my heart STOPPED! That bullet! it discharged right next to the empty swingset. Oh, how grateful I am, that when I can't see to take care of myself, God can!!!!! I shudder at what could have been. I ran inside, when I started breathing again, and hugged them. Thank you Lord Jesus!