I LOVE these girls.

I have done several things with these girls over the past 3+ years. These are Jacqulin's friends. They are all 7th grade girls and we have been to camp together, gotten lost in the woods, and I have taught their Sunday school class the past 2 years.



We had 20 girls show up for this little Christmas party at our house. We had so much fun playing games, eating junk food and sharing Christmas cheer. I am so honored that they share their lives with me.

Christmas on the Farm 2010

The men, right where they should be, in the kitchen!! I think Mike and Billy are trying to take credit for Tommy's cooking.


All the pretty girls, Jacqulin with Layla Jane and then Amelia going out to check on the cows, or was it the pig, no maybe it was the goat, or maybe just the other girls.




My brother, Tommy, and his wife, Lisa live on a farm in Alabama. We celebrated the Totcky family Christmas there this year. We had a great lunch and enjoyed spending time together. One of the highlights of the day - besides Aunt Sonya and Uncle Billy buying the nephews Airsoft guns - was the farm animals. Now, how many times at Christmas have you gotten to walk a goat? Luke is very efficient at walking Pancho the goat. Miss Piggy, yes that is her real name, made us all laugh with her buck tooth underbite.


Aunt Charlotte and Layla are discussing the benefits of living on a farm.



Layla is so much fun to have around. She is busy, busy, busy but took time to look at the full moon shining in the early evening. She loves her Me-Me.

Jacqulin and Amelia with their Singamajigs. This was my favorite gift this Christmas. If the kids went anywhere they gave a Singamajig. I bought all the neices and nephews one. The sing in harmony and they sing their on little songs. We had great fun.

WOOO!! HOOOO!! - December 16th will be celebrated forever!

Making cookies to celebrate Christmas and getting braces off!


The BEFORE picture! Just hurry up and get this over with.
We will always remember the day Jacqulin got her braces off because it has been long awaited and, more importantly, it's Heather's birthday. I think Jacqulin was way more excited about the braces coming off than Heather's birthday but it was a great way to remember.
This is Mrs. Donna, she's our favorite hygenist. Luke and Jacqulin both say there is one girl in this office who acts like she is roping a calf. In other words, she's a little rough.



The AFTER picture! Wow! I think she looks about 5 years older. Which scares this Mama to the bone.

Dickens of a Christmas, Franklin, TN

Our little town is so sweet and cute and historic. Every December they shut downtown off from the real world and celebrate Christmas with all the Dickens characters. This year Jacqulin and her friend, Morgan, walked around with me for a little while. It was cold and rainy but, Morgan has never been to Dickens of a Christmas and we just knew we had to take her.


I believe his name is scrooge... Mr. Scrooge that is.



A little breakfast at Meridees Breadbasket first. These girls have been friends since Kindergarten. I can't believe how much they have grown.

Date night

Luke and I got to spend the evening with 3 funny kids. We had a great time. Derrick and Heather and their friend's the Bussells, went to a Christmas party so, Luke and I got to hang out with Hannah, Hunter and Cooper. We watched a couple movies and they played Luke's drums. They asked funny questions about the movie, why I don't have a clock in the den, and why Jacqulin had to go to a slumber party. It was great fun. Hate Jacqulin missed it.

December is here - Merry Christmas!!!

There is something to do in Franklin every weekend in December. The first weekend is the Christmas Parade. Several years ago it would always be Jacqulin in the parade with her Girl Scout troup. Now it's Luke with the band. Last year we froze, this year not so much. It got colder and colder as the parade progressed. It was like Christmas was actually moving in to Franklin.

Our friends, the Laws, joined us to watch the parade. We had a great time, got lots of candy and heard a really good band.

Getting some fresh air & fire?!

Jacqulin spent the week with Sonya and Billy. When we got there Wednesday night she thought she owned the place. She ran us around the property on a golf cart and was a complete mess. She had talked Sonya into making lasagna for dinner and had the biggest bag of Jelly Belly jelly beans I've ever seen. They had taken her to the movies and to feed the cows, they shopped a little and cooked dinner and decorated for Christmas. Jacqulin was worn out!! She had a great time. I hope she didn't wear Sonya and Billy out.










Billy had a four wheeler for everybody. He's very generous with the kids and allows them to ride on anything they want. They are very spoiled by Billy and Sonya. Luke had been riding something but this pic looks a little pitiful like "why did y'all leave me?"


This is just one of the burn piles that Billy has on his land. He has cleaned the place up so much and everything looks great. This was amazing to see and it was incredibly warm. Ha!! Ha!!



I love this picture... this is Luke and Ellie (the dog). They were both worn out from playing so hard all day.

Family Thanksgiving 2010

Aunt Charlotte and Uncle Mike hosted Thanksgiving dinner at their home and we loved playing ping pong and video games. We got a great piano recital from Amelia, as well as, a fashion show. Amelia was very patient with Layla-Jane when Layla wanted to help her play the piano.