Christmas at Nana's House

After lunch at Wayne's parents, we went to Cherokee to my parents' house. My mother found out on Wednesday that she has a stomach ulcer, so she wasn't feeling very well. Mother, Daddy, Chris, Stacy, John, Joseph, Wayne, Katy, Daniel, and I enjoyed time together. We enjoyed finger foods together: ham & cheese rolls, cheese ball, chicken ball, sausage balls, candied pecans, fudge, cherry delight, popcorn chicken, Bagel Bites, Granny cookies, sugar cookies, cookie sandwiches, and coconut cake were on the menu for this family gathering. After we ate, we opened presents. It was so fun to watch Joseph open his presents. He got so excited each time and would say, "How did you know that I always wanted one of these?" John brought Daddy a flag from Iraq - that was a special gift. Chris got Mother and Daddy a 26 inch flat-screen TV. We all got wonderful gifts, but we would all have traded them for Mother to feel better. Hopefully, she's on the road to recovery and next Christmas she will be back to her old self. Merry Christmas, Choat Family!!!

Christmas at MawMaw's House

We started Christmas Eve morning by traveling to Florence to Wayne's parents' house. We were joined by Wayne's sister Tina and her husband, Steve. Their daughter Stevie and her boyfriend, Landon, were also there along with their two dogs. Wayne's aunts Carlene and Faye also came as well as his cousin Zack. We enjoyed a wonderful lunch together: ham, macaroni and cheese, pasta salad, potato soup, grape salad, peas, and rolls. Dessert was a choice between turtle pie, lemon pie, rice krispie treats, pecan pie, and fudge. We all got wonderful presents. In the pictures Pawpaw Scott is opening knives he picked out; Daniel is opening a video game; and Katy is opening Transformers movies. Merry Christmas, Scott Family!!!

Quick Trip

Katy and I made a quick trip to Cherokee to visit my mom and dad. We went after church on Wednesday night and spent the day on Thursday. Stacy and Joseph came on Thursday, so we got to spend some time with them, too. Mother, Stacy, and I visited with Jean (her husband, Coach Hubbard passed away recently). Joseph and Katy had a good time together. Katy needed to make some pictures to turn in with her yearbook staff application, so she decided to make some picture of Mother's flowers. We had to leave Thursday afternoon so we could get back home in time for the basketball game at Oman Arena. We enjoyed the time we were able to spend with Nana, PawPaw, Aunt Stacy, and Josie.

Bama vs. Tulane

The Welches, Kerrs, and Scotts struck out on a road trip to Tuscaloosa to see the Tide play against Tulane. We met Nicole and her dad there at the stadium. We were all thrilled that Alabama won the game!

Christmas at Nana's and PawPaw's

We had Christmas at my parents' house Christmas Day this year. The whole group was there - Mother, Daddy, Chris, Stacy, John, Joseph, and my family. My aunt Evelyn came over for a little while and we gave her our gifts. We enjoyed a great variety of finger foods together - chicken fingers, bacon/Ritz crackers/parmesan goodies, ham & cheese rolls, cheese ring, cheese dip, crockpot candy, fudge, Granny's cookies, Katy's pecans, vegetables & dip, chips, pickles, chicken salad sandwiches, sausage balls, pigs in a blanket and Daddy's birthday cake (which I didn't get a bite of - I was too full!) Then we opened presents. It was so fun to watch Joseph open his presents. He was so excited. We really enjoyed out time together. My brother-in-law will be leaving for Iraq on January 3. Daddy said a special prayer for his safety before we had our meal. We all hope he has a very, very safe trip and that he's able to come home in six months as planned.

Merry Christmas, Daniel and Katy!!

It seems like once you start opening Christmas gifts, you just want to keep on. We had Christmas at Wayne's parents' for lunch on Christmas Eve and came back home afterward. We went to church here in Henderson and took Michael and JJ with us. After church Wayne took Michael home and brought Katy and I home and then took JJ and Daniel to Walgreens. We wanted to make sure that JJ and his family had plenty to eat. Wayne and I decided to let Daniel and Katy open their Christmas presents Wednesday night so they could sleep a little later on Thursday morning. What a Christmas! Katy's favorite gift was her IPod Touch. Daniel got a new TV for his room to play his video games on. Even though "Santa" didn't come this year, it was fun watching them open their presents and enjoy them so much. Guitar Hero and American Idol were also favorites. Both kids are so funny singing and playing along.

Christmas 07

Since I'm new to blogging, I'm trying to go back and catch up with all the pictures on my camera (which I've now downloaded to my new computer instead of keeping all 800 of them on my camera). What better place to start - last Christmas! Luckily our parents live very close to one another. My parents live in Cherokee, AL, and Wayne's live in Florence, AL, so on holidays we're able to visit both homes in the same day. Usually we eat Christmas Eve lunch with Wayne's family and open presents and then go to Cherokee for supper with my family and open presents. Then we travel back to Henderson to get ready for Santa's visit. I loved going back and seeing pictures of Chris, my brother; Stacy, my sister; John, my brother-in-law; Joseph, my nephew; my parents; my husband, Wayne; and my kids, Katy and Daniel. I'll definitely make more pictures of family this year so I can post a better blog. Merry Christmas 07!

Visiting Ivy Green

Last summer we visited my mom and dad in Cherokee, AL. Stacy, my sister, and Joseph, her son, were there too. Daniel had been reading about Helen Keller in his reading class, so we decided to visit Ivy Green in nearby Tuscumbia. (We used to visit here when Stacy and I were younger.) We had a great time, and Katy, Daniel, and Joseph loved being together. We made lots of pictures of the three cousins together as we learned about Helen Keller and her place in Alabama history. It's amazing to see how much they've grown in just one year.