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Chris turns 53

Chris turns 53! After he took some pain meds for his elbow joint pain we enjoyed this short time. Before this poor Chris was miserable/

Starting our Christmas Season of 2011

Laura Joan loves to play dress up and have her picture taken, mommy loves playing too.

Having fun in the car on the way to see a Living Christmas Tree with live animals. It was awesome.

  

Both kids sang in our churches Christmas Program.  Carson and all the boys his age look so serious but he did sing!

Laura Joan was nervous and did not really sing that much but she gets better at it every year. 

First Baptist Church of Alcoa Christmas 2011

Chris, Laura Joan and Carson all singing together. It was a nice way to start our Christmas season.

Carson and Cub Scout friends

Carson and River enjoying cub scouts together

Each color represents something as the Chastity, River and Alex become full-fledged cub scouts in pack 88

Carson as James Edward Oglethorpe

Carson was James Edward Oglethorpe for his 4th grade living history character. He did a great job and we are very proud of him. It was a lot of work and we all learned a lot.

Summer Night at the Drive-In "Cars"

Carson love babies. This is Kaylee

Laura Joan loves animals. This was the new friend we made next to us at the drive-in. The gentleman (Kenny Loveday) happens to be the father of the young lady our nephew Joe-Joe is dating. He is also a retired fireman and is good friends with the man we are going into a business deal with. It is truly a small world when you live in Tennessee.

Jennifer Millsaps and myself.

Friends from Maryville Christian that just happened to be at the drive-in the same night and just a few cars down from us. The Moreno's our one of our favorite families.

Rob is a very good friend of Chris's. They have worked together a lot. He is a new daddy to this beautiful little girl, as you can see.

A Case For Christ - by FBA kids

Carson as the Judge in "A Case for Christ"

Carson got to play the Judge in a play the First Baptist Alcoa Kids Alive group did. It was the rap up of their bible study. He really enjoyed the class and especially liked playing the Judge. It was fun to watch them act out some of what they had learned.

Laura Joan Turns 6

Laura Joan put on the "Little Mermaid" and her own candles. "I'm a big girl now"

Carson, Marianna, LJ and Jessie

Alex

Laura Joan and River

She had so much fun.

Laura Joan's best friend from school "Marianna"

We had waterguns too.

Chris holding down the table

Ms. Chastity and Lorelai

The water got cold

Lots of really great presents

As big as LJ

Carson was very excited for Laura Joan

Inspecting all the gifts.

Laura Joan Conquers the Monkey Bars!

Laura Joan's attempting to make it all the way across with no help.

 Laura Joan normally wants help across the monkey bars-but not this time. She is conquering her fear of falling!

She's making it.

She is going to make it! Hurray!

She is getting stronger every day. She is an amazing and awesome girl!  She's a girly, girl and a tom-boy all rolled into one precious child.

Playing at a Park

This is a great park we found as a result of our letterboxing adventures.
The kids had been sending their toys down the slides and then following after them.

They both love to climb!.