Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to Everyone!

Today, the little kids and I are headed out to Gatlinburg to do some shopping and watch the Ball Drop at midnight and the fireworks show. They are so excited!

Eli went ice skating with the youth group and then he is spending the night with some friends from church. Can you believe that he did not want to go shopping with us?

Dave and his dad have went to Atlanta to the Georgiadome to watch UT play in the Chick-Fila Bowl.

See you next year!

Happy Valentines Day!!

Valentines Day started last night for us. And, it will run all weekend. Tonight is a church thing. The men are cooking. And, of course, tomorrow after church is our 20 hour date courtesy of my dear mother in law.

Dave got me some perfume... this is a big accomplishment. I have been asking for the past 10 years or so. Seriously, for the last several years, I have asked him to smell perfume and pick out what he would want me to smell like.

He did a good job with his choice of gift. I got him a foot massage from a massage place in Cookeville. I hope he likes it.

This morning, we gave the kids their gifts. Emma had already told us what she wanted. Tripp loves chocolate. That is easy enough. But for Eli, I opted for a big pack of beef jerky. And he loved it. He would choose beef jerky over candy any day.

Here are some pictures from this morning.

This is Tripp's special face. I love this face.

A good morning hug.

Tripp- eating the candy for breakfast.

Look at their animals. Tripp named his "beary" - it is a puppy. (Everything that Tripp names ends in a "y". Toothbrushy, kissy, give me a huggy, blanky, sippy - you get the picture).

Eli is not in the pictures because he went to a friends house. He is big that way.