Tis the Season

Can you guess what this spells?Thats right, it spells LCES! Compliments of the 4th and 5th grade teachers.

One of my favorite things about my job (besides the whole reach a child thing) are the people I work with. There is always a bright smiling face roaming somewhere on our hall or a funny story to share at the lunchroom table.

Every Christmas we like to get together and celebrate a little, and this year was no different.

On Friday at 2:45 sharp we made a b-line for the door to get "our party on!"

As mentioned before, we really don't ever get together without some sort of food involved.

Amy was estatic over her cute snowman. He even makes a few pictures during the night.

Kanada has been trying to steal one of these from my house since she saw it a few months ago. I decided it would be better if she had one that said her name on it, not mine.

Since Brittany had been at Quantum training all day, I decided not to make her pause and smile.

Anne was very happy about her candle and book.

Kim loves music. Kim loves i-tunes. Kim loves her gift card to i-tunes. We love the cookies that Kim brought. (pictured below)

Christy's toes and eyes were happy. She was all smiles about her pedicure gift certificate and the magazine to compliment it!


This is the contest winner for the cutest coffee cup! It is the perfect gift.



After the gifting giving portion of the night was coming to a close, it was time for, well I am not really sure what happened at this point. We figured out the timer on the camera and the pictures will speak for themselves.

1. "Ah, let's take a cute group picture."

2. "Oh cool, let's try to spell LCES."


3. No comment (please notice that Anne and I are about 1 second behind)

I can't comment on the picture above, but I can say that when ever this wonderful group of ladies get together we don't do anything but laugh. Merry Christmas LCE girls!



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The Soup that Surfed the Web

Today I got an e-mail.

It was titled Santa Fe Soup.

It was from my cousin Lita and it was a recipe.

Now, she has never sent me a recipe before, and I don't think I have ever received a recipe as a forward, but I suppose their is a first time for everything.

I can't say that it is any good, but I thought it was my duty to send it on. Don't want bad cooking luck for 7 year!

Subject: Santa Fe Soup1

lb. ground chuck (browned and drained)
1/2 med. onion chopped
1 pkg. ranch original dry mix
1pkg. taco seasoning dry mix
1 can 16 oz. kidney beans (undrained)
1 can pinto beans (undrained)
1 can black beans (undrained)
1 10oz. can original rotel (undrained)
1 can diced tomatoes (undrained)
1 can whole kernel white corn (undrained)
2 cups water

Cook onion and meat til browned....drain...stir in remaining ingredients and simmer for 2 hours. Garnish with sour cream or shredded cheese. Good with corn bread....Enjoy it really is good!!!

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Sorry November

Dear November.

I apologize.

I have neglected you.

The following may have contributed to my lack of interest in writing about you.

I present in no particular order, November

Nov 29th-Put up all the Christmas decorations in our Pajamas.

November 16th- Decided we needs some new floors (see finished product above)

November 31st- Wanted to take a picture in front of the Christmas tree with Earle and Smokey. What you want and what you get are two different things. The angle is terrible ,but I could not resist putting in on here anyway. I knew a second picture was not an option. Please notice they are both silently protesting in their own ways.

November 15-30th- Earle has decided that in order to get ready for the winter months he is going to grow out his beard. You know those 60 degree Georgia winters can get cold! Everytime he passes a mirror he puts his hands in his pocket and smiles at himself.

November 21st- Had grad school class from 9 until 4.

November 29th- Rescued all the Christmas decorations from the attic. Took some time to turn Smokey into a reindeer. Don't think he liked it.

November 28th- Surprised Mom with a trip to see the Rockettes perform at the Fox in Atlanta for her birthday!

November 24th-Steve and Maria made the long trip from Statesboro to spend some Thanksgiving time with us.

November 26- Happy Turkey Day! Always so much food, we are so blessed.

November 30- Worked on a research paper I put off until the last minute. Imagine that. 20 pages into the first draft!


November 25th- Had an appointment with Earle's KLS doctor to see whats really wrong with him. (insert laugh here) Basically he has milk in his gas.

November 30th- KANADA COMES BACK TO SCHOOL!!!



November 23-34- New floor instillation begins. We discovered this pretty little thing in the kitchen. Dad voted we should mop it and just save the money. Sorry, couldn't do it. (It smelled so old)

November 22- Did a little room redecorating.

November 18th- Looked at 9 different floor samples for 4 long hours to try and pick out the best.

Until next Year!

PS. Lets not forget Aunt Teri and Mom's version of the Rockettes

Weekend in the Boro

Friday
On Friday, Earle and I loaded the car and let it do its' thing. We headed to the Boro to meet up with some long lost friends and family.

We rolled in at about 9 to our first destination, the honeymoonin Russell and Mer's house. We also got a double surprise. Josh and Kimbo came to enjoy the food too. They cooked up a storm for us, and let me say I don't think there were any left overs.

We caught up and covered topics that ranged from Willie Nelson to Christmas stockings. It's such a blessing to have friendships that fall right back into place no matter how long its been since you have seen each other.

Saturday
On Friday we had the friends covered, so Saturday we dedicated to spending time with the Tanner Klan, young and old. We celebrated a late birthday complete with cake and ice cream.

Next, Andrea and I snuck off for a little sister bonding time at one of my favorite places, the winery. We too covered a range of topics, which we will keep off the world of the internet. : )

We ended the day with some chili, football, and girl gossip.

Sunday
On Sunday, Earle and I packed up the car and let it do its' thing.

Successful weekend indeed!

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Did they Really Just Score Again? Really?

I am not what you would call a sports fan.

Yes, to the average Joe you I might have you fooled. I attend my fair share of football and baseball games, I married a baseball coach, and occasionally I found myself watching a game of football, but the truth of the matter is I have no idea what is going on.

Except for a annual cross town rivalry that sparks some sports emotions I forget are in me until that day. Every year two high schools in our county battle it out.

I just have happened to graduate from one of those high schools and Earle just happens to coach at the others of these schools; house divided I guess.

Unless you grew up here its really hard to explain to someone the roots of the Troup verse LaGrange rivalry. You pretty much growing up in this town really disliking the other team. You just have to live here to feel the emotion.

This is the one game I look forward to every year because in that small chance that we beat LaGrange it is a great year for braggin rights.

Brooke and I geared our selves up with jackets, smiles, and a plan to sneak into the game. After grabbing a quick dinner we proudly displayed our Troup colors as we found some comfortable seats.

This game also requires some time management skills. Put in lamond terms: get to game early or you will not find a seat or a parking place.

This is the stadium an hour before the game started. Tellin you this is some serious football. It was not long before I spotted my friend, Spacey Casey, an her adorable mini me, Sarah Kate.

Brooke and I paused from the football frenzy for a quick second to snap a photo. This was when we were still hopeful for the game.

In remembering the fact that I don't really watch a lot of games per say, I will say that I do enjoy seeing the artistic minds of the cheerleaders. The Troup LaGrange game breakthroughs always bring some over the top wording.

After the breakthrough things pretty much went down hill from there. LaGrange scored, then they scored again, and then again after that.....and so on you pretty much get the picture from here on out.

So until next year. Go Tigers! Fight! Fight! Fight!

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Say Cheese

My family's last family photo looks something like the one below. Expect for I had thick glasses, a mushroom haircut, and all four of the girls had feathered bangs we proudly displayed. Though our 1985 picture is certainly a good topic of conversation it was about time to get a updated version.

We meet at some beautiful land to photo some memories. A family member, cousin Buffy, that is trying her hand out at photography helped make it happen and what a great job she did.

You can't tell it from the pictures but it was about 50 degrees. What we do for beauty!

This is where the coldness finally got to us and we had to get close. Brooke missed the memo

Buffy also wanted to practice for some upcoming engagement shots. We gladly helped her out and pretended to be engaged again. She even let us bring along our little furry friend.

She did a fantastic job and I'm sure you will be seeing some of these soon through the form of a Christmas card.

On a Boat for Halloween

It's funny how time just slips away from you.

Our Halloween decorations are in the attic.

The ladder made it to the house but somehow time flew by and before we knew it Halloween was over with our decorations in the attic.

I guess we have high hopes for next year.

Halloween entitled a serious of random events that can be summarized into a few fun events.

First came class. I not quite sure that I would call this fun, but it was an event none the less.

Second came some scary movie bonding with the family mems as we watched a boot leg copy of Paranormal Activity.

I then headed to the mall to find a last minute outfit to wear for some more family bonding time: portraits. (more of that to come later)

Now, I'm not really one to watch scary movies but Halloween makes you do some crazy things. As if Paranormal Activity was not quite enough scariness for one night we then rented the Exorcism of Emily Rose.

Yes I slept with one eye open.

Although all the scariness seemed to rule the day, we did manage to break away and make a fun video.

Courtesy of Aunt Teri




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