Home for the Holidays

We took these pictures just before Cody left to go back to Florida for college. We all had such a great time with Cody in North Carolina, the time just flew by.

Molly Finds a New Home

We finally got Molly on Wednesday. Molly is an English Coonhound that we adopted. Molly is sweet, quiet and gentle. We are so excited to have her in our home. We also got the fence installed on Monday - this is our new backyard.

Up Close and Personal

It doesn't get any better than third row seats for a hockey game. Courtesy of ABB (I love this place!), Cody, Riley, Clay and I went to see the Carolina Hurricanes take on the St. Louis Blues. We were close enough to see them sweat - and who had broken their nose. The Hurricanes won 2-1.

That's me to the right in the picture - the boys sat to my left. We couldn't find of the boys :-(

Merry Rockin' Christmas

Santa came down the chimney on Christmas Eve and brought a big sack full of gifts. Everyone was delighted and Cooper really got into the spirit of Christmas as he tried to open everyone's presents!

Guitar Hero definitely seemed to be the biggest hit of the year. Other gifts included Sirius satellite radio (me), a Tar Heel Fat Head (Clay), a roaring dinosaur (Carson) and so much more.

Christmas Eve

The whole family plus G-Mom and G-Dad went to the Hansen's house for a Christmas Eve party. Several other families from ABB were also there - the Rennies, Marco and his daughter, Nicole, the O'Donnells and the Hacketts (aka Santa). It was a great time of relaxing and fellowshipping.

Santa came with gifts for the kids!

Hoops Mania

Even though Riley has a birthday in less than a week, Cody is coming home from college and Santa is coming down the chimney, Clay started basketball season on Wednesday. We may be in the Tar Heel state, but no one will mistake Christ Covenant for our cross state college.

Clay's team lost 47-6, but on the bright side he got to play against Lou Holtz' grandson and ECU football coach Skip Holtz' son.







Special thanks to the Rennie's for the pictures!

Pinetops Parade

This is the biggest parade in Eastern North Carolina and we got to ride on ABB's float. It was a throwback to the past and just an awesome time! The parade had old fashioned cars, Shriners on horseback, fire engines and high school marching bands that just rocked.






Guess what these guys have in common? They were smart enough to escape ESAB!