Horton House

Isn't Jay just a precious baby boy?

Jay's mom is Kristie and Kristie's mom is my good friend Beth Newsome.

I took his pictures last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.

It was a beautiful Fall day with temperatures in the 80's

I took the pictures at the Horton House on Jekyll Island.

I love this place for pictures and I know yall have seen it often in my portraits.

The following is posted on a historical marker to the back of the house.

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MAJOR WILLIAM HORTON
Born in England
Came to Georgia in 1736
Died at Savannah in 1748

These are the remains of Horton's tabby house. Major Horton of Oglethorpe's Regiment, the first English resident of Jekyll Island, erected on the north end of Jekyll a two story dwelling and large barn. He cleared fields here for cultivation of crops which supplied the settlers at Frederica on St. Simons Island, a neighboring island, who would have suffered except for this assistance. Major Horton cut a road across the north end of Jekyll, running east and west, from this tabby house to the beach. This road is still known as the Horton Road.

Major Horton was a trusted officer chosen by James Oglethorpe for important missions. Upon Oglethorpe's final return to England in 1743, Major Horton succeeded him as commander of the military forces of the Colony of Georgia.

Poulain du Bignon, owner of Jekyll Island after the Revolutionary War, repaired the Horton tabby house and made it his home. As the du Bignon family grew, wooden wings were added to the house.

This is Tristan, Jay's step brother.

This is Jay with his Aunt Cathy.

I enjoyed taking their pictures on such a perfect day.

Jacob's 1st Birthday

From this to this in one year!

Notice the short hair on the 3 year old stylist :)

Jacob is her only cousin on her mom's side of the family.

He is one loved little boy!

1st Birthday Parties are the cutest.

Jacob is my DIL's only nephew.

No relation to me.

14 Months

I saw Collin at a birthday party over the weekend.

Can't believe how fast he is growing.

Thanksgiving Drama

No one burnt the turkey.

No one tried to make real pie crusts 4

times only to have them not turn out!

Solved that one long time ago by just buying

ready made pie crusts.

No the real DRAMA involved a pair of scissors!

We had the most beautiful week last week!

The weather could not have been more perfect.

Fortunately I had taken the girls on Tuesday

afternoon and taken their Christmas Pictures.

Wednesday afternoon their parents took them

to the movies to see Tangled in 3-D.

They all enjoyed it.

On Thanksgiving morning the 3 year old blond

decided she wanted to look like Punzel (Rapunzel)

after Rapunzel cut her hair.

Here she is with her Aunt Emmy

after she had already had the friend hairdresser try and fix it.

It's cute but still gaped in several places.

It will take until next year to grow out in those places.

You could hear the screams and the crying from her mother.

It was really sad.

She had to come to Thanksgiving dinner with a Santa Hat on

to cover up the damage.

The hair cutting friend didn't get back into town until late

Thanksgiving night.

I don't think the little Miss will be

cutting any ones hair anytime soon!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope yall have a wonderful Thanksgiving day!

Yesterday

This was the view from my porch yesterday.

An absolutely beautiful fall day.

Thanksgiving day the forecast is 81* and sunny!

And did you see that awesome full moon tonight?? Perfect!

Thank you, Heavenly Father.

Thanksgiving Daily

Tooth Fairy Visit

I picked Shelby up from school yesterday and

she meet me waving a zip lock bag in the air.

No idea what was going on until she smiled!

She was so excited.

I immediately thought of my daddy.

He loves to pull teeth and a lose one around him is just not save.

It was just hanging and so the teacher just took it out.

No tears, no pain and very little blood.

Just all smiles!

She will be 6 the end of January.

Seems a little early to lose a tooth but she was happy about it.

One tooth fairy was in a tree stand in Kansas and the other Tooth Fairy left $3.00.

Wordless Wednesday

Cell Phone Pic

I was sick of the Sweetheart's chair.

He had really worn it out.

He complained that his chair wasn't big

enough for the girls or Bentley to sit with him

and they all like to be on his lap.

I finally got around to ordering him a new one.

It's called a chair and a half.

And it is huge and perfect.

Yesterday he had both girls in the chair

with him and he was reading books.

But then they all started fighting over who's book was to be read next.

The girls leave and then Bentley thinks it is his turn.

Except he nearly runs the Sweetheart out of the chair with his

snoring and gassing.

It's red and it reclines!

We love it and I will take a better picture of it soon.

Mater Look-A-Like ??

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The GRAND~girls thought that this old truck looked like Mater.

Shelby didn't want her picture taken but Reagan and my niece Anna were willing models.

I LOVE rusty things and this truck just did it for me.

The truck had a for sale sign of $10,000.00,

little to much don't you think?

Yay It's Friday!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Thank You!

Thankful

My Mid~Week~Blues this week is the blue skies and a blue tractor.

Click here for other Mid Week Blues.

Thankful for a tractor to do the real work in the garden.

Thankful that the Sweetheart can use the tractor.

Thankful that I don't have to stand behind a mule or feed a mule every day.

Fried Okra

Ingredients
6 cups oil, for frying
1/2 cup cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons House Seasoning, recipe follows
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 pounds fresh okra, sliced 1/2-inch thick
1/2 cup buttermilk
Directions
Heat oil in a large, heavy-bottomed skillet or Dutch oven to 350 degrees F. (You may not need to use this much oil; do not fill the pan more than halfway up the sides with oil.)

In a medium bowl, combine cornmeal, flour, House Seasoning, and cayenne pepper. Dip okra in buttermilk and then dredge in cornmeal-flour mixture to coat well. Carefully add okra to the hot oil and cook until golden brown. (It may be necessary to fry the okra in batches.) Remove from oil, drain on paper towels, and then serve immediately.


House Seasoning:
1 cup salt
1/4 cup black pepper
1/4 cup garlic powder
Mix ingredients together and store in an airtight container for up to 6 months.

Recipe courtesy of Paula Dean

53 Years Young!

Meet Ci Ci who Reagan can not get enough of.

She loves this dog to death!

What a face!

The Darling Daughter In Laws

cooked a lovely dinner last night for my birthday.

My birthday was Thursday and I just love

extending it to make it a birthday weekend!

The GRAND~girls with the GRAND~dog, Ci Ci.

Shela showing the love.

Me and the Sweetheart.

My oldest son who is not the unabomber.

My Big Baby.

Good birthday squeezes from my only two GRAND~girls!

Got some great help blowing out my candle.

Thanks goodness, not 53 of them!

I love them all so much and it couldn't have been a better birthday!

Thank you!!

I also got birthday phone calls from all my family and several friends and over a 100 wishes on facebook!

All in all it was a terrific birthday!

One Really Long Dog

Or is it two?? Yeah, it's two, the back end of Walgrin and the front end of Dawson. We were trying to celebrate their 1st birthday. They weren't really getting off on it to much. I'll post the other pictures soon. I'm off and running this morning.

Falsies

Fortunately, I've never had to wear falsies.

But having a $2.00 off coupon I bought this new mascara!

L.O.V.E. it!!!!

Really makes my eyelashes look thicker!

Oh and by the way,

L.O.V.E. this too!

It really is working :)