What the heck is going on here?: January 2008

Christmas at home

We had Christmas dinner at the house. Barry, Kristen, Jennie, Bobby, Delores and Tom joined Betty and me. My cooking was limited to sweet potatoes. Sweet!

Christmas Eve at The Fairgrounds

We had such a good time last year that we decided to do a repeat of Christmas Eve at The Fairgrounds

. This year Barry's parents, Bobby and Delores. came down fro m North Carolina. Jim and Mary Ann joined us late and had dinner with us. Bobby was the only winner, I think.

More of the Girls

Where's Jade? For some reason JAde must have been hiding when photos were taken. She's in a couple here.

Ridin Girls

Brian worked had getting toys put together and

Jennie and Gradie enjoyed the fruits of his labor.

Gracie was one year old on December 21. On December 22, the guidrys, Nicholsons. Betty and I went to Lucedale, Ms., to celebrate her birthday and have an early Christmas with Jay, Danielle and the girls. Here's Gradie with one of her presents.

Barry Plays Ball

Abbi had several girls sleepover the night before her birthday. Barry got out the next morning and played with them, helping them with their soccer. Check out his form.

Bob's surprise

The Guidrys girls allowed my birthday to pass without acknowledging it. The girls did call me a couple of days later and I told them of how hurt I was that they had forgotten me. (Of course I was not serious.) Then to make matters worse, Abbi made name tags for their Thanksgiving dinner and placed MY name tag on a DOG, Barnaby. Now, that did hurt. On December 8, before Abbi's birthday celebration, they surprised me with all these Bob shirts. Funny!