Christmas in Pictures

Here are just a few pictures from Christmas. We stayed home Christmas morning then went to the Cornett's for the afternoon/evening. Saturday we met Mama's family in Boone. It was a joyous time of celebrating Christ's birth!

Christmas Eve!

I hope all of you have had a wonderful Christmas Eve! We did not do much at the Howell household aside from making preparations for tomorrow and such. I couldn't let the day pass without taking a few pictures...


Merry Christmas!!!

Snow Land

I received one of my Christmas presents early thanks to all of the snow. It was a pair of boots from T.S.C! Perfect for going out in the snow and not getting your britches soaking wet! (Very glad I got to make use of them! Thanks D and M!!)

Tree Time!

Mama informed me this morning that if we did not get the tree up today it most likely would not be going up. I was relayed this info to Chrisa on the phone and she volunteered her and Sam's services to help me put up the tree. (Since for the most part it isn't very fun to put up a tree by yourself) The tree is lively and full of ornaments and whatnot's! (For the record D and M did put up two ornaments each :)
I like to take these cheesy pictures of hanging up ornaments...needless to say we were laughing so hard I couldn't hold the camera still....

the FINISHED product!~!

this scene also made us erupt into laughter...Sam nicely wove a strand of lights into Mama's Christmas cactus. With the lights out it made quite the scene-blooming and all!Thanks for coming over to help S and C!

First 'Big' Snow!

Sleep Over

Last night we planned to keep RuthAnne and Will so Rob and Carrie could have a date night. They were fine until we mentioned the word 'bed', so Grandaddy and Grandmama met R and C half way to return the very tired kiddos (who actually fell asleep on the way:)

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Happy December!!!! Christmas time is around the bend! :)

Thanksgiving!

We took some family photos over Thanksgiving-thanks to Uncle Randy-but I have been told I CAN'T put any on my blog because they are going on the Christmas cards. So, I will post a picture that was taken at Thanksgiving with Dad's family.

Hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends!

Berries, Wings & a Splash of Color

The Tin Man

This is a dorky post but here it goes. On the way to work I had seen these cute little tin men along the side of the road for sale. Last week I stopped to check them out. Well, ya see what happened, I purchased one. The lady informed me her hubby makes them and proceeded to show me how each one was different. The tin man was always my favorite in the Wizard of Oz because of the clinking sound he made when he walked.
Dad did the honors and hung him up for me! He is complete with a heart!

A Little Excitement

Sam & Chrisa have recently had a visitor at their apartment. However, last night was the first time they had seen it-the other times it raided their trash. They called and informed us the bear was sitting on their porch having it's night time snack. Dad headed that way with my camera & got a few pictures!

HaPpY

11-10-09 day!! Enjoy! :)

Reformation Day

Here are some picture of the Reformation Celebration at church! It was a good time had by all...
The kids enjoyed games... then there was musical chairs...

while those who did not wish to participate talked and laughed at the rivalry...

trying on some stylish hair...

lastly we did the Virginia Reel and Gay Gordon.

I hope your Reformation day was as Happy as ours!

Change of Seasons

And yet they still come...

This fall we thought that, just perhaps, we had escaped the dreaded Asian Beetles (i.e. lady bugs) BUT today they made their appearance in full force. Dad was busy during their peak time trying to eliminate their thickness. Time will tell if it worked...

Colors of Fall

If you haven't noticed, I really enjoy taking pictures of fog on the mountains. It is so eerie and pretty!!And of course I couldn't pass up an opportunity to take a few pictures of the leaves...

and a squirrel scampering among them...
a fall decoration in the house.

Fall is such a colorful time of year!!